2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the fourth time in a row.

2003 EuroBasket Under-16
17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates18–27 July 2003
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia and Montenegro (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
Top scorerItaly Luigi Da Tome (21.1)
Top reboundsSpain José Ángel Antelo (13.8)
Top assistsTurkey Cenk Akyol (3.0)
PPG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (89.6)
RPG (Team) Italy (42.0)
APG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (10.4)
Official website
Official website (archive)
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Teams

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Qualification

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There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Lithuania, Greece and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Serbia and Montenegro (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Spain (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Turkey 5 5 0 417 321 10
  Russia 5 4 1 398 366 9
  France 5 3 2 420 378 8
  Macedonia 5 2 3 369 345 7
  Lithuania 5 1 4 335 426 6
  Bulgaria 5 0 5 315 418 5

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
  Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 459 329 10
  Spain 5 3 2 349 365 8
  Slovenia 5 2 3 329 334 7
  Greece 5 2 3 315 363 7
  Italy 5 2 3 327 334 7
  Israel 5 1 4 321 375 6

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Lithuania63
 
 
 
  Israel68
 
  Israel52
 
 
 
  Italy69
 
  Bulgaria88
 
 
  Italy97
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Lithuania101
 
 
  Bulgaria54

Championship

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  France66
 
 
 
  Spain71
 
  Spain74
 
 
 
  Turkey76
 
  Turkey79
 
 
 
  Greece71
 
  Turkey68
 
 
 
  Serbia and Montenegro83
 
  Slovenia68
 
 
 
  Russia104
 
  Russia63
 
 
 
  Serbia and Montenegro89 Third place
 
  Serbia and Montenegro86
 
 
 
  Macedonia58
 
  Spain70
 
 
  Russia92
 

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  France80
 
 
 
  Greece60
 
  France60
 
 
 
  Slovenia54
 
  Slovenia58
 
 
  Macedonia55
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Greece59
 
 
  Macedonia70

Final standings

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References

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