The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The FIBA U16 European Championship, previously known as the FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets, is a youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1971 edition. Through the 2003 edition, it was held every second year, but since th ...
. The cities of
Summonte and
Angri
Angri is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy. It is around northwest of the town of Salerno.
History
The Byzantine general Narses defeated Teias, the last king of the Goths, nearby in AD 553.
In the ...
, in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, hosted the tournament. The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
won their first title.
Teams
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Preliminary round
The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
13th–16th playoffs
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
References
FIBA Archive
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FIBA U16 European Championship
1973–74 in European basketball
1973 in Italian sport
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy