The 1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1983 European Championship for Cadets) was the 7th 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
Tübingen
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and
Ludwigsburg
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, in
West Germany
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, hosted the tournament.
Yugoslavia
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won the trophy for the third time and tied with the
Soviet Union
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as the most winning countries in the tournament.
Teams
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Preliminary round
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
;Team Roster
Zoran Livljanić,
Bane Prelević,
Zoran Jevtić,
Jure Zdovc
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,
Miroslav Pecarski,
Ivo Nakić
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He lives in Belgrade and works as an agent in Bill Duffy's BDA Sports Management agency.
Ivo Nakić married Zorica Desnica ...
,
Samir Mujanović
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,
Igor Lukačić
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,
Ivica Mavrenski
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A point guard, Mavrenski played for Vojvodina, Profikolor, Crvena zvezda, FMP, Hemofarm ...
,
Žarko Paspalj
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,
Denis Perić
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, and
Luka Pavićević
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Professional career
A poin ...
.
Head Coach:
Rusmir Halilović.
References
FIBA Archive
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FIBA U16 European Championship
1983–84 in European basketball
1983 in West German sport
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Germany