The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th 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 city of

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, in

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, hosted the tournament.

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won the trophy for the second time and tied with the

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as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

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Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

9th–11th round

5th–8th playoffs

Championship

Final standings

;Team Roster Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić,

Marko Ivanović Marko Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Марко Ивановић; born July 24, 1962) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is currently serving as the general manager for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia. Po ...

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, Milan Benčić,

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, and Jurid Kebe. Head Coach:

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References

FIBA Archive
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