The Soviet Union men's national under-16 basketball team was a men's junior national
basketball
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team of the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
. It represented the country in international under-16 (under age 16) basketball competitions,
Archived records of Soviet Union team participations
/ref> until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. After 1992, the successor countries all set up their own national teams.
FIBA U16 European Championship participations
See also
* Soviet Union men's national basketball team
*Soviet Union men's national under-19 basketball team
The Soviet Union men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team was a men's junior national basketball team of the Soviet Union. It represented the country in international under-18 and under-19 (under age 18 and under age 19) basketball com ...
* Soviet Union women's national under-16 basketball team
*Russia men's national basketball team
The Russia men's national basketball team () represents Russia in international basketball competition. They are organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF). The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Uni ...
* Russia men's national under-17 basketball team
References
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Men's national under-16 basketball teams
1971 establishments in the Soviet Union
National sports teams established in 1971
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