1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1985 European Championship for Cadets) was the 8th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Ruse, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fourth time and became the most winning country in the tournament. It was its second title in a row and third in the last four tournaments.

1985 EuroBasket Under-16
8th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nationBulgaria
Dates18–26 August 1985
Teams12 
(from 1 federations)
Champions Yugoslavia
(4th title)
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Teams

Preliminary round

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

     Team advanced to Semifinals
     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5415053549
 West Germany 5323573738
 Turkey 5323423548
 Soviet Union 5324383898
 Sweden 5143444036
 Belgium 5143064196

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 5413923769
 Italy 5414293909
 Israel 5233113517
 Bulgaria 5233803917
 France 5233873817
 Finland 5143443546

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs
 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Sweden60
 
 
 
 Finland75
 
 Finland62
 
 
 
 Belgium64
 
 France56
 
 
 Belgium62
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden64
 
 
 France63

5th–8th playoffs
 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Bulgaria86
 
 
 
 Turkey65
 
 Bulgaria78
 
 
 
 Soviet Union90
 
 Soviet Union70
 
 
 Israel78
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey61
 
 
 Israel72

Championship
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia111
 
 
 
 Italy90
 
 Yugoslavia99
 
 
 
 Spain86
 
 Spain88
 
 
 West Germany81
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy85
 
 
 West Germany81

Final standings
RankTeam
 Yugoslavia
 Spain
 Italy
4th  West Germany
5th  Soviet Union
6th  Bulgaria
7th  Israel
8th  Turkey
9th  Belgium
10th  Finland
11th  Sweden
12th  France
 1985 European Championship for Cadets 

Yugoslavia
Fourth title
Team Roster

Emilio Kovačić, Nenad Trunić, Zoran Kalpić, Toni Kukoč, Slaviša Koprivica, Nebojša Ilić, Nebojša Razić, Rade Milutinović, Vlade Divac, Dževad Alihodžić, Nenad Videka, and Radenko Dobraš. Head Coach: Svetislav Pešić.

References
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