2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
| 17th FIBA Under-16 European Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 18–27 July 2003 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 federation) |
| Venue | (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov |
| Top scorer | Italy Luigi Da Tome (21.1) |
| Top rebounds | Spain José Ángel Antelo (13.8) |
| Top assists | Turkey Cenk Akyol (3.0) |
| PPG (Team) | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro (89.6) |
| RPG (Team) | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (42.0) |
| APG (Team) | File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro (10.4) |
| Official website | |
| Official website (archive) | |
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The 2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2003 European Championship for Cadets) was the 17th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Madrid, in Spain, hosted the tournament. Serbia and Montenegro won the trophy for the fourth time in a row.
Teams
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
- File:Flag of France.svg France
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Qualification
[edit | edit source]There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Lithuania, Greece and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Serbia and Montenegro (title holder), Russia (runner-up) and Spain (host) in the final tournament.
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
| Team advanced to Quarterfinals | |
| Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs |
Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 417 | 321 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 398 | 366 | 9 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 420 | 378 | 8 |
| File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 369 | 345 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 335 | 426 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 315 | 418 | 5 |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 5 | 0 | 459 | 329 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 349 | 365 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 329 | 334 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 5 | 2 | 3 | 315 | 363 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 327 | 334 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 321 | 375 | 6 |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]9th–12th playoffs
[edit | edit source]| Playoffs | Ninth place | |||||
| File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 63 | |||||
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 68 | |||||
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 52 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 69 | |||||
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 88 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 97 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | 101 | |||||
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 54 | |||||
