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1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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1985 EuroBasket Under-16
8th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBulgaria
Dates18–26 August 1985
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (4th title)
1983
1987

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.

Teams

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Preliminary round

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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

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 505 354 9
 West Germany 5 3 2 357 373 8
 Turkey 5 3 2 342 354 8
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 438 389 8
 Sweden 5 1 4 344 403 6
 Belgium 5 1 4 306 419 6

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 392 376 9
 Italy 5 4 1 429 390 9
 Israel 5 2 3 311 351 7
 Bulgaria 5 2 3 380 391 7
 France 5 2 3 387 381 7
 Finland 5 1 4 344 354 6

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Sweden60
 
 
 
 Finland75
 
 Finland62
 
 
 
 Belgium64
 
 France56
 
 
 Belgium62
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Sweden64
 
 
 France63

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Bulgaria86
 
 
 
 Turkey65
 
 Bulgaria78
 
 
 
 Soviet Union90
 
 Soviet Union80
 
 
 Israel78
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Turkey61
 
 
 Israel72

Championship

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

Final standings

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Rank Team
 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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