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2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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2003 EuroBasket Under-16
17th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates18–27 July 2003
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Serbia and Montenegro (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
Top scorerItaly Luigi Da Tome (21.1)
Top reboundsSpain José Ángel Antelo (13.8)
Top assistsTurkey Cenk Akyol (3.0)
PPG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (89.6)
RPG (Team) Italy (42.0)
APG (Team) Serbia and Montenegro (10.4)
Official website
Official website (archive)
2001
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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

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Qualification

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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

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

     Team advanced to Quarterfinals
     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Turkey 5 5 0 417 321 10
 Russia 5 4 1 398 366 9
 France 5 3 2 420 378 8
 Macedonia 5 2 3 369 345 7
 Lithuania 5 1 4 335 426 6
 Bulgaria 5 0 5 315 418 5

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA Pts
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 459 329 10
 Spain 5 3 2 349 365 8
 Slovenia 5 2 3 329 334 7
 Greece 5 2 3 315 363 7
 Italy 5 2 3 327 334 7
 Israel 5 1 4 321 375 6

Knockout stage

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9th–12th playoffs

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PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Lithuania63
 
 
 
 Israel68
 
 Israel52
 
 
 
 Italy69
 
 Bulgaria88
 
 
 Italy97
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Lithuania101
 
 
 Bulgaria54

Championship

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 France66
 
 
 
 Spain71
 
 Spain74
 
 
 
 Turkey76
 
 Turkey79
 
 
 
 Greece71
 
 Turkey68
 
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro83
 
 Slovenia68
 
 
 
 Russia104
 
 Russia63
 
 
 
 Serbia and Montenegro89 Third place
 
 Serbia and Montenegro86
 
 
 
 Macedonia58
 
 Spain70
 
 
 Russia92
 

5th–8th playoffs

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PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 France80
 
 
 
 Greece60
 
 France60
 
 
 
 Slovenia54
 
 Slovenia58
 
 
 Macedonia55
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Greece59
 
 
 Macedonia70

Final standings

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References

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