The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.
Teams
Preliminary round The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).
Team advanced to Semifinals Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs Team competed in 9th–11th round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts44038027984313052887413310307541328433354132723445
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504773711054150635295324473898523412399751437839765052875995
Knockout stage Ninth place Tenth place Eleventh place
9th–11th round TeamPldWLPFPAPts220168122421118714330021061962
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th
Team roster Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head coach: Luka Stančić.
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive