The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 FIBA European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments.
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 TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504023181054141837395323673478523332390751438839965053494295
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504293161054136535095323563428523335374751432736965053013625
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
Team roster Živko Badžim, Oliver Popović, Rastko Cvetković, Žan Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuša, Boris Orcev, Marijan Kraljević, Obrad Ignjatović, Arijan Komazec, Mirko Pavlović, and Bojan Popović. Head coach: Janez Drvarič.
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive