The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2001 European Championship for Cadets) was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for third time in a row.
Teams
Qualification 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 Turkey, Macedonia and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia (title holder), Greece (runner-up) and Latvia (host) in the final tournament.
Preliminary round The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Team advanced to Quarterfinals Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts541391317954141539695413653399523353376751440742065053133965
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5503612871054133031295323273078523367340751433739765053464255
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
Championship
5th–8th playoffs
Final standings
Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
Team roster Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević, Vladimir Micov, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović, Kosta Perović, Milovan Raković, and Luka Bogdanović. Head coach: Stevan Karadžić.
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive Bal kadeta (Archived 2013-07-02);Vreme, 26 July 2001