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
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 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 The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Team advanced to Quarterfinals Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504173211054139836695324203788523369345751433542665053154185
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504593291053234936585233293347523315363752332733475143213756
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
Championship
5th–8th playoffs
Final standings
Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
Team roster Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Djurković, Dragan Labović, Nenad Mijatović, Dušan Trajković, Nenad Zivčević, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Branko Jereminov, Nikola Dragović, and Boban Medenica. Head coach: Mijo Kadija.
References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive