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 FIBA U16 European Championship, previously known as the FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets, is a youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1971 edition. Through the 2003 edition, it was held every second year, but since th ...

. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament.

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won the trophy for third time in a row.

Teams

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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

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, Macedonia and

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. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined

(title holder),

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(runner-up) and Latvia (host) in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Championship

5th–8th playoffs

Final standings

;Team Roster Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević,

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, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović,

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, and Luka Bogdanović. Head Coach: Stevan Karadžić.

References

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