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
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, in
Syria
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, hosted the tournament.
Yugoslavia
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won the trophy for the second time and tied with the
Soviet Union
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as the most winning countries in the tournament.
Teams
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Preliminary round
The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
9th–11th round
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
;Team roster
Srđan Dabić
Srđan Dabić ( sr-cyr, Срђан Дабић; born 20 July 1962) is a Serbian business manager and former professional basketball player.
Playing career
A point guard, Dabić played 13 seasons in the Yugoslav Federal League from 1978 to 1991. ...
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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
Luka Stančić ( sr-Cyrl, Лука Станчић; 1939 – 2 January 1990) was a Serbian professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach and player who spent entire playing career and the most of his coaching career with his hometown team KK Me ...
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References
FIBA Archive
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1979
Events
January
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1979–80 in European basketball
1979 in Syrian sport
International basketball competitions hosted by Syria