1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
1979 EuroBasket Under-16 5th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Host country Syria Dates 19–27 July 1979 Teams 11 Venue(s) (in 1 host city) Champions Yugoslavia (2nd title)
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 , in Syria , hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.
Teams
Preliminary round
The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Ninth place
Tenth place
Eleventh place
9th–11th round
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
1979 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Yugoslavia Second title
Team roster
Srđan Dabić , 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 .
References
Division A Qualification
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
since 2004: not held
Division B Division C
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