| 15th FIBA Under-16 European Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Slovenia |
| Dates | 15–24 July 1999 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 federation) |
| Venue | (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia(2nd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Aleksandar Gajić |
| Topscorer |  Zisis (23.9) |
| Toprebounds |  Lončar (15.3) |
| Topassists |  Mirakovski (3.3) |
| PPG (Team) | Macedonia (83.5) |
| RPG (Team) | Croatia (35.0) |
| APG (Team) | Yugoslavia (8.3) |
| Official website | |
| Official website (archive) | |
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The1999 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as1999 European Championship for Cadets) was the 15th edition of theFIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities ofPolzela,Celje andLaško, inSlovenia, hosted the tournament.Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time in a row.
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 joinedGreece,Israel andFrance. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joinedYugoslavia (title holder),Russia (runner-up) andSlovenia (host) in the final tournament.
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
| Team advanced toQuarterfinals | |
| Team competed in9th–12th playoffs |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 430 | 385 | 8 |
 France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 351 | 321 | 8 |
 Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 374 | 8 |
 Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 344 | 338 | 7 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 346 | 385 | 7 |
 Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 332 | 359 | 7 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 373 | 326 | 10 |
| Greece | 5 | 4 | 1 | 375 | 326 | 9 |
 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 390 | 8 |
 Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 321 | 354 | 6 |
 Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 328 | 347 | 6 |
 Russia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 328 | 381 | 6 |
| Playoffs | Ninth place | |||||
| Russia | 81 | |||||
| Croatia | 74 | |||||
| Croatia | 82 | |||||
| Poland | 64 | |||||
| Slovenia | 76 | |||||
| Poland | 79 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| Russia | 82 | |||||
| Slovenia | 66 | |||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Spain | 73 | |||||||||
| Greece | 78 | |||||||||
| Greece | 71 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 64 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 65 | |||||||||
| Macedonia | 64 | |||||||||
| Greece | 48 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 59 | |||||||||
| Georgia | 91 | |||||||||
| France | 94 | |||||||||
| France | 49 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 67 | Third place | ||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 77 | |||||||||
| Latvia | 62 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 81 | |||||||||
| France | 63 | |||||||||
| Playoffs | Fifth place | |||||
| Spain | 77 | |||||
| Macedonia | 91 | |||||
| Macedonia | 83 | |||||
| Latvia | 90 | |||||
| Georgia | 62 | |||||
| Latvia | 72 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Spain | 75 | |||||
| Georgia | 109 | |||||
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Jovan Stefanov,Bojan Bakić,Aleksandar Gajić,Strahinja Zgonjanin,Nemanja Matović,Miloš Pavlović,Dušan Đorđević,Mirko Kovač,Miloš Nišavić,Srđan Bulatović,Ivan Andonov, andTomislav Tomović.Head coach:Petar Rodić. |
