| Continent: | Europe U-16 |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Host: | Italy |
| Dates: | 10–17 July 1971 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Federations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Yugoslavia |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Nextseason: | 1973 |
The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
| Team advanced to Semifinals | ||
| Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs | ||
| Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 371 | 199 | +172 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 295 | 200 | +95 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 265 | 242 | +23 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 244 | 264 | −20 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 229 | 389 | −160 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 314 | −110 | 5 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 363 | 265 | +128 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 361 | 257 | +104 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 369 | 312 | +57 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 328 | 318 | +10 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 294 | 351 | −57 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 210 | 452 | −242 | 5 |
| Rank | Team ! | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–0 | |||
| 6–1 | |||
| 6–1 | |||
| 4th | 4–3 | ||
| 5th | 5–2 | ||
| 6th | 4–3 | ||
| 7th | 3–4 | ||
| 8th | 2–5 | ||
| 9th | 3–4 | ||
| 10th | 2–5 | ||
| 11th | 1–6 | ||
| 12th | 0–7 |