| Continent: | Europe U-16 |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Host: | Italy |
| Dates: | 19–29 July 1973 |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Federations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champions: | Soviet Union |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Prevseason: | 1971 |
| Nextseason: | 1975 |
The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Summonte and Angri, in Italy, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their first title.
The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.
| Team advanced to Semifinals | ||
| Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs | ||
| Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs | ||
| Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 508 | 387 | 14 | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 558 | 363 | 12 | ||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 457 | 345 | 11 | ||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 466 | 459 | 11 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 407 | 454 | 10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 453 | 490 | 10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 341 | 469 | 9 | ||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 7 | 310 | 533 | 7 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 582 | 351 | 14 | ||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 1 | 498 | 405 | 13 | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 510 | 438 | 12 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 460 | 478 | 10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 477 | 443 | 10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 474 | 503 | 10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 431 | 528 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 7 | 326 | 612 | 7 |
| Rank | Team ! | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–0 | |||
| 8–1 | |||
| 6–3 | |||
| 4th | 6–3 | ||
| 5th | 7–2 | ||
| 6th | 4–5 | ||
| 7th | 5–4 | ||
| 8th | 4–5 | ||
| 9th | 5–4 | ||
| 10th | 4–5 | ||
| 11th | 4–5 | ||
| 12th | 3–6 | ||
| 13th | 3–6 | ||
| 14th | 3–6 | ||
| 15th | 1–8 | ||
| 16th | 0–9 |