1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship explained
| Continent: | Europe U-16 |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Host: | Syria |
| Dates: | 19–27 July 1979 |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Federations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Yugoslavia |
| Title Number: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1981 |
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.
Preliminary round
The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).
| | Team advanced to Semifinals |
| | Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs |
| | Team competed in 9th–11th round | |
Group A
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 380 | 279 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 305 | 288 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 310 | 307 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 284 | 333 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 272 | 344 | 5 | |
Group B
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 477 | 371 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 506 | 352 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 447 | 389 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 412 | 399 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 378 | 397 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 287 | 599 | 5 | |
Knockout stage
| | Ninth place |
| | Tenth place |
| | Eleventh place | |
9th–11th round
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 122 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 143 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 196 | 2 | |
Championship
Final standings
| Rank | | Team |
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| 4th | |
| 5th | |
| 6th | |
| 7th | |
| 8th | |
| 9th | |
| 10th | |
| 11th | | |
- Team rosterSrđan 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.
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