| Continent: | Europe U-16 |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Host: | Bulgaria |
| Dates: | 18–26 August 1985 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Federations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Yugoslavia |
| Title Number: | 4 |
| Prevseason: | 1983 |
| Nextseason: | 1987 |
The 1985 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1985 European Championship for Cadets) was the 8th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Ruse, in Bulgaria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fourth time and became the most winning country in the tournament. It was its second title in a row and third in the last four tournaments.
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=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 505 | 354 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 357 | 373 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 342 | 354 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 438 | 389 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 344 | 403 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 306 | 419 | 6 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 392 | 376 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 390 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 311 | 351 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 380 | 391 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 387 | 381 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 344 | 354 | 6 |
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | ||
| 5th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 7th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 9th | ||
| 10th | ||
| 11th | ||
| 12th |