| Continent: | Europe U-16 |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Host: | Hungary |
| Dates: | 8–15 August 1987 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Federations: | 1 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champions: | Yugoslavia |
| Title Number: | 5 |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five 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 | 5 | 0 | 402 | 318 | 10 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 373 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 347 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 332 | 390 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 388 | 399 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 349 | 429 | 5 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 429 | 316 | 10 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 365 | 350 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 356 | 342 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 335 | 374 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 327 | 369 | 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 301 | 362 | 5 |
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | ||
| 5th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 7th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 9th | ||
| 10th | ||
| 11th | ||
| 12th |