2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship explained

Continent:	Europe U-16
Year:	2011
Host:	Czech Republic
Dates:	July 28 – August 7, 2011
Teams:	16
Federations:	1
Venues:	3
Cities:	2
Champions:	Croatia
Title Number:	3
Mvp:	Mario Hezonja
Ppg P:	Vezenkov (27.1)
Ppg T:	(84.4)
Rpg P:	Peterka (12.6)
Rpg T:	(46.1)
Apg P:	Kouril (6.1)
Apg T:	(20.6)
Website:	Official web (archive)
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

The 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 25th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, which was held in the Czech Republic, from July 28 to August 7. Croatia won the title for the third time, and the second in a row.

Group stages

Preliminary round

In this round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three advanced to the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th place in the Classification Games.

	Team advance to Qualifying Round
	Team compete in Classification Round

Times given below are in CEST (UTC+2).

Group A

width=170	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=25	Pts	width=50	Tiebreaker
style=text-align:left"		3	3	0	233	197	+36	6
style=text-align:left"		3	2	1	207	163	+44	5
style=text-align:left"		3	1	2	175	208	−33	4
style=text-align:left"		3	0	3	180	227	−47	3

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Group B

width=170	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=25	Pts	width=50	Tiebreaker
style=text-align:left"		3	3	0	216	189	+27	6
style=text-align:left"		3	2	1	249	239	+10	5
style=text-align:left"		3	1	2	251	227	+24	4
style=text-align:left"		3	0	3	201	262	−61	3

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Group C

width=170	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=25	Pts	width=50	Tiebreaker
style=text-align:left"		3	2	1	191	170	+21	5	1–0
style=text-align:left"		3	2	1	207	206	+1	5	0–1
style=text-align:left"		3	1	2	197	217	−20	4	1–0
style=text-align:left"		3	1	2	216	218	−2	4	0–1

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Group D

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style=text-align:left"		3	3	0	275	247	+28	6
style=text-align:left"		3	2	1	234	218	+16	5
style=text-align:left"		3	1	2	216	222	−6	4
style=text-align:left"		3	0	3	229	267	−38	3

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Qualifying round

The twelve teams remaining were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The four top teams advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played for the 9th–12th place.

	Team advance to Quarterfinals
	Team compete in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E

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style=text-align:left"		5	4	1	388	358	+30	9	1–0
style=text-align:left"		5	4	1	334	277	+57	9	0–1
style=text-align:left"		5	3	2	314	316	−2	8
style=text-align:left"		5	2	3	361	379	−18	7	1–0
style=text-align:left"		5	2	3	393	388	+5	7	0–1
style=text-align:left"		5	0	5	295	367	−72	5

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Group F

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style=text-align:left"		5	5	0	400	364	+36	10
style=text-align:left"		5	4	1	323	277	+46	9
style=text-align:left"		5	3	2	339	317	+22	8
style=text-align:left"		5	2	3	328	336	−8	7
style=text-align:left"		5	1	4	322	347	−25	6
style=text-align:left"		5	0	5	296	367	−71	5

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Classification round

The last teams of each group in the preliminary round competed in this Classification Round. The four teams played in one group. The last two teams were relegated to Division B for the next season.

	Team will be relegated to Division B.
	Team will be stay in Division A.

Group G

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style=text-align:left"		6	6	0	527	421	+106	12
style=text-align:left"		6	4	2	464	464	0	10
style=text-align:left"		6	1	5	476	525	−49	7	1–1 +21
style=text-align:left"		6	1	5	402	459	−57	7	1–1 –21

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Knockout round

9th–12th playoffs

Quarterfinals

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Classification 9–12

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Semifinals

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Classification 5–8

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Final

Final standings

Rank	width=160	Team !	Record
		9–0
		7–2
		7–2
4th		5–4
5th		5–4
6th		4–5
7th		5–4
8th		4–5
9th		5–3
10th		3–5
11th		2–6
12th		1–7
13th		7–2
14th		4–5
15th		1–8
16th		1–8

Team rosterLovre Bašić, Ivan Jukić, Paolo Marinelli, Domagoj Bošnjak, Mario Hezonja, Karlo Žganec, Dorian Jelenek, Tomislav Gabrić, Leon Tomić, Marko Arapović, Ivan Bender, Bruno Žganec

Head coach: Ante Nazor.

	Qualified for the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
	Qualified as the host nation for the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
	Relegated to the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

External links

• FIBA Archive
• Official Site