# 1975 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1975 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1975 European Championship for Cadets) was the third edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, in Greece, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their second title in a row and became the most winning country in the tournament.

## Teams

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* England
* France
* Greece
* Iceland
* Israel
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Scotland
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Wales
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

## Preliminary round

The twenty teams were allocated in four groups (two groups of four teams each and two groups of six teams each).
* Team advanced to Quarterfinals
* Team competed in 9th–16th playoffs
* Team competed in 17th–18th playoffs
* Team competed in 19th–20th playoffs

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 135 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 133 | 5 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 184 | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 250 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 180 | 6 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 218 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 211 | 205 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 228 | 3 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 563 | 214 | 10 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 420 | 262 | 9 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 425 | 348 | 8 |
| Iceland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 265 | 425 | 7 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 243 | 341 | 6 |
| Scotland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 180 | 506 | 5 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Italy | 5 | 5 | 0 | 504 | 253 | 10 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 381 | 320 | 9 |
| Israel | 5 | 3 | 2 | 494 | 323 | 8 |
| West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 415 | 306 | 7 |
| England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 261 | 407 | 6 |
| Wales | 5 | 0 | 5 | 157 | 603 | 5 |

## Knockout stage
### 19th–20th playoffs

| 19th place | 19th place | 19th place |
| Scotland | Scotland | 68 |
| Wales | Wales | 47 |

### 17th–18th playoffs

| 17th place | 17th place | 17th place |
| Austria | Austria | 57 |
| England | England | 49 |

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Portugal | 40 | | |
| Bulgaria | 82 | | |
| Bulgaria | 82 | Bulgaria | 61 |
| | | Sweden | 57 |
| Sweden | 57 | Sweden | 57 |
| France | 55 | | | | |
| France | 55 | | | Bulgaria | 62 |
| | | | | West Germany | 77 |
| Iceland | 69 | | | West Germany | 77 |
| Israel | 118 | | | | |
| Israel | 118 | Israel | 74 | | |
| | | West Germany | 80 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Poland | 59 | West Germany | 80 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| West Germany | 80 | | | | |
| West Germany | 80 | | | Israel | 85 |
| | | | | Sweden | 68 |

#### 13th–16th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| Portugal | 68 |
| France | 54 | | |
| France | 54 | Portugal | 2 |
| | | Poland | 0 |
| Iceland | 53 | Poland | 0 |
| Poland | 107 | | |
| Poland | 107 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | France | 58 |
| | | Iceland | 54 |

### Championship

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Spain | 65 | | |
| Yugoslavia | 67 | | |
| Yugoslavia | 67 | Yugoslavia | 68 |
| | | Greece | 77 |
| Greece | 78 | Greece | 77 |
| Belgium | 72 | | | | |
| Belgium | 72 | | | Greece | 61 |
| | | | | Soviet Union | 64 |
| Czechoslovakia | 61 | | | Soviet Union | 64 |
| Italy | 85 | | | | |
| Italy | 85 | Italy | 69 | | |
| | | Soviet Union | 107 | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 50 | Soviet Union | 107 | Third place | Third place |
| Soviet Union | 84 | | | | |
| Soviet Union | 84 | | | Yugoslavia | 74 |
| | | | | Italy | 72 |

#### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Spain | 71 |
| Belgium | 62 | | |
| Belgium | 62 | Spain | 92 |
| | | Netherlands | 49 |
| Czechoslovakia | 63 | Netherlands | 49 |
| Netherlands | 64 | | |
| Netherlands | 64 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Belgium | 85 |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 67 |
* 1975 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
* Soviet Union Second title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Soviet Union |
| | Greece |
| | Yugoslavia |
| 4th | Italy |
| 5th | Spain |
| 6th | Netherlands |
| 7th | Belgium |
| 8th | Czechoslovakia |
| 9th | West Germany |
| 10th | Bulgaria |
| 11th | Israel |
| 12th | Sweden |
| 13th | Portugal |
| 14th | Poland |
| 15th | France |
| 16th | Iceland |
| 17th | Austria |
| 18th | England |
| 19th | Scotland |
| 20th | Wales |