# 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Summonte and Angri, in Italy, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their first title.

## Teams

* Austria
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* England
* France
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Poland
* Portugal
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* West Germany
* Yugoslavia

## Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.
* Team advanced to Semifinals
* Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs
* Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs
* Team competed in 13th–16th playoffs

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Spain | 7 | 7 | 0 | 508 | 387 | 14 |
| Yugoslavia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 558 | 363 | 12 |
| Turkey | 7 | 4 | 3 | 457 | 345 | 11 |
| France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 466 | 459 | 11 |
| Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 4 | 407 | 454 | 10 |
| Sweden | 7 | 3 | 4 | 453 | 490 | 10 |
| Portugal | 7 | 2 | 5 | 341 | 469 | 9 |
| England | 7 | 0 | 7 | 310 | 533 | 7 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 7 | 7 | 0 | 582 | 351 | 14 |
| Italy | 7 | 6 | 1 | 498 | 405 | 13 |
| Greece | 7 | 5 | 2 | 510 | 438 | 12 |
| Israel | 7 | 3 | 4 | 460 | 478 | 10 |
| Poland | 7 | 3 | 4 | 477 | 443 | 10 |
| Belgium | 7 | 3 | 4 | 474 | 503 | 10 |
| Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 431 | 528 | 8 |
| Austria | 7 | 0 | 7 | 326 | 612 | 7 |

## Knockout stage
### 13th–16th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| England | 50 |
| Germany | 83 | | |
| Germany | 83 | Germany | 85 |
| | | Portugal | 46 |
| Portugal | 81 | Portugal | 46 |
| Austria | 52 | | |
| Austria | 52 | Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place |
| | | Austria | 75 |
| | | England | 73 |

### 9th–12th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| Sweden | 49 |
| Poland | 67 | | |
| Poland | 67 | Poland | 85 |
| | | Belgium | 82 |
| Belgium | 68 | Belgium | 82 |
| Czechoslovakia | 58 | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 58 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 61 |
| | | Sweden | 59 |

### 5th–8th playoffs

| Playoffs | Playoffs | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Greece | 85 |
| France | 64 | | |
| France | 64 | Israel | 69 |
| | | Greece | 81 |
| Israel | 70 | Greece | 81 |
| Turkey | 68 | | |
| Turkey | 68 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Turkey | 68 |
| | | France | 70 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Third place | Third place |
| Soviet Union | 62 |
| Yugoslavia | 58 | | |
| Yugoslavia | 58 | Spain | 57 |
| | | Soviet Union | 68 |
| Italy | 58 | Soviet Union | 68 |
| Spain | 62 | | |
| Spain | 62 | Final | Final |
| | | Italy | 74 |
| | | Yugoslavia | 77 |
* 1973 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
* Soviet Union First title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Soviet Union | 9–0 |
| | Spain | 8–1 |
| | Yugoslavia | 6–3 |
| 4th | Italy | 6–3 |
| 5th | Greece | 7–2 |
| 6th | Israel | 4–5 |
| 7th | France | 5–4 |
| 8th | Turkey | 4–5 |
| 9th | Poland | 5–4 |
| 10th | Belgium | 4–5 |
| 11th | Czechoslovakia | 4–5 |
| 12th | Sweden | 3–6 |
| 13th | Germany | 3–6 |
| 14th | Portugal | 3–6 |
| 15th | Austria | 1–8 |
| 16th | England | 0–9 |