1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship


The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.

Teams

Preliminary round

The eleven teams were allocated in two groups.
Team advanced to [|Semifinals]
Team competed in [|5th–8th playoffs]
Team competed in [|9th–11th round]

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

9th–11th round

5th–8th playoffs

Championship

Final standings

;Team Roster
Srđan Dabić, Nebojša Zorkić, Marko Ivanović, Matej Janžek, Milan Benčić, Zoran Čutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, Željko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe.
Head Coach: Luka Stančić.