1989 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

1989 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

8th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	5–12 August 1989
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Vardaki (17)
PPG (Team)	Soviet Union (68.4)
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The 1989 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the 8th edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 12 teams featured in the competition, held in Timișoara, Romania, from 5 to 12 August 1989.

Czechoslovakia won their first and only title before their dissolution four years later. It was the first time that a team other than the Soviet Union won the title.

•  Czechoslovakia
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Yugoslavia

In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The third and fourth place of each group qualified for the 5th-8th playoffs. The last two teams of each group qualified for the 9th-12th playoffs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	350	204	+146	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	62–50	68–52	67–37	79–35	74–30
2	Spain	5	3	2	298	245	+53	8				—	54–48	68–30	76–53	50–52
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	293	284	+9	8	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	58–48	67–49	65–65
4	France	5	2	3	217	280	−63	7						—	45–44	57–43
5	Poland	5	1	4	236	316	−80	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	55–49
6	Greece	5	1	4	239	304	−65	6								—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	302	232	+70	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	62–57	51–47	58–40	72–53	59–35
2	Romania	5	4	1	314	242	+72	9				—	59–57	67–34	72–60	59–29
3	Italy	5	2	3	282	248	+34	7[a]	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	69–71	61–40	48–27
4	West Germany	5	2	3	251	280	−29	7[a]						—	55–59	51–27
5	Hungary	5	2	3	270	301	−31	7[a]	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	58–41
6	Netherlands	5	0	5	159	275	−116	5								—

	Semifinals				9th place game
	August 11
	Greece	59
					August 12
	Hungary	55
					Greece	54
	August 11
					Poland	52
	Poland	56
	Netherlands	45
					11th place game
					August 12
					Hungary	74
					Netherlands	47

	Semifinals				5th place game
	August 11
	France	41
					August 12
	Italy	50
					Italy	64
	August 11
					West Germany	36
	Yugoslavia	48
	West Germany	51
					7th place game
					August 12
					France	47
					Yugoslavia	55

	Semifinals				Final
	August 11
	Czechoslovakia	78
					August 12
	Spain	60
					Czechoslovakia	58
	August 11
					Romania	57
	Soviet Union	34
	Romania	39
					Bronze game
					August 12
					Soviet Union	95
					Spain	66

Rank Team  Czechoslovakia  Romania  Soviet Union 4th  Spain 5th  Italy 6th  West Germany 7th  Yugoslavia 8th  France 9th  Greece 10th  Poland 11th  Hungary 12th  Netherlands

1989 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship winners  Czechoslovakia 1st title

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