The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.

Competition system The tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the qualifying round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the qualifying round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the preliminary round were taken into account for the ranking in the qualifying round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.

Teams

Preliminary round     Team advanced to Qualifying Round     Team competed in 13th–16th games

Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302371886321213181531220924043031932433

Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts3301961716321201198531218416843031622063

Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302431646321290160531217424943031292633

Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302171656312196216431221923043122002214

Classification round     Team relegated to Division B.

Group G TeamPldWLPFPAPts3301941516321188158531218418243031442193

Qualifying round     Team advanced to Semifinals     Team competed in 5th–8th playoffs     Team competed in 9th–12th playoffs

Group E TeamPldWLPFPAPts5503842791054133826595322993098523335336751429741865052953415

Group F TeamPldWLPFPAPts5503793151054141929995323383098523353382751432136565052914315

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

5th–8th playoffs

Championship

Final standings

Rank Team4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th

Team roster Nemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavić, Nikša Nikolić, Aleksandar Obradović, Nikola Vukasović, Stevan Lekić, Danilo Anđušić, Lazar Radosavljević, Bogdan Jovanović, Nikola Rondović, Branislav Đekić, and Dejan Musli. Head coach: Dragan Vaščanin.

Relegated to the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B

References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive