1978 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

2nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	14–24 August 1978
Teams	15
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)

The 1978 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the second edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Cuenca, Spain from 14 to 24 August 1978.

The Soviet Union won their second title in a row.

Participating teams

•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Tunisia
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

In the PReliminary Round, the fifteen teams were allocated in two groups, one of eight teams and one of seven teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the Semifinals. The third and fourth team of each group competed in the 5th-8th playoff. The fifth and sixth team of each group competed in the 9th-12th playoff. The seventh of each team competed in the 13th-14th playoff.

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Soviet Union 7 7 0 741 341 +400 14  Italy 7 6 1 675 364 +311 13  Poland 7 5 2 577 404 +173 12  Finland 7 4 3 522 458 +64 11  Spain 7 3 4 425 446 −21 10  Netherlands 7 2 5 371 446 −75 9  Scotland 7 1 6 285 543 −258 8  Tunisia 7 0 7 184 778 −594 7

Soviet Union — — 94–59 — 109–43 — — 140–25  Italy 76–86 — 82–76 — — 80–35 — —  Poland — — — 74–64 65–62 — — 126–22  Finland 56–109 69–107 — — — 67–45 — —  Spain — 50–91 — 61–67 — 50–38 — —  Netherlands 48–100 — 44–84 — — — — 107–31  Scotland 34–103 30–122 36–93 35–74 40–72 34–54 — 76–25  Tunisia — 18–117 — 27–125 36–87 — — —

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Bulgaria 6 6 0 564 352 +212 12  Romania 6 4 2 496 374 +122 10 1–1 (+6)  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 402 367 +35 10 1–1 (+3)  France 6 4 2 436 364 +72 10 1–1 (–9)  West Germany 6 2 4 286 401 −115 8  Belgium 6 1 5 344 457 −113 7  Israel 6 0 6 290 503 −213 6

Bulgaria — — 100–70 76–67 — 89–64 —  Romania 69–99 — — 74–60 — 105–60 —  Yugoslavia — 65–57 — — 58–42 — 77–57  France — — 62–57 — 66–50 — —  West Germany 47–86 45–96 — — — — 52–49  Belgium — — 49–75 60–81 46–50 — —  Israel 35–114 45–95 — 47–100 — 57–65 —

Playoffs

13th-14th playoff

23 August 1978 08:30

Boxscore

Scotland	35–63	Israel
Scoring by half: 14-32, 21-31

9th-12th playoff

	Semifinals				9th place game
	August 23
	West Germany	54
					August 24
	Netherlands	60
					Netherlands	53
	August 23
					Belgium	42
	Spain	66
	Belgium	67
					11th place game
					August 24
					West Germany	47
					Spain	63

5th-8th playoff

	Semifinals				5th place game
	August 23
	Poland	67
					August 24
	France	66
					Poland	73
	August 23
					Yugoslavia	53
	Yugoslavia	67
	Finland	60
					7th place game
					August 24
					France	79
					Finland	62

Championship playoff

	Semifinals				Final
	August 23
	Soviet Union	84
					August 24
	Romania	67
					Soviet Union	77
	August 23
					Italy	62
	Bulgaria	86
	Italy	87
					Bronze game
					August 24
					Bulgaria	107
					Romania	84

Final standings

Rank Team  Soviet Union  Italy  Bulgaria 4th  Romania 5th  Poland 6th  Yugoslavia 7th  France 8th  Finland 9th  Netherlands 10th  Belgium 11th  Spain 12th  West Germany 13th  Israel 14th  Scotland 15th  Tunisia

1978 FIBA Europe Women's Under-16 Championship winners  Soviet Union 2nd title

External links

• Official Site