1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship qualification

The qualification competition for the 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship consisted in two different qualification rounds: the qualifying round and the challenge round. Greece, Macedonia and Italy, as third, fourth and fifth place in the previous tournament, received a bye to the challenge round. Croatia, as title holder, Spain, as runner-up, and Belgium, as host, qualified directly for the tournament.

Qualifying round Twenty-three national teams entered in this round. They were allocated in five groups (three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams). The top three teams advanced to the challenge round, where they joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy.

    Team advanced to the challenge round

Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.

Group A The matches were played on April 19–21, 2006. TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302061906321236196531221621343031722313

Group B The matches were played on April 17–21, 2006. TeamPldWLPFPAPts44030922384312531957422335272641327329654042013854

Group C The matches were played on April 17–21, 2006. TeamPldWLPFPAPts44034119484312672347422261238641326029254041903614

Group D The matches were played on April 12–14, 2006. TeamPldWLPFPAPts3302471278321177170731214318763031222055

Group E The matches were played on April 17–21, 2006. TeamPldWLPFPAPts44027020684312602097422222271641320422454041842304

Challenge round The fifteen national teams entering from the qualifying round joined Greece, Macedonia and Italy in this round. The eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group advanced to the final tournament, where they joined Croatia, Spain, and Belgium.

    Team advanced to the 1997 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Teams in italics hosted the mini-tournament.

Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPts541391319954130727595323693018523313367751432636865143254016

Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPts5503722611054136029895323163098523328344751429232665052463765

Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPts5504373081054136933895323643768523351326751431837665052974125

References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive