2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for third time in a row.

Qualification

There were two qualifying rounds for this tournament. Twenty-four national teams entered the qualifying round. Fifteen teams advanced to the Challenge Round, where they joined Turkey, Macedonia and France. The remaining eighteen teams were allocated in three groups of six teams each. The three top teams of each group joined Yugoslavia, Greece and Latvia in the final tournament.

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

	Team advanced to [\|Quarterfinals]
	Team competed in [\|9th–12th playoffs]

Final standings

Rank	Team



4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th

;Team roster
Stefan Majstorović, Mlađen Šljivančanin, Vukašin Aleksić, Srđan Živković, Dušan Vučićević, Vladimir Micov, Veljko Tomović, Darko Miličić, Vladimir Mašulović, Kosta Perović, Milovan Raković, and Luka Bogdanović.
Head coach: Stevan Karadžić.