The 1973 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1973 European Championship for Cadets) was the second edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Summonte and Angri, in Italy, hosted the tournament. The Soviet Union won their first title.

•  Austria
•  Belgium
•  Czechoslovakia
•  England
•  France
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Turkey
•  West Germany
•  Yugoslavia

The sixteen teams were allocated in two groups of eight teams each.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Spain	7	7	0	508	387	14
Yugoslavia	7	5	2	558	363	12
Turkey	7	4	3	457	345	11
France	7	4	3	466	459	11
Czechoslovakia	7	3	4	407	454	10
Sweden	7	3	4	453	490	10
Portugal	7	2	5	341	469	9
England	7	0	7	310	533	7

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	7	7	0	582	351	14
Italy	7	6	1	498	405	13
Greece	7	5	2	510	438	12
Israel	7	3	4	460	478	10
Poland	7	3	4	477	443	10
Belgium	7	3	4	474	503	10
Germany	7	1	6	431	528	8
Austria	7	0	7	326	612	7

	Playoffs				Thirteenth place
	England	50
	Germany	83
					Germany	85
					Portugal	46
	Portugal	81
	Austria	52
					Fifteenth place
					Austria	75
					England	73

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	Sweden	49
	Poland	67
					Poland	85
					Belgium	82
	Belgium	68
	Czechoslovakia	58
					Eleventh place
					Czechoslovakia	61
					Sweden	59

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	Greece	85
	France	64
					Israel	69
					Greece	81
	Israel	70
	Turkey	68
					Seventh place
					Turkey	68
					France	70

	Semifinals				Third place
	Soviet Union	62
	Yugoslavia	58
					Spain	57
					Soviet Union	68
	Italy	58
	Spain	62
					Final
					Italy	74
					Yugoslavia	77

1973 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Soviet Union First title

Rank	Team	Record
	Soviet Union	9–0
	Spain	8–1
	Yugoslavia	6–3
4th	Italy	6–3
5th	Greece	7–2
6th	Israel	4–5
7th	France	5–4
8th	Turkey	4–5
9th	Poland	5–4
10th	Belgium	4–5
11th	Czechoslovakia	4–5
12th	Sweden	3–6
13th	Germany	3–6
14th	Portugal	3–6
15th	Austria	1–8
16th	England	0–9

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