1995 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

For the first time since the inception of the tournament, a qualification round was played. Nineteen countries entered the qualification round. They were divide in three groups. The top three teams of each group qualified for the main tournament.

Poland (as host), Russia (as incumbent champion) and Spain (as incumbent runner-up) received a bye to the main tournament and did not play in the qualification round.

Group A

The games were played in Espoo, Finland, from August 10 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	5	4	1	377	291	+86	9	Final tournament		—	86–63	49–61	70–41	84–50	88–76
2	Czech Republic	5	4	1	373	341	+32	9				—	63–47	76–64	95–77	76–67
3	Germany	5	3	2	300	301	−1	8					—	64–57	64–58	64–74
4	France	5	2	3	318	307	+11	7						—	81–39	75–58
5	Finland (H)	5	1	4	292	388	−96	6							—	68–64
6	Lithuania	5	1	4	339	371	−32	6								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.

Group B

The games were played in Marsala, Italy, from August 8 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	6	6	0	445	297	+148	12	Final tournament		—	63–45	57–55	74–67	61–59	79–61	111–10
2	Belgium	6	4	2	417	347	+70	10				—	83–69	51–63	63–54	72–59	103–39
3	Bulgaria	6	4	2	412	322	+90	10					—	73–62	58–54	64–46	93–20
4	Turkey	6	3	3	391	361	+30	9						—	54–53	64–73	81–37
5	Hungary	6	2	4	352	316	+36	8							—	56–51	76–29
6	Ukraine	6	2	4	394	365	+29	8								—	104–30
7	England	6	0	6	165	568	−403	6									—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.

Group C

The games were played in Žilina, Slovakia, from August 10 to 14, 1994.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	1	297	227	+70	9[lower-alpha 1]	Final tournament		—	69–42	49–61	61–49	59–43	62–37
2	Slovenia	5	4	1	312	276	+36	9[lower-alpha 1]				—	62–65	81–66	60–55	53–44
3	Slovakia (H)	5	4	1	323	292	+31	9[lower-alpha 1]					—	64–57	58–47	80–47
4	Romania	5	1	4	313	335	−22	6[lower-alpha 2]						—	60–66	71–49
5	Israel	5	1	4	281	313	−32	6[lower-alpha 2]							—	70–76
6	Portugal	5	1	4	253	336	−83	6[lower-alpha 2]								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: 1) GRE 1–1 (+17), SLO 1–1 (+7), SVK 1–1 (–24).
2. Head-to-head record: 1) ROU 1–1 (+16), ISR 1–1 (0), POR 1–1 (–16).

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Poland	Hosts	7th	1991	5th (1976, 1978)
Russia	1993 winners	2nd[note 1]	1993	Champions (1993)
Spain	1993 runner-up	11th	1993	Runners-up (1993)
Belarus	Qualification round Group A winners	1st (debut)[note 2]	None	None
Czech Republic	Qualification round Group A runners-up	1st (debut)[note 3]	None	None
Germany	Qualification round Group A third place	1st (debut)[note 4]	None	None
Italy	Qualification round Group B winners	11th	1993	Runners-up (1978, 1980, 1985)
Belgium	Qualification round Group B runners-up	6th	1993	8th (1993)
Bulgaria	Qualification round Group B third place	8th	1987	Runners-up (1984)
Greece	Qualification round Group C winners	4th	1993	5th (1991)
Slovenia	Qualification round Group C runners-up	1st (debut)[note 5]	None	None
Slovakia	Qualification round Group C third place	2nd[note 6]	1993	4th (1993)

In the Preliminary Round, the twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semifinals. The third and fourth place of each group qualified for the 5th-8th playoffs. The last two teams of each group qualified for the 9th-12th playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	5	4	1	351	319	+32	9	Advance to Semifinals		—	65–57	72–83	70–68	80–60	64–51
2	Belgium	5	4	1	295	274	+21	9				—	51–44	65–54	65–57	57–54
3	Belarus	5	3	2	335	327	+8	8	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	70–56	77–72	61–76
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	302	310	−8	7						—	68–51	56–54
5	Slovakia	5	1	4	307	351	−44	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	67–61
6	Poland	5	1	4	296	305	−9	6								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	387	282	+105	10	Advance to Semifinals		—	80–79	71–60	79–43	79–56	78–44
2	Spain	5	4	1	334	287	+47	9				—	70–54	58–56	65–60	62–37
3	Czech Republic	5	3	2	286	281	+5	8	Transfer to 5th–8th playoff				—	53–50	68–42	51–48
4	Greece	5	2	3	246	258	−12	7						—	48–33	49–35
5	Germany	5	1	4	244	312	−68	6	Transfer to 9th–12th playoff						—	53–52
6	Slovenia	5	0	5	216	293	−77	5								—

Source: FIBA Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record.

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