The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Dragan TodoriÃÂ, Predrag TripkoviÃÂ, Ante Zaloker, Dragan KiÃÂanoviÃÂ, Marko MartinoviÃÂ, Milan MiliÃÂeviÃÂ, Zoran Biorac, Rajko à ½ià ¾iÃÂ, Mirza Delibaà ¡iÃÂ, à ½eljko Morelj, Radmilo Lukovac, and Mirko Grgin. Head coach: Mirko Novosel.