The 1979 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1979 European Championship for Cadets) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Damascus, in Syria, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the second time and tied with the Soviet Union as the most winning countries in the tournament.
The eleven teams were allocated in two groups (one of five and one of six teams).
SrÃÂan DabiÃÂ, Nebojà ¡a ZorkiÃÂ, Marko IvanoviÃÂ, Matej Janà ¾ek, Milan BenÃÂiÃÂ, Zoran ÃÂutura, Dragan Zovko, Tomislav Tiringer, Jurica Kos, Robert Medved, à ½eljko Mrnjavac, and Jurid Kebe. Head coach: Luka StanÃÂiÃÂ.