The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments.
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
à ½ivko Badà ¾im, Oliver PopoviÃÂ, Rastko CvetkoviÃÂ, à ½an Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuà ¡a, Boris Orcev, Marijan KraljeviÃÂ, Obrad IgnjatoviÃÂ, Arijan Komazec, Mirko PavloviÃÂ, and Bojan PopoviÃÂ. Head coach: Janez DrvariÃÂ.