Great amount of talent was collected in Serbian city Novi Sad last eight days and good basketball was played during the competition.
Croatia won the title with 71:70 victory against Spain. It was dramatical finish with Roko Prkačin tremendous dunk for Croatian 69:67 lead 21 seconds before the final horn. Spain returned with three pointer made by Hector Alderete 6,4 seconds left on the clock. After Croatia's time-out Prkačin recieved the ball on low post and scored layup for final 71:70. There was 2,8 seconds left for Spain to win, but Kennedy Clement missed the jumper and Croatian celebration started!
Boris Tišma was Croatian top scorer with Prkačin ended the game with 24 points, while Prkačin added 18 with 10 rebounds. Both of them were selected in Starting Five of the tournament and Prkačin also won the MVP award, averaging 18,6 points, 10,9 rebounds, 3,7 assists and 2,0 blocks per game, while shooting 52% from the floor.
Alderete with 17 points and Usman Garuba with 14 points and 18 rebounds were Spanish best players in the final match, but also on the entire tournament, both winning the place in Starting Five.
This was Croatian 4th gold on U16 European Championship, after celebrations in 1995, 2010 and 2011.
Turkey dominated 3rd place match against France, winning the game with 82:59. Alperen Sengun was Turkey's best player during the competition, leading the team in points (14,4 per game), rebounds (9,2 per game), steals (1,6) and blocks (1,4), which gave him place in Starting Five of the tournament.
Host nation Serbia won 5th place with 81:68 win over Greece, while Lithuania beaten Latvia 82:61 to win 7th place.
There are few other interesting players in the tournament and we will give them "un-original" name Honorable Mention. They are:
Ivan Perasović - Croatia - 15,7 points, 5,9 rebounds, 87% FT
Deniz Gorener - Turkey - 14,4 points, 6,0 rebounds
Juhann Begarin - France - 15,6 points, 2,3 steals, 41% 3PT
Moussa Diabate - France - 11,1 points, 10,3 rebounds
Nikola Manojlović - Serbia - 14,0 points, 5,1 rebounds, 52% FG, 83% FT
Andreas Kalogis - Greece - 13,1 points, 10,1 rebounds
Azuolas Tubelis - Lithuania - 14,3 points, 10,4 rebounds, 2,7 blocks
Toms Skuja - Latvia - 12,4 points, 3,1 rebounds, 4,6 assists, 2,4 steals
Johannes Kirsipuu - Estonia - 13,4 points, 5,4 rebounds, 3,7 assists, 2,3 steals, 85% FT
Alen Malovčič - Slovenia - 18,3 points, 9,7 rebounds
Fedor Žugić - Montenegro - 18,9 points, 4,9 rebounds, 65% 2PT
Aleksandre Merkviladze - Georgia - 15,7 points, 8,1 rebounds
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