The 1978 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes was the second edition of the European basketball championship for U16 women's teams, today known as FIBA U16 Women's European Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Cuenca, Spain from 14 to 24 August 1978.

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1978 FIBA European Championship for Cadettes

2nd FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	14–24 August 1978
Teams	15
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
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The Soviet Union won their second title in a row.

•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Finland
•  France
•  West Germany
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Scotland
•  Soviet Union
•  Spain
•  Tunisia
•  Yugoslavia

In the PReliminary Round, the fifteen teams were allocated in two groups, one of eight teams and one of seven teams. The top two teams of each group qualified for the Semifinals. The third and fourth team of each group competed in the 5th-8th playoff. The fifth and sixth team of each group competed in the 9th-12th playoff. The seventh of each team competed in the 13th-14th playoff.

Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts  Soviet Union 7 7 0 741 341 +400 14  Italy 7 6 1 675 364 +311 13  Poland 7 5 2 577 404 +173 12  Finland 7 4 3 522 458 +64 11  Spain 7 3 4 425 446 −21 10  Netherlands 7 2 5 371 446 −75 9  Scotland 7 1 6 285 543 −258 8  Tunisia 7 0 7 184 778 −594 7

Soviet Union — — 94–59 — 109–43 — — 140–25  Italy 76–86 — 82–76 — — 80–35 — —  Poland — — — 74–64 65–62 — — 126–22  Finland 56–109 69–107 — — — 67–45 — —  Spain — 50–91 — 61–67 — 50–38 — —  Netherlands 48–100 — 44–84 — — — — 107–31  Scotland 34–103 30–122 36–93 35–74 40–72 34–54 — 76–25  Tunisia — 18–117 — 27–125 36–87 — — —

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Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie  Bulgaria 6 6 0 564 352 +212 12  Romania 6 4 2 496 374 +122 10 1–1 (+6)  Yugoslavia 6 4 2 402 367 +35 10 1–1 (+3)  France 6 4 2 436 364 +72 10 1–1 (–9)  West Germany 6 2 4 286 401 −115 8  Belgium 6 1 5 344 457 −113 7  Israel 6 0 6 290 503 −213 6

Bulgaria — — 100–70 76–67 — 89–64 —  Romania 69–99 — — 74–60 — 105–60 —  Yugoslavia — 65–57 — — 58–42 — 77–57  France — — 62–57 — 66–50 — —  West Germany 47–86 45–96 — — — — 52–49  Belgium — — 49–75 60–81 46–50 — —  Israel 35–114 45–95 — 47–100 — 57–65 —

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