SPAIN 65 – 63 SERBIA
Photo: Feb.es
U16 Spain Men won the 2013 European Championships in Kiev.
The teams were never separated by more than eight points as they fought each other every step of the way.
A thrilling battle reached a fitting climax at the end of regulation when Spain recovered from a six-minute scoring drought with a 10-3 run that tied the game at 55-55 when Rodriguez nailed a pair of free throws with 1:43 remaining.
Stefan Peno, Lopez-Arosteguj and Nikola Rakicevic all missed threes as the game raced from end to end with time ticking down.
The hero during the overtime and overall game was Samu Rodríguez who finished with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
BOX SCORE
With the addition of this Gold Medal, Spain now leads Europe in medals obtained in European Basketball.
| Columna1 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| EURO F | SPAIN | France | Turkey |
| WORLD U19M | SPAIN | Serbia | Lithuania |
| EURO U20F | SPAIN | Italy | Turkey |
| EURO U20M | Italy | Latvia | SPAIN |
| WORLD U19F | SPAIN | France | Australia |
| EURO U18M | Turkey | Croatia | SPAIN |
| EURO U16F | SPAIN | Czech Rep. | Hungary |
| EURO U16M | SPAIN | Serbia | Greece |
| Columna1 | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| SPAIN | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| France | 2 | 2 | ||
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Czech Rep. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lituania | 1 | 1 | ||
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hungary | 1 | 1 |
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!