1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

1996 EuroBasket Under-20
3rd FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	30 June - 7 July 1996
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
MVP	Radoslav Nesterović
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Kutluay (22.3)  Lithuania (84.6) Rebounds Nesterović (9.6)  Russia (31.6) Assists Kuzmin (6.0)  Lithuania (14.4)
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The 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1996 European Championship for Men 22 and Under') was the third edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Bursa and Istanbul, in Turkey, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won their first title.

Qualification

•  Belarus
•  Belgium
•  France
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Russia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
	Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	HtH
Lithuania	5	4	1	423	361	9	LIT 90–79 ESP
Spain	5	4	1	396	351	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	349	335	8
Greece	5	2	3	376	372	7	ISR 76–101 GRE
Israel	5	2	3	358	413	7
Belarus	5	0	5	329	399	5

30 June 1996
Belarus		65–85		Slovenia	Bursa
Lithuania		90–79		Spain	Bursa
Israel		76–101		Greece	Bursa
1 July 1996
Slovenia		71–70		Lithuania	Bursa
Greece		77–57		Belarus	Bursa
Spain		80–67		Israel	Bursa
2 July 1996
Greece		57–67		Slovenia	Bursa
Israel		70–93		Lithuania	Bursa
Belarus		61–81		Spain	Bursa
3 July 1996
Slovenia		64–69		Israel	Bursa
Spain		82–71		Greece	Bursa
Lithuania		80–71		Belarus	Bursa
4 July 1996
Spain		74–62		Slovenia	Bursa
Belarus		75–76		Israel	Bursa
Greece		70–90		Lithuania	Bursa

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts	HtH
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	369	338	9
Turkey	5	3	2	346	297	8	RUS 51–76 TUR
Russia	5	3	2	376	362	8
Italy	5	2	3	350	376	7	FRA 64–74 ITA
France	5	2	3	347	359	7
Belgium	5	1	4	352	408	6

30 June 1996
Russia		81–73		Belgium	Istambul
France		64–74		Italy	Istambul
Turkey		49–50		Yugoslavia	Istambul
1 July 1996
Belgium		59–81		France	Istambul
Yugoslavia		86–66		Russia	Istambul
Italy		76–87		Turkey	Istambul
2 July 1996
Yugoslavia		96–82		Belgium	Istambul
Russia		93–56		Italy	Istambul
Turkey		58–60		France	Istambul
3 July 1996
Italy		70–54		Yugoslavia	Istambul
France		71–85		Russia	Istambul
Belgium		60–76		Turkey	Istambul
4 July 1996
Yugoslavia		83–71		France	Istambul
Italy		74–78		Belgium	Istambul
Russia		51–76		Turkey	Istambul

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

	Playoffs				Ninth place
	6 July
	France	71
	Belarus	104
					7 July
					Belarus	84
					Israel	92
					Eleventh place
	6 July			7 July
	Israel	95		France	103
	Belgium	80			Belgium	75

5th–8th playoffs

	Playoffs				Fifth place
	6 July
	Greece	81
	Russia	80
					7 July
					Greece	80
					Italy	86
					Seventh place
	6 July			7 July
	Italy	71		Russia	79
	Slovenia	69			Slovenia	83

Championship

	Semifinals				Third place
	6 July
	Spain	69
	Yugoslavia	66
					7 July
					Spain	81
					Lithuania	85
					Final
	6 July			7 July
	Turkey	74		Yugoslavia	67
	Lithuania	84			Turkey	62

1996 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship
Lithuania First title

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Lithuania
	Spain
	Yugoslavia
4th	Turkey
5th	Italy
6th	Greece
7th	Slovenia
8th	Russia
9th	Israel
10th	Belarus
11th	France
12th	Belgium

References

• FIBA Archive
• FIBA Europe Archive