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 Slovenia Radoslav Nesterović
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Turkey Kutluay (22.3)  Lithuania (84.6)
Rebounds Slovenia Nesterović (9.6)  Russia (31.6)
Assists Russia 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

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 5414233619 LIT 90–79 ESP
 Spain 5413963519
 Slovenia 5323493358
 Greece 5233763727 ISR 76–101 GRE
 Israel 5233584137
 Belarus 5053293995
30 June 1996
Belarus 65–85 SloveniaBursa
Lithuania 90–79 SpainBursa
Israel 76–101 GreeceBursa
1 July 1996
Slovenia 71–70 LithuaniaBursa
Greece 77–57 BelarusBursa
Spain 80–67 IsraelBursa
2 July 1996
Greece 57–67 SloveniaBursa
Israel 70–93 LithuaniaBursa
Belarus 61–81 SpainBursa
3 July 1996
Slovenia 64–69 IsraelBursa
Spain 82–71 GreeceBursa
Lithuania 80–71 BelarusBursa
4 July 1996
Spain 74–62 SloveniaBursa
Belarus 75–76 IsraelBursa
Greece 70–90 LithuaniaBursa

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Pts HtH
 Yugoslavia 5413693389
 Turkey 5323462978 RUS 51–76 TUR
 Russia 5323763628
 Italy 5233503767 FRA 64–74 ITA
 France 5233473597
 Belgium 5143524086
30 June 1996
Russia 81–73 BelgiumIstambul
France 64–74 ItalyIstambul
Turkey 49–50 YugoslaviaIstambul
1 July 1996
Belgium 59–81 FranceIstambul
Yugoslavia 86–66 RussiaIstambul
Italy 76–87 TurkeyIstambul
2 July 1996
Yugoslavia 96–82 BelgiumIstambul
Russia 93–56 ItalyIstambul
Turkey 58–60 FranceIstambul
3 July 1996
Italy 70–54 YugoslaviaIstambul
France 71–85 RussiaIstambul
Belgium 60–76 TurkeyIstambul
4 July 1996
Yugoslavia 83–71 FranceIstambul
Italy 74–78 BelgiumIstambul
Russia 51–76 TurkeyIstambul

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

 
PlayoffsNinth place
 
      
 
6 July
 
 
 France71
 
7 July
 
 Belarus104
 
 Belarus84
 
6 July
 
 Israel92
 
 Israel95
 
 
 Belgium80
 
Eleventh place
 
 
7 July
 
 
 France103
 
 
 Belgium75

5th–8th playoffs

 
PlayoffsFifth place
 
      
 
6 July
 
 
 Greece81
 
7 July
 
 Russia80
 
 Greece80
 
6 July
 
 Italy86
 
 Italy71
 
 
 Slovenia69
 
Seventh place
 
 
7 July
 
 
 Russia79
 
 
 Slovenia83

Championship

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July
 
 
 Spain69
 
7 July
 
 Yugoslavia66
 
 Spain81
 
6 July
 
 Lithuania85
 
 Turkey74
 
 
 Lithuania84
 
Third Place
 
 
7 July
 
 
 Yugoslavia67
 
 
 Turkey62
 1996 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship 

Lithuania
First title

Winning roster:

Final standings

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

References

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