1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

1996 EuroBasket Under-20

3rd FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	June 30 - July 7, 1996
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Radoslav Nesterović
Top scorer	Kutluay (22.3)
Top rebounds	Nesterović (9.6)
Top assists	Kuzmin (6.0)
PPG (Team)	Lithuania (84.6)
RPG (Team)	Russia (31.6)
APG (Team)	Lithuania (14.4)

The 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1996 European Championship for Men 'Under22 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.

Teams

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

Squads

Main article: 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship squads

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
Lithuania	5	4	1	423	361	9
Spain	5	4	1	396	351	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	349	335	8
Greece	5	2	3	376	372	7
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
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	369	338	9
Turkey	5	3	2	346	297	8
Russia	5	3	2	376	362	8
Italy	5	2	3	350	376	7
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
	July 6
	France	71
					July 7
	Belarus	104
					Belarus	84
	July 6
					Israel	92
	Israel	95
	Belgium	80
					Eleventh place
					July 7
					France	103
					Belgium	75

5th–8th playoffs

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

Championship

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