1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

International basketball competition December 2023 Europe U-20 1996 Turkey 30 June – 7 July 1996 12 1 2 2 Lithuania 1 SLO Radoslav Nesterović TUR Kutluay (22.3) 20 LIT (84.6) SLO Nesterović (9.6) 20 RUS (31.6) RUS Kuzmin (6.0) 20 LIT (14.4) 1994 1998 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 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship qualification 20 BLR 20 BEL 20 FRA 20 GRE 20 ISR 20 ITA 20 LIT 20 RUS 20 SLO 20 ESP 20 TUR 20 FR Yugoslavia Preliminary round The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. Group A main WL Q y points n 2 LIT 20 LIT ESP 20 ESP SLO 20 SLO GRE 20 GRE ISR 20 ISR BLR 20 BLR 4 1 423 361 4 1 396 351 3 2 349 335 2 3 376 372 2 3 358 413 0 5 329 399 LIT 90–79 ESP LIT ISR 76–101 GRE ISR #ccffcc Advanced to Semifinals SF SF #F3F781 Competed in 5th–8th playoffs 5TH 5TH #ffcccc Competed in 9th–12th playoffs 9TH 9TH complete 30 June 199620 BLR 65–85 20 SLO Bursa20 LIT 90–79 20 ESP Bursa20 ISR 76–101 20 GRE Bursa1 July 199620 SLO 71–70 20 LIT Bursa20 GRE 77–57 20 BLR Bursa20 ESP 80–67 20 ISR Bursa2 July 199620 GRE 57–67 20 SLO Bursa20 ISR 70–93 20 LIT Bursa20 BLR 61–81 20 ESP Bursa3 July 199620 SLO 64–69 20 ISR Bursa20 ESP 82–71 20 GRE Bursa20 LIT 80–71 20 BLR Bursa4 July 199620 ESP 74–62 20 SLO Bursa20 BLR 75–76 20 ISR Bursa20 GRE 70–90 20 LIT Bursa Group B main WL Q y points n 2 YUG 20 FR Yugoslavia TUR 20 TUR RUS 20 RUS ITA 20 ITA FRA 20 FRA BEL 20 BEL 4 1 369 338 3 2 346 297 3 2 376 362 2 3 350 376 2 3 347 359 1 4 352 408 RUS 51–76 TUR RUS FRA 64–74 ITA FRA #ccffcc Advanced to Semifinals SF SF #F3F781 Competed in 5th–8th playoffs 5TH 5TH #ffcccc Competed in 9th–12th playoffs 9TH 9TH complete 30 June 199620 RUS 81–73 20 BEL Istanbul20 FRA 64–74 20 ITA Istanbul20 TUR 49–50 20 FR Yugoslavia Istanbul1 July 199620 BEL 59–81 20 FRA Istanbul20 FR Yugoslavia 86–66 20 RUS Istanbul20 ITA 76–87 20 TUR Istanbul2 July 199620 FR Yugoslavia 96–82 20 BEL Istanbul20 RUS 93–56 20 ITA Istanbul20 TUR 58–60 20 FRA Istanbul3 July 199620 ITA 70–54 20 FR Yugoslavia Istanbul20 FRA 71–85 20 RUS Istanbul20 BEL 60–76 20 TUR Istanbul4 July 199620 FR Yugoslavia 83–71 20 FRA Istanbul20 ITA 74–78 20 BEL Istanbul20 RUS 51–76 20 TUR Istanbul Knockout stage 9th–12th playoffs Playoffs Ninth place Eleventh place 6 July 20 FRA 71 20 BLR 104 6 July 20 ISR 95 20 BEL 80 7 July 20 BLR 84 20 ISR 92 7 July 20 FRA 103 20 BEL 75 5th–8th playoffs Playoffs Fifth place Seventh place 6 July 20 GRE 81 20 RUS 80 6 July 20 ITA 71 20 SLO 69 7 July 20 GRE 80 20 ITA 86 7 July 20 RUS 79 20 SLO 83 Championship Semifinals Final Third Place 6 July 20 ESP 69 20 FR Yugoslavia 66 6 July 20 TUR 74 20 LIT 84 7 July 20 ESP 81 20 LIT 85 7 July 20 FR Yugoslavia 67 20 TUR 62 bk 1996 FIBA Europe U-20 Championship Lithuania First Winning roster: Tomas Masiulis (PF) Evaldas Jocys (F/C) Nerijus Karlikanovas (F) Mindaugas Timinskas (G/F) Kęstutis Šeštokas (F) Ramūnas Petraitis (PG) Kęstutis Marčiulionis (PG) Dainius Adomaitis (G/F) Giedrius Aidietis (C) Šarūnas Jasikevičius (PG) Andrius Jurkūnas (PF) Virginijus Praškevičius (F/C) Final standings Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svg20 LITImage:Silver medal icon.svg20 ESPImage:Bronze medal icon.svg20 FR Yugoslavia4th20 TUR5th20 ITA6th20 GRE7th20 SLO8th20 RUS9th20 ISR10th20 BLR11th20 FRA12th20 BEL References FIBA Archive FIBA Europe Archive 1996 Category:1996–97 in Turkish basketball 1996