1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Israel
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Official website
cev.lu

The 1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 15th edition of the Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in Netanya and Ranana in Israel from August 28 to September 5, 1996.

Poland won their first title in the tournament by defeating Italy.

Preliminary round[]

• All times are Israel Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Team plays the 5th to 8th classification

Pool I[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	12	4	1	248	173	1.434	12	6	2.000
2	Italy	10	3	2	239	210	1.138	12	6	2.000
3	Greece	9	3	2	211	211	1.000	10	7	1.429
4	France	5	2	3	203	243	0.835	7	11	0.636
5	Finland	5	2	3	212	244	0.869	6	12	0.500
6		4	1	4	271	303	0.894	9	14	0.643

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	15:00	France	3–0	Poland	15–10	15–11	15–6			45–27	Report
28 Aug	17:30		3–2	Italy	8–15	7–15	17–16	15–4	15–10	62–60	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Greece	3–0	Finland	15–10	15–6	15–8			45–24	Report
29 Aug	15:00	Poland	3–1		15–4	13–15	15–6	15–7		58–32	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Greece	3–0	France	15–12	15–12	15–13			45–37	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–10	15–12	15–12			45–34	Report
30 Aug	14:00	Poland	3–1	Greece	15–5	15–7	13–15	15–2		58–29	Report
30 Aug	17:30	Finland	3–2		15–13	12–15	15–8	14–16	15–12	71–64	Report
30 Aug	20:00	Italy	3–0	France	15–10	15–2	15–5			45–17	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Poland	3–0	Finland	15–8	15–7	15–8			45–23	Report
1 Sep	17:30	France	3–2		15–13	15–6	7–15	3–15	19–17	59–66	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Italy	3–0	France	15–13	15–11	15–13			45–37	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Finland	3–1	France	15–8	16–14	14–16	15–7		60–45	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Greece	3–1		15–9	10–15	15–11	15–12		55–47	Report
2 Sep	20:00	Poland	3–1	Italy	16–14	15–6	14–16	15–8		60–44	Report

Pool II[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	15	5	0	225	105	2.143	15	0	MAX
2	Netherlands	11	4	1	225	214	1.051	11	7	1.571
3		8	3	2	238	220	1.082	9	9	1.000
4	Belgium	7	3	2	214	254	0.843	9	10	0.900
5	Ukraine	4	1	4	237	231	1.026	7	12	0.583
6		1	0	5	131	246	0.533	2	14	0.143

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Aug	15:00	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–5	15–6	15–7			45–18	Report
28 Aug	17:30		3–1	Ukraine	17–15	13–15	15–10	15–6		60–46	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Belgium	3–2		15–11	15–6	12–15	7–15	17–15	66–62	Report
29 Aug	15:00		0–3	Russia	9–15	5–15	4–15			18–45	Report
29 Aug	17:30	Belgium	3–2	Ukraine	15–13	9–15	6–15	15–13	15–13	60–69	Report
29 Aug	20:00	Netherlands	3–0		15–4	15–9	15–5			45–18	Report
30 Aug	13:00		0–3	Belgium	13–15	9–15	11–15			33–45	Report
30 Aug	15:30	Russia	3–0		15–8	15–8	15–2			45–18	Report
30 Aug	18:00	Netherlands	3–1	Ukraine	15–8	6–15	15–9	15–9		51–41	Report
1 Sep	15:00	Russia	3–0	Belgium	15–6	15–5	15–4			45–15	Report
1 Sep	17:30		3–2	Netherlands	13–15	15–0	16–17	16–14	22–20	82–66	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	3–0		15–2	15–5	15–8			45–15	Report
2 Sep	15:00	Netherlands	3–0	Belgium	15–8	15–10	15–10			45–28	Report
2 Sep	17:30	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–13	15–12	15–11			45–36	Report
2 Sep	20:00		3–0		15–4	15–6	15–8			45–18	Report

Final round[]

• All times are Israel Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

9th–12th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Finland	3–0		15–4	15–12	15–6			45–22	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	0–3		13–15	11–15	8–15			32–45	Report

11th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	10:00	Ukraine	3–1		9–15	15–1	15–12	15–4		54–32	Report

9th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	10:00		3–2	Finland	3–15	15–6	14–16	16–14	16–14	64–65	Report

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	15:00		3–1	France	15–3	7–15	15–11	16–14		53–43	Report
4 Sep	15:00	Greece	3–1	Belgium	15–12	15–7	13–15	15–7		58–41	Report

7th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	12:30	France	3–0	Belgium	15–7	15–8	15–4			45–9	Report

5th place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	15:00		0–3	Greece	13–15	11–15	7–15			31–45	Report

Final[]

	Semifinals				Final
	Ranana
	Poland	3
					Ranana
	Netherlands	0
					Poland	3
	Ranana
					Italy	0
	Russia	1
	Italy	3
					Third place
					Ranana
					Netherlands	0
					Russia	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 Sep	17:30	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–7	15–10			45–23	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Italy	1–3	Russia	15–5	9–15	16–17	12–15		52–52	Report

3rd place match[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	16:30	Russia	3–0	Netherlands	15–6	15–0	15–12			45–18	Report

Final[]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–1	Italy	15–11	8–15	15–11	15–11		53–48	Report

Final standing[]

References[]

External links[]

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball