# 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship qualification

This page describes the qualification procedure for 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

## Qualified teams

Qualified as the host nation:
* Turkey
Qualified as the top teams in the previous tournament:
* Belarus
* Italy
* Spain
Qualified through the Qualifying Round
* Belgium
* France
* Greece
* Israel
* Lithuania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Yugoslavia

## Qualification format

The Qualifying Round was held from 24 July to 30 July 1995. There were four groups, one group of six teams and three groups of seven teams. The first and second placed team from each group qualified for 1996 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. One team of each group hosted the mini-tournament.

## Qualifying round
### Group A

All the games were played in Tallinn, Estonia.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Israel | 6 | 6 | 0 | 546 | 497 | +49 | 12 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| France | 6 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 408 | +37 | 10 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Croatia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 507 | 447 | +60 | 10 | |
| Estonia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 486 | 449 | +37 | 9 | |
| Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 458 | 512 | −54 | 8 | |
| Georgia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 465 | 498 | −33 | 8 | |
| Denmark | 6 | 0 | 6 | 433 | 529 | −96 | 6 | |
* 1 2 CRO 70–71 FRA
* 1 2 GEO 78–84 SVK
| 24 July |
| France | 66–73 | Israel |
| Denmark | 67–89 | Estonia |
| Croatia | 93–75 | Georgia |
| 25 July |
| Israel | 95–83 | Denmark |
| Estonia | 60–68 | Croatia |
| Slovakia | 51–75 | France |
| 26 July |
| Croatia | 87–99 | Israel |
| Georgia | 70–69 | Estonia |
| Denmark | 68–77 | Slovakia |
| 27 July |
| France | 73–58 | Denmark |
| Slovakia | 67–90 | Croatia |
| Israel | 86–83 | Georgia |
| 28 July |
| Croatia | 70–71 | France |
| Estonia | 81–86 | Israel |
| Georgia | 78–84 | Slovakia |
| 29 July |
| Denmark | 75–99 | Croatia |
| Slovakia | 82–94 | Estonia |
| France | 84–63 | Georgia |
| 30 July |
| Israel | 107–97 | Slovakia |
| Georgia | 96–82 | Denmark |
| Estonia | 93–76 | France |

### Group B

All the games were played in Funchal, Portugal.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Slovenia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 543 | 403 | +140 | 12 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Lithuania | 6 | 5 | 1 | 541 | 422 | +119 | 11 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Germany | 6 | 4 | 2 | 519 | 423 | +96 | 10 | |
| Portugal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 464 | 423 | +41 | 9 | |
| Macedonia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 461 | 526 | −65 | 8 | |
| Sweden | 6 | 1 | 5 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 7 | |
| Wales | 6 | 0 | 6 | 348 | 661 | −313 | 6 | |
| 24 July |
| Wales | 55–120 | Germany |
| Sweden | 70–73 | Slovenia |
| Lithuania | 78–62 | Portugal |
| 25 July |
| Macedonia | 73–99 | Slovenia |
| Sweden | 83–91 | Lithuania |
| Wales | 47–116 | Portugal |
| 26 July |
| Macedonia | 58–86 | Lithuania |
| Wales | 58–85 | Sweden |
| Portugal | 67–80 | Germany |
| 27 July |
| Slovenia | 77–68 | Lithuania |
| Macedonia | 92–73 | Wales |
| Germany | 72–52 | Sweden |
| 28 July |
| Slovenia | 123–52 | Wales |
| Germany | 92–68 | Macedonia |
| Portugal | 70–66 | Switzerland |
| 29 July |
| Lithuania | 125–63 | Wales |
| Slovenia | 88–76 | Germany |
| Portugal | 85–69 | Macedonia |
| 30 July |
| Lithuania | 93–79 | Germany |
| Sweden | 91–101 | Macedonia |
| Portugal | 64–83 | Slovenia |

### Group C

All the games were played in Constanța, Romania.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 491 | 397 | +94 | 10 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Belgium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 466 | 414 | +52 | 9 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 436 | 392 | +44 | 8 | |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 404 | 451 | −47 | 7 | |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 4 | 371 | 410 | −39 | 6 | |
| Finland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 394 | 498 | −104 | 5 | |
| 24 July |
| Greece | 82–69 | Ukraine |
| Latvia | 87–71 | Finland |
| Romania | 87–88 | Belgium |
| 25 July |
| Ukraine | 84–88 | Latvia |
| Belgium | 71–105 | Greece |
| Romania | 84–67 | Finland |
| 26 July |
| Greece | 85–72 | Latvia |
| Finland | 76–116 | Belgium |
| Romania | 68–64 | Ukraine |
| 27 July |
| Greece | 128–102 | Finland |
| Ukraine | 71–94 | Belgium |
| Romania | 114–82 | Latvia |
| 28 July |
| Finland | 78–83 | Ukraine |
| Belgium | 97–75 | Latvia |
| Romania | 83–91 | Greece |

### Group D

All the games were played in Yambol, Bulgaria.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 639 | 428 | +211 | 12 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Russia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 584 | 408 | +176 | 11 | Qualified for the Final Tournament |
| Poland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 549 | 528 | +21 | 9 | |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 3 | 474 | 502 | −28 | 9 | |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 3 | 514 | 506 | +8 | 9 | |
| Hungary | 6 | 1 | 5 | 477 | 551 | −74 | 7 | |
| Albania | 6 | 0 | 6 | 345 | 659 | −314 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 POL 1–1 (+10); CZE 1–1 (−4); BUL 1–1 (−6)
| 24 July |
| Yugoslavia | 135–52 | Albania |
| Russia | 123–67 | Poland |
| Hungary | 80–90 | Bulgaria |
| 25 July |
| Czech Republic | 64–92 | Yugoslavia |
| Albania | 75–109 | Hungary |
| Bulgaria | 75–92 | Russia |
| 26 July |
| Hungary | 64–69 | Czech Republic |
| Russia | 102–42 | Albania |
| Poland | 82–84 | Bulgaria |
| 27 July |
| Czech Republic | 57–84 | Russia |
| Albania | 41–107 | Poland |
| Yugoslavia | 111–71 | Hungary |
| 28 July |
| Poland | 102–90 | Czech Republic |
| Russia | 79–100 | Yugoslavia |
| Bulgaria | 106–61 | Albania |
| 29 July |
| Yugoslavia | 104–89 | Poland |
| Hungary | 67–104 | Russia |
| Czech Republic | 94–86 | Bulgaria |
| 30 July |
| Poland | 102–86 | Hungary |
| Albania | 74–100 | Czech Republic |
| Bulgaria | 73–97 | Yugoslavia |