1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

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.

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

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

Preliminary round

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

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	4	1	12	248	173	1.434	12	6	2.000	Semifinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	10	239	210	1.138	12	6	2.000
3	Greece	5	3	2	9	211	211	1.000	10	7	1.429	5th to 8th classification
4	France	5	2	3	5	203	243	0.835	7	11	0.636
5	Finland	5	2	3	5	212	244	0.869	6	12	0.500
6	Belarus	5	1	4	4	271	303	0.894	9	14	0.643

Source:

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	Belarus	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	Belarus	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	Belarus	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	Belarus	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	Belarus	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	15	225	105	2.143	15	0	MAX	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	11	225	214	1.051	11	7	1.571
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	8	238	220	1.082	9	9	1.000	5th to 8th classification
4	Belgium	5	3	2	7	214	254	0.843	9	10	0.900
5	Ukraine	5	1	4	4	237	231	1.026	7	12	0.583
6	Israel	5	0	5	1	131	246	0.533	2	14	0.143

Source:

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	Yugoslavia	3–1	Ukraine	17–15	13–15	15–10	15–6		60–46	Report
28 Aug	20:00	Belgium	3–2	Israel	15–11	15–6	12–15	7–15	17–15	66–62	Report
29 Aug	15:00	Yugoslavia	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	Israel	15–4	15–9	15–5			45–18	Report
30 Aug	13:00	Yugoslavia	0–3	Belgium	13–15	9–15	11–15			33–45	Report
30 Aug	15:30	Russia	3–0	Israel	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	Yugoslavia	3–2	Netherlands	13–15	15–0	16–17	16–14	22–20	82–66	Report
1 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	3–0	Israel	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	Yugoslavia	3–0	Israel	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	Israel	15–4	15–12	15–6			45–22	Report
4 Sep	20:00	Ukraine	0–3	Belarus	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	Israel	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	Belarus	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	Yugoslavia	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	Yugoslavia	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

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Italy
	Russia
4	Netherlands
5	Greece
6	Yugoslavia
7	France
8	Belgium
9	Belarus
10	Finland
11	Ukraine
12	Israel

1996 Men's Junior European champions
Poland 1st title

12–man Roster

Michał Chadała, Piotr Gruszka, Krzysztof Ignaczak, Łukasz Kruk, Dawid Murek, Paweł Papke, Marcin Prus, Robert Szczerbaniuk, Bartosz Szcześniewski, Sebastian Świderski, Radosław Wnuk, Paweł Zagumny

Head coach

Ireneusz Mazur

External links

• Confédération Européenne de Volleyball