The 1996 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 15th edition of the

Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship The Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is a volleyball competition for men's national teams with players under the age of 20 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the confederation for ...

, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. It was held in

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and

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

from August 28 to September 5, 1996.

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won their first title in the tournament by defeating

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Preliminary round

*All times are

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( UTC+03:00)