1996 European Promotion Cup for Men

1996 European Promotion Cup
for Men

Tournament details
Host country	San Marino
City	Serravalle
Dates	5–9 June 1996
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Austria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Norway
Third place	San Marino
Official website
www.fibaeurope.com
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The 1996 European Promotion Cup for Men was the 5th edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Serravalle, San Marino and Austria achieved their second title after beating Norway in the final game. ^{[1] [2]}

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	255	170	+85	6	Semifinals		—	80–72	81–47
2	San Marino (H)	3	2	1	260	197	+63	5				—		85–59
3	Gibraltar	3	1	2	195	260	−65	4	Classification games			58–103	—
4	Malta	3	0	3	186	269	−83	3			51–94		76–90	—

Source: Archive FIBA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	249	182	+67	6	Semifinals		—		72–50	91–75
2	Wales	3	2	1	222	233	−11	5			57–86	—		89–83
3	Scotland	3	1	2	189	197	−8	4	Classification games			64–76	—
4	Andorra	3	0	3	207	255	−48	3					49–75	—

Source: Archive FIBA

Classification games

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	Malta	37
	Scotland	67
					Scotland	77
					Andorra	71
	Andorra	85
	Gibraltar	74
					7th place match
					Malta	93
					Gibraltar	84

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	San Marino	72
	Austria	82
					Austria	54
					Norway	52
	Wales	85
	Norway	113
					3rd place match
					San Marino	85
					Wales	70

Final

9 June 2016 18:00

Boxscore

Austria	54–52	Norway
Scoring by half: 22–31, 32–21

Serravalle, San Marino Referees: Zoran Grbac (CRO), Joseph Hernández (GIB)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Austria	5–0
	Norway	4–1
	San Marino	3–2
4	Wales	2–3
5	Scotland	3–2
6	Andorra	1–4
7	Malta	1–4
8	Gibraltar	1–4

References

1. 1996 European Promotion Cup for Men official website, www.fibaeurope.com
2. 1996 European Promotion Cup for Men, archive.fiba.com