Host: Germany (Frankfurt am Main)
Dates: 3–12 August 1996
Champions: Finland
Runners-up: Sweden
Bronze: Germany
4th: Spain
Finland completed a historic junior three-peat at the 1996 European Junior Championship in Frankfurt (3–12 August), defeating Sweden 24–7 in the final. Host nation Germany claimed bronze with a 41–14 win over Spain after group play that also featured Italy, Switzerland and Denmark. Great Britain missed the tournament proper after a qualifying loss to Switzerland in April.
Participants (final tournament)
- Finland
- Sweden
- Germany
- Spain
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Denmark
Results
Group stage (known scores)
Group A (inferred): Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
- Sweden 46–12 Denmark
- Sweden 35–20 Switzerland
- Sweden 14–13 Germany
- (Other Group A scores not yet located in federation archives.)
Group B (inferred): Finland, Spain, Italy
- Finland 48–0 Spain
- Finland 38–14 Italy
- (Other Group B scores not yet located.)
Placement & medal games
- Final: Finland 24–7 Sweden (Frankfurt)
- Bronze: Germany 41–14 Spain.
- 5th/6th place: TBD (likely among Italy, Switzerland, Denmark — score not yet located).
Finland game log (confirmed)
- Finland 48–0 Spain
- Finland 38–14 Italy
- Final: Finland 24–7 Sweden
- Dates/Venue context: Tournament ran 3–12 Aug 1996 in Frankfurt; at least one game at Bezirkssportanlage Nieder-Eschbach (Frankfurt district). jenkkifutis.fi
Awards
- Tournament MVP: Marko Vartiainen (Finland RB)
- All-Star mentions (Finland examples): OT Ville Tarvainen, LB Timo Winqvist, WR Anssi Laiho, DT Atte Korhonen.