| Type: | Women |
| Pixels: | 50px |
| Dates: | – |
| Host: | Spain |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Champion: | France |
| Runnerup: | Spain |
| Matches: | 7 |
| 1996 FIRA European Championship | |
| Preceded By: | 1995 |
| Succeeded By: | 1997 |
The 1996 FIRA Women's European Championship was the second edition of the Women's European Championship. It saw the debut of Germany and a five-nation event.
The competition was initially a three-team two pools system but Russia withdrew a few days before the start.[1] With no time for finding substitutes Pool B was left with only two teams, becoming in a "semi-final" for deciding the final place. The other final place was decided on a three-team pool (Pool A), won by Spain with wins over Netherlands and Germany.
On the competition calendar[1] 5th/6th and 3rd/4th place matches were planned, but with the non participation of Russia a three-team pool was created. Italy played Netherlands and Germany, the results of these games being combined with the earlier match between Netherlands and Germany to decide 3rd-5th places.