2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 25th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Chenzhou, China from 8 October to 16 October, 2016.[1][2] The venue of the tournament was Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium. This was the return of the tournament after a two-year hiatus since the 2013 edition.

2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
25th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates8–16 October
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (China Kashgar's 1st title; China's 4th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played32
MVPUnited States Dewarick Spencer
Top scorerUnited States Young (35.0)
Top reboundsUnited Arab Emirates Alshabebi (12.7)
Top assistsUnited States Adams (5.6)
PPG (Team)China China Kashgar (100.9)
RPG (Team)Iran Petrochimi (49.3)
APG (Team)China China Kashgar (19.3)
Official website
2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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Xinjiang Flying Tigers from China, which used the name 'China Kashgar' during this tournament, won its first ever FIBA Asia Champions Cup title in its tournament debut. After going undefeated in the entire tournament, Xinjiang defeated Al-Riyadi from Lebanon in the final game, 96–88. It was the fourth time a club from China has won the championship.[3]

Qualification

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According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup is ten. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones has one place, and the hosts (China) was automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[4][5]

Central Asia (1) East Asia (1+1+1) Gulf (1+1) South Asia (1) Southeast Asia (1) West Asia (1+1)
  Barsy Atyrau   China Kashgar   Al-Ahli   ONGC   Malaysia Dragons   Petrochimi
  Pauian   Al-Rayyan   Al-Riyadi
TBD *   Al-Shorta *

* The third place of East Asia subzone is reallocated to West Asia subzone.

According to the Basketball Federation of India's official website, the 30th Federation National Basketball Championship served as the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, wherein the champion team will qualify to represent South Asia. [6] On March 14, 2016, ONGC defeated IOB in the finals to win the championship and the right to represent South Asia subzone to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[7][8]

On March 27, 2016, the Westports Malaysia Dragons clinched a berth to the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup by winning the ASEAN Basketball League crown against rivals Singapore Slingers in a best of 5 Finals series.

Preliminary round

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The draw was held in the host city Chenzhou on 1 September 2016.[9]

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Riyadi 4 4 0 362 287 +75 8 Quarterfinals
2   Petrochimi 4 3 1 347 251 +96 7
3   Pauian 4 2 2 351 341 +10 6
4   Al-Rayyan 4 1 3 284 323 −39 5
5   ONGC 4 0 4 240 382 −142 4
Source: FIBA Asia
8 October 2016
15:00
Petrochimi   100–80   Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 24–24, 27–18, 22–17
Pts: Robinson, White 28
Rebs: Sahakian 10
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Davis 22
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: Wu C. 4
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
8 October 2016
18:00
Al-Rayyan   78–92   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 8–24, 19–27, 26–15
Pts: Knowles 28
Rebs: Knowles 9
Asts: Knowles 8
Pts: Spencer 23
Rebs: El Khatib 9
Asts: Arakji 4
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Wang Mei (CHN)
9 October 2016
13:00
ONGC   51–95   Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 15–30, 19–21, 6–19
Pts: Bhriguvanshi 14
Rebs: Y. Singh 7
Asts: Bhriguvanshi 2
Pts: Atashi, Robinson 14
Rebs: White 8
Asts: Robinson 7
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
9 October 2016
18:00
Pauian   89–65   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 21–20, 28–20, 17–13
Pts: Davis 22
Rebs: Davis 10
Asts: Creighton 4
Pts: Knowles 27
Rebs: Abdelhaleem 7
Asts: Abdelkawy 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Wang Mei (CHN)
10 October 2016
13:00
Al-Rayyan   95–53   ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 19–9, 26–16, 29–14
Pts: Knowles 39
Rebs: Knowles 14
Asts: Knowles 5
Pts: Bhriguvanshi 20
Rebs: Bhriguvanshi, Ravindran 8
Asts: Bhandari, Bhriguvanshi 2
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
10 October 2016
18:00
Al-Riyadi   105–81   Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 28–21, 24–26, 27–17
Pts: Spencer 31
Rebs: Haidar 7
Asts: Arakji, Spencer 3
Pts: Davis 21
Rebs: Davis 11
Asts: Davis, Wu C. 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ)
11 October 2016
13:00
Petrochimi   89–46   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 19–17, 27–10, 18–11
Pts: Robinson 17
Rebs: Sahakian 11
Asts: Hosseinzadeh, Robinson 4
Pts: Mohamed 16
Rebs: Abdelhaleem 9
Asts: Knowles, Mohamed 2
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
11 October 2016
18:00
ONGC   65–91   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 14–20, 8–16, 21–26
Pts: Am. Singh 21
Rebs: Am. Singh 11
Asts: Bhriguvanshi, Am. Singh 2
Pts: Arakji 21
Rebs: Abdelnour 11
Asts: Arakji 6
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)
12 October 2016
15:00
Pauian   101–71   ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 25–23, 24–18, 28–9
Pts: Lin C. 19
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: Lee 8
Pts: Am. Singh 19
Rebs: Am. Singh 13
Asts: Bhriguvanshi 6
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
12 October 2016
18:00
Al-Riyadi   74–63   Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 20–14, 18–15, 24–13
Pts: Spencer 23
Rebs: Spencer 11
Asts: El Khatib, Spencer 3
Pts: White 22
Rebs: Arghavan, White 8
Asts: Robinson 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   China Kashgar 4 4 0 425 276 +149 8 Quarterfinals
2   Al-Ahli 4 3 1 341 319 +22 7
3   Al-Shorta 4 2 2 330 301 +29 6
4   Barsy Atyrau 4 1 3 297 344 −47 5
5   Malaysia Dragons 4 0 4 252 405 −153 4
Source: FIBA Asia
8 October 2016
13:00
Al-Ahli   105–68   Barsy Atyrau
Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 20–13, 25–21, 29–19
Pts: Young 50
Rebs: Samb 11
Asts: S. Alajmani 10
Pts: Ilin 15
Rebs: Yevstigneyev 10
Asts: Ilin 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
8 October 2016
20:00
Al-Shorta   69–96   China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 15–29, 18–11, 21–28
Pts: Hawkins 32
Rebs: Hawkins 9
Asts: Rice 5
Pts: Adams 23
Rebs: Sun T. 10
Asts: Adams 7
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
9 October 2016
15:00
Malaysia Dragons   62–106   Al-Shorta
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 18–24, 12–27, 18–34
Pts: Spencer 22
Rebs: Spencer 14
Asts: Wright 4
Pts: Rice 36
Rebs: A. Al-Saedi 12
Asts: Al-Saymarlee 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
9 October 2016
20:00
China Kashgar   108–79   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 26–28, 29–13, 32–17
Pts: Adams 22
Rebs: Blatche 11
Asts: Blatche 7
Pts: Young 26
Rebs: Alshabebi, Young 9
Asts: S. Alajmani 6
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
10 October 2016
15:00
Al-Ahli   81–69   Malaysia Dragons
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–14, 21–14, 22–17
Pts: Young 32
Rebs: Alshabebi 17
Asts: S. Alajmani 10
Pts: Wright 21
Rebs: Spencer 21
Asts: Wright 6
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
10 October 2016
20:00
Barsy Atyrau   68–97   China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 16–28, 19–25, 23–25
Pts: Yevstigneyev 21
Rebs: Micheev 8
Asts: Parks 6
Pts: Adams 21
Rebs: Sun M., Zhou 6
Asts: four players 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
11 October 2016
15:00
Al-Shorta   74–76   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 17–24, 15–25, 27–17
Pts: Hawkins 31
Rebs: A. Al-Saedi 22
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Alshabebi 26
Rebs: Alshabebi 17
Asts: Alshabebi, Young 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
11 October 2016
20:00
Malaysia Dragons   61–94   Barsy Atyrau
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 18–24, 15–22, 20–24
Pts: Kuek 15
Rebs: Kuek, Ma 6
Asts: Ma 6
Pts: Micheev 30
Rebs: Micheev 6
Asts: Parks 5
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND)
12 October 2016
13:00
Barsy Atyrau   67–81   Al-Shorta
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 17–21, 19–23, 11–20
Pts: Micheev 20
Rebs: Micheev 12
Asts: Parks 6
Pts: Rice 31
Rebs: Hawkins 11
Asts: Hammoodi, Hawkins 3
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
12 October 2016
20:00
China Kashgar   124–60   Malaysia Dragons
Scoring by quarter: 39–5, 23–20, 37–18, 25–17
Pts: Adams 30
Rebs: Blatche 14
Asts: Wang 6
Pts: Wong 22
Rebs: Kuek 7
Asts: Choo, Kuek 2
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

Final round

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5th place game5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
B4  Barsy Atyrau69
A1  Al-Riyadi88
B4  Barsy Atyrau64A1  Al-Riyadi107
A3  Pauian72B2  Al-Ahli79
B2  Al-Ahli90
A3  Pauian80
A3  Pauian72A1  Al-Riyadi88
B3  Al-Shorta81B1  China Kashgar96
A4  Al-Rayyan84
B1  China Kashgar (OT)95
7th place gameA4  Al-Rayyan63B1  China Kashgar90Bronze medal game
B3  Al-Shorta90A2  Petrochimi86
B4  Barsy Atyrau78A2  Petrochimi88B2  Al-Ahli74
A4  Al-Rayyan84B3  Al-Shorta67A2  Petrochimi100

Quarterfinals

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14 October 2016
13:00
Petrochimi   88–67   Al-Shorta
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 12–18, 27–11, 24–16
Pts: Robinson 25
Rebs: Robinson 10
Asts: White 8
Pts: Hawkins 31
Rebs: A. Al-Saedi 11
Asts: Rice 6
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
14 October 2016
15:00
Al-Ahli   90–80   Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 22–13, 21–19, 28–23
Pts: Young 40
Rebs: Alshabebi 14
Asts: M. Alajmani 7
Pts: Davis 20
Rebs: Davis 13
Asts: Tan 5
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
14 October 2016
18:00
Barsy Atyrau   69–88   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 7–22, 22–19, 22–16
Pts: Micheev 24
Rebs: Yevstigneyev 11
Asts: Gubashev, Ilin 3
Pts: El Khatib 18
Rebs: Aminu 10
Asts: Arakji 7
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
14 October 2016
20:00
Al-Rayyan   84–95 (OT)   China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 22–16, 18–16, 13–20Overtime: 9–20
Pts: Knowles 37
Rebs: Abdelhaleem 17
Asts: Knowles 4
Pts: Adams 27
Rebs: Zhou 12
Asts: Blatche 5
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)

Classification 5th–8th

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15 October 2016
9:00
Pauian   72–64   Barsy Atyrau
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 21–17, 21–25, 16–11
Pts: Lee 21
Rebs: Davis 11
Asts: Lee 4
Pts: Ilin 27
Rebs: Micheev 11
Asts: Parks 4
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Wang Mei (CHN)
15 October 2016
11:00
Al-Shorta   90–63   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 24–16, 16–19, 31–14
Pts: Hawkins 37
Rebs: Hawkins 14
Asts: Al-Mayali, Hawkins 3
Pts: Knowles 24
Rebs: Knowles 10
Asts: Knowles 4
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Yang Xiaoguang (CHN), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

Semifinals

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15 October 2016
16:30
Al-Riyadi   107–79   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 20–25, 31–22, 31–17
Pts: Spencer 26
Rebs: Aminu 11
Asts: Arakji 11
Pts: Young 32
Rebs: Alshabebi 18
Asts: M. Alajmani 5
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
15 October 2016
20:00
China Kashgar   90–86   Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 20–25, 24–20, 21–13
Pts: Blatche 27
Rebs: Blatche 10
Asts: Adams 6
Pts: White, Yakhchali 26
Rebs: Hassanzadeh 8
Asts: Robinson 5
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Snehal Bendke (IND)

Seventh place game

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16 October 2016
9:00
Barsy Atyrau   78–84   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 16–27, 17–21, 15–22
Pts: Micheev 22
Rebs: Micheev 16
Asts: Parks 6
Pts: Knowles 49
Rebs: Matalkeh 7
Asts: Al-Khanji, Knowles 2
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)

Fifth place game

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16 October 2016
11:00
Pauian   72–81   Al-Shorta
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 14–19, 21–26, 18–18
Pts: Tan 19
Rebs: Davis 18
Asts: Shih 4
Pts: Rice 32
Rebs: A. Al-Saedi 12
Asts: Hawkins, Rice 4
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

Third place game

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16 October 2016
14:30
Al-Ahli   74–100   Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 18–22, 19–31, 20–29
Pts: Young 43
Rebs: Young 10
Asts: S. Alajmani 2
Pts: White, Yakhchali 22
Rebs: White 19
Asts: Robinson 7
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)

Final

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16 October 2016
17:00
Al-Riyadi   88–96   China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 21–22, 15–25, 33–23
Pts: El Khatib 23
Rebs: Abdelnour 11
Asts: Spencer 12
Pts: Blatche 22
Rebs: Zhou 9
Asts: Adams 13
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Snehal Bendke (IND)

Final ranking

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Rank Team Record
    China Kashgar 7–0
    Al-Riyadi 6–1
    Petrochimi 5–2
4th   Al-Ahli 4–3
5th   Al-Shorta 4–3
6th   Pauian 3–4
7th   Al-Rayyan 2–5
8th   Barsy Atyrau 1–6
9th   ONGC 0–4
10th   Malaysia Dragons 0–4

Awards

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Most Valuable Player
  Dewarick Spencer

All-Star Five

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Pos Player Club
F   Fadi El Khatib   Al-Riyadi
F   Sam Young   Al-Ahli
C   Andray Blatche   China Kashgar
G   Dewarick Spencer (MVP)   Al-Riyadi
G   Darius Adams   China Kashgar

References

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