2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
International basketball competition
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.
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
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]
* 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
The draw was held in the host city Chenzhou on 1 September 2016.[ 9]
All times are local (UTC+8 ).
Group A
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
Group B
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Final round
Quarterfinals
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
Classification 5th–8th
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Wang Mei (CHN)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Yang Xiaoguang (CHN), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Semifinals
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Snehal Bendke (IND)
Seventh place game
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
Fifth place game
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
Third place game
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)
Final
Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Snehal Bendke (IND)
Final ranking
Awards
All-Star Five
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