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2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

25th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	8–16 October
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (China Kashgar's 1st title; China's 4th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	32
MVP	Dewarick Spencer
Top scorer	Young (35.0)
Top rebounds	Alshabebi (12.7)
Top assists	Adams (5.6)
PPG (Team)	China Kashgar (100.9)
RPG (Team)	Petrochimi (49.3)
APG (Team)	China Kashgar (19.3)
Official website
2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final round

5th place game

5th–8th place semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B4

Barsy Atyrau

69

A1

Al-Riyadi

88

B4

Barsy Atyrau

64

A1

Al-Riyadi

107

A3

Pauian

72

B2

Al-Ahli

79

B2

Al-Ahli

90

A3

Pauian

80

A3

Pauian

72

A1

Al-Riyadi

88

B3

Al-Shorta

81

B1

China Kashgar

96

A4

Al-Rayyan

84

B1

China Kashgar (OT)

95

7th place game

A4

Al-Rayyan

63

B1

China Kashgar

90

Bronze medal game

B3

Al-Shorta

90

A2

Petrochimi

86

B4

Barsy Atyrau

78

A2

Petrochimi

88

B2

Al-Ahli

74

A4

Al-Rayyan

84

B3

Al-Shorta

67

A2

Petrochimi

100

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

Al-Rayyan	84–95 (OT)	China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 22–16, 18–16, 13–20, Overtime: 9–20
Pts: Knowles 37 Rebs: Abdelhaleem 17 Asts: Knowles 4		Pts: Adams 27 Rebs: Zhou 12 Asts: Blatche 5

Classification 5th–8th

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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

Most Valuable Player
Dewarick Spencer

All-Star Five

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

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