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.FIBA Internal Rules , FIBA Asia Central Board, December 2011, p. 77
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-RiyadiTBD * 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
Group B
Final round
Quarterfinals
Classification 5th–8th
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeam Record China Kashgar7–0 Al-Riyadi6–1 Petrochimi5–2 4th Al-Ahli4–3 5th Al-Shorta4–3 6th Pauian3–4 7th Al-Rayyan2–5 8th Barsy Atyrau1–6 9th ONGC0–4 10th Malaysia Dragons0–4
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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