2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament

The 2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament was a four nation international basketball tournament held in Bologna, Italy.[2] All matches of the tournament scheduled from 25 to 26 June 2016 was hosted at the Land Rover Arena.[3]

2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates25–26 June
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada
Tournament statistics
MVPCanada Khem Birch[1]

The tournament follows a Single-elimination tournament with the winners of the initial two matches to contest at the final and the losers to participate at the 3rd place match.[4]

Results

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Times listed are local (UTC+2:00)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June
 
 
  Canada95
 
26 June
 
  China69
 
  Canada74
 
25 June
 
  Italy71
 
  Italy106
 
 
  Philippines70
 
3rd place match
 
 
26 June
 
 
  China69
 
 
  Philippines72

Semifinals

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25 June
18:00
Canada   95–69   China
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 23–23, 21–20, 28–18
Pts: Heslip 33
Rebs: Birch 10
Asts: Ejim, Scrubb 5
Pts: Yi 22
Rebs: Wang 8
Asts: Guo 6
Land Rover Arena, Bologna
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Alessandro Martolini (ITA)
25 June
20:30
Italy   106–70   Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 40–7, 24–16, 24–27 , 18–20
Pts: Gallinari 20
Rebs: Aradori 7
Asts: Hackett 5
Pts: Blatche 21
Rebs: Blatche 6
Asts: Blatche 4
Land Rover Arena, Bologna
Referees: Alessandro Vicino (ITA), Luca Weidmann (ITA), Federico Di Francesco (ITA)

Third place match

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26 June
18:00
China   69–72   Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 11–12, 17–20, 18–18
Pts: Zhou P. 18
Rebs: Zhou P. 10
Asts: Li G., Zhou P. 4
Pts: Romeo 18
Rebs: Blatche 12
Asts: Blatche, Chan, Parks Jr. 2
Land Rover Arena, Bologna
Referees: Gianluca Mattioli (ITA), Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Federico Di Francesco (ITA)

Final

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26 June
20:45
Canada   74–71 (OT)   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–15, 14–13, 14–17Overtime: 13–10
Pts: Scrubb 18
Rebs: Birch 11
Asts: Ennis 8
Pts: Gallinari, Gentile 16
Rebs: Datome, Gallinari 5
Asts: Cinciarini, Della Valle, Gallinari 2
Land Rover Arena, Bologna
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Alessandro Vicino (ITA), Luca Weidmann (ITA)

References

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  1. ^ "Il Canada vince l'Imperial Basketball City Tournament, 74-71 sull'Italia all'overtime" [Canada wins the Imperial Basketball City Tournament, beating Italy in Overtime. 74-71.]. Sportando (in Italian). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Basket, l'Italia verso il preolimpico: tre amichevoli, raduno il 31 maggio" [Basketball: Italy going to the Olympic qualifiers, Three friendly tournaments scheduled. Preparation to start in May 31.]. Sport Live (in Italian). Banzai Media S.r.l. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ^ Bortolotti, Luca (2 March 2016). "L'Italbasket di Messina e Belinelli torna a Bologna". Repubblica.it (in Italian). Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. Retrieved 18 May 2016. THe Italian national basketball team under Messina, as well as Belinelli returns to Bologna
  4. ^ Ramos, Gerry (18 May 2016). "Gilas to embark on training trip to Greece, Italy, Turkey; play pocket tournament in Italy". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 18 May 2016.