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]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 25–26 June |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | 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 edit
Times listed are local (UTC+2:00)
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 25 June | ||||||
| Canada | 95 | |||||
| 26 June | ||||||
 China | 69 | |||||
| Canada | 74 | |||||
| 25 June | ||||||
 Italy | 71 | |||||
| Italy | 106 | |||||
 Philippines | 70 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 26 June | ||||||
| China | 69 | |||||
| Philippines | 72 | |||||
Semifinals edit
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 edit
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 edit
26 June
20:45 |
| Canada |
74–71 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–15, 14–13, 14–17, Overtime: 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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.