# 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

The 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 15th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by Moldova. All games were played at the FMF Futsal Arena in Ciorescu.
Armenia won its first ever gold in this championship by beating Andorra in the final, 79–71.

## Teams

After the withdrawal of Monaco, which was initially drawn in the Group B, eight countries joined the tournament:
| Andorra  Armenia  Gibraltar  Ireland | Malta  Moldova  San Marino  Wales |
The national team of Armenia made their official debut in a FIBA competition.

## Draw

The draw took place on 22 January 2016.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Andorra Malta | San Marino Wales | Gibraltar Moldova | Ireland Armenia |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 132 | +138 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | San Marino | 3 | 2 | 1 | 165 | 152 | +13 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 202 | −57 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 219 | −94 | 3 | Classification 5–8 |
* 28 June 13:45
* Boxscore
| San Marino | 61–41 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 13–13, 20–7, 10–10 |||
| Pts: Botteghi 19 Rebs: Raschi 16 Asts: Raschi 5 | | Pts: Falzon 14 Rebs: Falzon 13 Asts: Formosa 3 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Igor Esteve (AND), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)
* 28 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 100–43 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 29–9, 22–6, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Hosford 15 Rebs: O'Reilly 13 Asts: O'Reilly 10 | | Pts: Yeats 13 Rebs: Santos 7 Asts: Britto 3 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Alin Faur (ROU), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA)
* 29 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Malta | 34–91 | Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 8–30, 5–21, 9–25 |||
| Pts: Bugeja 10 Rebs: Capello 9 Asts: Falzon 2 | | Pts: Hosford 19 Rebs: O'Reilly 12 Asts: O'Reilly 5 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Alin Faur (ROU), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA)
* 29 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Gibraltar | 32–49 | San Marino |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–13, 10–7, 7–17, 9–12 |||
| Pts: Yeats 11 Rebs: Gómez 10 Asts: Britto, Yeats 2 | | Pts: Moretti, Raschi 14 Rebs: Raschi 5 Asts: Cardinali 3 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Igor Esteve (AND), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)
* 30 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Malta | 70–50 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 9–9, 24–13, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Bugeja 28 Rebs: Formosa 9 Asts: Shoults 5 | | Pts: Turner 16 Rebs: Guerrero 9 Asts: three players 2 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Igor Esteve (AND), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA)
* 30 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 79–55 | San Marino |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 22–13, 15–13, 27–13 |||
| Pts: Fitzpatrick 33 Rebs: O'Reilly 13 Asts: Hosford 5 | | Pts: Raschi 18 Rebs: Botteghi 8 Asts: Casadei 3 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Alin Faur (ROU), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Andorra | 3 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 168 | +56 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Armenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 174 | +64 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Moldova | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 222 | −23 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 229 | −97 | 3 | Classification 5–8 |
* 28 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Wales | 33–74 | Andorra |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 1–22, 15–18, 6–19 |||
| Pts: Waite 8 Rebs: Waite 10 Asts: three players 1 | | Pts: Farfan 16 Rebs: De Oliveira, Fernández 6 Asts: Fernández 4 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR), Barnard Vassallo (MLT)
* 28 June 18:15
* Boxscore
| Armenia | 83–64 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 23–19, 19–17, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Spight 24 Rebs: Amirkhanov 7 Asts: Amirkhanov 6 | | Pts: Melniciuc 13 Rebs: Ostafiiciuc 8 Asts: Rulevski 4 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Shane Bassett (GIB)
* 29 June 13:45
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 70–63 | Armenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 18–17, 25–22, 15–10 |||
| Pts: Colom 19 Rebs: Farfan 11 Asts: Fernández 4 | | Pts: Spight 23 Rebs: Dunston 13 Asts: Dunston 4 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Sašo Petek (SLO), Bernard Vassallo (MLT)
* 29 June 20:30
* Boxscore
| Moldova | 63–59 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–17, 19–5, 19–19 |||
| Pts: Colesnicov, Rulevski 12 Rebs: Ostafiiciuc 6 Asts: Melniciuc 5 | | Pts: Edwards 16 Rebs: Edwards 10 Asts: Waite 6 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Mikola Ambrosov (UKR), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR)
* 30 June 13:45
* Boxscore
| Armenia | 92–40 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–9, 17–11, 21–6, 25–14 |||
| Pts: Danielyan 20 Rebs: Konstantinov 11 Asts: Konstantinov 7 | | Pts: Waite 11 Rebs: Edwards 6 Asts: Waite 6 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Bernard Vassallo (MLT), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR)
* 30 June 18:15
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 80–72 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 24–25, 20–22, 17–12 |||
| Pts: Farfan 17 Rebs: Colom 9 Asts: Fernández 8 | | Pts: Colesnicov 15 Rebs: Colesnicov 9 Asts: Melniciuc 5 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Igor Dragojević (MNE)

## Classification round

All times are local (UTC+3).
| 5th–8th | 5th–8th | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 2 July | 2 July |
| Malta | 63 |
| Malta | 63 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Wales | 51 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Wales | 51 | Malta | 63 |
| 2 July | 2 July | | Malta | 63 |
| 2 July | 2 July | Moldova | 73 |
| Moldova | 85 | Moldova | 73 |
| Gibraltar | 43 | | |
| Gibraltar | 43 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 3 July | 3 July |
| | | Wales | 67 |
| | | Gibraltar | 40 |

### Classification 5–8 places

* 2 July 13:45
* Boxscore
| Malta | 63–51 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 19–9, 5–14, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Falzon 19 Rebs: Falzon 15 Asts: Shoults 3 | | Pts: Priddle 9 Rebs: Duppa 10 Asts: Waite 4 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Igor Dragojević (MNE), Igor Esteve (AND)
* 2 July 16:00
* Boxscore
| Moldova | 85–43 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 25–11, 21–6, 16–14 |||
| Pts: Rulevski 17 Rebs: Melnic 10 Asts: Melniciuc 6 | | Pts: Gomez 12 Rebs: Santos 9 Asts: Britto 4 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Gian Giancecchi (SMR), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)

### Seventh place game

* 3 July 13:45
* Boxscore
| Wales | 67–40 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 17–7, 17–8, 18–13 |||
| Pts: Dawe 27 Rebs: Duppa, Kizito 7 Asts: Williams 6 | | Pts: Guerrero 18 Rebs: Guerrero, Santos 8 Asts: Britto 3 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS)

### Fifth place game

* 3 July 16:00
* Boxscore
| Malta | 63–73 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 15–20, 19–8, 8–27 |||
| Pts: Bugeja, Falzon 18 Rebs: Falzon 18 Asts: Falzon, Shoults 3 | | Pts: Melinic 17 Rebs: Oprea 11 Asts: Cojuhari 5 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Alin Faur (ROU), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR)

## Final round

All times are local (UTC+3).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 2 July | 2 July |
| Ireland | 60 |
| Ireland | 60 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Armenia | 74 | 3 July | 3 July |
| Armenia | 74 | Armenia | 79 |
| 2 July | 2 July | | Armenia | 79 |
| 2 July | 2 July | Andorra | 71 |
| Andorra | 63 | Andorra | 71 |
| San Marino | 57 | | |
| San Marino | 57 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 July | 3 July |
| | | Ireland | 53 |
| | | San Marino | 60 |

### Semifinals

* 2 July 18:15
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 60–74 | Armenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 14–19, 12–16, 14–23 |||
| Pts: Blount 18 Rebs: O'Reilly 10 Asts: O'Reilly 2 | | Pts: Spight 24 Rebs: Dunston 14 Asts: Amirkhanov 5 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Alin Faur (ROU), Bernard Vassallo (MLT)
* 2 July 20:30
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 63–57 | San Marino |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 18–10, 12–17, 17–17 |||
| Pts: Farfan 20 Rebs: Fernández 7 Asts: Fernández 4 | | Pts: Botteghi 13 Rebs: Botteghi 15 Asts: Raschi 5 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Shane Bassett (GIB), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA)

### Third place game

* 3 July 18:15
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 53–60 | San Marino |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 17–8, 13–17, 11–22 |||
| Pts: Blount, Fitzpatrick 16 Rebs: Blount, Fitzpatrick 13 Asts: Hosford, James 3 | | Pts: Cardinali 14 Rebs: Botteghi, Moretti 7 Asts: Moretti 6 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU),Igor Esteve (AND), Bernard Vassallo (MLT)

### Final

* 3 July 20:30
* Boxscore
| Armenia | 79–71 | Andorra |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–21, 21–17, 15–21 |||
| Pts: Spight 27 Rebs: Dunston 12 Asts: Amirkhanov 4 | | Pts: Colom 22 Rebs: Fernández 7 Asts: Fernández 6 |
* FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Sašo Petek (SLO)
* 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries winner
* Armenia First title

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Armenia | 4–1 |
| | Andorra | 4–1 |
| | San Marino | 3–2 |
| 4 | Ireland | 3–2 |
| 5 | Moldova | 3–2 |
| 6 | Malta | 2–3 |
| 7 | Wales | 1–4 |
| 8 | Gibraltar | 0–5 |