# 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Pauian | 4 | 2 | 2 | 351 | 341 | +10 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 284 | 323 | −39 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | ONGC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 382 | −142 | 4 | |
* 8 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 8 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Wang Mei (CHN)
* 9 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 9 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Wang Mei (CHN)
* 10 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 10 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ)
* 11 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 11 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)
* 12 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Wang Mei (CHN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 12 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)

### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Al-Shorta | 4 | 2 | 2 | 330 | 301 | +29 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barsy Atyrau | 4 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 344 | −47 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Malaysia Dragons | 4 | 0 | 4 | 252 | 405 | −153 | 4 | |
* 8 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
* 8 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
* 9 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
* 9 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
* 10 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)
* 10 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 11 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
* 11 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND)
* 12 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
* 12 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

## Final round

| 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | 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 | | | | | | | | | A1 | B1 | China Kashgar | 96 |
| | | | | | | A4 | Al-Rayyan | 84 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B1 | China Kashgar (OT) | 95 | | | | | | |
| 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game | A4 | Al-Rayyan | 63 | | | | B1 | China Kashgar | 90 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | 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

* 14 October 2016 13:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 14 October 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)
* 14 October 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yang Xiaoguang (CHN)
* 14 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)

### Classification 5th–8th

* 15 October 2016 9:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Wang Mei (CHN)
* 15 October 2016 11:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Yang Xiaoguang (CHN), Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

### Semifinals

* 15 October 2016 16:30
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
* 15 October 2016 20:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Snehal Bendke (IND)

### Seventh place game

* 16 October 2016 9:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Chen Ying-cheng (TPE)

### Fifth place game

* 16 October 2016 11:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Walid Marcel Abirached (LIB), Imran Ali Baig (IND), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI)

### Third place game

* 16 October 2016 14:30
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Suwaili (IRQ), Wang Mei (CHN)

### Final

* 16 October 2016 17:00
* Boxscore
| 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 |
* Chenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Chenzhou Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Ahmed Al Bulushi (OMA), Snehal Bendke (IND)

## 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 |