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Deutsch2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Moldova |
| City | Chișinău |
| Dates | 28 June – 3 July 2016 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Armenia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Andorra |
| Third place |  San Marino |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Andre Spight |
| Top scorer | Spight (21.2 ppg) |
| Top rebounds |  Falzon (15.0 rpg) |
| Top assists | Fernández (5.2 apg) |
| Official website | |
| www.fiba.basketball | |
The 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 15th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by Moldova.[1]
Armenia won its first ever gold in this championship by beating Andorra in the final, 79–71.[2]
Teams
[edit]After the withdrawal of Monaco, which was initially drawn in the Group B,[3] eight countries joined the tournament:[4]
The national team of Armenia made their official debut in a FIBA competition.
Draw
[edit]The draw took place on 22 January 2016.[3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra Malta | San Marino Wales |  Gibraltar Moldova |  Ireland Armenia |
Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
[edit]| 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 | |
| 3 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 202 | −57 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 219 | −94 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
28 June 13:45 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Igor Esteve (AND), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS) |
28 June 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Alin Faur (ROU), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA) |
29 June 16:00 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Alin Faur (ROU), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA) |
29 June 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Igor Esteve (AND), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS) |
30 June 16:00 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Igor Esteve (AND), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA) |
30 June 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Alin Faur (ROU), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS) |
Group B
[edit]| 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 | |
| 3 | Moldova | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 222 | −23 | 4 | Classification 5–8 |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 229 | −97 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
28 June 16:00 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR), Barnard Vassallo (MLT) |
28 June 18:15 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Shane Bassett (GIB) |
29 June 13:45 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Sašo Petek (SLO), Bernard Vassallo (MLT) |
29 June 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Mikola Ambrosov (UKR), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR) |
30 June 13:45 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Bernard Vassallo (MLT), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR) |
30 June 18:15 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Igor Dragojević (MNE) |
Classification round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+3).
| 5th–8th | Fifth place | |||||
| 2 July | ||||||
| Malta | 63 | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Wales | 51 | |||||
| Malta | 63 | |||||
| 2 July | ||||||
| Moldova | 73 | |||||
| Moldova | 85 | |||||
| Gibraltar | 43 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Wales | 67 | |||||
| Gibraltar | 40 | |||||
Classification 5–8 places
[edit]2 July 13:45 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Igor Dragojević (MNE), Igor Esteve (AND) |
2 July 16:00 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Sašo Petek (SLO), Gian Giancecchi (SMR), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS) |
Seventh place game
[edit]3 July 13:45 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA), Evgeny Vetrov (RUS) |
Fifth place game
[edit]3 July 16:00 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Alin Faur (ROU), Shane Bassett (GIB), Gianluigi Giancecchi (SMR) |
Final round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+3).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 2 July | ||||||
| Ireland | 60 | |||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Armenia | 74 | |||||
| Armenia | 79 | |||||
| 2 July | ||||||
| Andorra | 71 | |||||
| Andorra | 63 | |||||
| San Marino | 57 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 July | ||||||
| Ireland | 53 | |||||
| San Marino | 60 | |||||
Semifinals
[edit]2 July 18:15 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Alin Faur (ROU), Bernard Vassallo (MLT) |
2 July 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomislav Vovk (CRO), Shane Bassett (GIB), Dumitru Stasiev (MDA) |
Third place game
[edit]3 July 18:15 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU),Igor Esteve (AND), Bernard Vassallo (MLT) |
Final
[edit]3 July 20:30 |
| 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 | |
Futsal Arena FMF, Ciorescu Referees: Igor Dragojević (MNE), Mykola Ambrosov (UKR), Sašo Petek (SLO) |
| 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries winner |
|---|
 Armenia First title |
Final ranking
[edit]| 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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Moldova to host the European basketball championship among small countries". RMT.md. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "MVP Spight leads Armenia to maiden gold". FIBA. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ a b "FIBA European Championship for Small Countries draws completed". FIBA. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Ireland's men's basketball team to re-enter European competition in 2016". Inside the games. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.