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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 |
The 2016 Imperial Basketball City Tournament was a four nation international basketball tournament held in Bologna, Italy. All matches of the tournament scheduled from 25 to 26 June 2016 was hosted at the Land Rover Arena.
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.
Results
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
| 25 June 18:00 |
| Boxscore |
| 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 |
| Boxscore |
| 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
| 26 June 18:00 |
| Boxscore |
| 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
| 26 June 20:45 |
| Boxscore |
| 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
- "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
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