2016 AT&T American Cup

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2016 AT&T American Cup
2016 AT&T American Cup logo.png
The official logo of the event
Venue Prudential Center
Location Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DatesMarch 5, 2016 [1]
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  2015
2017
2016 Glasgow  

The 2016 American Cup, known as the 2016 AT&T American Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the fortieth edition of the American Cup, part of the World Cup circuit in artistic gymnastics. [2] It was held on March 5, 2016, [3] at the Prudential Center in Newark. [4] Gabrielle Douglas of the United States won the women's competition, and Ryohei Kato of Japan won the men's. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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USA Gymnastics promoted the event as the beginning of preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games. [9] For the seventh year, the competition was held in conjunction with the Nastia Liukin Cup. For the first time, it was also held in conjunction with the Elite Team Cup, a men's competition. [10]

It was the first time that USA Gymnastics held a national artistic gymnastics competition in New Jersey. [11] [12] Two days beforehand, on March 3, 2016, it was announced that the 2017 AT&T American Cup would also be held at the Prudential Center. [13]

Background

On March 4, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2016 AT&T American Cup had been awarded to the Prudential Center. [14] The president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, called the Prudential Center "one of our most successful stops on the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Superstars", later adding, "The New York metropolitan area has a strong gymnastics community, and we look forward to again kicking off the Olympic year in the area." [15] [16] Although New Jersey had never hosted the event before, New York City has done so twelve times, most recently in 2012. [17]

USA Today reported that organizers originally wanted to return to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which had hosted the American Cup in every Summer Olympics year since 2000. [18] However, a scheduling conflict (a New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons game) forced them to relocate. [19] [20]

Venue

The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Pudcentnewarkjeh.JPG
The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Opened on October 25, 2007, [21] the Prudential Center is located in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by HOK Sport, the arena is home to the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils [22] and two NCAA teams: the Seton Hall Pirates [23] and NJIT Highlanders. [24] It was also home to the Brooklyn Nets (then the New Jersey Nets), [25] New York Liberty [26] and the New York Titans.

The arena has held a gymnastics-related event before; it was a stop on the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. [27] [28] [29] [30]

Sponsors

AT&T was the title sponsor of the event as part of a 2013–16 contract with USA Gymnastics. [31] [32] The company, which also provides USA Gymnastics with telecom services, became the title sponsor in 2011. [33]

Hilton HHonors served as an additional sponsor. The company is the official hotel partner for Team USA and offers gymnastics event spectators 15% discounts at its hotels. [34] Additionally, HHonors sponsors several male gymnasts and helps pay for training expenses and their residences at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. [35]

Kellogg's was the final sponsor. It also worked with USA Gymnastics on the 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Champions. [36]

Prize money

The winners received CHF 15,000 (US$ 14,551.52), the standard prize for International Federation of Gymnastics World Cup events.

RankAmount (CHF)Amount (USD)
115,00014,551.52
212,00011,644.27
38,0007,762.85
45,0004,851.78
54,0003,880.11
63,0002,910.08
72,0001,940.71
81,000969.93
9500485.01

Notes
Exchange rate correct as of November 27, 2015. [37]

Participants

Women (WAG)Men (MAG)
Flag of the United States.svg Gabrielle Douglas Flag of the United States.svg Sam Mikulak
Flag of the United States.svg Maggie Nichols Flag of the United States.svg Donnell Whittenburg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tisha Volleman [38] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Wei
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ellie Black Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pablo Brägger
Flag of Brazil.svg Lorrane Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Bitencourt
Flag of Japan.svg Mai Murakami Flag of Japan.svg Ryōhei Katō
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Amy Tinkler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nile Wilson
Flag of Italy.svg Carlotta Ferlito Flag of South Korea.svg Park Min-soo
Flag of Germany.svg Tabea Alt Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Bretschneider


Sources
[39] [40] [41]

Qualified federations

Invitations to the AT&T American Cup are issued based on placement at the previous year's World Championships.

CountryNOCMAGWAGTotal
Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA 10*
1
Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN 01
1
China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 11
2
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR 11
2
Italy Flag of Italy.svg  ITA 01
1
Japan Flag of Japan.svg  JPN 11
2
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED 0*1
1
Russia Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 11
2
South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR 10*
1
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI 10*
1
United States Flag of the United States.svg  USA 22
4

Notes
* denotes national federations that received a reserve qualification spot.

Reserves

Nations that finished in places 9–12 in the team competition at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were allocated one reserve spot each to the Cup. The top 4 ranked individual all-around competitors whose teams did not finish in the top 12 were also given Cup bids.

No.MAG TeamMAG NOCMAG GymnastWAG TeamWAG NOCWAG Gymnast
1 Germany Flag of Germany.svg  GER TBD Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA TBD
2 France Flag of France.svg  FRA TBDFranceFlag of France.svg  FRA TBD
3 Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED TBD Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL TBD
4 Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR TBDGermanyFlag of Germany.svg  GER Tabea Alt
5 Cuba Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB Manrique Larduet Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Giulia Steingruber
6 Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Dzmitry Barkalau Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Noémi Makra
7 Spain Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Ruben Lopez Romania Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Larisa Iordache
8RomaniaFlag of Romania.svg  ROU Cristian Bataga South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Heo Seon-mi

[42]

Results

Women

RankGymnast Saut de cheval.svg Barres asymetriques.svg Poutre.svg Gymnastique au sol.svg Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Gabby Douglas  (USA)15.10015.26614.96614.83360.165
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Maggie Nichols  (USA)15.03314.63314.83315.20059.699
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ellie Black  (CAN)14.80013.86614.40014.06657.132
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Amy Tinkler  (GBR)14.83313.83314.20013.06655.932
5Flag of Italy.svg  Carlotta Ferlito  (ITA)14.10012.66614.56614.26655.598
6Flag of Japan.svg  Mai Murakami  (JPN)14.66613.06612.83313.86654.431
7Flag of Germany.svg  Tabea Alt  (GER)14.66613.93313.30012.50054.399
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Tisha Volleman  (NED)14.0013.03312.90012.73352.666
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Lorrane Oliveira  (BRA)14.86611.56612.40011.46650.298

Men

RankGymnast Gymnastique au sol.svg Cheval d'arcon.svg Gymnastique aux anneaux.svg Saut de cheval.svg Barres paralleles.svg Barre fixe.svg Total
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Ryohei Kato  (JPN)15.10014.46614.66614.90014.56615.23388.931
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Donnell Whittenburg  (USA)15.43313.60015.50015.26615.46613.30088.565
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Wei  (CHN)14.10015.03313.70015.10014.76614.96687.665
4Flag of the United States.svg  Sam Mikulak  (USA)14.16613.76614.50014.76615.40013.36685.964
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nile Wilson  (GBR)13.26612.76614.63314.50015.26613.70084.131
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Pablo Brägger  (SUI)13.66612.90013.66614.86613.40015.16683.664
7Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Min-soo  (KOR)13.66614.43314.56613.90014.10012.70083.365
8Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Bretschneider  (DEU)13.96613.36614.13314.20013.53313.90083.098
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Lucas Bitencourt  (BRA)11.23312.50014.06613.60012.96612.63376.998

Nastia Liukin Cup

The 7th Nastia Liukin Cup
at the 2016 AT&T American Cup
VenuePrudential Center
LocationNewark, New Jersey, U.S.
DateMarch 4, 2015
Competitors36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  
 2014
2017 

The 7th Annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2016 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010, [43] [44] the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena. In previous years, competitors included Gabrielle Douglas, [45] [46] Kayla Williams, [47] [48] MyKayla Skinner, [49] Amelia Hundley, [50] Lexie Priessman, [51] Maggie Nichols, [52] and Ashton Locklear. [53]

Elite Team Cup

On January 13, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that the American Cup would also be held in conjunction with the Elite Team Cup, a men's competition, for the first time. [54] [55]

The competition took place on Saturday evening, after the American Cup.

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