2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

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2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
City Chișinău
Dates28 June – 3 July 2016
Teams 8  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Third placeFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of Armenia.svg Andre Spight
Top scorer Flag of Armenia.svg Spight (21.2  ppg)
Top rebounds Flag of Malta.svg Falzon (15.0  rpg)
Top assists Flag of Andorra.svg Fernández (5.2  apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2014
2018

The 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 15th edition of this tournament. It was hosted by Moldova. [1]

Contents

Armenia won its first ever gold in this championship by beating Andorra in the final, 79–71. [2]

Teams

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

The draw took place on 22 January 2016. [3]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 330270132+1386 Semifinals
2Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 321165152+135
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 312145202574 Classification 5–8
4Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 303125219943
Source: FIBA
28 June
13:45
San Marino  Flag of San Marino.svg6141Flag of Malta.svg  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  Flag of Ireland.svg10043Flag of Gibraltar.svg  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  Flag of Malta.svg3491Flag of Ireland.svg  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  Flag of Gibraltar.svg3249Flag of San Marino.svg  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  Flag of Malta.svg7050Flag of Gibraltar.svg  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  Flag of Ireland.svg7955Flag of San Marino.svg  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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 330224168+566 Semifinals
2Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 321238174+645
3Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 312199222234 Classification 5–8
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 303132229973
Source: FIBA
28 June
16:00
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg3374Flag of Andorra.svg  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  Flag of Armenia.svg8364Flag of Moldova.svg  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  Flag of Andorra.svg7063Flag of Armenia.svg  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  Flag of Moldova.svg6359Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  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  Flag of Armenia.svg9240Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  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  Flag of Andorra.svg8072Flag of Moldova.svg  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

All times are local (UTC+3).

 
5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 63
 
3 July
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 51
 
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 63
 
2 July
 
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 73
 
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 85
 
 
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 43
 
Seventh place
 
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 67
 
 
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 40

Classification 5–8 places

2 July
13:45
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg6351Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  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  Flag of Moldova.svg8543Flag of Gibraltar.svg  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

3 July
13:45
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg6740Flag of Gibraltar.svg  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

3 July
16:00
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg6373Flag of Moldova.svg  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

All times are local (UTC+3).

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 60
 
3 July
 
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 74
 
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 79
 
2 July
 
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 71
 
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 63
 
 
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 57
 
Third place
 
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 53
 
 
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 60

Semifinals

2 July
18:15
Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg6074Flag of Armenia.svg  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  Flag of Andorra.svg6357Flag of San Marino.svg  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

3 July
18:15
Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg5360Flag of San Marino.svg  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

3 July
20:30
Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg7971Flag of Andorra.svg  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 
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
First title

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 4–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 3–2
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3–2
5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3–2
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2–3
7Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 1–4
8Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 0–5

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