The 2016

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was the 6th FIBA Asia Challenge, an international

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tournament of

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which was hosted by Iran from 9–18 September 2016. This tournament served as the first step in determining the process of the qualifiers for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup which will feature teams from both FIBA Asia and

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for the first time. Iran are the defending champion from 2014. The top five teams earned their respective sub-confederations an extra berth for the

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which is formerly named as the FIBA Asia Championship. The 2017 tournament is not an edition of the FIBA Asia Challenge, which was formerly named as FIBA Asia Cup until 2014.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the 2016

is twelve. Each zone had one place, and the hosts (Iran) and the defending FIBA Asia Championship titleholder (China) were automatically qualified. The other two places were allocated to the zones according to performance in the

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; as a result, Southeast Asia and West Asia zones were allocated an additional berth each. In the event of a withdrawal or non-participation by qualified teams, FIBA Asia has the right to invite other teams, while endeavoring to maintain, as far as possible, a certain balance between sub-zones. Included are teams'

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prior to the tournament.

Venue

The Azadi Indoor Stadium, also known as the Twelve Thousand People Sport Hall was the venue of competition. However quarterfinals matches were held in

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due to Tehran Derby.

Draw

The results of the draw for the competition was announced on August 14, 2016.

Squads

Preliminary round

All teams advanced to the second round. ''All times are local ( UTC+4:30).''

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Final round

Quarterfinals

Classification 5th–8th

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final rankings

Awards

* Most Valuable Player –

Hamed Haddadi Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi ( fa, حامد حدادی, , born May 19, 1985) is an Iranian professional basketball player for Sichuan Blue Whales of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He plays at the center position and is 7'2" (2.18 meters) tall a ...

* PG –

Kim Sun-hyung Kim Sun-hyung (born July 1, 1988) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He plays for Seoul SK Knights in the Korean Basketball League and the South Korean national team. Early life A native of Incheon, Kim initially harbored dre ...

* SG –

Dar Tucker Darquavis Lamar "Dar" Tucker (born April 11, 1988) is an American-Jordanian professional basketball player. He played college basketball at DePaul University. High school Tucker attended Arthur Hill High School, in Saginaw, Michigan, where he p ...

* SF –

Mohammad Jamshidi Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi ( fa, محمد جمشیدی جعفرآبادی , born July 30, 1991) is an Iranian professional basketball player who last played for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Ba ...

* PF –

Kevin Galloway Kevin Dwayne Galloway (born May 23, 1988) is an Iraqi-AmericanKevin Dwayne Gallowa ...

* C –

References

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