2016 FIBA European Championship
for Small Countries
Tournament details
Host country Moldova
Dates28 June – 3 July
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Armenia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPArmenia Andre Spight
Top scorerArmenia Spight (21.2)
Top reboundsMalta Falzon (15.0)
Top assistsAndorra Fernández (5.2)
Official website
2016 European Championship for Small Countries
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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

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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Andorra
 Malta 		 San Marino
 Wales 		 Gibraltar
 Moldova 		 Ireland
 Armenia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

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

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

All times are local (UTC+3).

 
5th–8thFifth place
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
 Malta63
 
3 July
 
 Wales51
 
 Malta63
 
2 July
 
 Moldova73
 
 Moldova85
 
 
 Gibraltar43
 
Seventh place
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Wales67
 
 
 Gibraltar40

Classification 5–8 places

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

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

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

All times are local (UTC+3).

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 July
 
 
 Ireland60
 
3 July
 
 Armenia74
 
 Armenia79
 
2 July
 
 Andorra71
 
 Andorra63
 
 
 San Marino57
 
Third place
 
 
3 July
 
 
 Ireland53
 
 
 San Marino60

Semifinals

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

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

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

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Armenia 4–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Andorra 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

  1. ^ "Moldova to host the European basketball championship among small countries". RMT.md. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "MVP Spight leads Armenia to maiden gold". FIBA. 4 July 2016. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Ireland's men's basketball team to re-enter European competition in 2016". Inside the games. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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