2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
| |||||||||||
Date | September 18, 2016 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | MVP Zach Graham | | |||||||||
Attendance | 5,002 | ||||||||||
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 26th edition of the
2015–17 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy.[1]
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was played with a single-game format, in Frankfurt, on 18 September 2016.[2]
Qualified teams
Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Participations (bold indicates winners) |
---|---|---|---|
Fraport Skyliners
|
Winners of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup | 1 May 2016 | Debut |
Guaros de Lara
|
Winners of 2016 FIBA Americas League | 12 March 2016 | Debut |
Venue
When the event was announced, it was also announced that the game would be played in the
Fraport Skyliners. The arena opened in 1986, and it has a seating capacity of 5,002 people. It also hosts the annual indoor football tournament, with six teams from the region, such as Eintracht Frankfurt and Kickers Offenbach
.
Match details
The game was close for the most part of it, but in the end,
Skyliners. In the game's final minute, Zach Graham hit a lay-up, and that was followed by a Heissler Guillent three pointer, which sealed the victory for Guaros.[3] Zach Graham, who scored 19 points in the game, was named the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player.[3]
18 September 2016 | Fraport Skyliners | 69–74 | Guaros de Lara
|
Frankfurt, Germany |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:30 | Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 23–13, 13–19, 17–23 | |||
5 | Boxscore | Pts: Graham 19 Rebs: Colmenares 5 Asts: Guillent 4 |
Arena: (LAT), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
|
|
|
MVP
- Guaros de Lara)
References
- ^ a b "FRAPORT SKYLINERS vertreten Europa beim Weltpokal in Frankfurt" (in German). SchoenenDunk.de. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Fraport Skyliners to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Guaros de Lara claim FIBA Intercontinental Cup". FIBA.com. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.