2016 FIBA Asia Challenge
The 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge was the 6th FIBA Asia Challenge, an international basketball tournament of FIBA Asia 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 FIBA Oceania for the first time. Iran are the defending champion from 2014.
| 6th Asia Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Iran |
| Dates | 9–18 September |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Iran (3rd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Hamed Haddadi |
| Top scorer | Tucker (26.8) |
| Top rebounds | Haddadi (13.8) |
| Top assists | Kim S.H. (6.0) |
| Official website | |
| http://www.fiba.com/ | |
The top five teams earned their respective sub-confederations an extra berth for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup 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.
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