2015 International Basketball Challenge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
2015 Canny Elevator Cup International Basketball Challenge
1st International Basketball Challenge
Tournament details
Host nation China
Dates 27 July – 7 August
Teams 8
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament leaders
Players Teams
Rebounds Japan Joji Takeuchi
2016 >

The 2015 Canny Elevator Cup International Basketball Challenge (Chinese: “康力电梯杯”2015国际男篮挑战) also known as the 2015 Atlas Challenge or the 2015 Canny Elevator Cup is an international basketball tournament hosted at the Suzhou Sports Center in Suzhou, China.[1] Eight teams participated at the tournament. Hosts China was represented by their Olympic team. The national teams of Iran and Japan, Basket Rimini Crabs of Italy, Melbourne United of Australia, and teams from Lithuania, Slovakia and the United States composes the other seven participant. The 2015 tournament is the inaugural edition of the International Basketball Challenge which is planned to be an annual event. The organizers of the event said that they will hold at least four more editions for the next four years.[2][3][4]

Venue[edit]

Suzhou
Suzhou Sports Center Dushu Lake Arena
2015 International Basketball Challenge is located in China
Suzhou
Suzhou
2015 International Basketball Challenge (China)
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: No information

Preliminary Round[edit]

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advance to the semifinals

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China Olympic 3 3 0 222 196 +26 6
 Iran 3 2 1 224 202 +22 5
 Slovakia U21 3 1 2 205 233 –28 4
Italy Basket Rimini Crabs 3 0 3 211 231 –20 3
27 July
19:00
China Olympic  68–64  Iran
Pts: Guo Ailun 16 Pts: Sahakian 12
27 July
21:00
Rimini Crabs Italy 72–78 (OT)  Slovakia U21
Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 19–12, 26–13, 11–14, Overtime: 6–12
28 July
19:00
China Olympic  82–68  Slovakia U21
Pts: Guo Ailun 14
Rebs: Li Muhao 9		 Pts: Losonsky 13
28 July
21:00
Iran  81–75 Italy Rimini Crabs
29 July
19:00
China Olympic  72–64 Italy Rimini Crabs
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 13–17, 12–11, 26–23
Pts: Guo Ailun 18
29 July
21:00
Slovakia U21  59–79  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 7–22, 20–20, 18–15
Pts: Sedmák 16 Pts: Jamshidi 13

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
United States United States Vocational Wing 3 3 0 210 195 +15 6
Lithuania Lithuania 3 2 1 ~124 ~121 +3 5
Australia Melbourne United 3 1 2 ~157 ~147 +10 4
 Japan 3 0 3 221 249 -28 3
  • No resource was found regarding the result between the Lithuanian and Australian teams. Point (for and against) statistics for both teams are the minimum.
27 July
19:00
Lithuania Lithuania 66–58  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 21–15, 17–18, 12–12
27 July
21:00
US Vocational Wing United States 63–58 Australia Melbourne United
28 July
19:00
Melbourne United Australia vs. Lithuania Lithuania
28 July
21:00
Japan  79–84 United States US Vocational Wing
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 16–23, 19–21, 23–26
Pts: Matsui 19
29 July
19:00
Melbourne United Australia 99–84  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 34–15, 18–22, 26–29
29 July
21:00
Lithuania Lithuania 58–63 United States US Vocational Wing

Classification Round[edit]

Semifinals 5th−8th[edit]

31 July
19:00
Slovakia U21  60–74  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 12–19, 15–26, 15–16
Pts: Furukawa 27
31 July
21:00
Rimini Crabs Italy vs. Australia Melbourne United

7th place game[edit]

1 August
14:00
Slovakia U21  63–85 Italy Rimini Crabs
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 14–18, 19–17, 14–24
Pts: Lošonský 19

5th place game[edit]

1 August
16:00
Japan  73–67 Australia Melbourne United
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 21–21, 11–15, 25–13
Pts: Takeuchi 17

Final Round[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

31 July
19:00
China Olympic  56–54 Lithuania Lithuania
Pts: Tao Hanlin 21
31 July
21:00
Iran  71–56 United States US Vocational Wing
Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 15–23, ?, ?
Pts: Bahrami 14

Third place game[edit]

1 August
19:00
Lithuania Lithuania 81–76 United States US Vocational Wing

Final[edit]

1 August
21:00
China Olympic  54–47  Iran

Final standing[edit]

Rank Team Pld W L
1st  China Olympic 5 5 0
2nd  Iran 5 3 2
3rd Lithuania Lithuania 5 3 2
4 United States US Vocational Wing 5 3 2
5  Japan 5 2 3
6 Australia Melbourne United 5 2 3
7 Italy Rimini Crabs 5 1 4
6  Slovakia U21 5 1 4

Awards[edit]

 2015 International Basketball Challenge 

China Olympic
First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Iran routs Italy in International Basketball Challenge". Press TV. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015. 
  2. ^ Wang, Heng Zh (26 July 2015). "苏州国际男篮挑战赛中国国奥首战伊朗国家队 (International Basketball Challenge starts with an opener between China Olympic team and Iran)" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Retrieved 29 July 2015. 
  3. ^ "Sponsorship offer: Rimini Crabs basketball team at "Atlas Challenge" tournament in Suzhou". China-Italy Chamber of Commerce. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015. 
  4. ^ "Pre-season schedule announced". Melbourne United. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015. 

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_International_Basketball_Challenge&oldid=695155925"