Merlion Cup (basketball)

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Merlion Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2017 Merlion Cup (basketball)
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Logo used since 2016
SportBasketball
First season1984
CountryFile:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Most recent
champions		Australia Adelaide 36ers
(1st title)
Most titlesSoviet Union USSR Spartak
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (2 titles each)

The Merlion Cup is an international basketball tournament, in which clubs, national teams and selections take part. It is organised by the Basketball Association of Singapore.

History

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The inaugural Merlion Cup was hosted in 1984 with the Chinese national team winning over Spanish team Madrid Estudiantes.[1] The tournament was held next year but the 1986 edition was cancelled due to sponsorship issues amidst a recession.[2]

The tournament was resumed in 1987 and was held annually until the 1996 with the 1993 edition not held due to the 1993 Southeast Asian Games[3] and the 1995 edition being cancelled.[4]

The Gay World Stadium later renamed as the Geyland Indoor Stadium has been used as the venue of the tournament from the inaugural until the 1987 tournament. From the 1989 until the 1996 edition the Singapore Indoor Stadium was used as the venue of the basketball meet.[5]

The Merlion Cup was not to be held again until 2016 when the BAS decided to revive the tournament. Two more editions in two years is planned by BAS citing the success of the 2016 edition attributing healthy attendances throughout the competition.[6]

Results

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Year Host Final Third place Game
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1984
Details 		Geylang[7] File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		71–70[1] Spain
Madrid Estudiantes 		Soviet Union
Georgia USSR 		82–73 Australia
Mazda Cannons
1985
Details 		Geylang[8] Soviet Union
USSR Spartak 		75–70[9] File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		?
1987
Details 		Geylang Soviet Union
USSR Spartak[10] 		? West Germany
Steiner-Optik Bayreuth 		? (File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Army or File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg KK Smelt Olimpija)[11]
1988
Details 		Geylang United States
Brewster Heights Packing[12] 		? File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China Olympic 		?
1989
Details 		Kallang Soviet Union
Kiev Stroitel 		84–81[13] File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		United States
University of Nevada alumni 		82–77[14] Australia
Gold Coast Cougars
1991
Details 		Kallang File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		90–74[15] Soviet Union
USSR Spartak 		? (File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Kiev IPS Budivelnik or File:Flag of the United States.svg World Basketball League All-Stars)
1992
Details 		Kallang Hong Kong
Fajing 		96–76[16] China
Shanghai 		?
1994
Details 		Kallang Australia
Melbourne Tigers[17] 		? Hong Kong
Frankwell 		?
1996
Details 		Kallang Indonesia
Aspac Texmaco[18] 		88–84[19] File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China 		?
2016
Details 		Kallang China
Shanghai Sharks 		78–77 Philippines
Mighty Sports 		South Korea
Seoul Samsung Thunders 		94–55 Singapore
Singapore Slingers
2017
Details 		Kallang Australia
Adelaide 36ers 		101–81 China
Shanghai Sharks 		South Korea
Jeonju KCC Egis 		78–68 Singapore
Singapore Slingers

Medal tally

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By country

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Country File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver Total[note 1]
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3 6 9
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 1 4
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2 0 2
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 1 1 3
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1 0 1
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1 0 1
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0 1 1
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0 1 1
File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 0 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Does not include bronze medal results due to lack of data

References

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