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{{Infobox sports competition event
| event        = 2016 [[AT&T American Cup]]
| competition  = 
| image        = [[File:2016_AT&T_American_Cup_logo.png|300px]]
| size         = 100 px
| alt          = 
| caption      = The official logo of the event
| venue        = [[Prudential Center]]
| location     = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| dates        = March 5, 2016<ref>http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2016/usa/att-american-cup.html</ref>
| competitors  = 18
| nations      = 11
| teams        = 
| gold         = 
| silver       = 
| bronze       = 
| goldNOC      = 
| silverNOC    = 
| bronzeNOC    = 
| prev         = [[2015 AT&T American Cup|2015]]
| next         = 2017
}}

The '''2016 American Cup''', known as the '''2016 [[AT&T American Cup]]''' for sponsorship reasons, is the fortieth edition of the [[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]].<ref>http://www.attamericancup.com/history/</ref> The competition will be held on March 5, 2016,<ref>https://twitter.com/WillGravesAP/status/677589047817170944</ref> at the [[Prudential Center]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]].<ref>http://usagnj.com/2016-att-american-cup-coming-to-nj/</ref> It is the first time that the competition has been held in the state of [[New Jersey]],<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/americancup_results.html</ref><ref>http://www.northjersey.com/sports/more-sports/the-rock-to-host-american-cup-1.1283067</ref> and is even the first time a [[USA Gymnastics]] national artistic gymnastics event has been held in the state.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/nationalchamps_results.html</ref><ref>https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/classic_results.html</ref>

The event is deemed to mark the start of the preparations for [[USA Gymnastics]] for the [[2016 Olympic Games]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/sports/american-cup-headed-to-newark.html?_r=0</ref> For its seventh year, the competition was held in conjuction with the [[Nastia Liukin Cup]] and, for the first time, held in conjuction with the Elite Team Cup; a men's gymnastics competition.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17799&prog=h</ref> 

On March 3, 2016, before the competition had even started, it was revealed that the 2017 AT&T American Cup will be held in the Prudential Center again.<ref>https://twitter.com/PruCenter/status/705467219774455808</ref> 

== Background ==
On March 4, 2015, [[USA Gymnastics]] announced that the 2016 AT&T American Cup had been awarded to the [[Prudential Center]].<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15543&prog=h</ref> President of USA Gymnastics, [[Steve Penny]], said that the "Prudential Center was one of our [the] most successful stops on the 2012 [[Kellogg's]] Tour of Superstars"; later adding "The [[New York metropolitan area]] has a strong gymnastics community, and we look forward to again kicking off the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic year]] in the area".<ref>http://www.attamericancup.com/2015/03/usa-gymnastics-awards-2016-att-american-cup-to-prudential-center/</ref><ref>http://sportstravelmagazine.com/prudential-center-to-host-2016-att-american-cup/</ref> Although New Jersey hasn't hosted the event in history, [[New York City]] has hosted the event twelve times – the most recent being in 2012; [[2012 Summer Olympics|the last Olympic quad]].<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=9606&prog=h</ref>

[[USA Today]] reported that organizers originally wanted to return to the [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[Manhattan, New York]] – a venue which had been used for every American Cup in Olympic year since 2000.<ref>http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/12419673/prudential-center-host-2016-american-cup-gymnastics</ref> However, a schedulling conflict (a [[New York Knicks]] and [[Detroit Pistons]] game) forced them to relocate.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/03/04/gymnastics-2016-american-cup-newark/24369627/</ref><ref>http://www.thegarden.com/sporting-events/knicks.html</ref>

Both the American Cup and the [[2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships|Pacific Rim Championships]] are "important events in the calendar", says [[USA Gymnastics]] President, [[Steve Penny]].<ref>http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/38591-douglas-nichols-to-at-t-american-cup-biles-to-pacific-rim-championships</ref>

== Venue==
{{main|Prudential Center}}
[[File:Pudcentnewarkjeh.JPG|thumb|Pudcentnewarkjeh]]
Opened on October 25, 2007,<ref>http://devils.nhl.com/team/app?page=TeamSchedule&service=page&venue=home</ref> the Prudential Center is located in the [[central business district]] of [[Newark, New Jersey]]. Designed by [[HOK Sport]], the arena is home to [[National Hockey League|NHL team]] [[New Jersey Devils]]<ref>http://devils.nhl.com/index.html</ref> and two [[NCAA]] teams; [[Seton Hall Pirates]]<ref>http://www.shupirates.com/facilities/seha-prudential-center.html</ref> and [[NJIT Highlanders]].<ref>http://njithighlanders.com/facilities/</ref> The arena was also home to the [[Brooklyn Nets]] (then New Jersey Nets),<ref>http://www.nba.com/nets/</ref> [[New York Liberty]]<ref>http://liberty.wnba.com/</ref> and the [[New York Titans (lacrosse)|New York Titans]].

The arena has held gymnastics related events before—a venue of the 2012 [[Kellogg's]] Tour of Gymnastics Champions.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10706&prog=h</ref><ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=9782</ref><ref>http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/14279-2012-kellogg-s-tour-of-gymnastics-champions-schedule</ref><ref>http://usagnj.com/kelloggs-tour-of-gymnastics-champions-2012/</ref>

== Schedule ==
''' Thursday, March 3'''
<br>Men's and Women's training day

''' Friday, March 4'''
<br>7:00&nbsp;p.m. – [[Nastia Liukin Cup]]<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/info/</ref>

''' Saturday, March 5 '''
<br>11:30&nbsp;a.m. – Competition begins

== Broadcast ==
The competition will be broadcast on [[basic cable]] television. On November 16, 2015, [[NBCUniversal]] acquired gymnastics programming from the now-defunct [[Universal Sports]] network.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17586&prog=h</ref> It will be televised on [[NBC Sports]].<ref>http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/NBC-Sports-to-Present-Coverage-of-2016-ATT-AMERICAN-CUP-GYMNASTICS-COMPETITION-35-20160302</ref>

== Sponsors ==
National [[telecommunications]] company, [[AT&T]], was once again the [[title sponsor]] of the event; as part of their 2013–16 contract for the event.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17586&prog=h</ref><ref>http://about.att.com/newsroom/2015_att_american_cup_heads_to_att_stadium.html</ref> The company, which also provides [[USA Gymnastics]] with telecom services, first became the title sponsor of the event for the 2011 event.<ref>http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Gymnastics/Features/2010/September/24/USA-Gymnastics-and-AT-T-announce-title-sponsorship-of-AT-T-American-Cup</ref>

[[Hilton HHonors]] serves as an additional sponsor to the event. The company is the official hotel partner for [[Team USA]] and offers gymnastics event spectators 15% discounts on their stay within the Hilton accommodation portfolio.<ref>http://teamusa.hhonors.com/17/</ref> Additionally, HHonors sponsors several male gymnasts and helps pay for training expenses and their residences at the [[U.S. Olympic Training Center]] (USOTC).<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=12342&prog=h</ref>

[[Kellogg's]] is the final sponsor. The breakfast cereal company and USA Gymnastics have co-operated together for the 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Supestars.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10725&prog=h</ref>

== Prize money ==
As per any FIG World Cup event, first-placed winners will receive [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 15,000 ([[US$]] 14,551.52)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank !! Amount ([[Swiss franc|CHF]]) !! Amount ([[USD]])
|-
| 1 || 15,000 || 14,551.52
|-
| 2 || 12,000 || 11,644.27
|-
| 3 || 8,000 || 7,762.85
|-
| 4 || 5,000 || 4,851.78
|-
| 5 || 4,000 || 3,880.11
|-
| 6 || 3,000 || 2,910.08
|-
| 7 || 2,000 || 1,940.71
|-
| 8 || 1,000 || 969.93
|-
| 9 || 500 || 485.01
|}

<u>Notes</u><br>
Exchange rate correct as of November 27, 2015.<ref>http://themoneyconverter.com/CHF/USD.aspx</ref>

== Participants ==
=== Confirmed participants ===
On December 17, 2015, [[USA Gymnastics]] announced that [[Gabrielle Douglas]], [[Maggie Nichols (gymnast)|Maggie Nichols]], [[Sam Mikulak]] and [[John Orozco]] would all be the American representatives at the competition.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17744&prog=</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Women (WAG) !!  Men (MAG)
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gabby Douglas|Gabrielle Douglas]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Mikulak]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maggie Nichols (gymnast)|Maggie Nichols]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donnell Whittenburg]]
|-
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Tisha Volleman]]<ref>http://sports2visuals.com/volleman-naar-att-american-cup/?utm_content=buffer39d19&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</ref> || {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Wei
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ellie Black]] || {{flagicon|SUI}} Pablo Bragger
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lorrane Oliveira]] || {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Bittencourt
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mai Murakami]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryōhei Katō]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Amy Tinkler]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nile Wilson]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Carlotta Ferlito]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Min-soo]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tabea Alt]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Bretschneider]]
|}

<br><u>Sources</u>
<br><ref>http://thegymter.net/2016/01/12/american-cup-field-set/</ref><ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17792&prog=</ref>
<ref>http://www.attamericancup.com/athletes/</ref>

=== Qualified federations ===
Invitations to the AT&T American Cup are issued as a result of placement at the previous year's World Championships.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country !! NOC !! MAG !! WAG !! Total
|-
| [[Brazil]] || {{flag|BRA}} || {{yes|1}} || {{no|0}}* || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[Canada]] || {{flag|CAN}} || {{no|0}} || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[China]] || {{flag|CHN}} || {{yes|1}} || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''2'''</center> 
|-
| [[Great Britain]] || {{flag|GBR}} || {{yes|1}} || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''2'''</center> 
|-
| [[Italy]] || {{flag|ITA}} || {{no|0}} || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[Japan]] || {{flag|JPN}} || {{yes|1}} || {{yes|1}} ||  <center>'''2'''</center> 
|-
| [[Netherlands]] || {{flag|NED}} || {{no|0}}* || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[Russia]] || {{flag|RUS}} || {{yes|1}} || {{yes|1}} || <center>'''2'''</center> 
|-
| [[South Korea]] || {{flag|KOR}} || {{yes|1}} || {{no|0}}* || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[Switzerland]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{yes|1}} || {{no|0}}* || <center>'''1'''</center>
|-
| [[United States]] || {{flag|USA|USA}}|| {{yes|2}} || {{yes|2}} || <center>'''4'''</center>
|}

<u>Notes</u><br>* denotes national federation received a reserve qualification spot in appropriate discipline.

=== Reserves ===
Nations that finished in places 9–12 as a team at the [[2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] are allocated one reserve spot to the Cup; taking reserve spots 1–4. Additionally, the top 4 ranked individual all-arounders, whose team didn't finish in the top 12, are also given Cup bids; which are reserve spots 5–8.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! MAG Team !! MAG NOC !! MAG Gymnast !! WAG Team !! WAG NOC !! WAG Gymnast
|-
| 1 || [[Germany]] || {{flag|GER}} || TBD || [[Brazil]] || {{flag|BRA}} || TBD
|-
| 2 || [[France]] || {{flag|FRA}} || TBD || France || {{flag|FRA}} || TBD
|-
| 3 || [[Netherlands]] || {{flag|NED}} || TBD || [[Belgium]] || {{flag|BEL}} || TBD
|-
| 4 || [[Ukraine]] || {{flag|UKR}} || TBD || Germany || {{flag|GER}} || [[Tabea Alt]]
|-
| 5 || [[Cuba]] || {{flag|CUB}} || [[Manrique Larduet]] || [[Switzerland]] || {{flag|SUI}} || [[Giulia Steingruber]]
|-
| 6 || [[Belarus]] || {{flag|BLR}} || Dzmitry Barkalau || [[Hungary]] || {{flag|HUN}} || [[Noemi Makra]]
|-
| 7 || [[Spain]] || {{flag|ESP}} || Ruben Lopez || [[Romania]] || {{flag|ROU}} || [[Larisa Iordache]]
|-
| 8 || Romania || {{flag|ROU}} || Cristian Bataga || [[South Korea]] || {{flag|KOR}} || Heo Seonmi
|}
<ref>http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/site/download?fileId=2510</ref>

== Results ==
===Women===
{| {{WAG-Individual All-Around}}
|- style="background:#fffcaf;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Gold01}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Gabrielle Douglas]]|USA}}   
| 15.100 || 15.266 || 14.966 || 14.833 || '''60.165'''
|- style="background:#e5e5e5;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Silver02}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Maggie Nichols (gymnast)|Maggie Nichols]]|USA}}   
| 15.033 || 14.633 || 14.833 || 15.200 || '''59.699'''
|- style="background:#ec9;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Bronze03}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Elsabeth Black]]|CAN}} 
| 14.800 || 13.866 || 14.400 || 14.066 || '''57.132'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 4
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Amy Tinkler]]|GBR}}   
| 14.833 || 13.833 || 14.200 || 13.066 || '''55.932'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 5
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Carlotta Ferlito]]|ITA}}   
| 14.100 || 12.666 || 14.566 || 14.266 || '''55.598'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 6
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Mai Murakami]]|JPN}}  
| 14.666 || 13.066 || 12.833 || 13.866 || '''54.431'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 7
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Tabea Alt]]|DEU}}   
| 14.666 || 13.933 || 13.300 || 12.500 || '''54.399'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 8
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Tisha Volleman]]|NLD}}
| 14.00 || 13.033 || 12.900 || 12.733 || '''52.666'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 9
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Lorrane Dos Santos Oliveira]]|BRA}} 
| 14.866 || 11.566 || 12.400 || 11.466 || '''50.298'''
|}

===Men===
{| {{MAG-Individual All-Around}}
|- style="background:#fffcaf;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Gold01}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Ryohei Kato]]|JPN}}
| 15.100 || 14.466 || 14.666 || 14.900 || 14.566 || 15.233 || '''88.931'''
|- style="background:#e5e5e5;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Silver02}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Donnell Whittenburg]]|USA}}
| 15.433 || 13.600 || 15.500 || 15.266 || 15.466 || 13.300 || '''88.565'''
|- style="background:#ec9;"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | {{Bronze03}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Wei Sun]]|CHN}}
| 14.100 || 15.033 || 13.700 || 15.100 || 14.766 || 14.966 || '''87.665'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 4
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Sam Mikulak]]|USA}}
| 14.166 || 13.766 || 14.500 || 14.766 || 15.400 || 13.366 || '''85.964'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 5
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Nile Wilson]]|GBR}}
| 13.266 || 12.766 || 14.633 || 14.500 || 15.266 || 13.700 || '''84.131'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 6
| align=left| {{Flagathlete|[[Pablo Bragger]]|CHE}}
| 13.666 || 12.900 || 13.666 || 14.866 || 13.400 || 15.166 || '''83.664'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 7
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Minsoo Park]]|KOR}}
| 13.666 || 14.433 || 14.566 || 13.900 || 14.100 || 12.700 || '''83.365'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 8
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Andreas Bretschneider]]|DEU}}
| 13.966 || 13.366 || 14.133 || 14.200 || 13.533 || 13.900 || '''83.098'''
|-
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | 9
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Lucas De Souza Bitencourt]]|BRA}}
| 11.233 || 12.500 || 14.066 || 13.600 || 12.966 || 12.633 || '''76.998'''
|}

== Nastia Liukin Cup ==
{{main|Nastia Liukin Cup}}
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| location     = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
| date         = March 4, 2015
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| prev         = 2014
| next         = 2017
}}

The '''7th Annual Nastia Liukin Cup''' will be held in conjunction with the American Cup. Since its inception in 2010,<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=5003</ref><ref>http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1088:nastia-liukin-cup-to-launch-in-2010&catid=2:news&Itemid=53</ref> the competition has always been on the Friday night before the American Cup and is contested in the same competition arena. In previous years, the competition has seen competitors such as [[Gabby Douglas]],<ref>http://www.flogymnastics.com/video/306086-gabrielle-douglasnastia-liukin-cup-qualifier</ref><ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/douglas-gabrielle/</ref> [[Kayla Williams (gymnast)|Kayla Williams]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Z069NCwrw</ref><ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/williams-kayla/</ref> [[MyKayla Skinner]],<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/skinner-mykayla/</ref> [[Amelia Hundley]],<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/hundley-amelia/</ref> [[Lexie Priessman]],<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/priessman-lexie/</ref> [[Maggie Nichols (gymnast)|Maggie Nichols]]<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/nichols-maggie/</ref> and [[Ashton Locklear]].<ref>http://www.nastialiukincup.com/qualifier/locklear-ashton/</ref>

On August 5, 2015, [[USA Gymnastics]] announced the 25-meet series qualification schedule.<ref>https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17104&prog=h</ref>

===Results===

== Elite Team Cup ==
On January 13, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that the American Cup would also be held in conjuction with men's gymnastics competition the Elite Team Cup for the first time.<ref>http://www.attamericancup.com/2016/01/elite-team-cup-joins-2016-att-american-cup-nastia-liukin-cup-for-gymnastics-triple-cup-weekend-march-4-5/</ref><ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BAkIMM-xfeF/</ref>

The competition will take place on the Saturday evening, after the American Cup competition, at 18:00pm EST.

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