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2016 AT&T American Cup
The official logo of the event
VenuePrudential Center
LocationNewark, New Jersey, U.S.
DatesMarch 5, 2016[1]
Competitors18 from 11 nations
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 American Cup, known as the 2016 AT&T American Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the fortieth edition of the American Cup.[2] The competition will be held on March 5, 2016,[3] at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.[4] It is the first time that the competition has been held in the state of New Jersey,[5][6] and is even the first time a USA Gymnastics national artistic gymnastics event has been held in the state.[7][8]

The event is deemed to mark the start of the preparations for USA Gymnastics for the 2016 Olympic Games.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

Background

On March 4, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2016 AT&T American Cup had been awarded to the Prudential Center.[12] 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 Olympic year in the area".[13][14] 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; the last Olympic quad.[15]

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.[16] However, a schedulling conflict (a New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons game) forced them to relocate.[17][18]

Both the American Cup and the Pacific Rim Championships are "important events in the calendar", says USA Gymnastics President, Steve Penny.[19]

Venue

Main article: Prudential Center
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Opened on October 25, 2007,[20] the Prudential Center is located in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by HOK Sport, the arena is home to NHL team New Jersey Devils[21] and two NCAA teams; Seton Hall Pirates[22] and NJIT Highlanders.[23] The arena was also home to the Brooklyn Nets (then New Jersey Nets),[24] New York Liberty[25] and the New York Titans.

The arena has held gymnastics related events before—a venue of the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.[26][27][28][29]

Schedule

Thursday, March 3
Men's and Women's training day

Friday, March 4
7:00 p.m. – Nastia Liukin Cup[30]

Saturday, March 5
11:30 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.[31] It will be televised on NBC Sports.[32]

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.[33][34] The company, which also provides USA Gymnastics with telecom services, first became the title sponsor of the event for the 2011 event.[35]

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.[36] Additionally, HHonors sponsors several male gymnasts and helps pay for training expenses and their residences at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC).[37]

Kellogg's is the final sponsor. The breakfast cereal company and USA Gymnastics have co-operated together for the 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Supestars.[38]

Prize money

As per any FIG World Cup event, first-placed winners will receive CHF 15,000 (US$ 14,551.52)

Rank Amount (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

Notes
Exchange rate correct as of November 27, 2015.[39]

Participants

Confirmed participants

On December 17, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced that Gabrielle Douglas, Maggie Nichols, Sam Mikulak and John Orozco would all be the American representatives at the competition.[40]

Women (WAG) Men (MAG)
United States Gabrielle Douglas United States Sam Mikulak
United States Maggie Nichols United States Donnell Whittenburg
Netherlands Tisha Volleman[41] China Sun Wei
Canada Ellie Black Switzerland Pablo Bragger
Brazil Lorrane Oliveira Brazil Lucas Bittencourt
Japan Mai Murakami Japan Ryōhei Katō
United Kingdom Amy Tinkler United Kingdom Nile Wilson
Italy Carlotta Ferlito South Korea Park Min-soo
Germany Tabea Alt Germany Andreas Bretschneider


Sources
[42][43] [44]

Qualified federations

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

Country NOC MAG WAG Total
Brazil  BRA 1 0*
1
Canada  CAN 0 1
1
China  CHN 1 1
2
Great Britain  GBR 1 1
2
Italy  ITA 0 1
1
Japan  JPN 1 1
2
Netherlands  NED 0* 1
1
Russia  RUS 1 1
2
South Korea  KOR 1 0*
1
Switzerland   SUI 1 0*
1
United States  USA 2 2
4

Notes
* 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.

No. MAG Team MAG NOC MAG Gymnast WAG Team WAG NOC WAG Gymnast
1 Germany  GER TBD Brazil  BRA TBD
2 France  FRA TBD France  FRA TBD
3 Netherlands  NED TBD Belgium  BEL TBD
4 Ukraine  UKR TBD Germany  GER Tabea Alt
5 Cuba  CUB Manrique Larduet Switzerland   SUI Giulia Steingruber
6 Belarus  BLR Dzmitry Barkalau Hungary  HUN Noemi Makra
7 Spain  ESP Ruben Lopez Romania  ROU Larisa Iordache
8 Romania  ROU Cristian Bataga South Korea  KOR Heo Seonmi

[45]

Results

Women

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gabrielle Douglas (USA) 15.100 15.266 14.966 14.833 60.165
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Maggie Nichols (USA) 15.033 14.633 14.833 15.200 59.699
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Elsabeth Black (CAN) 14.800 13.866 14.400 14.066 57.132
4  Amy Tinkler (GBR) 14.833 13.833 14.200 13.066 55.932
5  Carlotta Ferlito (ITA) 14.100 12.666 14.566 14.266 55.598
6  Mai Murakami (JPN) 14.666 13.066 12.833 13.866 54.431
7  Tabea Alt (DEU) 14.666 13.933 13.300 12.500 54.399
8  Tisha Volleman (NLD) 14.00 13.033 12.900 12.733 52.666
9  Lorrane Dos Santos Oliveira (BRA) 14.866 11.566 12.400 11.466 50.298

Men

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ryohei Kato (JPN) 15.100 14.466 14.666 14.900 14.566 15.233 88.931
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Donnell Whittenburg (USA) 15.433 13.600 15.500 15.266 15.466 13.300 88.565
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Wei Sun (CHN) 14.100 15.033 13.700 15.100 14.766 14.966 87.665
4  Sam Mikulak (USA) 14.166 13.766 14.500 14.766 15.400 13.366 85.964
5  Nile Wilson (GBR) 13.266 12.766 14.633 14.500 15.266 13.700 84.131
6  Pablo Bragger (CHE) 13.666 12.900 13.666 14.866 13.400 15.166 83.664
7  Minsoo Park (KOR) 13.666 14.433 14.566 13.900 14.100 12.700 83.365
8  Andreas Bretschneider (DEU) 13.966 13.366 14.133 14.200 13.533 13.900 83.098
9  Lucas De Souza Bitencourt (BRA) 11.233 12.500 14.066 13.600 12.966 12.633 76.998

Nastia Liukin Cup

Main article: Nastia Liukin Cup
The 7th Nastia Liukin Cup
at the 2016 AT&T American Cup
VenuePrudential Center
LocationNewark, New Jersey, U.S.
DateMarch 4, 2015
Competitors36
← 2014
2017 →

The 7th Annual Nastia Liukin Cup will be held in conjunction with the American Cup. Since its inception in 2010,[46][47] 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,[48][49] Kayla Williams,[50][51] MyKayla Skinner,[52] Amelia Hundley,[53] Lexie Priessman,[54] Maggie Nichols[55] and Ashton Locklear.[56]

On August 5, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced the 25-meet series qualification schedule.[57]

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.[58][59]

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

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