The 2016 VBA season is the inaugural season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on August 6, 2016, and ended on October 23, 2016. The playoffs began on October 26, 2016, and ended with the 2016 VBA Finals on November 16, 2016, with the Danang Dragons winning the inaugural VBA title after sweeping the Hochiminh City Wings in 2 games.
Teams Venues and locations TeamHome cityArena Capacity Cantho Catfish Cần Thơ Da Nang Sports Arena Danang Dragons Đà Nẵng Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena Hanoi Buffaloes Hà Nội Bach Khoa Sports Arena Hochiminh City Wings Ho Chi Minh City Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Sports Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturerCantho Catfish David Singleton Tam Dinh HemeroDanang Dragons Donte' Hill Stefan NguyenHanoi Buffaloes Todd Purves Nguyễn Thành Đạt Hochiminh City Wings Mika Turunen Triệu Hán Minh Saigon Heat Tony Garbelotto David Arnold
Import players Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player. Team Heritage 1 Heritage 2 Foreign Cantho Catfish Tam Dinh Sang Dinh Tavarion Nix Danang Dragons Horace Nguyen Jimmy Kien Rudolphe Joly Hanoi Buffaloes Anthony Phan Ryan Arnold Trevor Berkeley Hochiminh City Wings Justin Young - Jaywuan Hill Saigon Heat David Arnold Khoa Tran Darrell Miller
Regular season The regular season began on August 6 with the Hanoi Buffaloes hosting the Saigon Heat, and ended on October 23 with the Heat hosting the Buffaloes.
Standings
Tiebreakers The Heat clinched #1 seed over the Wings based on head-to-head record (3–1).
Playoffs The 2016 VBA playoffs began on October 26, 2016, and ended on November 12, 2016.
Bracket
Statistics Individual statistic leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game Rudolphe Joly Danang Dragons 24.2 Rebounds per game Tavarion Nix Cantho Catfish 15.8Assists per game David Arnold Saigon Heat 5.9Steals per game Phạm Duy Hậu Saigon Heat 2.0Blocks per game Darrell Miller Saigon Heat 2.0 Turnovers per game Rudolphe Joly Danang Dragons 4.9 Fouls per game Dmytri Guchko Saigon Heat 4.0 Minutes per game Trevor Berkeley Hanoi Buffaloes 38.2 FG% Ken Le Danang Dragons 0.670 FT% Lại Xương Thanh Hochiminh City Wings 1.0003P% Hồng Gia Lân Hochiminh City Wings 0.670
Team statistic leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game Hochiminh City Wings 75.7 Rebounds per game Hochiminh City Wings 36.4 Steals per game Hanoi Buffaloes 9.7 Blocks per game Hochiminh City Wings 3.4FG% Danang Dragons Saigon Heat 0.440 FT% Hochiminh City Wings Cantho Catfish 0.570 3FG% Hochiminh City Wings Danang Dragons 0.300
Awards
Season MVP: Rudolphe Joly (Danang Dragons) Season Local MVP: Lê Ngọc Tú (Hochiminh City Wings) Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Young (Hochiminh City Wings) Rising Star: Khoa Tran (Saigon Heat) Sixth Man of the Year: Nguyễn Phú Hoàng (Hanoi Buffaloes) Coach of the Year: Todd Purves (Hanoi Buffaloes) Favorite Player of the Year: Nguyễn Phú Hoàng (Hanoi Buffaloes) All-VBA First Team C Rudolphe Joly (Danang Dragons) F Darrell Miller (Saigon Heat) F Jaywuan Hill (Hochiminh City Wings) G Tam Dinh (Cantho Catfish) G David Arnold (Saigon Heat)
References
External links Official website