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1985 William Jones Cup

The 1985 William Jones Memorial Cup is the ninth edition of the William Jones Cup.

1985 William Jones Cup
Tournament information
DatesM: ?–July 1985
W: ?–July 1985
TeamsM: 14
W: ?
Final positions
ChampionsM: Philippines San Miguel
W:  United States
1st runners-upM:  United States
W:  Canada
2nd runners-upM:  Sweden
W:  South Korea
← 1984
1986 →

Fourteen teams participated in the preliminary round composing of four groups with the top two from each group advancing. The team from the Philippines defeated the United States in the final at overtime.[1][2]

Participants edit

Top 8[1][note 1]
Other

Preliminary round edit

Groups[note 2]
Group A Group B Group C Group D
  San Miguel   United States   Sweden   Uruguay
  Canada B   South Korea   Chinese Taipei   Italy
  West Germany   Kwanghwa   Malaysia   Thailand
  Saudi Arabia   Japan

Group A edit

July
Canada B   60–51   West Germany
Taipei
July
San Miguel   69–58   Canada B
Taipei
July
San Miguel   82–61   West Germany
Taipei

Group B edit

July
Saudi Arabia   ?–?   Kwanghwa
Taipei
July
United States   W–L   South Korea
Taipei
July
United States   96–50   Saudi Arabia
Taipei
July
South Korea   83–57   Kwanghwa
Taipei
July
United States   81–56   Kwanghwa
Pts: Gattison 15
Taipei
July
South Korea   82–61   Saudi Arabia
Taipei

Group C edit

July
Sweden   ?–?   Japan
Taipei
July
Chinese Taipei   ?–?   Japan
Taipei
July
Sweden   ?–?   Malaysia
Taipei
July
Chinese Taipei   ?–?   Malaysia
Taipei
July
Sweden   75–71   Chinese Taipei
Taipei
July
Malaysia   76–59   Japan
Taipei

Group D edit

July
Uruguay   W–L   Thailand
Taipei
July
Uruguay   100–83   Italy
Taipei
July
Italy   86–52   Thailand
Taipei

Final round edit

Known matches

8 July
Uruguay   50–49   Canada B
Taipei
8 July
United States   66–62   Chinese Taipei
Taipei
8 July
San Miguel   96–75   Italy
Taipei
9 July
Sweden   vs.   Canada
Taipei
9 July
San Miguel   108–86   South Korea
Taipei
9 July
United States   W–L   Italy
Taipei
12 July
United States   55–47   Canada B
Taipei
12 July
San Miguel   80–66   Chinese Taipei
Taipei
12 July
South Korea   86–50   Italy
Taipei
13 July
United States   80–65   Sweden
Pts: Pressley 17
Taipei
14 July
Uruguay   79–63   South Korea
Taipei
14 July
Sweden   80–77   Italy
Taipei
14 July
Chinese Taipei   70–66   Canada B
Taipei

Third place edit

14 July
Sweden   76–63   Uruguay
Taipei

Final edit

15 July
San Miguel   108–100 (OT)   United States
Scoring by half: 40–40, 47–47 Overtime: 21–13
Pts: Engelland 43 Pts: Gattison 28
Taipei

Awards edit

1985 William Jones Memorial Cup
 
San Miguel
Second title[note 3]

Final standings edit

Others: Preliminary Round (9th–14th)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Some of these teams may be club sides rather than national teams. Philippines was represented by San Miguel.[3] The Chinese Taipei team within the top 8 is the national team.[4] Canada is represented by its B national team.[5]
  2. ^ Exact naming of the Groupings (e.g. Group "X") is unknown
  3. ^ First title was won as "Northern Cement" basketball team.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gattison has 28 in U.S. loss". Taipei: Star-News. 16 July 1985. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ "U.S. Trounces Taiwan". Reading Eagle. 7 July 1985. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ Henson, Joaquin (29 August 2012). "All about the Jones Cup". Sporting Chance. The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Gatisson leads U.S. to tournament victory". Star-News. 6 July 1985. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Miscellany". The Montreal Gazette. 11 July 1985. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Miscellany". The Montreal Gazette. 6 July 1985. p. C-5. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
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