2016 AT&T American Cup

On March 4, 2015, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2016 AT&T American Cup had been awarded to the Prudential Center.[14] The president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, called the Prudential Center "one of our 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."[15][16] Although New Jersey had never hosted the event before, New York City has done so twelve times, most recently in 2012.[17]

USA Today reported that organizers originally wanted to return to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which had hosted the American Cup in every Summer Olympics year since 2000.[18] However, a scheduling conflict (a New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons game) forced them to relocate.[19][20]

The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Opened on October 25, 2007,[21] the Prudential Center is located in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey. Designed by HOK Sport, the arena is home to the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils[22] and two NCAA teams: the Seton Hall Pirates[23] and NJIT Highlanders.[24] It was also home to the Brooklyn Nets (then the New Jersey Nets),[25] New York Liberty[26] and the New York Titans.

The arena has held a gymnastics-related event before; it was a stop on the 2012 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.[27][28][29][30]

AT&T was the title sponsor of the event as part of a 2013–16 contract with USA Gymnastics.[31][32] The company, which also provides USA Gymnastics with telecom services, became the title sponsor in 2011.[33]

Hilton HHonors served as an additional sponsor. The company is the official hotel partner for Team USA and offers gymnastics event spectators 15% discounts at its hotels.[34] Additionally, HHonors sponsors several male gymnasts and helps pay for training expenses and their residences at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.[35]

Kellogg's was the final sponsor. It also worked with USA Gymnastics on the 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Champions.[36]

The winners received CHF 15,000 (US$ 14,551.52), the standard prize for International Federation of Gymnastics World Cup events.

Notes
Exchange rate correct as of November 27, 2015.[37]

Women (WAG)	Men (MAG)
Gabrielle Douglas	Sam Mikulak
Maggie Nichols	Donnell Whittenburg
Tisha Volleman[38]	Sun Wei
Ellie Black	Pablo Brägger
Lorrane Oliveira	Lucas Bitencourt
Mai Murakami	Ryōhei Katō
Amy Tinkler	Nile Wilson
Carlotta Ferlito	Park Min-soo
Tabea Alt	Andreas Bretschneider

Sources
[39][40][41]

Qualified federations

Invitations to the AT&T American Cup are issued based on 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 federations that received a reserve qualification spot.

Reserves

Nations that finished in places 9–12 in the team competition at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were allocated one reserve spot each to the Cup. The top 4 ranked individual all-around competitors whose teams did not finish in the top 12 were also given Cup bids.

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	Noémi Makra
7	Spain	ESP	Ruben Lopez	Romania	ROU	Larisa Iordache
8	Romania	ROU	Cristian Bataga	South Korea	KOR	Heo Seon-mi

[42]

The 7th Nastia Liukin Cup at the 2016 AT&T American Cup
Venue	Prudential Center
Location	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Date	March 4, 2015
Competitors	36
Medalists
Senior: Rachael Lukacs (North Stars) Junior: Andrea Li (Legacy Elite)

The 7th Annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2016 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010,[43][44] the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena. In previous years, competitors included Gabrielle Douglas,[45][46] Kayla Williams,[47][48] MyKayla Skinner,[49] Amelia Hundley,[50] Lexie Priessman,[51] Maggie Nichols,[52] and Ashton Locklear.[53]

On January 13, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that the American Cup would also be held in conjunction with the Elite Team Cup, a men's competition, for the first time.[54][55]

The competition took place on Saturday evening, after the American Cup.