2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup qualification
Qualification for the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup started in 2017 and will end in 2018.
Background
[edit | edit source]Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:[1]
- There will be several qualifying rounds spread all across the continent, having the sub-zones scheduled their own qualifiers.
- One unique difference is some of Asia's top professional leagues will have their representatives already seeded in the Final Eight. China's Chinese Basketball Association, South Korea's Korean Basketball League, Japan's B.League and the Philippines' Philippine Basketball Association all have Direct Qualifying Spots to the Final 8.
Already qualified to the main tournament are teams from these leagues:[2]
- China Chinese Basketball Association
- South Korea Korean Basketball League
- Japan B.League
- Philippines Philippine Basketball Association
Awaiting results are the West Asia and East Asia Final 8 Qualifiers:
- West Asia qualifier participants (will qualify two spots to the Final 8):
- United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
- Bahrain Manama Club
- Qatar Al-Arabi
- Iran Petrochimi
- Lebanon Al-Riyadi
- Palestine Sareyyet Ramallah
- Kazakhstan TBD
- File:Flag of None.svg Wild Card Team
- East Asia qualifier participants (will qualify two spots to the Final 8):
West Asia
[edit | edit source]On March 17, 2018, Petrochimi of Iran avenged their last year's defeat against Al-Riyadi of Lebanon to rule the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Champions Cup qualifiers, 83-53, in the Final in Beirut, Lebanon. Joining the finalists is Sareyyet Ramallah of Palestine, which qualified by virtue of their win over Syria's Al-Jaish.[3]
The top three teams are now qualified to the “Road To Final 8 (West Asia)” Round 1.[4]
Southeast Asia
[edit | edit source]The FIBA Asia Champions Cup SEABA qualifier was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 8–10 May 2018.
The competition qualify two club teams from the SEABA sub-zone for the "Road to Final 8 (East Asia)" round of the main tournament.
The two successful SEABA club teams will join club teams from Chinese Taipei and India in the next round, which will qualify one team to the Final 8, joining the group composed of Australia, Japan and the Philippines.[5]
Thailand's Mono Vampire, and Indonesia's Pelita Jaya have qualified for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 - Road to Final 8 East Asia after finishing among the top two.[6]
Round Robin
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand Mono Vampire (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 201 | +53 | 6 | Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Road to Final 8 (East Asia) Round 1 |
| 2 | Indonesia Pelita Jaya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 260 | 227 | +33 | 5 | |
| 3 | Malaysia Red Baron | 3 | 1 | 2 | 232 | 214 | +18 | 4 | |
| 4 | Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 262 | −104 | 3 |
8 May 2018
15:00 |
| Red Baron Malaysia | 63–83 | Indonesia Pelita Jaya |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 17–19, 22–32, 9–11 | ||
8 May 2018
18:00 |
| Mono Vampire Thailand | 77–40 | Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–4, 30–14, 19–7, 18–15 | ||
9 May 2018
15:00 |
| Pelita Jaya Indonesia | 96–70 | Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 15–19, 25–21, 23–11 | ||
9 May 2018
18:00 |
| Red Baron Malaysia | 80–83 | Thailand Mono Vampire |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 15–27, 16–15, 31–15 | ||
10 May 2018
15:00 |
| Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore | 48–89 | Malaysia Red Baron |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 6–22, 23–23, 8–23 | ||
10 May 2018
18:00 |
| Mono Vampire Thailand | 94–81 | Indonesia Pelita Jaya |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 34–21, 21–20, 13–17 | ||
Gulf
[edit | edit source]The FIBA Asia Champions Cup GBA qualifier was held in Muscat, Oman from 6–14 May 2018.
The sub-zone qualifier will qualify three teams for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, which will determine the identity of the four teams in the “Road To Final 8 (West Asia)”.[7]
Two teams from Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and a team each from Saudi Arabia and the hosts Oman participated in the weeklong sub-zone qualifier.[8]
Bahrain's Al Manama, UAE's Sharjah and Qatar's Al-Arabi have qualified for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 - Road to Final 8 West Asia after finishing among the top three.[9]
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain Al-Muharraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 141 | +47 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Qatar Al-Arabi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 182 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 195 | −40 | 2 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 May 2018
17:00 |
| Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia | 73–88 | Bahrain Al-Muharraq |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 19–16, 18–32, 16–16 | ||
7 May 2018
19:00 |
| Al-Arabi Qatar | 107–82 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 22–20, 27–25, 32–13 | ||
10 May 2018
15:00 |
| Al-Muharraq Bahrain | 100–68 | Qatar Al-Arabi |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 29–17, 27–22, 23–13 | ||
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club | 3 | 3 | 0 | 273 | 238 | +35 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Bahrain Manama Club | 3 | 2 | 1 | 271 | 252 | +19 | 5 | |
| 3 | Qatar Al Rayyan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 246 | 239 | +7 | 4 | |
| 4 | Oman Nizwa Club | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 234 | −61 | 3 |
6 May 2018
19:00 |
| Nizwa Club Oman | 55–74 | Qatar Al Rayyan |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 18–21, 17–12, 16–24 | ||
7 May 2018
15:00 |
| Sharjah Club United Arab Emirates | 105–95 | Bahrain Manama Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 21–23, 23–28, 32–11 | ||
9 May 2018
15:00 |
| Manama Club Bahrain | 78–54 | Oman Nizwa Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 18–6, 18–17, 23–12 | ||
9 May 2018
17:00 |
| Al Rayyan Qatar | 79–86 | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 14–27, 23–17, 25–19 | ||
10 May 2018
17:00 |
| Nizwa Club Oman | 64–82 | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–15, 17–22, 15–22 | ||
10 May 2018
19:00 |
| Manama Club Bahrain | 98–93 | Qatar Al Rayyan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–34, 28–18, 25–24 | ||
Final round
[edit | edit source]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 11 May | ||||||||||
| Bahrain Al-Muharraq | 87 | |||||||||
| 13 May | ||||||||||
| Oman Nizwa Club | 72 | |||||||||
| Bahrain Al-Muharraq | 82 | |||||||||
| 11 May | ||||||||||
| Bahrain Manama Club | 89 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad | 76 | |||||||||
| 14 May | ||||||||||
| Bahrain Manama Club | 93 | |||||||||
| Bahrain Manama Club | 94 | |||||||||
| 11 May | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club | 99 | |||||||||
| Qatar Al-Arabi | 74 | |||||||||
| 13 May | ||||||||||
| Qatar Al Rayyan | 67 | |||||||||
| Qatar Al-Arabi | 86 | |||||||||
| 11 May | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club | 90 | 3rd place | ||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| 14 May | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club | ||||||||||
| Bahrain Al-Muharraq | 70 | |||||||||
| Qatar Al-Arabi | 80 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit | edit source]11 May 2018
15:00 |
| Al-Muharraq Bahrain | 87–72 | Oman Nizwa Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 26–23, 25–26, 22–6 | ||
11 May 2018
17:00 |
| Al-Arabi Qatar | 74–67 | Qatar Al Rayyan |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 21–11, 15–22, 14–20 | ||
11 May 2018
19:00 |
| Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia | 76–93 | Bahrain Manama Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–26, 21–23, 17–22 | ||
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]13 May 2018
15:00 |
| Al-Muharraq Bahrain | 82–89 | Bahrain Manama Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–16, 21–28, 25–20 | ||
13 May 2018
17:00 |
| Al-Arabi Qatar | 86–90 | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 25–22, 23–24 | ||
Third place game
[edit | edit source]14 May 2018
15:00 |
| Al-Muharraq Bahrain | 70–80 | Qatar Al-Arabi |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 10–15, 18–25, 23–17 | ||
Final
[edit | edit source]14 May 2018
17:00 |
| Manama Club Bahrain | 94–99 | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 28–22, 25–32, 22–20 | ||
Final standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Road to Final 8 (West Asia) Round 1 |
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club | 5–0 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Bahrain Manama Club | 4–2 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Qatar Al-Arabi | 3–2 |
| 4 | Bahrain Al-Muharraq | 3–2 |
| 5 | Qatar Al Rayyan | 1–3 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad | 0–3 |
| 7 | Oman Nizwa Club | 0–4 |
East Inter-Sub Zone qualification
[edit | edit source]South Asia will be represented by the best club team from India and they will participate in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 East Inter-Sub Zone Qualification that will be held in Thailand on 30 July.
East Asia has already three direct spots allocated to the Final 8 (China, Korea, Japan) and Taiwan's Pauian will participate in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 East Inter-Sub Zone Qualification that will be held in Thailand on 30 July.
Participating teams
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Taipei Pauian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 179 | 143 | +36 | 4 | Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Road to Final 8 (East Asia) Round 1 |
| 2 | Thailand Mono Vampire (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 166 | 150 | +16 | 3 | |
| 3 | Indonesia Pelita Jaya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 157 | −52 | 2 |
30 July 2018
19:20 |
| Pauian Chinese Taipei | 79–55 | Indonesia Pelita Jaya |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 26–11, 20–15, 13–18 | ||
31 July 2018
19:20 |
| Mono Vampire Thailand | 88–100 | Chinese Taipei Pauian |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–24, 25–18, 22–32 | ||
1 August 2018
19:20 |
| Pelita Jaya Indonesia | 50–78 | Thailand Mono Vampire |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–28, 11–19, 9–20, 22–11 | ||
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