2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted by China,[1] took place in Thailand from 27 September to 2 October 2018. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi.[2]

2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
27th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	27 September–2 October
Teams	8  (from 46 federations)
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Games played	32
Champions	Iran (Petrochimi 's 1st title; Iran's 6th title)
MVP	Daiki Tanaka
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Keene (28.2) Singletary Mono Vampire (98.4) Rebounds Singletary (16.4) Petrochimi (50.8) Assists Peng (6.3) Pauian (21.6)
Official website
2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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Qualification

Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:[3]

• 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 the following nations:[4][2]

• Liaoning Flying Leopards (2017–18 CBA season champions)
• Seoul SK Knights (2017–18 KBL season champions)
• Alvark Tokyo (2017–18 B.League season champions)
• Meralco Bolts (PBA representatives)[5][6]
• Pauian (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
• Mono Vampire (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
• Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
• Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)

Host

The Basketball Association of Thailand was awarded the hosting duties. They assigned to Stadium 29 in the Bangkok suburb of Nonthaburi as the host of the tournament.[7] The arena is the home of Mono Vampire in the Thailand Basketball League and in the ASEAN Basketball League.

Draw

The draw was held on September 14, at Stadium 29 at Nonthaburi. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Hosts Mono Vampire chose their own group after three teams were drawn.[8]

Group phase

All times at Thailand Standard Time (UTC+7)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Petrochimi	3	3	0	281	194	+87	6	Final round
2	Seoul SK Knights	3	2	1	259	210	+49	5
3	Pauian	3	1	2	251	247	+4	4	Classification round
4	Liaoning Flying Leopards	3	0	3	182	322	−140	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw

27 September 13:00

Box score

Pauian	106–62	Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 31–13, 20–16, 24–20
Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Rhett 11 Asts: Peng 7		Pts: Ma, Wu 12 Rebs: Wu 9 Asts: Ma 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI)

27 September 18:00

Box score

Seoul SK Knights	62–77	Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 9–17, 18–20, 28–16
Pts: Summers 21 Rebs: Summers 4 Asts: Choi W.H. 3		Pts: Aslani 20 Rebs: Kazemi 17 Asts: Yakhchali 10

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

28 September 18:00

Box score

Pauian	63–96	Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 12–25, 17–28, 15–17
Pts: Jones 14 Rebs: Rhett 9 Asts: Chien, Peng 4		Pts: Yakhchali 28 Rebs: Mirzaei 10 Asts: Yakhchali 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN)

28 September 20:30

Box score

Liaoning Flying Leopards	51–108	Seoul SK Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 7–19, 14–33, 12–28
Pts: Guo 14 Rebs: Wu 15 Asts: Wang J., Zhou 2		Pts: Byun 22 Rebs: Choi W.H., Kim M.S. 8 Asts: Byun 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

29 September 13:00

Box score

Seoul SK Knights	89–82	Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 29–23, 21–21, 22–13
Pts: Summers 37 Rebs: Summers 13 Asts: Byun 6		Pts: Jones 29 Rebs: Rhett 11 Asts: Peng 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

29 September 18:00

Box score

Petrochimi	108–69	Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 29–16, 27–22, 28–18
Pts: Aslani 26 Rebs: Mashayekhi, Mirzaei 10 Asts: Mashayekhi 9		Pts: Guo 21 Rebs: Guo 5 Asts: three players 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alvark Tokyo	3	3	0	279	249	+30	6	Final round
2	Meralco Bolts	3	1	2	261	247	+14	4[lower-alpha 1]
3	Mono Vampire (H)	3	1	2	300	306	−6	4[lower-alpha 1]	Classification round
4	Al Riyadi	3	1	2	245	283	−38	4[lower-alpha 1]

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference; 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Meralco 1–1, +25 PD; Mono 1–1, +2 PD; Al Riyadi 1–1, –27 PD

27 September 15:30

Box score

Meralco Bolts	92–100	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 22–26, 20–23, 22–30
Pts: Stone 23 Rebs: Durham 18 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Keene 29 Rebs: Singletary 15 Asts: Keene 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)

27 September 20:30

Box score

Al Riyadi	76–87	Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–20, 24–21, 20–25
Pts: Lyons 23 Rebs: Abdel Moneim 12 Asts: Akl, Saoud 4		Pts: Kirk 29 Rebs: Kirk 13 Asts: Ando, Kikuchi 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

28 September 13:00

Box score

Alvark Tokyo	84–73	Meralco Bolts
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–20, 25–19, 24–17
Pts: Kirk 23 Rebs: Kirk 11 Asts: Tanaka 7		Pts: Durham 31 Rebs: Durham 12 Asts: Amer 7

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)

28 September 15:30

Box score

Al Riyadi	106–100 (OT)	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–26, 22–14, 19–25, Overtime: 19–13
Pts: Saoud 30 Rebs: Bawji 16 Asts: Lyons 10		Pts: Singletary 30 Rebs: Singletary 20 Asts: Keene 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

29 September 13:00

Box score

Mono Vampire	100–108	Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 26–25, 32–35, 26–27
Pts: Singletary 44 Rebs: Singletary 13 Asts: Keene 4		Pts: Kirk 28 Rebs: Kirk 10 Asts: Kikuchi 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)

29 September 20:30

Box score

Meralco Bolts	96–63	Al Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 26–7, 23–16, 24–14
Pts: Lanete, Stone 20 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Stone 5		Pts: Bawji 19 Rebs: Ziade 10 Asts: Saoud 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

Classification round

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	1 October–13:00
	Pauian	100
					2 October–15:30
	Al Riyadi	87
					Pauian	96
	1 October–15:30
					Mono Vampire	97
	Mono Vampire	95
	Liaoning Flying Leopards	71
					Seventh place
					2 October–13:00
					Al Riyadi	102
					Liaoning Flying Leopards	75

5th-8th semifinals

1 October 13:00

Box score

Pauian	100–87	Al Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 25–24, 31–20, 25–23
Pts: Jones 29 Rebs: Rhett 12 Asts: Wu C.C. 9		Pts: Bawji 23 Rebs: Bawji 17 Asts: Lyons 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)

1 October 15:30

Box score

Mono Vampire	95–71	Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 30–10, 19–16, 18–20
Pts: Keene, Singletary 19 Rebs: Singletary 15 Asts: Singletary 6		Pts: Ma 25 Rebs: Wu 12 Asts: Guo 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

Seventh place game

2 October 13:00

Box score

Al Riyadi	102–75	Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: 33–15, 14–21, 30–23, 25–16
Pts: Saoud 50 Rebs: Bawji 12 Asts: El Khatib 4		Pts: Ma 18 Rebs: Wu 12 Asts: Guo 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

Fifth place game

2 October 15:30

Box score

Pauian	96–97	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 25–24, 29–16, 21–29
Pts: Jones 32 Rebs: Jones 16 Asts: Shih 5		Pts: Keene 32 Rebs: Singletary 19 Asts: Keene 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	1 October–18:00
	Petrochimi	79
					2 October–20:30
	Meralco Bolts	74
					Petrochimi	68
	1 October–20:30
					Alvark Tokyo	64
	Alvark Tokyo	78
	Seoul SK Knights	54
					Bronze medal game
					2 October–18:00
					Meralco Bolts	87
					Seoul SK Knights	91

Semifinals

1 October 18:00

Box score

Petrochimi	79–74	Meralco Bolts
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 17–16, 21–21, 25–19
Pts: Yakhchali 29 Rebs: Kazemi 14 Asts: Mashayekhi 5		Pts: Durham 27 Rebs: Durham 11 Asts: Amer, Durham 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

1 October 20:30

Box score

Alvark Tokyo	78–54	Seoul SK Knights
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 19–17, 16–13, 20–16
Pts: Kirk 23 Rebs: Bjelica, Kirk 10 Asts: Tanaka 5		Pts: Summers 28 Rebs: Summers 10 Asts: Lee 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Third place game

2 October 18:00

Box score

Meralco Bolts	87–91	Seoul SK Knights
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 13–19, 25–16, 24–29
Pts: Stone 32 Rebs: Stone 13 Asts: Durham 5		Pts: Summers 26 Rebs: Kim M.S. 8 Asts: Choi W.H. 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI)

Final

2 October 20:30

Box score

Petrochimi	68–64	Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 22–11, 18–14, 20–23
Pts: Mirzaei 28 Rebs: Kazemi 14 Asts: Yakhchali 4		Pts: Tanaka 28 Rebs: Kirk 9 Asts: Baba 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Petrochimi	5–0
	Alvark Tokyo	4–1
	Seoul SK Knights	3–2
4th	Meralco Bolts	1–4
5th	Mono Vampire	3–2
6th	Pauian	2–3
7th	Al Riyadi	2–3
8th	Liaoning Flying Leopards	0–5

Awards

2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC 1st title

Most Valuable Player
Daiki Tanaka[9]

All-Star Five

Pos	Player	Club
G	Daiki Tanaka (MVP)	Alvark Tokyo
G	Behnam Yakhchali	Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
C	Alex Kirk	Alvark Tokyo
F	Mike Singletary	Mono Vampire
F	Dajuan Summers	Seoul SK Knights

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