2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup qualification

Qualification for the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup started in 2017 and will end in 2018.

Background

Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:[1]

Already qualified to the main tournament are teams from these leagues:[2]

Awaiting results are the West Asia and East Asia Final 8 Qualifiers:

West Asia

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

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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 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 Pelita Jaya 3 2 1 260 227 +33 5
3 Red Baron 3 1 2 232 214 +18 4
4 Xin Hua Sports Club 3 0 3 158 262 −104 3
Source: FIBA Asia
(H) Host.
8 May 2018
15:00
Red Baron 63–83 Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 17–19, 22–32, 9–11
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
8 May 2018
18:00
Mono Vampire 77–40 Xin Hua Sports Club
Scoring by quarter: 10–4, 30–14, 19–7, 18–15
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
9 May 2018
15:00
Pelita Jaya 96–70 Xin Hua Sports Club
Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 15–19, 25–21, 23–11
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
9 May 2018
18:00
Red Baron 80–83 Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 15–27, 16–15, 31–15
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
10 May 2018
15:00
Xin Hua Sports Club 48–89 Red Baron
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 6–22, 23–23, 8–23
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
10 May 2018
18:00
Mono Vampire 94–81 Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 34–21, 21–20, 13–17
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Gulf

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]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Muharraq 2 2 0 188 141 +47 4 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Al-Arabi 2 1 1 175 182 −7 3
3 Al-Ittihad 2 0 2 155 195 −40 2
4 Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA Asia
(W) Withdrew.
6 May 2018
17:00
Al-Ittihad 73–88 Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 19–16, 18–32, 16–16
7 May 2018
19:00
Al-Arabi 107–82 Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 22–20, 27–25, 32–13
10 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq 100–68 Al-Arabi
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 29–17, 27–22, 23–13

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sharjah Club 3 3 0 273 238 +35 6 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Manama Club 3 2 1 271 252 +19 5
3 Al Rayyan 3 1 2 246 239 +7 4
4 Nizwa Club 3 0 3 173 234 −61 3
Source: FIBA Asia
6 May 2018
19:00
Nizwa Club 55–74 Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 18–21, 17–12, 16–24
7 May 2018
15:00
Sharjah Club 105–95 Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 21–23, 23–28, 32–11
9 May 2018
15:00
Manama Club 78–54 Nizwa Club
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 18–6, 18–17, 23–12
9 May 2018
17:00
Al Rayyan 79–86 Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 14–27, 23–17, 25–19
10 May 2018
17:00
Nizwa Club 64–82 Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–15, 17–22, 15–22
10 May 2018
19:00
Manama Club 98–93 Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–34, 28–18, 25–24

Final round
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 May
 
 
 Al-Muharraq87
 
13 May
 
 Nizwa Club72
 
 Al-Muharraq82
 
11 May
 
 Manama Club89
 
 Al-Ittihad76
 
14 May
 
 Manama Club93
 
 Manama Club94
 
11 May
 
 Sharjah Club99
 
 Al-Arabi74
 
13 May
 
 Al Rayyan67
 
 Al-Arabi86
 
11 May
 
 Sharjah Club90 3rd place
 
BYE
 
14 May
 
 Sharjah Club
 
 Al-Muharraq70
 
 
 Al-Arabi80
 

Quarterfinals
11 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq 87–72 Nizwa Club
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 26–23, 25–26, 22–6
11 May 2018
17:00
Al-Arabi 74–67 Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 21–11, 15–22, 14–20
11 May 2018
19:00
Al-Ittihad 76–93 Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–26, 21–23, 17–22

Semifinals
13 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq 82–89 Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–16, 21–28, 25–20
13 May 2018
17:00
Al-Arabi 86–90 Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 25–22, 23–24

Third place game
14 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq 70–80 Al-Arabi
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 10–15, 18–25, 23–17

Final
14 May 2018
17:00
Manama Club 94–99 Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 28–22, 25–32, 22–20

Final standings
Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Road to Final 8 (West Asia) Round 1
Rank Team Record
Sharjah Club5–0
Manama Club4–2
Al-Arabi3–2
4 Al-Muharraq3–2
5 Al Rayyan1–3
6 Al-Ittihad0–3
7 Nizwa Club0–4

East Inter-Sub Zone qualification

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
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Pauian 2 2 0 179 143 +36 4 Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Road to Final 8 (East Asia) Round 1
2 Mono Vampire (H) 2 1 1 166 150 +16 3
3 Pelita Jaya 2 0 2 105 157 −52 2
Source: FIBA Asia
(H) Host.
30 July 2018
19:20
Pauian 79–55 Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 26–11, 20–15, 13–18
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
31 July 2018
19:20
Mono Vampire 88–100 Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–24, 25–18, 22–32
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
1 August 2018
19:20
Pelita Jaya 50–78 Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 8–28, 11–19, 9–20, 22–11
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

References
  1. Enzo Flojo (23 May 2018). "How the new Champions Cup format helps the Asia professional basketball scene". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Asia Cup Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. "Petrochimi kings of West Asia once more after big win over Al Riyadi". FIBA Asia. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. "Al Manama, Sharjah and Al Arabi qualify to Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. "FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 SEABA qualifier to tip off on 8 May". FIBA Asia. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. "Mono Vampire and Pelita Jaya qualify for Road to Final 8 East Asia". FIBA Asia. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. "FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 GBA Qualifier competition schedule confirmed". FIBA Asia. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. Draw Results
  9. "Al Manama, Sharjah and Al Arabi qualify to Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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