2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will be the 25th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was supposed to be held in Kuwait on June 5–13, 2014,[1] but FIBA Asia, through a communique to the National Federations representing the qualified teams, had announced that the tournament will be rescheduled after the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women sometime in the third-fourth week of October, after they (National Federations) mentioned that they require their top players to be available for the National Team's preparations for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.[2]

2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
25th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
DatesTBD
Teams10
Venue(s)TBD (in TBD host cities)
Official website
2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
2013
2015

Qualification

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The qualifications for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup are still ongoing; it started this early 2014 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.

Format

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The following are eligible to participate:[3]

  • The organizing country.
  • The three best-placed teams from the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
  • The best team from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.
Berths
Zone Automatic Additional berths from 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Total
Host team 1 1
Central Asia 1 0 1
East Asia 1 0 1
Persian Gulf 1 1 2
South Asia 1 0 1
Southeast Asia 1 0 1
West Asia 1 2 3

2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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Rank Team Note
    Iran West Asia (+1)
    Qatar Persian Gulf (+1)
    Jordan West Asia (+2)
4   Bahrain
5   Iraq
6   Syria
7   Kazakhstan
8   India

Qualified teams

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Host
Automatic berth
Additional berth from
2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Central Asia (1) East Asia (1) Persian Gulf (1+1+1) South Asia (1) Southeast Asia (1) West Asia (1+2)
  Belent Ashgabat     Malaysia BC   Mahram Tehran
  Al-Sadd   ASU
  Al-Ahli   Al-Kahraba

Central Asia

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Turkmenistan's Belent Ashgabat will be the CABA subzone's representative to the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[4]

East Asia

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Persian Gulf

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Qatar's Al-Sadd and UAE's Al-Ahli have qualified to represent Gulf subzone, and a team representing Kuwait has qualified automatically as the hosts.[5][6]

South Asia

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Southeast Asia

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The 2014 SEABA Champions Cup was the qualification for Southeast Asia in the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. It was a single game between Malaysia and Singapore and was held on April 26, 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] After intense and hard-fought three quarters, the home team pulled out a 17–9 scoring in the final frame to claim the lone SEABA spot, 59–47.[8]

Qualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Malaysia 1 1 0 59 47 +12 2
  Singapore 1 0 1 47 59 –12 1
April 26
19:30
Malaysia   59–47   Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 18–16, 14–12, 17–9
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Herman (INA), Linn Maung (MYA)

West Asia

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The 2014 WABA Champions Cup was the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The three best teams qualify for 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The tournament was held from March 8 to March 13, 2014, in Tehran, Iran.[9]

Preliminary round

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Group A
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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Mahram Tehran 2 2 0 194 113 +81 4
  Al-Wahda 2 1 1 123 166 –43 3
  Al-Ittihad 2 0 2 113 151 –38 2
March 8
16:00
Mahram Tehran   106–60   Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 25–11, 31–17, 24–16
March 9
14:00
Al-Ittihad   60–63   Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21
March 10
16:00
Al-Ittihad   53–88   Mahram Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 12–17, 19–22, 13–19
Group B
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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Petrochimi Bandar Imam 3 3 0 292 193 +99 6
  Al-Kahraba 3 2 1 238 243 –5 5
  ASU 3 1 2 218 235 –17 4
  Al-Jaish 3 0 3 197 274 −77 3
March 8
18:00
Al-Kahraba   79–76   ASU
March 8
20:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   105–61   Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16
March 9
16:00
ASU   79–57   Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 23–9, 22–12, 26–12
March 9
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   88–69   Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16
March 10
14:00
ASU   63–99   Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 9–28, 23–24, 16–28
March 10
18:00
Al-Jaish   79–90 (OT)   Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 21–14, 13–12, 23–26, Overtime: 10–21

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
March 11
 
 
  Petrochimi Bandar Imam
 
March 12
 
BYE
 
  Petrochimi Bandar Imam82
 
March 11
 
  ASU 64
 
  Al-Wahda86
 
March 13
 
  ASU (OT)88
 
  Petrochimi Bandar Imam73
 
March 11
 
  Mahram Tehran90
 
  Al-Kahraba89
 
March 12
 
  Al-Ittihad76
 
  Al-Kahraba87
 
March 11
 
  Mahram Tehran112 3rd place
 
  Mahram Tehran106
 
March 13
 
  Al-Jaish59
 
  ASU79
 
 
  Al-Kahraba 65
 
Quarterfinals
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March 11
14:00
Al-Kahraba   89–76   Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 21–10, 23–22, 15–28
March 11
16:00
Mahram Tehran   106–59   Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21
March 11
18:00
Al-Wahda   86–88 (OT)   ASU
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–20, 19–23, 22–22, Overtime: 9–11
Semifinals
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March 12
15:30
Mahram Tehran   112–87   Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 27–21, 36–26, 24–27
March 12
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   82–64   ASU
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–16, 25–25, 11–7
3rd place
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March 13
10:30
Al-Kahraba   65–79   ASU
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–23, 17–16, 12–24
Final
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March 13
18:00
Mahram Tehran   90–73   Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–22, 29–16, 27–14

Final standing

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Qualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Rank Team
    Mahram Tehran
    Petrochimi Bandar Imam
    ASU
4   Al-Kahraba
5   Al-Ittihad
6   Al-Jaish
7   Al-Wahda

References

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  1. ^ "2014 FIBA Asia Events". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. ^ "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 77. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Malaysia qualify to represent SEABA in FIBA Asia Champions Cup". FIBA Asia. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Chey leads team to seek President to stay". MABA. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Malaysia reclaims victory from Singapore in SEABA Champions Cup". Malaysia Basketball Association. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  9. ^ "WABA: Mahram down Petrochimi for top honors; ASU take bronze". FIBA Asia. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.