2008 WABA Champions Cup

The WABA Champions Cup 2008 was the 11th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Mahshahr, Iran between March 9 and March 15. The top three teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008.

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Saba Battery Tehran 3 3 0 277 184 +93 6
Petrochimi Bandar Imam 3 2 1 244 223 +21 5
Orthodox 3 1 2 223 229 −6 4
Al-Ahli 3 0 3 181 289 −108 3
March 9
14:00
Saba Battery 89–65 Orthodox    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 18-13, 25-16, 22-22
March 9
16:45
Al-Ahli 65–101 Petrochimi    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 16-30, 7-26, 19-22, 23-23
March 10
14:00
Al-Ahli 60–109 Saba Battery    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 14-32, 13-22, 17-35, 16-20
March 10
18:00
Petrochimi 84–79 Orthodox    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 24-21, 12-16, 17-21, 31-21
March 11
14:00
Orthodox 79–56 Al-Ahli    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 24-10, 18-10, 19-20
March 11
18:00
Petrochimi 59–79 Saba Battery    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 17-20, 14-23, 12-17

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Al-Riyadi Beirut 3 3 0 272 190 +82 6
Zain 3 2 1 210 205 +5 5
Al-Ittihad 3 1 2 210 227 −17 4
Al-Hillah 3 0 3 184 254 −70 3
March 9
18:45
Al-Ittihad 70–60 Al-Hillah    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 13-12, 25-22, 20-12, 12-14
March 9
20:45
Zain 65–66 Al-Riyadi    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 16-13, 14-13, 13-18
March 10
16:00
Al-Hillah 55–110 Al-Riyadi    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 17-33, 13-27, 10-33, 15-17
March 10
20:00
Al-Ittihad 70–71 Zain 2OT  Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 8-13, 13-10, 19-14, OT: 9-9, 9-10
March 11
16:00
Al-Hillah 69–74 Zain    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 15-20, 11-28, 22-7, 21-19
March 11
20:00
Al-Riyadi 96–70 Al-Ittihad    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 24-18, 21-15, 26-16, 25-21

Knockout round

Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
March 12 - Mahshahr        
  Saba Battery  122
March 13 - Mahshahr
  Al-Hillah  51  
  Saba Battery  112
March 12 - Mahshahr
    Zain  77  
  Zain  71
March 15 - Mahshahr
  Orthodox  63  
  Saba Battery  82
March 12 - Mahshahr
    Al-Riyadi (OT)  83
  Petrochimi  77
March 13 - Mahshahr
  Al-Ittihad  59  
  Petrochimi  61 Third place
March 12 - Mahshahr
    Al-Riyadi  73  
  Al-Riyadi  94   Zain  60
  Al-Ahli  61     Petrochimi  70
March 15 - Mahshahr

5th-8th places

  Semi-finals Fifth place
March 13 - Mahshahr
  Al-Hillah  60  
  Orthodox  73  
 
March 15 - Mahshahr
      Orthodox  70
    Al-Ittihad  66
Seventh place
March 13 - Mahshahr March 15 - Mahshahr
  Al-Ittihad  71   Al-Hillah  73
  Al-Ahli  64     Al-Ahli  88

Quarterfinals

March 12
14:00
Saba Battery 122–51 Al-Hillah    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 37-12, 24-10, 28-9, 33-20
Pts: Baheran 17
Rebs: Kardoust 13
Asts: Baheran 6
Pts: Hamzah 21
Rebs: Suliman 5
Asts: Gayden 2
March 12
16:00
Al-Riyadi 94–61 Al-Ahli    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 29-23, 29-9, 13-18, 23-11
Pts: Mneinmeh 18
Rebs: Fakhreddine 25
Asts: Ahmed 9
Pts: Al-Assari 18
Rebs: Al-Assari, S. Sadaqah, Diop 6
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Sanabani 2
March 12
18:00
Petrochimi 77–59 Al-Ittihad    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 22-22, 19-11, 17-10
Pts: Davari 24
Rebs: Long 10
Asts: Davari 5
Pts: Washington 14
Rebs: Washington 10
Asts: Diarbakrly 2
March 12
20:00
Zain 71–63 Orthodox    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 10-22, 16-16, 20-17, 25-8
Pts: Al-Khas 23
Rebs: Samake 14
Asts: Samake, Johnson, Bushnaq, Abbas 2
Pts: Dais 16
Rebs: Dais 12
Asts: Al-Naber, Campbell 4

Semifinals

March 13
14:00
5th-8th Al-Hillah 60–73 Orthodox    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 17-14, 13-20, 14-21
Pts: Gayden 17
Rebs: Abid 8
Asts: Attiyah 6
Pts: Dais 24
Rebs: Dais 17
Asts: Dais 5
March 13
16:00
5th-8th Al-Ittihad 71–64 Al-Ahli    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 12-11, 22-21, 17-18, 20-14
Pts: Shawa 15
Rebs: Shawa, Massri 9
Asts: Al-Hasan, Kassas 3
Pts: Al-Assari 31
Rebs: Diop 12
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Mashraqi, Al-Khulaidi 1
March 13
18:00
Semis Petrochimi 61–73 Al-Riyadi    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 10-16, 15-23, 19-18
Pts: Madison 32
Rebs: Long 14
Asts: Sohrabnejad 3
Pts: El Khatib 25
Rebs: Ahmed 14
Asts: Mahmoud, Ahmed 4
March 13
20:00
Semis Saba Battery 112–77 Zain    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 23-30, 31-17, 28-13, 30-17
Pts: Sneed 36
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Jones 7
Pts: Johnson 20
Rebs: Samake 8
Asts: Al-Khas 3

Finals

March 15
11:00
7th-8th Al-Hillah 73–88 Al-Ahli    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 18-26, 12-28, 23-9, 20-25
Pts: Hamzah 18
Rebs: Abid 10
Asts: Gbayan 5
Pts: Al-Assari 34
Rebs: Abdulghafor 12
Asts: Abdulghafor, S. Sadaqah 2
March 15
13:00
5th-6th Orthodox 70–66 Al-Ittihad    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 20-17, 20-18, 17-13, 13-18
Pts: Campbell 20
Rebs: Wise 18
Asts: Al-Naber 3
Pts: Joseph 24
Rebs: Washington 13
Asts: Shawa 3
March 15
15:00
Bronze Zain 60–70 Petrochimi    Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 10-15, 16-19, 17-18
Pts: Abbas 21
Rebs: Samake 20
Asts: Al-Saqa, Al-Awadi 4
Pts: Madison 23
Rebs: Sohrabnejad 8
Asts: Madison 5
March 15
17:00
Gold Saba Battery 82–83 Al-Riyadi OT  Besat town Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 18-15, 21-25, 20-20, OT: 5-6
Pts: Afagh 23
Rebs: Haddadi 14
Asts: Jones 5
Pts: Ahmed 24
Rebs: Vogel 13
Asts: El Khatib 4

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Al-Riyadi Beirut 6−0
Saba Battery Tehran 5−1
Petrochimi Bandar Imam 4−2
4th Zain 3−3
5th Orthodox 3−3
6th Al-Ittihad 2−4
7th Al-Ahli 1−5
8th Al-Hillah 0−6

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