2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed because of death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5–10 positions.

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Al-Riyadi Beirut 4 4 0 339 246 +93 8
Al-Rayyan 4 3 1 350 289 +61 7
BK Almaty 4 2 2 267 298 −31 6
Zain 4 1 3 316 297 +19 5
Muba Hang Tuah 4 0 4 200 342 −142 4
May 8
17:00		 Al-Rayyan 92–48 Hang Tuah    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 27–18, 23–4, 15–11
May 8
21:00		 Al-Riyadi 100–52 BK Almaty    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 31–14, 27–7, 21–24
May 9
15:00		 Zain 85–90 Al-Rayyan OT  Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–18, 9–22, 26–20, OT: 10–15
May 9
17:00		 Hang Tuah 44–79 Al-Riyadi    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 6–18, 9–14, 23–21
May 10
15:00		 BK Almaty 71–49 Hang Tuah    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 5–9, 24–6, 17–20
May 10
17:00		 Al-Riyadi 72–71 Zain    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 26–19, 19–15, 10–20
May 11
15:00		 Al-Rayyan 79–88 Al-Riyadi    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–29, 23–16, 19–23
May 11
17:00		 Zain 60–76 BK Almaty    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 11–16, 13–16, 21–20
May 12
15:00		 Hang Tuah 59–100 Zain    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–30, 10–26, 26–27
May 12
17:00		 BK Almaty 68–89 Al-Rayyan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Al-Wasl 4 4 0 417 352 +65 8
Saba Battery Tehran 4 3 1 424 320 +104 7
Al-Muharraq 4 2 2 348 335 +13 6
Al-Qadsia 4 1 3 327 293 +34 5
ONGC Dehradun 4 0 4 241 457 −216 4
May 8
15:00		 ONGC 58–109 Al-Muharraq    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 13–28, 14–29, 23–23
May 8
19:00		 Saba Battery 92–60 Al-Qadsia    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 24–22, 29–19, 17–13
May 9
19:00		 Al-Qadsia 116–35 ONGC    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 23–10, 41–10, 24–9
May 9
21:00		 Al-Wasl 116–110 Saba Battery 2OT  Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 22–15, 24–23, 22–38, OT: 11–11, 10–4
May 10
19:00		 ONGC 72–102 Al-Wasl    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–22, 24–30, 12–23
May 10
21:00		 Al-Muharraq 83–69 Al-Qadsia    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 16–15, 21–15, 27–17
May 11
19:00		 Saba Battery 130–76 ONGC    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 35–10, 28–28, 29–28, 38–10
May 11
21:00		 Al-Wasl 116–88 Al-Muharraq    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 25–26, 33–16, 27–28
May 12
19:00		 Al-Qadsia 82–83 Al-Wasl OT  Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 16–17, 14–17, 24–13, OT: 6–7
May 12
21:00		 Al-Muharraq 68–92 Saba Battery    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13

Knockout round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
May 16 – Kuwait City        
  Al-Qadsia  80
May 18 – Kuwait City
  Al-Riyadi  91  
  Al-Riyadi  68
May 16 – Kuwait City
    Saba Battery  70  
  BK Almaty  77
May 19 – Kuwait City
  Saba Battery  88  
  Saba Battery  82
May 16 – Kuwait City
    Al-Rayyan  75
  Al-Muharraq  78
May 18 – Kuwait City
  Al-Rayyan  95  
  Al-Rayyan  81 Third place
May 16 – Kuwait City
    Al-Wasl  57  
  Zain  75   Al-Riyadi  82
  Al-Wasl  84     Al-Wasl  87
May 19 – Kuwait City

Quarterfinals

May 16
14:00		 Al-Muharraq 78–95 Al-Rayyan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 12–20, 22–26, 27–26
May 16
16:00		 Zain 75–84 Al-Wasl    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–18, 16–24, 17–25
May 16
18:00		 Al-Qadsia 80–91 Al-Riyadi    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–20, 16–24, 26–25
May 16
20:00		 BK Almaty 77–88 Saba Battery    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22

Semifinals

May 18
19:00		 Semis Al-Riyadi 68–70 Saba Battery    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 14–20, 15–9, 14–19
May 18
21:00		 Semis Al-Rayyan 81–57 Al-Wasl    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23

Finals

May 19
19:00		 Bronze Al-Riyadi 82–87 Al-Wasl    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 15–21, 19–24, 19–22
May 19
21:00		 Gold Saba Battery 82–75 Al-Rayyan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–24, 32–14, 21–22
Pts: Tate 30 Pts: Chatfield 29

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Saba Battery Tehran 6–1
Al-Rayyan 5–2
Al-Wasl 6–1
4th Al-Riyadi Beirut 5–2
Failed to Reach Semifinals
Al-Muharraq 2–3
BK Almaty 2–3
Al-Qadsia 1–4
Zain 1–4
Failed to Reach Quarterfinals
Muba Hang Tuah 0–4
ONGC Dehradun 0–4

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