2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
25th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation Kuwait
Dates TBD
Teams 10 (from 44 federations)
Venues TBD (in TBD host cities)
Official website
2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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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]

Qualification

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

The following are eligible to participate:[3]

Berths
Zone Automatic Additional berths from 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Total
Host team 1 N/A 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

Rank Team Note
1st, gold medalist(s)  Iran West Asia (+1)
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Qatar Persian Gulf (+1)
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Jordan West Asia (+2)
4  Bahrain
5  Iraq
6  Syria
7  Kazakhstan
8  India

Qualified teams

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)
Turkmenistan Belent Ashgabat Kuwait Malaysia Malaysia BC Iran Mahram Tehran
Qatar Al-Sadd Jordan ASU
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Iraq Al-Kahraba

Central Asia

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

Persian Gulf

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]

Southeast Asia

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 1105947+122
 Singapore 1014759–121
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

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

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Iran Mahram Tehran 220194113+814
Syria Al-Wahda 211123166–433
Jordan Al-Ittihad 202113151–382
March 8
16:00
Mahram Tehran Iran 106–60 Syria Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 25–11, 31–17, 24–16
March 9
14:00
Al-Ittihad Jordan 60–63 Syria Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21
March 10
16:00
Al-Ittihad Jordan 53–88 Iran Mahram Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 12–17, 19–22, 13–19
Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam 330292193+996
Iraq Al-Kahraba 321238243–55
Jordan ASU 312218235–174
Syria Al-Jaish 303197274−773
March 8
18:00
Al-Kahraba Iraq 79–76 Jordan ASU
March 8
20:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 105–61 Syria Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16
March 9
16:00
ASU Jordan 79–57 Syria Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 23–9, 22–12, 26–12
March 9
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 88–69 Iraq Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16
March 10
14:00
ASU Jordan 63–99 Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 9–28, 23–24, 16–28
March 10
18:00
Al-Jaish Syria 79–90 (OT) Iraq Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 21–14, 13–12, 23–26, Overtime: 10–21

Final round

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

Final standing

Qualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) Iran Mahram Tehran
2nd, silver medalist(s) Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jordan ASU
4 Iraq Al-Kahraba
5 Jordan Al-Ittihad
6 Syria Al-Jaish
7 Syria Al-Wahda

References

  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. 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.
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