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 nationKuwait
DatesTBD
Teams10 
(from 44 federations)
VenuesTBD 
(in TBD host cities)
Official website
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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]

  • 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
ZoneAutomaticAdditional berths from 2013 FIBA Asia Champions CupTotal
Host team1N/A1
Central Asia101
East Asia101
Persian Gulf112
South Asia101
Southeast Asia101
West Asia123

2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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
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

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]

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Mahram Tehran 220194113+814
Al-Wahda 211123166–433
Al-Ittihad 202113151–382
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
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Petrochimi Bandar Imam 330292193+996
Al-Kahraba 321238243–55
ASU 312218235–174
Al-Jaish 303197274−773
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
 
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
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
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
March 13
10:30
Al-Kahraba 65–79 ASU
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–23, 17–16, 12–24
Final
March 13
18:00
Mahram Tehran 90–73 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
Mahram Tehran
Petrochimi Bandar Imam
ASU
4 Al-Kahraba
5 Al-Ittihad
6 Al-Jaish
7 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. 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.
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