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]
25th Asia Champions Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Kuwait |
Dates | TBD |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | TBD (in TBD host cities) |
Official website | |
2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | |
Qualification
editThe 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
editThe 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 |
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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
editRank | Team | Note |
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Iran | West Asia (+1) | |
Qatar | Persian Gulf (+1) | |
Jordan | West Asia (+2) | |
4 | Bahrain | |
5 | Iraq | |
6 | Syria | |
7 | Kazakhstan | |
8 | India |
Qualified teams
editHost | |
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) |
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Belent Ashgabat | Malaysia BC | Mahram Tehran | |||
Al-Sadd | ASU | ||||
Al-Ahli | Al-Kahraba |
Central Asia
editTurkmenistan's Belent Ashgabat will be the CABA subzone's representative to the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[4]
East Asia
editPersian Gulf
editQatar'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
editSoutheast Asia
editThe 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 |
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Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 2 |
Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 59 | –12 | 1 |
West Asia
editThe 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
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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 |
Group B
editTeam | 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 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
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
March 11 | ||||||||||
Petrochimi Bandar Imam | ||||||||||
March 12 | ||||||||||
BYE | ||||||||||
Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 82 | |||||||||
March 11 | ||||||||||
ASU | 64 | |||||||||
Al-Wahda | 86 | |||||||||
March 13 | ||||||||||
ASU (OT) | 88 | |||||||||
Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 73 | |||||||||
March 11 | ||||||||||
Mahram Tehran | 90 | |||||||||
Al-Kahraba | 89 | |||||||||
March 12 | ||||||||||
Al-Ittihad | 76 | |||||||||
Al-Kahraba | 87 | |||||||||
March 11 | ||||||||||
Mahram Tehran | 112 | 3rd place | ||||||||
Mahram Tehran | 106 | |||||||||
March 13 | ||||||||||
Al-Jaish | 59 | |||||||||
ASU | 79 | |||||||||
Al-Kahraba | 65 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
editMarch 11
18:00 |
Al-Wahda | 86–88 (OT) | ASU |
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–20, 19–23, 22–22, Overtime: 9–11 |
Semifinals
edit3rd place
editFinal
editMarch 13
18:00 |
Mahram Tehran | 90–73 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–22, 29–16, 27–14 |
Final standing
editQualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup |
Rank | Team |
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Mahram Tehran | |
Petrochimi Bandar Imam | |
ASU | |
4 | Al-Kahraba |
5 | Al-Ittihad |
6 | Al-Jaish |
7 | Al-Wahda |
References
edit- ^ "2014 FIBA Asia Events". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 77. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia qualify to represent SEABA in FIBA Asia Champions Cup". FIBA Asia. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Chey leads team to seek President to stay". MABA. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Malaysia reclaims victory from Singapore in SEABA Champions Cup". Malaysia Basketball Association. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "WABA: Mahram down Petrochimi for top honors; ASU take bronze". FIBA Asia. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.