2022–23 FIBA WASL Gulf League

The Gulf League of the 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League (FIBA WASL) was one of the two primary phases of West Asia's premier basketball competition. The games began on 19 December 2022 and ended on 15 May 2023.

Kuwait Club won the Gulf League title after defeating Manama in the finals.

Group phase

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification   HIL   SAA   KAZ   BAS
1   Al Hilal 6 5 1 528 428 +100 11 Advance to semi-finals 81–72 96–92 86–54
2   Shabab Al Ahli 6 4 2 487 465 +22 10 Advance to semi-finals qualifiers 75–70 91–86 92–61
3   Kazma 6 3 3 537 516 +21 9 87–92 98–86 84–77
4   Al Bashaer 6 0 6 383 526 −143 6 48–103 69–71 74–90
Source: FIBA Gulf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
19 December 2022 Al Bashaer   69–71   Shabab Al Ahli Muscat
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 8–25, 24–13, 19–12
Pts: Al Halhali, Parks 19
Rebs: Al Halhali 10
Asts: Parks 9
Boxscore Pts: Minnerath 18
Rebs: Milošević 11
Asts: H. Albreiki 6
Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Hadi Salem (IRN)
19 December 2022 Al Hilal   96–92   Kazma Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–37, 22–12, 26–17
Pts: Abdel Gabar 29
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 12
Asts: Abdel Gabar 8
Boxscore Pts: Murphy 25
Rebs: Williams 9
Asts: Albaloushi 6
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 450[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)
26 December 2022 Shabab Al Ahli   91–86   Kazma Dubai
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–27, 18–20, 26–22
Pts: Minnerath 25
Rebs: Alshabebi 10
Asts: Alajmani 5
Boxscore Pts: Young 26
Rebs: Williams 12
Asts: Albaloushi 8
Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Hadi Salem (IRN)
26 December 2022 Al Hilal   86–54   Al Bashaer Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 20–18, 27–14, 17–8
Pts: Chapman 34
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 17
Asts: Lyons, Abdel Gabar 8
Boxscore Pts: Parks 22
Rebs: Parks 8
Asts: Parks 5
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 101[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)
2 January 2023 Shabab Al Ahli   75–70   Al Hilal Dubai
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 21–15, 16–18, 18–13
Pts: Minnerath 32
Rebs: Milošević 9
Asts: Triche 4
Boxscore Pts: Lyons 21
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 13
Asts: Abdel Gabar 9
Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)
3 January 2023 Kazma   84–77   Al Bashaer Kuwait City
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 26–16, 20–23, 19–15
Pts: Murphy 34
Rebs: Williams 14
Asts: Albaloushi 8
Boxscore Pts: Al Halhali, Parks 17
Rebs: Walker 10
Asts: Parks 8
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Attendance: 100[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)
16 January 2023 Kazma   87–92   Al Hilal Kuwait City
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 27–21, 22–26, 14–27
Pts: Murphy 25
Rebs: Murphy 10
Asts: Albaloushi 5
Boxscore Pts: M. Alsuwailem 21
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 16
Asts: Albargawi 4
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)
17 January 2023 Shabab Al Ahli   92–61   Al Bashaer Dubai
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 19–16, 28–13, 23–20
Pts: Alshabebi 20
Rebs: Alshabebi 13
Asts: Triche, Milošević 5
Boxscore Pts: Parks 25
Rebs: Parks 7
Asts: Parks 2
Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Anan Daraghma (PLE)
6 March 2023 Al Bashaer   48–103   Al Hilal Muscat
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 11–21, 13–30, 10–26
Pts: Parks 23
Rebs: Parks, Al Saadi 7
Asts: Bait Bakhit 4
Boxscore Pts: Chapman 18
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 17
Asts: M. Alsuwailem 6
Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 150[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)
7 March 2023 Kazma   98–86   Shabab Al Ahli Kuwait City
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 30–33, 25–17, 19–23
Pts: Rector 29
Rebs: Mejri 17
Asts: Albaloushi, Borhamah 5
Boxscore Pts: Minnerath 26
Rebs: Alajmani 9
Asts: Alajmani 13
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)
20 March 2023 Al Bashaer   74–90   Kazma Muscat
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 21–24, 10–31, 28–10
Pts: Al Busaidi 16
Rebs: Al Souli 10
Asts: Al Busaidi 5
Boxscore Pts: Rector 18
Rebs: Mejri 12
Asts: Albaloushi 8
Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 60[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Hadi Salem (IRN)
20 March 2023 Al Hilal   81–72   Shabab Al Ahli Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 22–22, 12–17, 20–18
Pts: Albargawi, Chapman 19
Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 13
Asts: Abdel Gabar 5
Boxscore Pts: Minnerath 26
Rebs: Milošević 8
Asts: Alnuaimi 5
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 670[1]
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification   KUW   MAN   NAS   SAD
1   Kuwait Club 6 6 0 597 496 +101 12 Advance to semi-finals 106–78 106–83 99–93
2   Manama Club 6 4 2 543 523 +20 10 Advance to semi-finals qualifiers 88–91 105–74 98–86
3   Al Nassr Riyadh 6 1 5 462 549 −87 7[a] 70–101 72–75 77–78
4   Al Sadd 6 1 5 519 553 −34 7[a] 84–94 94–99 84–86
Source: FIBA Gulf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head on point differential: Al Nassr Riyadh 163–162 Al Sadd.
20 December 2022 Kuwait Club   99–930(OT)   Al Sadd Kuwait City
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 18–26, 21–27, 18–17, Overtime: 13–7
Pts: Pullen, Georges-Hunt 22
Rebs: Lalanne 16
Asts: Pullen 6
Boxscore Pts: Austin 26
Rebs: Austin 16
Asts: Blue 10
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)
20 December 2022 Al Nassr Riyadh   72–75   Manama Club Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 7–10, 21–22, 21–16
Pts: Austin 29
Rebs: Austin 12
Asts: Brown 3
Boxscore Pts: Al Derazi 18
Rebs: Robinson 10
Asts: Al Derazi 3
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 950[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)
27 December 2022 Manama Club   88–91   Kuwait Club Manama
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 26–18, 17–27, 28–23
Pts: Robinson 22
Rebs: García 8
Asts: Ulmer, Rashed 3
Boxscore Pts: Georges-Hunt 22
Rebs: Lalanne 9
Asts: Hasan, Georges-Hunt 5
Arena: BBA Arena
Attendance: 900[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)
27 December 2022 Al Nassr Riyadh   77–78   Al Sadd Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 30–17, 12–27, 18–17
Pts: Brown 21
Rebs: Campbell 13
Asts: Almuhanna 6
Boxscore Pts: Austin 21
Rebs: Austin 19
Asts: Blue 7
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 200[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)
9 January 2023 Al Sadd   94–990(OT)   Manama Club Doha
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–24, 19–21, 26–21, Overtime: 8–13
Pts: Blue 27
Rebs: Dieng 13
Asts: Blue 7
Boxscore Pts: Mohamed 20
Rebs: Ulmer, García 10
Asts: García 5
Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall
Attendance: 469[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Paul Skayem (LBN)
10 January 2023 Kuwait Club   106–83   Al Nassr Riyadh Kuwait City
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 21–18, 23–25, 32–21
Pts: Pullen 31
Rebs: Lalanne 17
Asts: Hasan 7
Boxscore Pts: Brown 23
Rebs: Campbell 7
Asts: Kabe 5
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)
23 January 2023 Manama Club   105–74   Al Nassr Riyadh Manama
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 30–22, 20–23, 31–10
Pts: García 18
Rebs: Ulmer 12
Asts: Robinson 7
Boxscore Pts: Brown 27
Rebs: Austin 6
Asts: Brown 6
Arena: BBA Arena
Attendance: 400[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Hadi Salem (IRN)
24 January 2023 Al Sadd   84–94   Kuwait Club Doha
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 14–19, 22–20, 22–27
Pts: Dieng 24
Rebs: Austin 18
Asts: Blue 6
Boxscore Pts: Lalanne 20
Rebs: Lalanne 14
Asts: Hasan, Georges-Hunt 4
Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall
Attendance: 99[1]
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Anan Daraghman (PLE)
13 March 2023 Kuwait Club   106–78   Manama Club Kuwait City
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 22–20, 30–11, 26–30
Pts: Pullen 24
Rebs: Lalanne 12
Asts: Pullen 4
Boxscore Pts: Taylor 24
Rebs: Taylor 6
Asts: Jones, Alderazi 3
Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Paul Skayem (LBN)
14 March 2023 Al Sadd   84–86   Al Nassr Riyadh Doha
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 23–15, 18–25, 21–24
Pts: Blue 23
Rebs: Austin 16
Asts: Blue 6
Boxscore Pts: Abo-Jalas 20
Rebs: Abo-Jalas 12
Asts: Austin 8
Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall
Attendance: 69[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Wissam Zein (SYR)
21 March 2023 Manama Club   98–86   Al Sadd Manama
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 30–21, 34–23, 20–16
Pts: Jones 25
Rebs: Taylor 9
Asts: Jones 9
Boxscore Pts: Blue 32
Rebs: Austin 12
Asts: Austin 5
Arena: BBA Arena
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Hadi Salem (IRN)
21 March 2023 Al Nassr Riyadh   70–101   Kuwait Club Riyadh
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–33, 21–21, 17–21, 18–26
Pts: Thomas 25
Rebs: Thomas 18
Asts: Thomas 4
Boxscore Pts: Jawhar 21
Rebs: Lalanne 12
Asts: Pullen 9
Arena: Green Basketball Court
Attendance: 150[1]
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Final phase

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Bracket

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Qualification to semifinals

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All match-ups are best-of-three playoffs.

(B2) Manama Club vs. (A3) Kazma

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27 March 2023
22:00
Manama Club   69–83   Kazma
Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 8–21, 17–23, 14–22
Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Thibodeaux 17
Asts: Thibodeaux 5
Pts: Alhamidi, Williams 18
Rebs: Mejri 11
Asts: Borhamah 6
Kazma leads series, 1–0
BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 1,700[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)
3 April 2023
22:00
Kazma   90–100   Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–43, 27–15, 25–30
Pts: Rector 17
Rebs: Mejri 17
Asts: Albaloushi 4
Pts: Hamooda 21
Rebs: Haji, Thibodeaux 7
Asts: Jones 11
series tied, 1–1
Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)
10 April 2023
22:00
Manama Club   82–79   Kazma
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 16–20, 16–22, 23–24
Pts: Jones 32
Rebs: Thibodeaux 9
Asts: Jones 10
Pts: Rector 20
Rebs: Mejri 11
Asts: Albaloushi 6
Manama Club wins series, 2–1
BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 500[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

(A2) Shabab Al Ahli vs. (B3) Al Nassr Riyadh

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28 March 2023
22:00
Shabab Al Ahli   100–90   Al Nassr Riyadh
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 28–27, 26–16, 23–26
Shabab Al Ahli leads series, 1–0
Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 100[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)
4 April 2023
22:00
Al Nassr Riyadh   68–67   Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 20–24, 18–14, 16–15
series tied, 1–1
Al Nasr Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 100[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)
11 April 2023
22:00
Shabab Al Ahli   93–71   Al Nassr Riyadh
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 21–17, 28–15, 20–23
Shabab Al Ahli wins series, 2–1
Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 700[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

Semifinals

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(A1) Al Hilal vs. (B2) Manama Club

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17 April 2023
22:00
Al Hilal   78–82 (OT)   Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 22–14, 18–23, 10–15Overtime: 10–14
Manama Club leads series, 1–0
Green Basketball Court, Riyadh
Attendance: 300[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)
24 April 2023
22:00
Manama Club   86–71   Al Hilal
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 22–9, 27–25, 21–16
Manama Club wins series, 2–0
BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 1,150[1]
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR)

(B1) Kuwait Club vs. (A2) Shabab Al Ahli

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18 April 2023
22:00
Kuwait Club   87–71   Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 15–18, 23–20, 28–17
Kuwait Club leads series, 1–0
Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)
25 April 2023
20:00
Shabab Al Ahli   100–110   Kuwait Club
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 29–33, 23–19, 25–29
Kuwait Club wins series, 2–0
Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 325[1]
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR)

Third place game

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8 May 2023
20:00
Al Hilal   76–88   Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 22–23, 14–19, 23–25
Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 700[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammed Taha (JOR)

Finals

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9 May 2023
22:00
Kuwait Club   87–78   Al Manama
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 19–14, 23–25, 21–23
Kuwait Club leads series, 1–0
Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammed Taha (JOR)
15 May 2023
20:00
Al Manama   85–95   Kuwait Club
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–23, 24–17, 22–31
Kuwait Club wins championship, 2–0
Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Paul Skayem (LBN)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "WASL - Gulf League 2023 Tournament Summary" (PDF). FIBA Competitions Reports. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.