The 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League was the inaugural season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), organised by FIBA Asia. The league featured eighteen teams.[1] The season began on 19 December 2022 and finished on 17 June 2023 with the final game of the Final Eight, which was hosted in Dubai.
| 2022–23 FIBA WASL season | |
|---|---|
| League | FIBA West Asia Super League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 19 December 2022 – 17 June 2023 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Gulf League | |
| Season champions |  Kuwait Club (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Manama |
| West Asia League | |
| Season champions |  Al Riyadi Beirut (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Shahrdari Gorgan |
| Final Eight | |
| Venue | Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Champions | Manama (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Kuwait Club |
The league was split in two subdivisions, the West Asia League and the Gulf League, with both of them having a finals to determine the subdivision winners.
Manama won the inaugural title after defeating Kuwait Club in the championship game. Following their win, Manama was invited for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Format
editThe season exists out of 18 teams. Eight teams in the Western Asia region compete in home and away games for the sub-zonal title, while eight teams in the Gulf region do the same. The top three teams from each division advance to the Final round. There they are joined by the champions of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the invited Indian representative. The two teams that advance to the championship game qualify for the 2023 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[2]
Teams
editThe Chennai Heat as the Indian National Basketball League champions, were supposed to play in the Final 8, but withdrew.[3]
| Final 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Astana (1st)
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| Group phase | |||
| West Asia | Gulf | ||
| Beirut Club (1st)
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 Al Ittihad Aleppo (1st)
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 Al Hilal (1st)
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 Al Sadd (1st)
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| Al Riyadi (2nd)
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Al Karamah (2nd)
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Al Nassr (2nd)
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 Shabab Al Ahli (1st)
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| Shahrdari Gorgan (1st)
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 Orthodox Amman (1st)[a]
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Kuwait (1st)
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 Al Bashaer (1st)
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| Zob Ahan Isfahan (2nd)
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 Al Naft (1st)
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Kazma (2nd)
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Manama (1st)
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Notes:
- ^ On December 15, 2022, FIBA announced that Jordanian Premier League runners-up Orthodox Amman were to replace champions Orthodox Ramallah as the representative of Jordan.[4]
Draw
editThe draw was held on 28 October in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.[5]
West Asia League
editThe West Asia League began on 21 December 2022 and ended on 17 May 2023.
Group phase
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BEI
|
ZAI
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ORT
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ITT
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beirut Club
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4 | 3 | 1 | 321 | 269 | +52 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 73–56 | 89–76 | Canc. | |
| 2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan
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4 | 2 | 2 | 306 | 312 | −6 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 79–72 | — | 89–81 | Canc. | |
| 3 | Orthodox Amman
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4 | 1 | 3 | 301 | 347 | −46 | 5 | 58–87 | 86–82 | — | Canc. | ||
| 4 | Al Ittihad Aleppo[a]
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
- ^ Al Ittihad Aleppo has forfeited all their games due to withdrawal from the tournament as a result of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.[6]
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SHA
|
RIY
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ALN
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KAR
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shahrdari Gorgan
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4 | 3 | 1 | 360 | 303 | +57 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 75–62 | 110–69 | Canc. | |
| 2 | Al Riyadi Beirut
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4 | 2 | 2 | 337 | 347 | −10 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 81–74 | — | 107–98 | Canc. | |
| 3 | Al Naft
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4 | 1 | 3 | 358 | 405 | −47 | 5 | 91–101 | 100–87 | — | Canc. | ||
| 4 | Al Karamah[a]
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
- ^ Al Karamah has forfeited all their games due to withdrawal from the tournament as a result of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.[7]
Final phase
edit| Qualification to semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 102 | 95 | 97 | |||||||||||||
| A3 | Orthodox Amman | 83 | 105 | 62 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Beirut Club | 77 | 92 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 104 | 102 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 87 | 114 | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 79 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 109 | 82 | 95 | |||||||||||||
| B3 | Al Naft | 102 | 90 | 83 | |||||||||||||
| B1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 91 | 86 | Third place game | |||||||||||||
| A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 72 | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Beirut Club | 93 | |||||||||||||||
| A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 75 | |||||||||||||||
Gulf League
editThe Gulf League began on 19 December 2022 and ended on 15 May 2023 with the last game of the finals.
Group phase
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HIL
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SAA
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KAZ
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BAS
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Hilal
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6 | 5 | 1 | 528 | 428 | +100 | 11 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 81–72 | 96–92 | 86–54 | |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ahli
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6 | 4 | 2 | 487 | 465 | +22 | 10 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 75–70 | — | 91–86 | 92–61 | |
| 3 | Kazma
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6 | 3 | 3 | 537 | 516 | +21 | 9 | 87–92 | 98–86 | — | 84–77 | ||
| 4 | Al Bashaer
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6 | 0 | 6 | 383 | 526 | −143 | 6 | 48–103 | 69–71 | 74–90 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KUW
|
MAN
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NAS
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SAD
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait Club
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6 | 6 | 0 | 597 | 496 | +101 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 106–78 | 106–83 | 99–93 | |
| 2 | Manama Club
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6 | 4 | 2 | 543 | 523 | +20 | 10 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 88–91 | — | 105–74 | 98–86 | |
| 3 | Al Nassr Riyadh
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6 | 1 | 5 | 462 | 549 | −87 | 7[a] | 70–101 | 72–75 | — | 77–78 | ||
| 4 | Al Sadd
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6 | 1 | 5 | 519 | 553 | −34 | 7[a] | 84–94 | 94–99 | 84–86 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
Final phase
edit| Qualification to semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| B2 | Manama Club | 69 | 100 | 82 | |||||||||||||
| A3 | Kazma | 83 | 90 | 79 | |||||||||||||
| A1 | Al Hilal | 78 | 71 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | Manama Club | 82 | 86 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | Manama Club | 78 | 85 | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | Kuwait Club | 87 | 95 | ||||||||||||||
| A2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 100 | 67 | 93 | |||||||||||||
| B3 | Al Nassr Riyadh | 90 | 68 | 71 | |||||||||||||
| B1 | Kuwait Club | 87 | 110 | Third place game | |||||||||||||
| A2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 71 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Al Hilal | 76 | |||||||||||||||
| A2 | Shabab Al Ahli | 88 | |||||||||||||||
Final Eight
editIn the Final Eight, the top three teams from the West Asia and the Gulf League were joined by the proposed teams from South and Central Asia (India and Kazakhstan). On 23 May FIBA announced that the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, would host the inaugural Final Eight.[8]
The final stage began on 9 June and finished on 17 June with the WASL championship game.[8]
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | RIY
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MAN
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BEI
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CHE
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Riyadi
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2 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 175 | +43 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 112–84 | |||
| 2 | Manama
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2 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 187 | −17 | 3 | — | 86–75 | ||||
| 3 | Beirut Club
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2 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 192 | −26 | 2 | 91–106 | — | ||||
| 4 | Chennai Heat
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAZ
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KUW
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GOR
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SAH
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana
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3 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 226 | +26 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 85–72 | 80–73 | ||
| 2 | Kuwait Club
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3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 5 | — | 95–85 | ||||
| 3 | Shahrdari Gorgan
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3 | 1 | 2 | 251 | 257 | −6 | 4 | 81–87 | — | 85–75 | |||
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli
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3 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 240 | −32 | 3 | 60–75 | — |
Final phase
editSemi-finals
edit16 June
|
| Astana |
81–91 | Manama |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-22, 18-23, 14-25, 23-21 | ||
| Pts: Johnson 29 Rebs: Gavrilov, Anderson 5 Asts: Johnson 6 |
Pts: Rashed 23 Rebs: Evans 11 Asts: Pointer, Rashed 5 | |
16 June
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| Al Riyadi Beirut |
85–95 | Kuwait Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-33, 16-24, 21-20, 30-18 | ||
| Pts: Reath 31 Rebs: Reath 10 Asts: Saoud 6 |
Pts: Georges-Hunt 32 Rebs: Jawhar, Lalanne 6 Asts: Georges-Hunt, Alshemmari 4 | |
Third place game
edit17 June
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| Al Riyadi Beirut |
90–94 | Astana |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-31, 23-16, 17-16, 29-31 | ||
| Pts: Reath 23 Rebs: Reath 13 Asts: Murphy 5 |
Pts: Krampelj 23 Rebs: Krampelj 8 Asts: Johnson 8 | |
Championship game
editReferences
edit- ^ "FIBA announces the launch of West Asia Super League (WASL)". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "FIBA announces creation of West Asia Super League". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Statement on Chennai Heat participating to the Final 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Orthodox Club Amman replaces Orthodox Ramallah in Group A".
- ^ "West Asia Super League (WASL) draw date confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Ittihad Al Ahli of Aleppo and Al Karamah withdraw from West Asia Super League (WASL)". 3 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Ittihad Al Ahli of Aleppo and Al Karamah withdraw from West Asia Super League (WASL)". 3 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Dubai to host the inaugural FIBA West Asia Super League Final 8". FIBA.basketball. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d "West Asia Super League - Final 8 2023 Tournament Summary" (PDF). FIBA Competitions Reports. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.