2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed due to the death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. [1] The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5–10 positions.

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi Beirut 440339246+938
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan 431350289+617
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg BC Almaty 422267298−316
Flag of Jordan.svg Zain 413316297+195
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muba Hang Tuah 404200342−1424
May 8
17:00
Al-Rayyan Flag of Qatar.svg 9248 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hang Tuah
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 27–18, 23–4, 15–11
May 8
21:00
Al-Riyadi Flag of Lebanon.svg 10052 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 31–14, 27–7, 21–24
May 9
15:00
Zain Flag of Jordan.svg 8590 (OT) Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–18, 9–22, 26–20,  Overtime: 10–15
May 9
17:00
Hang Tuah Flag of Indonesia.svg 4479 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 6–18, 9–14, 23–21
May 10
15:00
BC Almaty Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 7149 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hang Tuah
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 5–9, 24–6, 17–20
May 10
17:00
Al-Riyadi Flag of Lebanon.svg 7271 Flag of Jordan.svg Zain
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 26–19, 19–15, 10–20
May 11
15:00
Al-Rayyan Flag of Qatar.svg 7988 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–29, 23–16, 19–23
May 11
17:00
Zain Flag of Jordan.svg 6076 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 11–16, 13–16, 21–20
May 12
15:00
Hang Tuah Flag of Indonesia.svg 59100 Flag of Jordan.svg Zain
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–30, 10–26, 26–27
May 12
17:00
BC Almaty Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 6889 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl 440417352+658
Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery Tehran 431424320+1047
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 422348335+136
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 413327293+345
Flag of India.svg ONGC Dehradun 404241457−2164
May 8
15:00
ONGC Flag of India.svg 58109 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 13–28, 14–29, 23–23
May 8
19:00
Saba Battery Flag of Iran.svg 9260 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 24–22, 29–19, 17–13
May 9
19:00
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 11635 Flag of India.svg ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 23–10, 41–10, 24–9
May 9
21:00
Al-Wasl Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 116110 (2OT) Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 22–15, 24–23, 22–38,  Overtime: 11–11, 10–4
May 10
19:00
ONGC Flag of India.svg 72102 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–22, 24–30, 12–23
May 10
21:00
Al-Muharraq Flag of Bahrain.svg 8369 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 16–15, 21–15, 27–17
May 11
19:00
Saba Battery Flag of Iran.svg 13076 Flag of India.svg ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 35–10, 28–28, 29–28, 38–10
May 11
21:00
Al-Wasl Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 11688 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 25–26, 33–16, 27–28
May 12
19:00
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 8283 (OT) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 16–17, 14–17, 24–13,  Overtime: 6–7
May 12
21:00
Al-Muharraq Flag of Bahrain.svg 6892 Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13

Knockout round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
 
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 80
 
May 18 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 91
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 68
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery 70
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg BC Almaty 77
 
May 19 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery 88
 
Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery 82
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan 75
 
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 78
 
May 18 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan 95
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan 81
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl 57 Third place
 
Flag of Jordan.svg Zain 75
 
May 19 – Kuwait City
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl 84
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 82
 
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl 87
 

Quarterfinals

May 16
14:00
Al-Muharraq Flag of Bahrain.svg 7895 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 12–20, 22–26, 27–26
May 16
16:00
Zain Flag of Jordan.svg 7584 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–18, 16–24, 17–25
May 16
18:00
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 8091 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–20, 16–24, 26–25
May 16
20:00
BC Almaty Flag of Kazakhstan.svg 7788 Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22

Semifinals

May 18
19:00
Semis
Al-Riyadi Flag of Lebanon.svg 6870 Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 14–20, 15–9, 14–19
May 18
21:00
Semis
Al-Rayyan Flag of Qatar.svg 8157 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23

Finals

May 19
19:00
Bronze
Al-Riyadi Flag of Lebanon.svg 8287 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 15–21, 19–24, 19–22
May 19
21:00
Gold
Saba Battery Flag of Iran.svg 8275 Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–24, 32–14, 21–22
Pts: Tate 30Pts: Chatfield 29

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery Tehran 6–1
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Qatar.svg Al-Rayyan 5–2
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wasl 6–1
4th Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi Beirut 5–2
Failed to Reach Semifinals
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 2–3
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg BC Almaty 2–3
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 1–4
Flag of Jordan.svg Zain 1–4
Failed to Reach Quarterfinals
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muba Hang Tuah 0–4
Flag of India.svg ONGC Dehradun 0–4

Awards

References

  1. "Former emir dies in Kuwait City". BBC News.