2008 WABA Champions Cup

The WABA Champions Cup 2008 was the 11th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Mahshahr, Iran between March 9 and March 15. The top three teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Saba Battery Tehran	3	3	0	277	184	+93	6
Petrochimi Bandar Imam	3	2	1	244	223	+21	5
Orthodox	3	1	2	223	229	−6	4
Al-Ahli	3	0	3	181	289	−108	3

March 9 14:00

Saba Battery Tehran	89–65	Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−14, 18−13, 25−16, 22−22

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 9 16:45

Al-Ahli	65–101	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 16−30, 7−26, 19−22, 23−23

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 10 14:00

Al-Ahli	60–109	Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 14−32, 13−22, 17−35, 16−20

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 10 18:00

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	84–79	Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−21, 12−16, 17−21, 31−21

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 11 14:00

Orthodox	79–56	Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−16, 24−10, 18−10, 19−20

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 11 18:00

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	59–79	Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 17−20, 14−23, 12−17

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Al-Riyadi Beirut	3	3	0	272	190	+82	6
Zain	3	2	1	210	205	+5	5
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	3	1	2	210	227	−17	4
Al-Hillah	3	0	3	184	254	−70	3

March 9 18:45

Al-Ittihad Aleppo	70–60	Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 13−12, 25−22, 20−12, 12−14

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 9 20:45

Zain	65–66	Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 22−22, 16−13, 14−13, 13−18

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 10 16:00

Al-Hillah	55–110	Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−33, 13−27, 10−33, 15−17

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 10 20:00

Al-Ittihad Aleppo	70–71 (2OT)	Zain
Scoring by quarter: 12−15, 8−13, 13−10, 19−14,  Overtime: 9−9, 9−10

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 11 16:00

Al-Hillah	69–74	Zain
Scoring by quarter: 15−20, 11−28, 22−7, 21−19

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 11 20:00

Al-Riyadi Beirut	96–70	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 24−18, 21−15, 26−16, 25−21

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	March 12
	Saba Battery	122
					March 13
	Al-Hillah	51
					Saba Battery	112
	March 12
					Zain	77
	Zain	71
									March 15
	Orthodox	63
									Saba Battery	82
	March 12
									Al-Riyadi (OT)	83
	Petrochimi	77
					March 13
	Al-Ittihad	59
					Petrochimi	61
	March 12
					Al-Riyadi	73			3rd place
	Al-Riyadi	94
									March 15
	Al-Ahli	61
									Zain	60
									Petrochimi	70

	Semifinals				5th place
	March 13
	Al-Hillah	60
					March 15
	Orthodox	73
					Orthodox	70
	March 13
					Al-Ittihad	66
	Al-Ittihad	71
	Al-Ahli	64
					7th place
					March 15
					Al-Hillah	73
					Al-Ahli	88

Quarterfinals

March 12 14:00

Saba Battery Tehran	122–51	Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 37−12, 24−10, 28−9, 33−20
Pts: Baheran 17 Rebs: Kardoust 13 Asts: Baheran 6		Pts: Hamzah 21 Rebs: Suliman 5 Asts: Gayden 2

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 12 16:00

Al-Riyadi Beirut	94–61	Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 29−23, 29−9, 13−18, 23−11
Pts: Mneinmeh 18 Rebs: Fakhreddine 25 Asts: Ahmed 9		Pts: Al-Assari 18 Rebs: Al-Assari, S. Sadaqah, Diop 6 Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Sanabani 2

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 12 18:00

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	77–59	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 19−16, 22−22, 19−11, 17−10
Pts: Davari 24 Rebs: Long 10 Asts: Davari 5		Pts: Washington 14 Rebs: Washington 10 Asts: Diarbakrly 2

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 12 20:00

Zain	71–63	Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 10−22, 16−16, 20−17, 25−8
Pts: Al-Khas 23 Rebs: Samake 14 Asts:Four players 2		Pts: Adais 16 Rebs: Adais 12 Asts: Al-Naber, Campbell 4

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Semifinals 5th–8th

March 13 14:00

Al-Hillah	60–73	Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 16−18, 17−14, 13−20, 14−21
Pts: Gayden 17 Rebs: Abid 8 Asts: Attiyah 6		Pts: Adais 24 Rebs: Adais 17 Asts: Adais 5

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 13 16:00

Al-Ittihad Aleppo	71–64	Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 12−11, 22−21, 17−18, 20−14
Pts: Shawa 15 Rebs: Shawa, Al-Masri 9 Asts: Al-Hasan, Kassas 3		Pts: Al-Assari 31 Rebs: Diop 12 Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Mashraqi, Al-Khulaidi 1

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Semifinals

March 13 18:00

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	61–73	Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−16, 10−16, 15−23, 19−18
Pts: Madison 32 Rebs: Long 14 Asts: Sohrabnejad 3		Pts: El Khatib 25 Rebs: Ahmed 14 Asts: Mahmoud, Ahmed 4

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

March 13 20:00

Saba Battery Tehran	112–77	Zain
Scoring by quarter: 23−30, 31−17, 28−13, 30−17
Pts: Sneed 36 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Jones 7		Pts: Johnson 20 Rebs: Samake 8 Asts: Al-Khas 3

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

7th place

March 15 11:00

Al-Hillah	73–88	Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−26, 12−28, 23−9, 20−25
Pts: Hamzah 18 Rebs: Abid 10 Asts: Gbayan 5		Pts: Al-Assari 34 Rebs: Abdulghafor 12 Asts: Abdulghafor, S. Sadaqah 2

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

5th place

March 15 13:00

Orthodox	70–66	Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 20−17, 20−18, 17−13, 13−18
Pts: Campbell 20 Rebs: Wise 18 Asts: Al-Naber 3		Pts: Joseph 24 Rebs: Washington 13 Asts: Shawa 3

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

3rd place

March 15 15:00

Zain	60–70	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 17−18, 10−15, 16−19, 17−18
Pts: Abbas 21 Rebs: Samake 20 Asts: Al-Saqa, Al-Awadi 4		Pts: Madison 23 Rebs: Sohrabnejad 8 Asts: Madison 5

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Final

March 15 17:00

Saba Battery Tehran	82–83 (OT)	Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 18−17, 18−15, 21−25, 20−20,  Overtime: 5−6
Pts: Afagh 23 Rebs: Haddadi 14 Asts: Jones 5		Pts: Ahmed 24 Rebs: Vogel 13 Asts: El Khatib 4

Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Al-Riyadi Beirut	6−0
	Saba Battery Tehran	5−1
	Petrochimi Bandar Imam	4−2
4	Zain	3−3
5	Orthodox	3−3
6	Al-Ittihad Aleppo	2−4
7	Al-Ahli	1−5
8	Al-Hillah	0−6

External links

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