2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
28th Asia Champions Cup
2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates24 – 29 September
Teams 8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (Alvark Tokyo's 1st title; Japan's 1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played16
MVP Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kirk
Top scorer Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Murphy (27.6)
Top rebounds Flag of South Korea.svg Ra Gun-ah (16.3)
Top assists Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wen-Cheng Tsai (5.3)
Official website
2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Thailand from 24 to 29 September 2019. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi. Alvark Tokyo won their first title after losing in the final last year. [1]

Contents

Qualification

The following clubs qualified to the main tournament: [2]

TeamQualified as
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Southern Tigers Winners of the 2018–19 CBA season
Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Winners of the 2018–19 KBL season
Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo Winners of the 2018–19 B.League season
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut Wild card
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fubon Braves East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier

Group phase

All times are local (UTC+07:00)

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan 330224192+326Final round
2 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 32124624605
3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fubon Braves 312235222+134Classification round
4 Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City 303211256453
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
24 September
13:00
Palayesh Naft Abadan Flag of Iran.svg 8564 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter:25–16, 24–17, 19–16, 17–15
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
24 September
17:00
Hi-Tech Bangkok City Flag of Thailand.svg 6988 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
13:00
Fubon Braves Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 6668 Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
17:00
Al-Muharraq Flag of Bahrain.svg 9780 Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter:25–17, 33–13, 20–22, 19–28
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
16:00
Fubon Braves Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 8185 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter:20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
19:00
Palayesh Naft Abadan Flag of Iran.svg 7162 Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–9, 24–13, 10–16
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut 330260252+86Final round
2 Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo 321250223+275
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 312264258+64Classification round
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Southern Tigers 303228261333
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
24 September
15:30
Alvark Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg 8565 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 19–13, 30–18, 18–18
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
24 September
20:30
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Flag of South Korea.svg 9092 (OT) Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter:13–11, 26–25, 20–19, 21–25,  Overtime: 10–12
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
15:30
Al Riyadi Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg 7775 Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter:23–18, 16–11, 22–29, 16–17
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
20:30
Guangdong Southern Tigers Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 7693 Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 17–23, 19–30, 20–24
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
14:00
Alvark Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg 9081 Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter:26–22, 16–15, 27–24, 21–20
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
21:30
Al Riyadi Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg 9187 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–14, 26–25, 20–20
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final round

 
Semifinals Final
 
      
 
28 September
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan 73
 
29 September
 
Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo 80
 
Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo 98
 
28 September
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut 74
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut 100
 
 
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 88
 
Third place game
 
 
29 September
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan 81
 
 
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 69

Semifinals

28 September
15:30
Palayesh Naft Abadan Flag of Iran.svg 7380 Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 17–22, 21–19, 22–23
Pts: Haddadi 29
Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8
Asts: Davoudichegani, Khahbahrami 5
Eff.: Haddadi 38
Pts: Kojima 19
Rebs: Mačvan 10
Asts: Kojima 4
Eff.: Kojima, Mačvan 22
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
28 September
18:00
Al Riyadi Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg 10088 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter:25–21, 20–30, 30–20, 25–17
Pts: Arakji 24
Rebs: Abdelnour 14
Asts: Arakji 7
Eff.: Arakji 32
Pts: Harris 34
Rebs: Harris 9
Asts: Murphy, Malabes 4
Eff.: Harris 38
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Third place game

29 September
15:30
Palayesh Naft Abadan Flag of Iran.svg 8169 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter:30–25, 20–23, 17–12, 14–9
Pts: Davarpanah 31
Rebs: Kazemi 15
Asts: Davoudichegani 8
Eff.: Davarpanah 33
Pts: Murphy 19
Rebs: Murphy 11
Asts: Alderazi 9
Eff.: Alderazi 16
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final

29 September
18:00
Alvark Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg 9874 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter:22–12, 25–14, 24–24, 27–24
Pts: Mačvan 20
Rebs: Kirk 12
Asts: Ando 7
Eff.: Mačvan 25
Pts: Ibekwe 31
Rebs: Abdelnour, Bawji 6
Asts: Warren 6
Eff.: Ibekwe 32
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo 4–1
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut 4–1
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan 4–1
4th Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq 2–3
5th Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fubon Braves 1–2
6th Flag of South Korea.svg Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 1–2
7th Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangdong Southern Tigers 0–3
8th Flag of Thailand.svg Hi-Tech Bangkok City 0–3

Awards

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Flag of Japan.svg
Alvark Tokyo
1st title
Most Valuable Player
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kirk [3]

All-Star Five

PosPlayerClub
G Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo
G Flag of Lebanon.svg Wael Arakji Flag of Lebanon.svg Al Riyadi Beirut
G Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Murphy Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Muharraq
C Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kirk (MVP) Flag of Japan.svg Alvark Tokyo
C Flag of Iran.svg Hamed Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg Palayesh Naft Abadan

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