2023 AsiaBasket International Championship

2023 AsiaBasket International Championship

Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	April 9–18, 2023
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Kuala Lumpur Aseel (1st title)
Runner-up	San Beda Red Lions
Third place	Harimau Malaysia
Fourth place	CSB Blazers
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The 2023 AsiaBasket International Championship was the fourth tournament under AsiaBasket, formerly known as FilBasket, and the first of three tournaments held in 2023. It was held from April 9 to 18, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with teams from both the host country and the Philippines. ^[1]

Malaysian team Kuala Lumpur Aseel won over Philippine collegiate team San Beda–Machateam Red Lions in the final. ^[2]

Teams

The tournament featured seven teams from the Philippines and three from Malaysia.

Name	Locality	Country	Head coach
Kuala Lumpur Aseel	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Kristoffer Reyes
Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur		Yong Kian Ann
MBC Kirin	Malacca City		Guganeswaran Batumalai
BGC Builders	Taguig City	Philippines	S. Cantos
CSB Blazers	Malate, Manila		Charles Tiu
MFT Fruit Masters	Quezon City		J. Padrigao
San Beda–Machateam Red Lions	Mendiola, Manila		Yuri Escueta
Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	Las Pinas		J. Gican
Shawarma Shack Pilipinas	Quezon City		Raymond Valenzona
The Th3rd Floor – KalosPH	Quezon City		J. Guion

Format

The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, from there each team plays one game against all other teams from the same group, with each team playing four games.

The top two teams from each group will then advance to the single-elimination knockout stage. The first round is a crossover semifinals, where the first-seed from each group is matched with the second-seed from the opposing group. The winning teams advance to the finals while the losing teams compete in a third place game.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		CSB	MAS	SHS	SAN	MFT
1	Benilde Blazers	4	4	0	345	277	+68	1.000	Semifinals		—	80–66	79–68	93–80	93–63
2	Harimau Malaysia	4	3	1	358	276	+82	.750			66–80	—	96–76	81–54	115–66
3	Shawarma Shack Pilipinas	4	2	2	301	326	−25	.500			68–79	76–96	—	86–82	71–69
4	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	4	1	3	291	333	−42	.250			80–93	54–81	82–86	—	75–73
5	MFT Fruit Masters	4	0	4	271	354	−83	.000			63–93	66–115	69–71	73–75	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.

Sanzar v Shawarma Shack

April 9	Sanzar	82–86	Shawarma Shack	Kuala Lumpur
17:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

CSB Blazers v Sanzar

April 11	CSB Blazers	93–80	Sanzar	Kuala Lumpur
14:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Harimau Malaysia   v MFT Fruit Masters

April 11	Harimau Malaysia	115–66	MFT Fruit Masters	Kuala Lumpur
14:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

MFT Fruit Masters v CSB Blazers

April 12	MFT Fruit Masters	63–93	CSB Blazers	Kuala Lumpur
16:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Shawarma Shack v   Harimau Malaysia

April 12	Shawarma Shack	76–96	Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Sanzar v MFT Fruit Masters

April 13	Sanzar	75–73	MFT Fruit Masters	Kuala Lumpur
14:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

CSB Blazers v Shawarma Shack

April 13	CSB Blazers	79–68	Shawarma Shack	Kuala Lumpur
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Shawarma Shack v MFT Fruit Masters

April 14	Shawarma Shack	71–69	MFT Fruit Masters	Kuala Lumpur
16:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Harimau Malaysia   v CSB Blazers

April 14	Harimau Malaysia	66–80	CSB Blazers	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Sanzar v   Harimau Malaysia

April 15	Sanzar	54–81	Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		SBU	KLA	MBC	BGC	THF
1	San Beda Red Lions	4	3	1	389	328	+61	.750 [a]	Semifinals		—	106–108	68–58	105–82	110–80
2	Kuala Lumpur Aseel	4	3	1	370	326	+44	.750 [a]			108–106	—	83–85	91–63	88–72
3	MBC Kirin	4	3	1	347	331	+16	.750 [a]			58–68	85–83	—	112–95	92–85
4	BGC Builders	4	1	3	338	403	−65	.250			82–105	63–91	95–112	—	98–95
5	The Th3rd Floor – KalosPH	4	0	4	332	388	−56	.000			80–110	72–88	85–92	95–98	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.
Notes:

1. San Beda (+8), Kuala Lumpur (0), and MBC (-8) are ranked by head-to-head point differential. ^[3]

MBC Kirin v The Th3rd Floor

April 9	MBC Kirin	92–85	The Th3rd Floor	Kuala Lumpur
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

BGC Builders v San Beda Red Lions

April 11	BGC Builders	82–105	San Beda Red Lions	Kuala Lumpur
16:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

KL Aseel v MBC Kirin

April 11	KL Aseel	83–85	MBC Kirin	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

The Th3rd Floor v BGC Builders

April 12	The Th3rd Floor	95–98	BGC Builders	Kuala Lumpur
14:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

San Beda Red Lions v MBC Kirin

April 12	San Beda Red Lions	68–58	MBC Kirin	Kuala Lumpur
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

MBC Kirin v BGC Builders

April 13	MBC Kirin	112–95	BGC Builders	Kuala Lumpur
16:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

KL Aseel v San Beda Red Lions

April 13	KL Aseel	108–106	San Beda Red Lions	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

San Beda Red Lions v The Th3rd Floor

April 14	San Beda Red Lions	110–80	The Th3rd Floor	Kuala Lumpur
14:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

BGC Builders v KL Aseel

April 14	BGC Builders	63–91	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur
18:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

The Th3rd Floor v KL Aseel

April 15	The Th3rd Floor	72–88	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur
19:00
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Knockout stage

The top two teams from the group stage advanced to the semifinals. The winners advanced for a one-game final while the losers contested in the third place play-off game. ^[4]

	Semifinals					Finals
	B1	San Beda Red Lions	83
	A2	Harimau Malaysia	72
						B1	San Beda Red Lions	72
						B2	KL Aseel	83
	A1	CSB Blazers	87
	B2	KL Aseel	90			Third place
						A2	Harimau Malaysia	93
						A1	CSB Blazers	84

Semifinals

San Beda Red Lions v   Harimau Malaysia

April 16	San Beda Red Lions	83–72	Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur
17:00
	Pts: Andrada 23 Rebs: Andrada 12 Asts: Cometa 5	Boxscore	Pts: C. Ting 24 Rebs: Mahadevan 7 Asts:3 players 3	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 1,000

CSB Blazers v KL Aseel

April 16	CSB Blazers	87–90	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur
19:00
	Pts: Corteza 24 Rebs: Turco 13 Asts: Oczon 10	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 29 Rebs: Robinson 21 Asts:6 players 2	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 1,000

Third place game

Harimau Malaysia   v CSB Blazers

April 18	Harimau Malaysia	93–84	CSB Blazers	Kuala Lumpur
17:00
	Pts: Y. Wong 26 Rebs: C. Ting 11 Asts: C. Ting, C. Lim 3	Boxscore	Pts: Carlos 21 Rebs: Nayve 6 Asts: Nayve 9	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 200

Final

San Beda Red Lions v KL Aseel

April 18	San Beda Red Lions	72–83	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur
19:00
	Pts: Cortez 19 Rebs: Andrada 11 Asts: Cortez 6	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 31 Rebs: Robinson 21 Asts: Robinson 4	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 500

References

1. "NCAA teams compete with 8 others in Malaysia-hosted AsiaBasket tourney". ABS-CBN News. April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
2. "Kuala Lumpur Aseel rules AsiaBasket at San Beda-Machateam's expense". BusinessMirror. April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
3. "CSB Blazers sweep elims in AsiaBasket". Manila Bulletin. April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
4. Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (April 16, 2023). "NCAA teams battle Malaysian sides in AsiaBasket semis". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved April 16, 2023.