2023 AsiaBasket International Championship

2023 AsiaBasket International Championship
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	April 9–18, 2023
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	KL Aseel (1st title)
Runner-up	San Beda Red Lions
Third place	Harimau Malaysia
Fourth place	CSB Blazers
	← International 2022 (FilBasket) Las Piñas 2023 →

Last updated April 30, 2024

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 be held from April 9 to 18, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with teams from both the host country and the Philippines.^[1]

Teams

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

Name	Locality	Country	Head coach
KL 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 a two-round, single-elimination playoff bracket, with every round being a single-game knockout. The first round is a crossover semifinals, where the first-seed from a group is matched with the second-seed from the opposing group. The winning teams advance to the Finals while the losing teams move to the third place game.

Elimination round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSB Blazers	4	4	0	345	277	+68	8	Semifinals
2	Harimau Malaysia	4	3	1	358	276	+82	7	Semifinals
3	Shawarma Shack Pilipinas	4	2	2	301	326	−25	6
4	Sanzar Pharmaceuticals	4	1	3	291	333	−42	5
5	MFT Fruit Masters	4	0	4	271	354	−83	4

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	Pts	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	4	3	1	389	328	+61	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
2	KL Aseel	4	3	1	370	326	+44	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
3	MBC Kirin	4	3	1	347	331	+16	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	BGC Builders	4	1	3	338	403	−65	5
5	The Th3rd Floor – KalosPH	4	2	2	332	388	−56	6

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Notes:

1 2 3 Quotient rule^[3] – San Beda Red Lions 174:166 (+8), KL Aseel 191:191 (0), MBC Kirin 143:151 (-8)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Playoff bracket

The top two teams from the elimination round 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

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

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

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

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

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References

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

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[table_hth_SBD0.23117826703525-4] 1 2 3 Quotient rule^[3] – San Beda Red Lions 174:166 (+8), KL Aseel 191:191 (0), MBC Kirin 143:151 (-8)

[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.

[5] Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (April 16, 2023). "NCAA teams battle Malaysian sides in AsiaBasket semis". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved April 16, 2023.

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