2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Singapore)

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2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore
2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
CitySingapore
Dates21–24 September
Teams6
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Franca (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn
Third place Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Fourth place Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
MVP David Jackson
(Franca)
Top scorer Lucas Dias
(Franca; 18.0 points per game)
Official website
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The 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 33rd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was hosted in the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. It was the first time Singapore hosted the tournament, as well as the first time the tournament is being held in Asia. [1]

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It was the second Intercontinental Cup in the same calendar year, as the tournament cycle was changed to September to better adapt to the club's schedules. It was also the first tournament under an expanded format with six teams, with two teams from Asia being added.

Franca won its first title after beating Telekom Baskets Bonn in the final. Franca's Lucas Dias scored a fadeaway jumper in the post to beat the buzzer which gave them the win; David Jackson was named MVP. [2]

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore

Contrary to the previous seasons, the NBA G League Ignite were pre-selected as representatives for the NBA G League and were the first known team to participate.

One representative from Asia (a pre-selected Chinese Basketball Association club) and one yet to be disclosed team were added as the competition expanded from four to six teams.

On 19 June 2023, FIBA announced the Zhejiang Golden Bulls to be the CBA representative, and also announced they invited Manama Club as the sixth team, following Manama's win of the 2022–23 West Asia Super League.

TeamQualificationQualified dateParticipations

(bold indicates winners)

Ref.
Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League Ignite Pre-selected as representative of the NBA G League [lower-alpha 1] 3 March 20230 [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Golden Bulls Pre-selected as representative of the CBA [lower-alpha 2] 19 June 20230 [3]
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly Winners of the 2023 BAL season 27 May 20230 [4]
Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Franca Winners of the 2022–23 BCL Americas 15 April 20235 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981) [5]
Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn Winners of the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League 14 May 20230 [6]
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama Winners of the 2022–23 West Asia Super League 19 June 2023 [lower-alpha 3] 0 [3]


Rosters

Venue

The Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore Indoor Stadium, Dec 05.JPG
The Singapore Indoor Stadium

The 2023 season is the first of three tournaments to be held in Singapore in the Singapore Indoor Stadium, under an agreement between FIBA and Sport Singapore, an organisation controlled by the country's government. Opened in 1989, the indoor arena can host 12,000 people for sporting events and is located in the Singapore Sports Hub.

Draw

The draw was held on 20 June 2023 at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, and was attended by Vlade Divac, Yi Jianlian and Ian Mahinmi. [3]

Group phase

All times in Singapore Standard Time local time (GMT+8).

Group A

Al Ahly defeated the NBA G League Ignite 82–76 to become the first African team to win a game in Intercontinental Cup history. [7] The following day, Al Ahly was easily defeated by Brazilian side Franca, 90–70. Franca's 41-year old David Jackson led the team with 22 points, Lucas Dias and Márcio Santos both added 21 points. [8] On the last day, Sesi Franca beat the NBA G League Ignite 98–89 to clinch the first place in Group A and to qualify for the final. [9]


PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Franca 220188159+294Advance to final
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 211152166−143Qualification to third place game
3 Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League Ignite 202165180−152Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
21 September 2023
19:00
NBA G League Ignite Flag of the United States.svg 76–82 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter:21–20, 22–25, 16–17, 17–20
Pts: Smith 18
Rebs: Almansa 8
Asts: Johnson 6		Pts: Amin 15
Rebs: Kejo 13
Asts: Cole 9
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Scott Beker (AUS), Viola Györgyi (ROU)
22 September 2023
15:00
Sesi Franca Flag of Brazil.svg 90–70 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Scoring by quarter:26–17, 16–15, 26–15, 22–23
Pts: Dias, Jackson 22
Rebs: Márcio 9
Asts: Georginho 9		Pts: Cole 17
Rebs: Amin 9
Asts: Amin 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Amy Bonner (USA), Péter Praksch (HUN)
23 September 2023
15:00
NBA G League Ignite Flag of the United States.svg 89–98 Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Franca
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 27–29, 23–22, 16–22
Pts: Jenkins 15
Rebs: Almansa 12
Asts: Jenkins 6		Pts: Georginho, Luz 19
Rebs: Ferreira 9
Asts: Borges, Jackson 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Group B

The first game of the tournament was between Telekom Baskets Bonn and Al Manama, in which Bonn comfortably defeated Manama 105–50 behind 28 points from Sam Griesel. [7] On the second day, the Zhejiang Golden Bulls made their debut with a convincing 95–78 victory over Manama, relegating them to the fifth place game. [8] Bonn blew out the Golden Bulls on the third gameday to qualify for the final. [9]

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn 220216100+1164Advance to final
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Golden Bulls 211145189−443Qualification to third place game
3 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama 202128200−722Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
21 September 2023
15:00
Telekom Baskets Bonn Flag of Germany.svg 105–50 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama
Scoring by quarter:26–16, 24–6, 34–11, 21–17
Pts: Griesel 28
Rebs: Griesel 10
Asts: Frey 6		Pts: Pointer 14
Rebs: Thibodeaux 5
Asts: Thibodeaux 6
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Amy Bonner (USA), Wael Mostafa (EGY)
22 September 2023
19:00
Zhejiang Golden Bulls Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 95–78 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama
Scoring by quarter:23–15, 23–22, 32–21, 17–20
Pts: Perry 17
Rebs: Perry 6
Asts: Yibo 6		Pts: Pointer 19
Rebs: Williams 10
Asts: Haji, Pointer 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Scott Beker (AUS), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
23 September 2023
19:00
Zhejiang Golden Bulls Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 50–111 Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 11–33, 14–23, 9–25
Pts: Perry 10
Rebs: Perry 9
Asts:three players 2		Pts: Griesel 16
Rebs: Turudic 9
Asts: Frey 9
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Viola Györgyi (ROM)

Final phase

Fifth place game

The NBA G League Ignite captured the fifth place following their 80–60 win over Al Manama. Heading into the last three minutes, it was a close-contested game as the score was 63–60 with 3:33 remaining. From that point, the Ignite's Babacar Sané scored five straight points, followed by two three-pointers and a Ron Holland dunk that gave the Ignite a 17–0 run in the final three minutes. Sané had a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds, Ron Holland finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds. [10]

24 September 2023
12:00
NBA G League Ignite Flag of the United States.svg 80–60 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama
Scoring by quarter:17–10, 19–20, 19–17, 25–13
Pts: Sané 22
Rebs: Holland, Sané 11
Asts: Almansa 6		Pts: Pointer 20
Rebs: Pointer 13
Asts: Rashed 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Viola Györgyi (ROU), Wael Mostafa (EGY)

Third place game

In the first half, Al Ahly had a lead as big as 11 points, however the Zhejiang Golden Bulls took control in the second half. Reggie Perry had a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds. Wu Qian contributed 20 points and 5 assists. The Golden Bulls became the first Chinese team to reach the podium in the Intercontinental Cup. Al Ahly finished fourth, which was the third time in a row the African representative finished in this position. [11]

24 September 2023
15:00
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 74–81 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Scoring by quarter:22–12, 16–25, 15–22, 21–22
Pts: Amin, Oraby 14
Rebs: Fakuade, Oraby 11
Asts: Amin 4		Pts: Perry 23
Rebs: Perry 12
Asts: Gulley 7
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Final

In a tightly contested game, Telekom Baskets Bonn went into the final two minutes with the advantage, coming off a three-pointer by Christian Sengfelder. Glynn Watson Jr. made a floater to put Bonn up 69–68 with 38 seconds left in the game. Franca missed their last shot and did not foul with 26 seconds left in the game. After a shot clock violation, Franca coach Helinho called a time-out as the Brazilians prepared to inbound the ball in front court. Franca inbounded the ball Lucas Dias who scored a fadeaway jumper in the post to beat the buzzer. [2] Finishing with a score of 70–69, it was the second final to finish by a single point margin, following the first leg of 2015 between Bauru and Real Madrid. Franca became the third Brazilian team to win the Intercontintenal Cup, after Sírio and Flamengo. [2] David Jackson, at age 41, was named the FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP following his 12 points and 8 assists in the final. [2]

24 September 2023
19:00
Sesi Franca Flag of Brazil.svg 70–69 Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn
Scoring by quarter:18–13, 16–21, 24–16, 12–19
Pts: Márcio 15
Rebs: Márcio 8
Asts: Jackson 8		Pts: Watson Jr. 16
Rebs: Griesel, Kirkwood 5
Asts: Watson Jr. 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Attendance: 8,000 [12]
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Amy Bonner (USA), Scott Beker (AUS)

Final standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Sesi Franca 330258228+306
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg Telekom Baskets Bonn 321285170+1155
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Golden Bulls 321226263−375
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 312226247−214
5 Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League Ignite 312245240+54
6 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al Manama 303188280−923
Source: FIBA

Statistical leaders

The following players were the individual leaders in the 2023 tournament. [13]

CategoryPlayerTeam(s)Statistic
Efficiency per game David Jackson Franca 23.0
Points per game Lucas Dias Franca18.0
Rebounds per game Omar Oraby Al Ahly 9.7
Assists per game Georginho Franca5.8
Steals per game Glynn Watson Jr. Telekom Baskets Bonn 2.7
Blocks per game Sir'Dominic Pointer Al Manama 2.7
Minutes per game Sir'Dominic Pointer Al Manama33.7

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NBA G League Ignite finished 11th place in the Western Conference of the 2022–23 NBA G League regular season, and didn't advance to the playoffs.
  2. ↑ Zhejiang Golden Bulls finished 1st place in the 2022–23 CBA regular season, and runners-up in the playoffs.
  3. ↑ Manama Club won the 2022–23 West Asia Super League which qualifies for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, but was confirmed by FIBA on 19 June.

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