2024 AsiaBasket International Championship

2024 AsiaBasket International Championship

Tournament details
Country	Philippines
City	Taguig
Venue(s)	Enderun Colleges
Dates	July 9–16, 2024
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	NU Bulldogs
Runner-up	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Third place	Benilde Blazers
Fourth place	FEU Tamaraws
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The 2024 AsiaBasket International Championship was the seventh tournament under the AsiaBasket. The tournament took place at the Enderun Colleges in Taguig from July 9 to 16. ^[1]

The Benilde Blazers, the defending champions, ^[2] were among the teams competing. ^[3]

Background

Prior to the announcement of the 2024 International Championship, AsiaBasket in January announced the 2024 Cebu Championship during the Sinulog festival. Initially announced to take place in April at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City, the tournament eventually did not push through. ^[4]

The 2024 International Championship was announced on July 7, 2024, two days before the start of the event.

Teams

Similar to previous tournaments since International 2022, ten teams compete, including seven from the Philippines, one from Indonesia, one from the United States, and for the first time in AsiaBasket, one from Taiwan. ^[3]

Out of the ten teams competing, seven of them make their AsiaBasket debut, while the Benilde Blazers, FEU Tamaraws, and San Beda Red Lions are the three returning teams in this tournament.

Name	Locality / College	Country	Last appearance	Best result
National Formosa University	National Formosa University	Chinese Taipei	Debut
DKI Jakarta Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesia	Debut
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University	Philippines	Debut
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde		Dasmariñas 2023	Champion (1x)
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Las Piñas 2023	Quarterfinalist (1x)
Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa University		Debut
NU Bulldogs	National University		Debut
Phenom Blue Fire	—		Debut
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda University		Las Piñas 2023	Runner-up (1x)
Lakas California	California	United States	Debut

Group stage

This tournament uses the same two-group format used since International 2022, with the ten teams being 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 four teams will advance to the single-elimination knockout stage, as has been the case since Las Piñas 2023, meaning that only the lowest-ranking team in each group will be eliminated after the group stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		NU	CSB	NFU	PBF	LCA
1	NU Bulldogs	4	4	0	365	275	+90	1.000	Quarterfinals		—	92–72	101–76	80–65	92–62
2	Benilde Blazers	4	2	2	352	355	−3	.500 [a]			72–92	—	92–79	100–94	88–90
3	National Formosa University	4	2	2	334	342	−8	.500 [a]			76–101	79–92	—	83–71	96–78
4	Phenom Blue Fire	4	1	3	307	331	−24	.250 [b]			65–80	94–100	71–83	—	77–68
5	Lakas California	4	1	3	298	353	−55	.250 [b]			62–92	90–88	78–96	68–77	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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. Benilde wins tiebreaker over Formosa by head-to-head victory.
2. Phenom wins tiebreaker over Lakas California by head-to-head victory.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification		AdU	FEU	MU	SBU	DKI
1	Adamson Soaring Falcons	4	4	0	293	215	+78	1.000	Quarterfinals		—	79–56	81–67	65–57	68–35
2	FEU Tamaraws	4	3	1	303	260	+43	.750			56–79	—	86–69	82–74	79–38
3	Mapúa Cardinals	4	2	2	324	300	+24	.500			67–81	69–86	—	89–75	99–58
4	San Beda Red Lions	4	1	3	295	279	+16	.250			57–65	74–82	75–89	—	89–43
5	DKI Jakarta Indonesia	4	0	4	174	335	−161	.000			35–68	38–79	58–99	43–89	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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.

Knockout stage

In the quarterfinals, the first-seeded teams will be matched with the fourth-seeded teams from the opposing group. The same process will follow for the second- and third-seeded teams. Being single-elimination, the winner of each game advances to the next round. In the semifinals, the losing teams will compete in a third place game.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

NU

83

B4

San Beda

63

A1

NU

85

B2

FEU

79

B2

FEU

94

A3

NFU

89

A1

NU

73

B1

Adamson

64

B1

Adamson

105

A4

Phenom

78

B1

Adamson

74

Third place

A2

Benilde

73

A2

Benilde

90

B2

FEU

77

B3

Mapúa

63

A2

Benilde

84

Awards

The individual league awards was given before the Finals of the 2024 AsiaBasket International Championship at the Enderun Colleges in Taguig.

Awards	Winner (s)	Team
Most Valuable Player	Steve Nash Enriquez	NU Bulldogs
All-AsiaBasket First Team	Veejay Pre	FEU Tamaraws
	AJ Fransman	Adamson Soaring Falcons
	Jonathan Ncheckube	National Formosa University
	Jake Figueroa	NU Bulldogs
	Janrey Pasaol	FEU Tamaraws
Coach of the Tournament	Jeff Napa	NU Bulldogs

References

1. "The Asiabasket International Championship is back with local and foreign collegiate teams battling it out in Enderun Colleges (BGC), this July 9-16, 2024!". AsiaBasket. July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024– via Facebook.
2. "Benilde annihilates Statham Academy to rule AsiaBasket". ABS-CBN News. November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
3. "UAAP's NU, Adamson, FEU highlight 10-team Asiabasket lineup". Tiebreaker Times. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
4. "Asiabasket joins Sinulog, set for April tournament". SunStar Publishing Inc. January 23, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.