2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Singapore.svg Singapore
CitySingapore
Dates18–21 September
Teams6
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League United
Third place Flag of Libya.svg Al Ahli Tripoli
Fourth place Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Tournament statistics
Games played9
MVP Tyler Kalinoski
(Unicaja)
Top scorer Jaden Shackelford
(NBA G League United, 21.0 ppg)
Official website
2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
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The 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 35th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was hosted at the Singapore Indoor Stadium for a third consecutive year under a three-year agreement with the Singaporean government. It was the third time the tournament was hosted in Asia. [1]

Contents

Unicaja were the defending champions, and defeated NBA G League United by a score of 71–61, to win their second championship. [2]

Teams

The list of teams was confirmed by FIBA on 17 July 2025. [3]

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Location of teams of the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
TeamQualificationDate of qualificationParticipations (bold indicates winners)Ref.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Illawarra Hawks Winners of the 2024–25 NBL season 23 March 2025Debut [4]
Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League Americas 19 April 20253 ( 2014 , 2019, 2022) [5]
Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League 11 May 20251 (2024) [6]
Flag of Japan.svg Utsunomiya Brex Winners of the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia 13 June 2025Debut [7]
Flag of Libya.svg Al Ahli Tripoli Winners of the 2025 BAL season 14 June 2025Debut [8]
Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League United Representative of the NBA G League 17 July 20251 (2024) [3]

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+08:00)

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja 220170129+414Advance to final
2 Flag of Libya.svg Al Ahli Tripoli 211148151−33Qualification to third place game
3 Flag of Japan.svg Utsunomiya Brex 202146184−382Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
18 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg 61–73 Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 18–18, 15–21, 18–18
Pts: Almeida 21
Rebs: Almeida 9
Asts: Badrush 3		Pts: Pérez 16
Rebs: Díaz 6
Asts:three players 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,783
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD), Carlos Vélez (COL)
19 September
20:00
Utsunomiya Brex Flag of Japan.svg 68–97 Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 13–18, 20–35, 15–21
Pts: Newbill 21
Rebs: Newbill 8
Asts: Newbill 8		Pts: Kalinoski 19
Rebs: Kravish 6
Asts: Perry 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,871
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN)
20 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg 87–78 Flag of Japan.svg Utsunomiya Brex
Scoring by quarter:21–14, 14–22, 27–23, 25–19
Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 15
Asts: Knight 6		Pts: Newbill 28
Rebs: Jerrett 6
Asts: Newbill 7
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,201
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), James Griguol (AUS), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD)

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League United 220193185+84Advance to final
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 21117517503Qualification to third place game
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Illawarra Hawks 202176184−82Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
18 September
17:00
NBA G League United Flag of the United States.svg 93–91 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Scoring by quarter:19–16, 19–13, 29–27, 26–35
Pts: Hunt 24
Rebs: Hunt 9
Asts: Hunt 7		Pts: Deodato, Johnson 20
Rebs: Deodato, Johnson 5
Asts: Johnson, Borges 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,547
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), James Griguol (AUS)
19 September
17:00
Illawarra Hawks Flag of Australia (converted).svg 82–84 (OT) Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–8, 19–25, 23–20,  Overtime: 9–11
Pts: Harvey 24
Rebs: Bolden 11
Asts: Bolden, McLaughlin 2		Pts: Borges 22
Rebs: Cummings, Borges 9
Asts: Borges 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,569
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL), Sun Jian (CHN)
20 September
17:00
NBA G League United Flag of the United States.svg 100–94 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Illawarra Hawks
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 27–20, 22–23, 27–26
Pts: Shackelford 26
Rebs: Williams 9
Asts: Randle 4		Pts: Harvey 32
Rebs: McGee 10
Asts: McLaughlin 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,285
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN)

Final round

Fifth place game

21 September
13:00
Utsunomiya Brex Flag of Japan.svg 69–93 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Illawarra Hawks
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 13–26, 15–20, 27–21
Pts: Ishikawa 15
Rebs: Takeuchi, Aoki 6
Asts:five players 2		Pts: McLaughlin 15
Rebs: Yates 9
Asts: McDowell-White, Froling 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,147
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Sun Jian (CHN)

Third place game

21 September
16:00
Al Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg 95–85 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo
Scoring by quarter:26–22, 13–22, 25–21, 31–20
Pts: Maker, Almeida 21
Rebs: Maker 12
Asts: Knight 9		Pts: Deodato, Cummings 14
Rebs: Johnson 5
Asts: Borges 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,710
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Carlos Vélez (COL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final

21 September
19:00
Unicaja Flag of Spain.svg 71–61 Flag of the United States.svg NBA G League United
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 22–15, 23–5, 15–20
Pts: Tillie 14
Rebs: Webb 8
Asts: Perry 5		Pts: Shackelford 17
Rebs: Hunt 11
Asts: Hunt 3
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 6,217
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), James Griguol (AUS), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD)

References

  1. ↑ "Singapore to host FIBA Intercontinental Cup under three-year partnership as competition reaches Asia in historical first". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Unicaja crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions again". FIBA. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Line-up for the FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2025 in Singapore is set as ticket sales start today". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Illawarra Hawks clinch fairytale NBL title after thrilling finals defeat of Melbourne United". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 23 March 2025. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Flamengo wins second BCL Americas crown". www.fiba.basketball. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Final Four MVP Carter leads Unicaja to back-to-back BCL titles". www.championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Utsunomiya dethrone Al Riyadi, capture BCL Asia 2025 crown". FIBA.basketball. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Al Ahli Tripoli are the 2025 BAL Champions". The BAL. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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