Organising body | FIBA Asia |
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Founded | 1981 |
First season | 1981 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Alvark Tokyo (1st title) (2019) |
Most championships | Sagesse (3 titles) |
2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup |
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup, previously known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup until 2002, [1] is the highest level Asian championship for professional basketball clubs. It is organised by FIBA Asia, and takes place once a year (since 1995).
FIBA has announced plans to expand the FIBA Intercontinental Cup to the champion teams from the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Basketball Africa League (BAL), NBL from Australia, and possibly the NBA, at some point in the future. [2] [3]
From 2020 to 2022, the league was cancelled three seasons in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Club | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place |
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Sagesse | 3 (1999, 2000, 2004) | 1 (2005) | |
Al-Rayyan | 2 (2002, 2005) | 5 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2013) | 4 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2011) |
Al-Riyadi Beirut | 2 (2011, 2017) | 3 (2012, 2016, 2019) | 3 (1998, 2009, 2010) |
Mahram Tehran | 2 (2009, 2010) | 2 (2011, 2012) | |
Saba Battery Tehran | 2 (2007, 2008) | ||
Liaoning Hunters | 1 (1990) | 3 (1988, 1992, 1999) | |
Al-Ittihad | 1 (2001) | 2 (2000, 2002) | |
Zain | 1 (2006) | 2 (2005, 2009) | |
Al-Wahda | 1 (2003) | 1 (2004) | 2 (2001, 2002) |
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | 1 (1992) | 1 (1997) | 1 (1995) |
Bayi Rockets | 1 (1981) | 1 (1984) | |
Regal | 1 (1997) | 1 (1998) | |
Xinjiang Flying Tigers | 1 (2016) | 1 (2017) | |
Alvark Tokyo | 1 (2019) | 1 (2018) | |
Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 1 (2018) | 1 (2016) | |
Northern Cement | 1 (1984) | ||
Swift-PABL | 1 (1988) | ||
Andok's | 1 (1995) | ||
Hapee Toothpaste | 1 (1996) | ||
Beijing Hanwei | 1 (1998) | ||
Foolad Mahan Isfahan | 1 (2013) | ||
Al-Jalaa Aleppo | 2 (2006, 2007) | ||
Petronas | 1 (1995) | 1 (1999) | |
Nippon Kokan | 1 (1981) | ||
Bank of Korea | 1 (1990) | ||
Isuzu Lynx | 1 (1996) | ||
Kazma | 2 (1990, 1992) | ||
Apcor | 1 (1981) | ||
Kuang Hua | 1 (1984) | ||
Seoul Samsung Thunders | 1 (1988) | ||
Guangdong Southern Tigers | 1 (1996) | ||
Aspac | 1 (1997) | ||
Al-Manama | 1 (2000) | ||
Sangmu Phoenix | 1 (2003) | ||
Al-Wasl | 1 (2008) | ||
Duhok | 1 (2012) | ||
ASU | 1 (2013) | ||
BC Astana | 1 (2017) | ||
Seoul SK Knights | 1 (2018) | ||
Palayesh Naft Abadan | 1 (2019) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
2 | Lebanon | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
3 | China | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
4 | Philippines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Qatar | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
6 | Syria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Japan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
8 | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
9 | Jordan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 27 | 29 | 28 | 84 |
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