2008 WABA Champions Cup

The WABA Champions Cup 2008 was the 11th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Mahshahr, Iran between March 9 and March 15. The top three teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Saba Battery Tehran 3 3 0 277 184 +93 6
  Petrochimi Bandar Imam 3 2 1 244 223 +21 5
  Orthodox 3 1 2 223 229 −6 4
  Al-Ahli 3 0 3 181 289 −108 3
March 9
14:00
Saba Battery Tehran   89–65   Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−14, 18−13, 25−16, 22−22
March 9
16:45
Al-Ahli   65–101   Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 16−30, 7−26, 19−22, 23−23
March 10
14:00
Al-Ahli   60–109   Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 14−32, 13−22, 17−35, 16−20
March 10
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   84–79   Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−21, 12−16, 17−21, 31−21
March 11
14:00
Orthodox   79–56   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−16, 24−10, 18−10, 19−20
March 11
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   59–79   Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 17−20, 14−23, 12−17

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Al-Riyadi Beirut 3 3 0 272 190 +82 6
  Zain 3 2 1 210 205 +5 5
  Al-Ittihad Aleppo 3 1 2 210 227 −17 4
  Al-Hillah 3 0 3 184 254 −70 3
March 9
18:45
Al-Ittihad Aleppo   70–60   Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 13−12, 25−22, 20−12, 12−14
March 9
20:45
Zain   65–66   Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 22−22, 16−13, 14−13, 13−18
March 10
16:00
Al-Hillah   55–110   Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−33, 13−27, 10−33, 15−17
March 10
20:00
Al-Ittihad Aleppo   70–71 (2OT)   Zain
Scoring by quarter: 12−15, 8−13, 13−10, 19−14, Overtime: 9−9, 9−10
March 11
16:00
Al-Hillah   69–74   Zain
Scoring by quarter: 15−20, 11−28, 22−7, 21−19
March 11
20:00
Al-Riyadi Beirut   96–70   Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 24−18, 21−15, 26−16, 25−21

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
March 12
 
 
  Saba Battery 122
 
March 13
 
  Al-Hillah 51
 
  Saba Battery 112
 
March 12
 
  Zain 77
 
  Zain 71
 
March 15
 
  Orthodox 63
 
  Saba Battery 82
 
March 12
 
  Al-Riyadi (OT) 83
 
  Petrochimi 77
 
March 13
 
  Al-Ittihad 59
 
  Petrochimi 61
 
March 12
 
  Al-Riyadi73 3rd place
 
  Al-Riyadi 94
 
March 15
 
  Al-Ahli 61
 
  Zain 60
 
 
  Petrochimi 70
 
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
March 13
 
 
  Al-Hillah 60
 
March 15
 
  Orthodox 73
 
  Orthodox 70
 
March 13
 
  Al-Ittihad 66
 
  Al-Ittihad 71
 
 
  Al-Ahli 64
 
7th place
 
 
March 15
 
 
  Al-Hillah 73
 
 
  Al-Ahli 88

Quarterfinals

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March 12
14:00
Saba Battery Tehran   122–51   Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 37−12, 24−10, 28−9, 33−20
Pts: Baheran 17
Rebs: Kardoust 13
Asts: Baheran 6
Pts: Hamzah 21
Rebs: Suliman 5
Asts: Gayden 2
March 12
16:00
Al-Riyadi Beirut   94–61   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 29−23, 29−9, 13−18, 23−11
Pts: Mneinmeh 18
Rebs: Fakhreddine 25
Asts: Ahmed 9
Pts: Al-Assari 18
Rebs: Al-Assari, S. Sadaqah, Diop 6
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Sanabani 2
March 12
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   77–59   Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 19−16, 22−22, 19−11, 17−10
Pts: Davari 24
Rebs: Long 10
Asts: Davari 5
Pts: Washington 14
Rebs: Washington 10
Asts: Diarbakrly 2
March 12
20:00
Zain   71–63   Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 10−22, 16−16, 20−17, 25−8
Pts: Al-Khas 23
Rebs: Samake 14
Asts: Four players 2
Pts: Adais 16
Rebs: Adais 12
Asts: Al-Naber, Campbell 4

Semifinals 5th–8th

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March 13
14:00
Al-Hillah   60–73   Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 16−18, 17−14, 13−20, 14−21
Pts: Gayden 17
Rebs: Abid 8
Asts: Attiyah 6
Pts: Adais 24
Rebs: Adais 17
Asts: Adais 5
March 13
16:00
Al-Ittihad Aleppo   71–64   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 12−11, 22−21, 17−18, 20−14
Pts: Shawa 15
Rebs: Shawa, Al-Masri 9
Asts: Al-Hasan, Kassas 3
Pts: Al-Assari 31
Rebs: Diop 12
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Mashraqi, Al-Khulaidi 1

Semifinals

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March 13
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam   61–73   Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−16, 10−16, 15−23, 19−18
Pts: Madison 32
Rebs: Long 14
Asts: Sohrabnejad 3
Pts: El Khatib 25
Rebs: Ahmed 14
Asts: Mahmoud, Ahmed 4
March 13
20:00
Saba Battery Tehran   112–77   Zain
Scoring by quarter: 23−30, 31−17, 28−13, 30−17
Pts: Sneed 36
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Jones 7
Pts: Johnson 20
Rebs: Samake 8
Asts: Al-Khas 3

7th place

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March 15
11:00
Al-Hillah   73–88   Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−26, 12−28, 23−9, 20−25
Pts: Hamzah 18
Rebs: Abid 10
Asts: Gbayan 5
Pts: Al-Assari 34
Rebs: Abdulghafor 12
Asts: Abdulghafor, S. Sadaqah 2

5th place

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March 15
13:00
Orthodox   70–66   Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 20−17, 20−18, 17−13, 13−18
Pts: Campbell 20
Rebs: Wise 18
Asts: Al-Naber 3
Pts: Joseph 24
Rebs: Washington 13
Asts: Shawa 3

3rd place

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March 15
15:00
Zain   60–70   Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 17−18, 10−15, 16−19, 17−18
Pts: Abbas 21
Rebs: Samake 20
Asts: Al-Saqa, Al-Awadi 4
Pts: Madison 23
Rebs: Sohrabnejad 8
Asts: Madison 5

Final

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March 15
17:00
Saba Battery Tehran   82–83 (OT)   Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 18−17, 18−15, 21−25, 20−20, Overtime: 5−6
Pts: Afagh 23
Rebs: Haddadi 14
Asts: Jones 5
Pts: Ahmed 24
Rebs: Vogel 13
Asts: El Khatib 4

Final standing

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Rank Team Record
    Al-Riyadi Beirut 6−0
    Saba Battery Tehran 5−1
    Petrochimi Bandar Imam 4−2
4   Zain 3−3
5   Orthodox 3−3
6   Al-Ittihad Aleppo 2−4
7   Al-Ahli 1−5
8   Al-Hillah 0−6
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