2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Thailand from 24 to 29 September 2019. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi. Alvark Tokyo won their first title after losing in the final last year.[1]

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Season2019
Dates24 – 29 September 2019
Number of games16
Number of teams8
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Alex Kirk
Finals
ChampionsJapan Alvark Tokyo (1st title)
  Runners-upLebanon Al Riyadi Beirut
Third placeIran Palayesh Naft Abadan
Fourth placeBahrain Al-Muharraq
Statistical leaders
Points United States Kevin Murphy 27.6
Rebounds South Korea Ra Gun-ah 16.3
Assists Chinese Taipei Wen-Cheng Tsai 5.3
2018
2022

Qualification edit

The following clubs qualified to the main tournament:[2]

Team Qualified as
  Guangdong Southern Tigers Winners of the 2018–19 CBA season
  Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus Winners of the 2018–19 KBL season
  Alvark Tokyo Winners of the 2018–19 B.League season
  Al Riyadi Beirut Wild card
  Fubon Braves East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
  Hi-Tech Bangkok City East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
  Palayesh Naft Abadan West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
  Al-Muharraq West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier

Host edit

Draw edit

Group phase edit

All times are local (UTC+07:00)

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Palayesh Naft Abadan 3 3 0 224 192 +32 6 Final round
2   Al-Muharraq 3 2 1 246 246 0 5
3   Fubon Braves 3 1 2 235 222 +13 4 Classification round
4   Hi-Tech Bangkok City 3 0 3 211 256 −45 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
24 September
13:00
Palayesh Naft Abadan   85–64   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 24–17, 19–16, 17–15
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
24 September
17:00
Hi-Tech Bangkok City   69–88   Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
13:00
Fubon Braves   66–68   Palayesh Naft Abadan
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
17:00
Al-Muharraq   97–80   Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 33–13, 20–22, 19–28
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
16:00
Fubon Braves   81–85   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
19:00
Palayesh Naft Abadan   71–62   Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–9, 24–13, 10–16
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Al Riyadi Beirut 3 3 0 260 252 +8 6 Final round
2   Alvark Tokyo 3 2 1 250 223 +27 5
3   Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 3 1 2 264 258 +6 4 Classification round
4   Guangdong Southern Tigers 3 0 3 228 261 −33 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
24 September
15:30
Alvark Tokyo   85–65   Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–13, 30–18, 18–18
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
24 September
20:30
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus   90–92 (OT)   Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 26–25, 20–19, 21–25Overtime: 10–12
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
15:30
Al Riyadi Beirut   77–75   Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–11, 22–29, 16–17
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
25 September
20:30
Guangdong Southern Tigers   76–93   Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 17–23, 19–30, 20–24
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
14:00
Alvark Tokyo   90–81   Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 16–15, 27–24, 21–20
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
26 September
21:30
Al Riyadi Beirut   91–87   Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–14, 26–25, 20–20
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 September
 
 
  Palayesh Naft Abadan73
 
29 September
 
  Alvark Tokyo80
 
  Alvark Tokyo98
 
28 September
 
  Al Riyadi Beirut74
 
  Al Riyadi Beirut100
 
 
  Al-Muharraq88
 
Third place game
 
 
29 September
 
 
  Palayesh Naft Abadan81
 
 
  Al-Muharraq69

Semifinals edit

28 September
15:30
Palayesh Naft Abadan   73–80   Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 17–22, 21–19, 22–23
Pts: Haddadi 29
Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8
Asts: Davoudichegani, Khahbahrami 5
Eff.: Haddadi 38
Pts: Kojima 19
Rebs: Mačvan 10
Asts: Kojima 4
Eff.: Kojima, Mačvan 22
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
28 September
18:00
Al Riyadi Beirut   100–88   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 20–30, 30–20, 25–17
Pts: Arakji 24
Rebs: Abdelnour 14
Asts: Arakji 7
Eff.: Arakji 32
Pts: Harris 34
Rebs: Harris 9
Asts: Murphy, Malabes 4
Eff.: Harris 38
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Third place game edit

29 September
15:30
Palayesh Naft Abadan   81–69   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 20–23, 17–12, 14–9
Pts: Davarpanah 31
Rebs: Kazemi 15
Asts: Davoudichegani 8
Eff.: Davarpanah 33
Pts: Murphy 19
Rebs: Murphy 11
Asts: Alderazi 9
Eff.: Alderazi 16
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final edit

29 September
18:00
Alvark Tokyo   98–74   Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 25–14, 24–24, 27–24
Pts: Mačvan 20
Rebs: Kirk 12
Asts: Ando 7
Eff.: Mačvan 25
Pts: Ibekwe 31
Rebs: Abdelnour, Bawji 6
Asts: Warren 6
Eff.: Ibekwe 32
Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final ranking edit

Rank Team Record
    Alvark Tokyo 4–1
    Al Riyadi Beirut 4–1
    Palayesh Naft Abadan 4–1
4th   Al-Muharraq 2–3
5th   Fubon Braves 1–2
6th   Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus 1–2
7th   Guangdong Southern Tigers 0–3
8th   Hi-Tech Bangkok City 0–3

Awards edit

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
 
Alvark Tokyo
1st title
Most Valuable Player
  Alex Kirk[3]

All-Star Five edit

Pos Player Club
G   Daiki Tanaka   Alvark Tokyo
G   Wael Arakji   Al Riyadi Beirut
G   Kevin Murphy   Al-Muharraq
C   Alex Kirk (MVP)   Alvark Tokyo
C   Hamed Haddadi   Palayesh Naft Abadan

References edit

  1. ^ "Alvark Tokyo make history with FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 title win". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Ulsan Mobis claim KBL title, ticket to FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA Asia. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Alvark's Alex Kirk named MVP, highlights All-Star Five of FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.