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2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League

The 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League, also known as the FIBA WASL Season 2, is the second season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), the premier basketball competition for Western Asia organised by FIBA Asia. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 16 October, but was moved to 13 November due to the security situation following the Israel–Hamas war.[1][2]

2023–24 FIBA WASL season
LeagueFIBA West Asia Super League
SportBasketball
Duration13 November 2023 – 1 June 2024
Number of teams18
Gulf League
Season championsKuwait Kuwait Club (2nd title)
  Runners-upBahrain Manama Club
West Asia League
Season championsLebanon Al Riyadi Beirut (2nd title)
  Runners-upIran Shahrdari Gorgan
Final Eight
VenueDoha, Qatar
Seasons
2024–25 →

Manama are the defending champions, having won the inaugural season. The champions and runners-up qualify for the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia.[3]

Teams edit

The participating teams were officially revealed by FIBA on 7 August 2023.[4]

On 31 October, FIBA announced that Sagesse replaced Dynamo Lebanon as Lebanon's second representative team.[5] On 15 November, FIBA announced that Orthodox Beit Sahour from Palestine would not play in the season, as a consequence of the Israel–Hamas war.[6]

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Ranking in the previous domestic season
  • TBD: To be determined
Final 8
 Tamil Nadu  BC Astana
Group phase
West Asia Gulf
  Al Riyadi Beirut (1st)   Al Wahda (1st)   Al Rayyan (1st)   Manama (1st)TH
  Sagesse SC (3rd)   Al Ittihad Aleppo (2nd)   Al Shamal (2nd)   Al Muharraq (2nd)
  Shahrdari Gorgan (1st)   Al Naft (1st)   Kuwait (1st)   Al Ahli Jeddah (1st)
  Al Shorta (2nd)[a]   Kazma (2nd)   Shabab Al Ahli (1st)

Draw edit

The draw for the Sub-Zone Leagues will be held on 8 August 2023 18:00 (GMT+3) in Le Royal Hotel in Dbayeh, Lebanon.[8] Teams from the same country can not been drawn in the same group. As such, there were three pots for the draw and the remaining teams were allocated in the group that does not contain a team from the same country.[4]

West Asia

Pot 1
Team
  Al Riyadi Beirut
  Shahrdari Gorgan
Pot 2
Team
  Al Naft
  Al Ahli Amman[a]
Pot 3
Team
  Al Wahda
  Orthodox Beit Sahour
Allocated based on country
Team
  Sagesse SC
  Al Ittihad Aleppo

Gulf League

Pot 1
Team
  Kuwait
  Manama
Pot 2
Team
  Shabab Al Ahli
  Al Ahli Jeddah
Pot 3
Team
  Al Rayyan
Allocated based on country
Team
  Al Shamal
  Al Muharraq
  Kazma

West Asia League edit

Group phase edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GOR SAG AHL NAF
1   Shahrdari Gorgan 6 6 0 569 403 +166 12 Advance to semi-finals — 81–68 121–70 100–59
2   Sagesse 6 4 2 503 457 +46 10 Advance to semi-final qualifiers 74–86 — 101–58 89–82
3   Al Ittihad Ahli 6 2 4 418 517 −99 8 65–80 72–81 — 79–72
4   Al Naft 6 0 6 420 533 −113 6 67–101 78–90 62–74 —
Source: WASL

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIY SHO WHD ORT
1   Al Riyadi Beirut 4 4 0 410 293 +117 8 Advance to semi-finals — 120–90 79–53 Canc.
2   Al Shorta 4 1 3 246 324 −78 5 Advance to semi-final qualifiers 83–115 — 79–52 Canc.
3   Al Wahda 4 1 3 322 361 −39 5 67–96 74–70 — Canc.
4   Orthodox Beit Sahour (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canc. Canc. Canc. —
Source: WASL
(D) Disqualified

Final phase edit

Bracket edit

Qualification to semi-finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Al Shorta   2–1   Al Ittihad Ahli 89–73 80–91 76–70
Al Wahda   0–2   Sagesse 75–89 78–99 –

Semi-finals edit

The schedule for the semi-finals was confirmed on 21 March 2024.[9]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Shahrdari Gorgan  2–0   Al Shorta 102–64 88–83 –
Al Riyadi Beirut   2–1   Sagesse 95–92 106–109 86–65

Third place game edit

The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 24 April 2024.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al Shorta   66-116   Sagesse

Final edit

The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 25 April and 1, 8 May 2024.[11]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Shahrdari Gorgan   1–2   Al Riyadi Beirut 60–95 95–85 78–100

Gulf League edit

Group phase edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KUW MUH RYN AHJ
1   Kuwait Club 6 4 2 580 524 +56 10 Advance to semi-finals — 96–101 85–62 91–83
2   Al Muharraq 6 3 3 509 523 −14 9 Advance to semi-final qualifiers 92–108 — 78–79 94–80
3   Al Rayyan 6 3 3 482 509 −27 9 94–90 65–79 — 84–89
4   Al Ahli Jeddah 6 2 4 520 542 −22 8 92–110 95–65 88–98 —
Source: WASL

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MNM KZM SAH SML
1   Manama 6 6 0 575 453 +122 12 Advance to semi-finals — 84–76 78–74 108–71
2   Kazma 6 3 3 549 491 +58 9 Advance to semi-final qualifiers 82–102 — 80–85 119–62
3   Shabab Al Ahli 6 3 3 515 466 +49 9 67–73 83–91 — 110–81
4   Al Shamal 6 0 6 435 666 −231 6 83–130 75–101 63–96 —
Source: WASL

Final phase edit

Bracket edit

Qualification to semifinalsSemifinalsFinals
B2  Kazma6978
A3  Al Rayyan6177
A1  Kuwait Club101122
B2  Kazma8779
A1  Kuwait Club867399
B1  Manama747792
A2  Al Muharraq8711689
B3  Shabab Al Ahli977582
B1  Manama8698Third place
A2  Al Muharraq7888
B2  Kazma93
A2  Al Muharraq83

Qualification for semi-finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Al-Rayyan   0–2   Kuwait 61–69 77–78 (2OT) –
Al Muharraq   2–1   Shabab Al Ahli 87–97 75–116 89–82

Semi-finals edit

The schedule for the semi-finals was confirmed on 21 March 2024.[9]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kuwait Club  2–0   Kazma 101–87 122–79 –
Manama  2–0   Al Muharraq 86–78 98–88 –

Third place game edit

The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 22 April 2024.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kazma   93–83   Al Muharraq

Final edit

The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 23 , 29 April and 6 May 2024.[11]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kuwait Club   2–1   Manama 86–74 73–77 99–92

Final Eight edit

Group phase edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIY MNM SAG AST
1   Al Riyadi Beirut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to semi-finals — - - -
2   Manama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - — - -
3   Sagesse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - — -
4   Astana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - —
Source: [2]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GOR KUW KZM TAM
1   Shahrdari Gorgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to semi-finals — - - -
2   Kuwait Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - — - -
3   Kazma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - — -
4   Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - —
Source: [3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b On 6 October 2023, FIBA Asia announced that Iraqi club Al Shorta replaced Jordanian club Al Ahli Amman.[7]


References edit

  1. ^ "FIBA WASL Season 2: Who's coming back to the Gulf League?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ "FIBA West Asia Super League new season tip-off rescheduled". FIBA.basketball. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ "How can FIBA WASL teams qualify for BCL Asia?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Pots confirmed ahead of FIBA WASL Season 2 draw". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Sagesse replaces Dynamo Lebanon in FIBA WASL West Asia". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ "FIBA WASL statement on Orthodox Beit Sahour's non-participation in 2023/2024 season". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "New chapter unfolds as FIBA WASL Season 2 Sub-Zone Leagues draw set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b "FIBA WASL Season 2 Sub-Zone Semi-Finals all set as schedule confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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