2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed due to the death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah.[1] The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5–10 positions.

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Al-Riyadi Beirut 4 4 0 339 246 +93 8
  Al-Rayyan 4 3 1 350 289 +61 7
  BC Almaty 4 2 2 267 298 −31 6
  Zain 4 1 3 316 297 +19 5
  Muba Hang Tuah 4 0 4 200 342 −142 4
May 8
17:00
Al-Rayyan   92–48   Hang Tuah
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 27–18, 23–4, 15–11
May 8
21:00
Al-Riyadi   100–52   BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 31–14, 27–7, 21–24
May 9
15:00
Zain   85–90 (OT)   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–18, 9–22, 26–20, Overtime: 10–15
May 9
17:00
Hang Tuah   44–79   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 6–18, 9–14, 23–21
May 10
15:00
BC Almaty   71–49   Hang Tuah
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 5–9, 24–6, 17–20
May 10
17:00
Al-Riyadi   72–71   Zain
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 26–19, 19–15, 10–20
May 11
15:00
Al-Rayyan   79–88   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–29, 23–16, 19–23
May 11
17:00
Zain   60–76   BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 11–16, 13–16, 21–20
May 12
15:00
Hang Tuah   59–100   Zain
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–30, 10–26, 26–27
May 12
17:00
BC Almaty   68–89   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Al-Wasl 4 4 0 417 352 +65 8
  Saba Battery Tehran 4 3 1 424 320 +104 7
  Al-Muharraq 4 2 2 348 335 +13 6
  Al-Qadsia 4 1 3 327 293 +34 5
  ONGC Dehradun 4 0 4 241 457 −216 4
May 8
15:00
ONGC   58–109   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 13–28, 14–29, 23–23
May 8
19:00
Saba Battery   92–60   Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 24–22, 29–19, 17–13
May 9
19:00
Al-Qadsia   116–35   ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 23–10, 41–10, 24–9
May 9
21:00
Al-Wasl   116–110 (2OT)   Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 22–15, 24–23, 22–38, Overtime: 11–11, 10–4
May 10
19:00
ONGC   72–102   Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–22, 24–30, 12–23
May 10
21:00
Al-Muharraq   83–69   Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 16–15, 21–15, 27–17
May 11
19:00
Saba Battery   130–76   ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 35–10, 28–28, 29–28, 38–10
May 11
21:00
Al-Wasl   116–88   Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 25–26, 33–16, 27–28
May 12
19:00
Al-Qadsia   82–83 (OT)   Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 16–17, 14–17, 24–13, Overtime: 6–7
May 12
21:00
Al-Muharraq   68–92   Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13

Knockout round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
 
  Al-Qadsia 80
 
May 18 – Kuwait City
 
  Al-Riyadi 91
 
  Al-Riyadi 68
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
  Saba Battery 70
 
  BC Almaty 77
 
May 19 – Kuwait City
 
  Saba Battery 88
 
  Saba Battery 82
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
  Al-Rayyan75
 
  Al-Muharraq 78
 
May 18 – Kuwait City
 
  Al-Rayyan 95
 
  Al-Rayyan 81
 
May 16 – Kuwait City
 
  Al-Wasl57 Third place
 
  Zain 75
 
May 19 – Kuwait City
 
  Al-Wasl 84
 
  Al-Riyadi82
 
 
  Al-Wasl 87
 

Quarterfinals

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May 16
14:00
Al-Muharraq   78–95   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 12–20, 22–26, 27–26
May 16
16:00
Zain   75–84   Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–18, 16–24, 17–25
May 16
18:00
Al-Qadsia   80–91   Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–20, 16–24, 26–25
May 16
20:00
BC Almaty   77–88   Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22

Semifinals

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May 18
19:00
Semis
Al-Riyadi   68–70   Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 14–20, 15–9, 14–19
May 18
21:00
Semis
Al-Rayyan   81–57   Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23

Finals

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May 19
19:00
Bronze
Al-Riyadi   82–87   Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 15–21, 19–24, 19–22
May 19
21:00
Gold
Saba Battery   82–75   Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–24, 32–14, 21–22
Pts: Tate 30 Pts: Chatfield 29

Final standings

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Rank Team Record
    Saba Battery Tehran 6–1
    Al-Rayyan 5–2
    Al-Wasl 6–1
4th   Al-Riyadi Beirut 5–2
Failed to Reach Semifinals
  Al-Muharraq 2–3
  BC Almaty 2–3
  Al-Qadsia 1–4
  Zain 1–4
Failed to Reach Quarterfinals
  Muba Hang Tuah 0–4
  ONGC Dehradun 0–4

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Former emir dies in Kuwait City". BBC News.