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Qualification for the 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup started in 2017 and will end in 2018.

Background

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Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:[1]

Already qualified to the main tournament are teams from these leagues:[2]

Awaiting results are the West Asia and East Asia Final 8 Qualifiers:

West Asia

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On March 17, 2018, Petrochimi of Iran avenged their last year's defeat against Al-Riyadi of Lebanon to rule the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Champions Cup qualifiers, 83-53, in the Final in Beirut, Lebanon. Joining the finalists is Sareyyet Ramallah of Palestine, which qualified by virtue of their win over Syria's Al-Jaish.[3]

The top three teams are now qualified to the “Road To Final 8 (West Asia)” Round 1.[4]

Southeast Asia

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The FIBA Asia Champions Cup SEABA qualifier was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 8–10 May 2018.

The competition qualify two club teams from the SEABA sub-zone for the "Road to Final 8 (East Asia)" round of the main tournament.

The two successful SEABA club teams will join club teams from Chinese Taipei and India in the next round, which will qualify one team to the Final 8, joining the group composed of Australia, Japan and the Philippines.[5]

Thailand's Mono Vampire, and Indonesia's Pelita Jaya have qualified for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 - Road to Final 8 East Asia after finishing among the top two.[6]

Round Robin

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand Mono Vampire (H) 3 3 0 254 201 +53 6 Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Road to Final 8 (East Asia) Round 1
2 Indonesia Pelita Jaya 3 2 1 260 227 +33 5
3 Malaysia Red Baron 3 1 2 232 214 +18 4
4 Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club 3 0 3 158 262 −104 3
Source: FIBA Asia
(H) Hosts
8 May 2018
15:00
Red Baron Malaysia 63–83 Indonesia Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 17–19, 22–32, 9–11
8 May 2018
18:00
Mono Vampire Thailand 77–40 Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club
Scoring by quarter: 10–4, 30–14, 19–7, 18–15

9 May 2018
15:00
Pelita Jaya Indonesia 96–70 Singapore Xin Hua Sports Club
Scoring by quarter: 33–19, 15–19, 25–21, 23–11
9 May 2018
18:00
Red Baron Malaysia 80–83 Thailand Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 15–27, 16–15, 31–15

10 May 2018
15:00
Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore 48–89 Malaysia Red Baron
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 6–22, 23–23, 8–23
10 May 2018
18:00
Mono Vampire Thailand 94–81 Indonesia Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 34–21, 21–20, 13–17

Gulf

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The FIBA Asia Champions Cup GBA qualifier was held in Muscat, Oman from 6–14 May 2018.

The sub-zone qualifier will qualify three teams for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, which will determine the identity of the four teams in the “Road To Final 8 (West Asia)”.[7]

Two teams from Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and a team each from Saudi Arabia and the hosts Oman participated in the weeklong sub-zone qualifier.[8]

Bahrain's Al Manama, UAE's Sharjah and Qatar's Al-Arabi have qualified for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 - Road to Final 8 West Asia after finishing among the top three.[9]

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 2 2 0 188 141 +47 4 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Qatar Al-Arabi 2 1 1 175 182 −7 3
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2 0 2 155 195 −40 2
4 United Arab Emirates Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA Asia
(W) Withdrew
6 May 2018
17:00
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 73–88 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 19–16, 18–32, 16–16

7 May 2018
19:00
Al-Arabi Qatar 107–82 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 22–20, 27–25, 32–13

10 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 100–68 Qatar Al-Arabi
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 29–17, 27–22, 23–13

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club 3 3 0 273 238 +35 6 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Bahrain Manama Club 3 2 1 271 252 +19 5
3 Qatar Al Rayyan 3 1 2 246 239 +7 4
4 Oman Nizwa Club 3 0 3 173 234 −61 3
Source: FIBA Asia
6 May 2018
19:00
Nizwa Club Oman 55–74 Qatar Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 18–21, 17–12, 16–24

7 May 2018
15:00
Sharjah Club United Arab Emirates 105–95 Bahrain Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 29–33, 21–23, 23–28, 32–11

9 May 2018
15:00
Manama Club Bahrain 78–54 Oman Nizwa Club
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 18–6, 18–17, 23–12
9 May 2018
17:00
Al Rayyan Qatar 79–86 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 14–27, 23–17, 25–19

10 May 2018
17:00
Nizwa Club Oman 64–82 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–15, 17–22, 15–22
10 May 2018
19:00
Manama Club Bahrain 98–93 Qatar Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–34, 28–18, 25–24

Final round

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 May
 
 
Bahrain Al-Muharraq87
 
13 May
 
Oman Nizwa Club72
 
Bahrain Al-Muharraq82
 
11 May
 
Bahrain Manama Club89
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad76
 
14 May
 
Bahrain Manama Club93
 
Bahrain Manama Club94
 
11 May
 
United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club99
 
Qatar Al-Arabi74
 
13 May
 
Qatar Al Rayyan67
 
Qatar Al-Arabi86
 
11 May
 
United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club90 3rd place
 
BYE
 
14 May
 
United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
 
Bahrain Al-Muharraq70
 
 
Qatar Al-Arabi80
 

Quarterfinals

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11 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 87–72 Oman Nizwa Club
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 26–23, 25–26, 22–6

11 May 2018
17:00
Al-Arabi Qatar 74–67 Qatar Al Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 21–11, 15–22, 14–20

11 May 2018
19:00
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 76–93 Bahrain Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 20–26, 21–23, 17–22

Semifinals

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13 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 82–89 Bahrain Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 16–16, 21–28, 25–20

13 May 2018
17:00
Al-Arabi Qatar 86–90 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–21, 25–22, 23–24

Third place game

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14 May 2018
15:00
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 70–80 Qatar Al-Arabi
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 10–15, 18–25, 23–17

Final

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14 May 2018
17:00
Manama Club Bahrain 94–99 United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 28–22, 25–32, 22–20

Final standings

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Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Road to Final 8 (West Asia) Round 1
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Arab Emirates Sharjah Club 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bahrain Manama Club 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Qatar Al-Arabi 3–2
4 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3–2
5 Qatar Al Rayyan 1–3
6 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0–3
7 Oman Nizwa Club 0–4

East Inter-Sub Zone qualification

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South Asia will be represented by the best club team from India and they will participate in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 East Inter-Sub Zone Qualification that will be held in Thailand on 30 July.

East Asia has already three direct spots allocated to the Final 8 (China, Korea, Japan) and Taiwan's Pauian will participate in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 East Inter-Sub Zone Qualification that will be held in Thailand on 30 July.

Participating teams

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Chinese Taipei Pauian 2 2 0 179 143 +36 4 Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Road to Final 8 (East Asia) Round 1
2 Thailand Mono Vampire (H) 2 1 1 166 150 +16 3
3 Indonesia Pelita Jaya 2 0 2 105 157 −52 2
Source: FIBA Asia
(H) Hosts
30 July 2018
19:20
Pauian Chinese Taipei 79–55 Indonesia Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 26–11, 20–15, 13–18
31 July 2018
19:20
Mono Vampire Thailand 88–100 Chinese Taipei Pauian
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–24, 25–18, 22–32
1 August 2018
19:20
Pelita Jaya Indonesia 50–78 Thailand Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 8–28, 11–19, 9–20, 22–11

References

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  1. ^ Enzo Flojo (23 May 2018). "How the new Champions Cup format helps the Asia professional basketball scene". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Asia Cup Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Petrochimi kings of West Asia once more after big win over Al Riyadi". FIBA Asia. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Al Manama, Sharjah and Al Arabi qualify to Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ^ "FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 SEABA qualifier to tip off on 8 May". FIBA Asia. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Mono Vampire and Pelita Jaya qualify for Road to Final 8 East Asia". FIBA Asia. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ^ "FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 GBA Qualifier competition schedule confirmed". FIBA Asia. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ^ Draw Results
  9. ^ "Al Manama, Sharjah and Al Arabi qualify to Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.