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.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 8 21:00

Al-Riyadi	100–52	BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 31–14, 27–7, 21–24

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 9 15:00

Zain	85–90 (OT)	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–18, 9–22, 26–20, Overtime: 10–15

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 9 17:00

Hang Tuah	44–79	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 6–18, 9–14, 23–21

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 10 15:00

BC Almaty	71–49	Hang Tuah
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 5–9, 24–6, 17–20

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 10 17:00

Al-Riyadi	72–71	Zain
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 26–19, 19–15, 10–20

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 11 15:00

Al-Rayyan	79–88	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–29, 23–16, 19–23

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 11 17:00

Zain	60–76	BC Almaty
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 11–16, 13–16, 21–20

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 12 15:00

Hang Tuah	59–100	Zain
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–30, 10–26, 26–27

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 12 17:00

BC Almaty	68–89	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Group B

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

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 8 19:00

Saba Battery	92–60	Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 24–22, 29–19, 17–13

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 9 19:00

Al-Qadsia	116–35	ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 23–10, 41–10, 24–9

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 10 19:00

ONGC	72–102	Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–22, 24–30, 12–23

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 10 21:00

Al-Muharraq	83–69	Al-Qadsia
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 16–15, 21–15, 27–17

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 11 19:00

Saba Battery	130–76	ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 35–10, 28–28, 29–28, 38–10

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 11 21:00

Al-Wasl	116–88	Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 25–26, 33–16, 27–28

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 12 21:00

Al-Muharraq	68–92	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Knockout round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	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-Rayyan	75
	Al-Muharraq	78
					May 18 – Kuwait City
	Al-Rayyan	95
					Al-Rayyan	81
	May 16 – Kuwait City
					Al-Wasl	57			Third place
	Zain	75
									May 19 – Kuwait City
	Al-Wasl	84
									Al-Riyadi	82
									Al-Wasl	87

Quarterfinals

May 16 14:00

Al-Muharraq	78–95	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 12–20, 22–26, 27–26

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 16 16:00

Zain	75–84	Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–18, 16–24, 17–25

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 16 18:00

Al-Qadsia	80–91	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–20, 16–24, 26–25

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 16 20:00

BC Almaty	77–88	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Semifinals

May 18 19:00

Semis

Al-Riyadi	68–70	Saba Battery
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 14–20, 15–9, 14–19

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

May 18 21:00

Semis

Al-Rayyan	81–57	Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Finals

May 19 19:00

Bronze

Al-Riyadi	82–87	Al-Wasl
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 15–21, 19–24, 19–22

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final standings

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

• Most Valuable Player: Gabe Muoneke (Saba Battery Tehran)

References

• Official Website
• Goalzz
• FIBAAsia.net

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