2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League

2023–24 FIBA WASL season
League	FIBA West Asia Super League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	13 November 2023 – 1 June 2024
Number of teams	18
Gulf League
Season champions	Kuwait Club (2nd title)
Runners-up	Manama Club
West Asia League
Season champions	Al Riyadi (2nd title)
Runners-up	Shahrdari Gorgan
Final Eight
Venue	Lusail Sports Arena, Doha, Qatar
Champions	Al Riyadi (1st title)
Runners-up	Sagesse
Seasons
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

Manama were the defending champions, having won the inaugural season, however, they were eliminated in the group phase of the final eight.

Al Riyadi won their first title after defeating Sagesse in the final, and qualified as champions for the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia, along with third placed Shahrdari Gorgan who were the third placed team.^[3]

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 Gaza war.^[6]

• TH: Title holders
• 1st, 2nd, etc.: Ranking in the previous domestic season
• TBD: To be determined

Final Eight
Tamil Nadu (1st)	Astana (1st)
Group phase
West Asia		Gulf
Al Riyadi (1st)	Al Wahda (1st)	Al Rayyan (1st)	Manama (1st)TH
Sagesse (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)

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 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

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	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIY	SHO	WHD	ORT
1	Al Riyadi	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.	—

	Qualification to semi-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	B2	Al Shorta	89	80	76
	A3	Al Ittihad Ahli	73	91	70
								A1	Shahrdari Gorgan		102	88
								B2	Al Shorta		64	83
															A1	Shahrdari Gorgan	60	95	78
															B1	Al Riyadi	95	85	100
	A2	Sagesse		89	99
	B3	Al Wahda		75	78
								B1	Al Riyadi	95	106	86			Third place series
								A2	Sagesse	92	109	65
															B2	Al Shorta			66
															A2	Sagesse			116

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	–

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	2–1	Sagesse	95–92	106–109	86–65

The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 24 April 2024.^{[citation needed]}

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al Shorta	66–116	Sagesse

The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 25 April and 1, 8 May 2024.^{[citation needed]}

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

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	—

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	—

	Qualification to semifinals							Semifinals						Finals
	B2	Kazma		69	78
	A3	Al Rayyan		61	77
								A1	Kuwait Club	101	122
								B2	Kazma	87	79
														A1	Kuwait Club	86	73	99
														B1	Manama	74	77	92
	A2	Al Muharraq	87	116	89
	B3	Shabab Al Ahli	97	75	82
								B1	Manama	86	98			Third place
								A2	Al Muharraq	78	88
														B2	Kazma			93
														A2	Al Muharraq			83

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

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	–

The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 22 April 2024.^{[citation needed]}

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kazma	93–83	Al Muharraq

The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 23 , 29 April and 6 May 2024.^{[citation needed]}

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIY	SAG	AST	MNM
1	Al Riyadi	3	3	0	273	223	+50	6	Advance to semi-finals		—	95–86	101–69	77–68
2	Sagesse	3	2	1	284	266	+18	5			86–95	—	103–89	95–82
3	Astana	3	1	2	280	321	−41	4			69–101	89–103	—	122–117
4	Manama	3	0	3	267	294	−27	3			68–77	82–95	117–122	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KUW	GOR	KZM	TAM
1	Kuwait Club	3	3	0	284	248	+36	6	Advance to semi-finals		—	85–77	99–95	100–76
2	Shahrdari Gorgan	3	2	1	274	255	+19	5			77–85	—	93–79	104–91
3	Kazma	3	1	2	276	288	−12	4			95–99	79–93	—	102–96
4	Tamil Nadu	3	0	3	263	306	−43	3			76–100	91–104	96–102	—

	Semifinals				Final
	31 May
	Al Riyadi	97
					1 June
	Shahrdari Gorgan	81
					Al Riyadi (OT)	100
	31 May
					Sagesse	90
	Kuwait Club	72
	Sagesse	76
					Third place game
					1 June
					Shahrdari Gorgan	92
					Kuwait Club	76

31 May 15:00

Boxscore

Al Riyadi	97–81	Shahrdari Gorgan
Scoring by quarter: 32–19, 29–18, 19–21, 17–23
Pts: Gyokchyan 18 Rebs: Kikanović 11 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Monji, Cherry 14 Rebs: Monji 10 Asts: Vahedi, Cherry 4

Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Mohammad Taha (JOR), Glenn Cornelio (PHI)

31 May 18:00

Boxscore

Kuwait Club	72–76	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–14, 15–20, 19–21
Pts: Young 14 Rebs: Lalanne 13 Asts: Hasan, Georges-Hunt 3		Pts: Rakocevic 22 Rebs: Rakocevic 12 Asts: Gibson 4

Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Park Kyoungjin (KOR)

1 June 15:00

Boxscore

Shahrdari Gorgan	92–76	Kuwait Club
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 27–16, 22–18, 20–18
Pts: Monji 25 Rebs: Kazemi 20 Asts: Cherry 8		Pts: Young 23 Rebs: Lalanne 8 Asts: Georges-Hunt 3

Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 100 Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Park Kyoungjin (KOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)

1 June 18:00

Boxscore

Al Riyadi	100–90 (OT)	Sagesse
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 13–18, 17–31, 25–19, Overtime: 21–11
Pts: Maker 35 Rebs: Maker 15 Asts: Saoud 8		Pts: Early 25 Rebs: Early, Rakocevic 10 Asts: Ezzedine, Gibson 3

Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Harja Jaladri (INA), Wissam Zein (SYR)