2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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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

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Knockout round

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  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

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May 16
14:00

Al-Muharraq | 78–95 |  Al-Rayyan

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Semifinals

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May 18
19:00

Semis

Al-Riyadi | 68–70 |  Saba Battery

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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

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Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Finals

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May 19
19:00

Bronze

Al-Riyadi | 82–87 |  Al-Wasl

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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

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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

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Rank | Team | Record

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|  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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* Most Valuable Player:  Gabe Muoneke (Saba Battery Tehran)

## References

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

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