2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

International basketball competition

2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup27th Asia Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country| Thailand
Dates| 27 September–2 October
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Iran (Petrochimi's 1st title; Iran's 6th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played| 32
MVP|  Daiki Tanaka
Top scorer|  Keene (28.2)
Singletary
Top rebounds|  Singletary (16.4)
Top assists|  Peng (6.3)
PPG (Team)|  Mono Vampire (98.4)
RPG (Team)|  Petrochimi (50.8)
APG (Team)|  Pauian (21.6)
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2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted by China,[1] took place in Thailand from 27 September to 2 October 2018. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi.[2]

## Qualification

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Main article: 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup qualification

Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:[3]

* There will be several qualifying rounds spread all across the continent, having the sub-zones scheduled their own qualifiers.
* One unique difference is some of Asia's top professional leagues will have their representatives already seeded in the Final Eight. China's Chinese Basketball Association, South Korea's Korean Basketball League, Japan's B.League and the Philippines' Philippine Basketball Association all have Direct Qualifying Spots to the Final 8.

Already qualified to the main tournament are the following nations:[4][2]

* Liaoning Flying Leopards (2017–18 CBA season champions)
* Seoul SK Knights (2017–18 KBL season champions)
* Alvark Tokyo (2017–18 B.League season champions)
* Meralco Bolts (PBA representatives)[5][6]
* Pauian (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Mono Vampire (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)

## Host

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The Basketball Association of Thailand was awarded the hosting duties. They assigned to Stadium 29 in the Bangkok suburb of Nonthaburi as the host of the tournament.[7] The arena is the home of Mono Vampire in the Thailand Basketball League and in the ASEAN Basketball League.

## Draw

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The draw was held on September 14, at Stadium 29 at Nonthaburi. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Hosts Mono Vampire chose their own group after three teams were drawn.[8]

## Group phase

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All times at Thailand Standard Time (UTC+7)

### Group A

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

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1  |  Petrochimi | 3  | 3  | 0  | 281  | 194  | +87  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Seoul SK Knights | 3  | 2  | 1  | 259  | 210  | +49  | 5
3  |  Pauian | 3  | 1  | 2  | 251  | 247  | +4  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  Liaoning Flying Leopards | 3  | 0  | 3  | 182  | 322  | −140  | 3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw

27 September
13:00

Box score

Pauian | 106–62 |  Liaoning Flying Leopards

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Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 31–13, 20–16, 24–20
Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Rhett 11
Asts: Peng 7 |  | Pts: Ma, Wu 12
Rebs: Wu 9
Asts: Ma 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI)

27 September
18:00

Box score

Seoul SK Knights | 62–77 |  Petrochimi

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Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 9–17, 18–20, 28–16
Pts: Summers 21
Rebs: Summers 4
Asts: Choi W.H. 3 |  | Pts: Aslani 20
Rebs: Kazemi 17
Asts: Yakhchali 10

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

28 September
18:00

Box score

Pauian | 63–96 |  Petrochimi

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Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 12–25, 17–28, 15–17
Pts: Jones 14
Rebs: Rhett 9
Asts: Chien, Peng 4 |  | Pts: Yakhchali 28
Rebs: Mirzaei 10
Asts: Yakhchali 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN)

28 September
20:30

Box score

Liaoning Flying Leopards | 51–108 |  Seoul SK Knights

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Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 7–19, 14–33, 12–28
Pts: Guo 14
Rebs: Wu 15
Asts: Wang J., Zhou 2 |  | Pts: Byun 22
Rebs: Choi W.H., Kim M.S. 8
Asts: Byun 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

29 September
13:00

Box score

Seoul SK Knights | 89–82 |  Pauian

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Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 29–23, 21–21, 22–13
Pts: Summers 37
Rebs: Summers 13
Asts: Byun 6 |  | Pts: Jones 29
Rebs: Rhett 11
Asts: Peng 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

29 September
18:00

Box score

Petrochimi | 108–69 |  Liaoning Flying Leopards

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Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 29–16, 27–22, 28–18
Pts: Aslani 26
Rebs: Mashayekhi, Mirzaei 10
Asts: Mashayekhi 9 |  | Pts: Guo 21
Rebs: Guo 5
Asts: three players 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

### Group B

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

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1  |  Alvark Tokyo | 3  | 3  | 0  | 279  | 249  | +30  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Meralco Bolts | 3  | 1  | 2  | 261  | 247  | +14  | 4[a]
3  |  Mono Vampire (H) | 3  | 1  | 2  | 300  | 306  | −6  | 4[a] | Classification round
4  |  Al Riyadi | 3  | 1  | 2  | 245  | 283  | −38  | 4[a]

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Tournament points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Head-to-head points difference; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall points difference; 6) Overall points scored; 7) Random draw
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. ^ a b c Meralco 1–1, +25 PD; Mono 1–1, +2 PD; Al Riyadi 1–1, –27 PD

27 September
15:30

Box score

Meralco Bolts | 92–100 |  Mono Vampire

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Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 22–26, 20–23, 22–30
Pts: Stone 23
Rebs: Durham 18
Asts: four players 3 |  | Pts: Keene 29
Rebs: Singletary 15
Asts: Keene 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)

27 September
20:30

Box score

Al Riyadi | 76–87 |  Alvark Tokyo

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Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–20, 24–21, 20–25
Pts: Lyons 23
Rebs: Abdel Moneim 12
Asts: Akl, Saoud 4 |  | Pts: Kirk 29
Rebs: Kirk 13
Asts: Ando, Kikuchi 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

28 September
13:00

Box score

Alvark Tokyo | 84–73 |  Meralco Bolts

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Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–20, 25–19, 24–17
Pts: Kirk 23
Rebs: Kirk 11
Asts: Tanaka 7 |  | Pts: Durham 31
Rebs: Durham 12
Asts: Amer 7

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)

28 September
15:30

Box score

Al Riyadi | 106–100 (OT) |  Mono Vampire

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Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–26, 22–14, 19–25, Overtime: 19–13
Pts: Saoud 30
Rebs: Bawji 16
Asts: Lyons 10 |  | Pts: Singletary 30
Rebs: Singletary 20
Asts: Keene 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

29 September
13:00

Box score

Mono Vampire | 100–108 |  Alvark Tokyo

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Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 26–25, 32–35, 26–27
Pts: Singletary 44
Rebs: Singletary 13
Asts: Keene 4 |  | Pts: Kirk 28
Rebs: Kirk 10
Asts: Kikuchi 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)

29 September
20:30

Box score

Meralco Bolts | 96–63 |  Al Riyadi

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Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 26–7, 23–16, 24–14
Pts: Lanete, Stone 20
Rebs: Durham 14
Asts: Stone 5 |  | Pts: Bawji 19
Rebs: Ziade 10
Asts: Saoud 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

## Classification round

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| 5–8th place semifinals| | Fifth place

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| 1 October–13:00| |

|  Pauian| 100

| 2 October–15:30

|  Al Riyadi| 87 |

|  Pauian| 96

| 1 October–15:30

| |  Mono Vampire| 97

|  Mono Vampire| 95

|  Liaoning Flying Leopards| 71 |

| Seventh place

| 2 October–13:00

|  Al Riyadi| 102

|  Liaoning Flying Leopards| 75

### 5th-8th semifinals

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1 October
13:00

Box score

Pauian | 100–87 |  Al Riyadi

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Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 25–24, 31–20, 25–23
Pts: Jones 29
Rebs: Rhett 12
Asts: Wu C.C. 9 |  | Pts: Bawji 23
Rebs: Bawji 17
Asts: Lyons 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)

1 October
15:30

Box score

Mono Vampire | 95–71 |  Liaoning Flying Leopards

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Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 30–10, 19–16, 18–20
Pts: Keene, Singletary 19
Rebs: Singletary 15
Asts: Singletary 6 |  | Pts: Ma 25
Rebs: Wu 12
Asts: Guo 6

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

### Seventh place game

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2 October
13:00

Box score

Al Riyadi | 102–75 |  Liaoning Flying Leopards

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Scoring by quarter: 33–15, 14–21, 30–23, 25–16
Pts: Saoud 50
Rebs: Bawji 12
Asts: El Khatib 4 |  | Pts: Ma 18
Rebs: Wu 12
Asts: Guo 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

### Fifth place game

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2 October
15:30

Box score

Pauian | 96–97 |  Mono Vampire

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Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 25–24, 29–16, 21–29
Pts: Jones 32
Rebs: Jones 16
Asts: Shih 5 |  | Pts: Keene 32
Rebs: Singletary 19
Asts: Keene 5

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

## Final round

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| Semifinals| | Gold medal game

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| 1 October–18:00| |

|  Petrochimi| 79

| 2 October–20:30

|  Meralco Bolts| 74 |

|  Petrochimi| 68

| 1 October–20:30

| |  Alvark Tokyo| 64

|  Alvark Tokyo| 78

|  Seoul SK Knights| 54 |

| Bronze medal game

| 2 October–18:00

|  Meralco Bolts| 87

|  Seoul SK Knights| 91

### Semifinals

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1 October
18:00

Box score

Petrochimi | 79–74 |  Meralco Bolts

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Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 17–16, 21–21, 25–19
Pts: Yakhchali 29
Rebs: Kazemi 14
Asts: Mashayekhi 5 |  | Pts: Durham 27
Rebs: Durham 11
Asts: Amer, Durham 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

1 October
20:30

Box score

Alvark Tokyo | 78–54 |  Seoul SK Knights

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Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 19–17, 16–13, 20–16
Pts: Kirk 23
Rebs: Bjelica, Kirk 10
Asts: Tanaka 5 |  | Pts: Summers 28
Rebs: Summers 10
Asts: Lee 3

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

### Third place game

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2 October
18:00

Box score

Meralco Bolts | 87–91 |  Seoul SK Knights

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Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 13–19, 25–16, 24–29
Pts: Stone 32
Rebs: Stone 13
Asts: Durham 5 |  | Pts: Summers 26
Rebs: Kim M.S. 8
Asts: Choi W.H. 8

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI)

### Final

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2 October
20:30

Box score

Petrochimi | 68–64 |  Alvark Tokyo

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Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 22–11, 18–14, 20–23
Pts: Mirzaei 28
Rebs: Kazemi 14
Asts: Yakhchali 4 |  | Pts: Tanaka 28
Rebs: Kirk 9
Asts: Baba 4

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi
Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

## Final ranking

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Rank[9] | Team  | Record

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|  Petrochimi | 5–0
|  Alvark Tokyo | 4–1
|  Seoul SK Knights | 3–2
4th  |  Meralco Bolts | 1–4
5th  |  Mono Vampire | 3–2
6th  |  Pauian | 2–3
7th  |  Al Riyadi | 2–3
8th  |  Liaoning Flying Leopards | 0–5

## Awards

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2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
1st title
Most Valuable Player

Daiki Tanaka[10]

### All-Star Five

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Pos  | Player  | Club

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G  |  Daiki Tanaka (MVP) |  Alvark Tokyo
G  |  Behnam Yakhchali |  Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC
C  |  Alex Kirk |  Alvark Tokyo
F  |  Mike Singletary |  Mono Vampire
F  |  Dajuan Summers |  Seoul SK Knights

## References

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3. ^ Enzo Flojo (23 May 2018). "How the new Champions Cup format helps the Asia professional basketball scene". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
4. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIBA Asia Cup Champions Cup 2018". FIBA Asia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
5. ^ Leongson, Randolph (6 September 2018). "San Miguel taking part in Fiba Asia Champions Cup? Nope, says Chua". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
6. ^ Ramos, Gerry (9 September 2018). "Meralco gets PBA nod to fly flag in Fiba Asia Champions Cup". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
7. ^ "Thailand to showcase Asia's best clubs in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
8. ^ "Draw Results in for FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball.
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