2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

28th edition of FIBA Asia Champions Cup

International basketball competition

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup28th Asia Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country| Thailand
Dates| 24 – 29 September
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Japan (Alvark Tokyo's 1st title; Japan's 1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played| 16
MVP|  Alex Kirk
Top scorer|  Kevin Murphy (27.6)
Top rebounds|  Ra Gun-ah (16.3)
Top assists|  Wen-Cheng Tsai (5.3)
Official website
2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Thailand from 24 to 29 September 2019. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi. Alvark Tokyo won their first title after losing in the final last year.[1]

## Qualification

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Main article: 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup qualification

The following clubs qualified to the main tournament:[2]

Team  | Qualified as

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Guangdong Southern Tigers | Winners of the 2018–19 CBA season
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | Winners of the 2018–19 KBL season
Alvark Tokyo | Winners of the 2018–19 B.League season
Al Riyadi Beirut | Wild card
Fubon Braves | East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Hi-Tech Bangkok City | East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Palayesh Naft Abadan | West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Al-Muharraq | West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier

## Group phase

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All times are local (UTC+07:00)

### Group A

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

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1  |  Palayesh Naft Abadan | 3  | 3  | 0  | 224  | 192  | +32  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Al-Muharraq | 3  | 2  | 1  | 246  | 246  | 0  | 5
3  |  Fubon Braves | 3  | 1  | 2  | 235  | 222  | +13  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  Hi-Tech Bangkok City | 3  | 0  | 3  | 211  | 256  | −45  | 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

24 September
13:00

Box score

Palayesh Naft Abadan | 85-64 |  Al-Muharraq

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Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 24–17, 19–16, 17–15

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

24 September
17:00

Box score

Hi-Tech Bangkok City | 69-88 |  Fubon Braves

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Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
13:00

Box score

Fubon Braves | 66-68 |  Palayesh Naft Abadan

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Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
17:00

Box score

Al-Muharraq | 97-80 |  Hi-Tech Bangkok City

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Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 33–13, 20–22, 19–28

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
16:00

Box score

Fubon Braves | 81-85 |  Al-Muharraq

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Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
19:00

Box score

Palayesh Naft Abadan | 71-62 |  Hi-Tech Bangkok City

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Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–9, 24–13, 10–16

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

### Group B

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

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1  |  Al Riyadi Beirut | 3  | 3  | 0  | 260  | 252  | +8  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Alvark Tokyo | 3  | 2  | 1  | 250  | 223  | +27  | 5
3  |  Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | 3  | 1  | 2  | 264  | 258  | +6  | 4  | Classification round
4  |  Guangdong Southern Tigers | 3  | 0  | 3  | 228  | 261  | −33  | 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

24 September
15:30

Box score

Alvark Tokyo | 85-65 |  Guangdong Southern Tigers

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Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–13, 30–18, 18–18

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

24 September
20:30

Box score

Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | 90-92 (OT) |  Al Riyadi Beirut

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Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 26–25, 20–19, 21–25, Overtime: 10–12

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
15:30

Box score

Al Riyadi Beirut | 77-75 |  Alvark Tokyo

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Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–11, 22–29, 16–17

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
20:30

Box score

Guangdong Southern Tigers | 76-93 |  Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus

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Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 17–23, 19–30, 20–24

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
14:00

Box score

Alvark Tokyo | 90-81 |  Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus

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Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 16–15, 27–24, 21–20

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
21:30

Box score

Al Riyadi Beirut | 91-87 |  Guangdong Southern Tigers

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Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–14, 26–25, 20–20

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

## Final round

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 28 September | |

|  Palayesh Naft Abadan| 73

| 29 September

|  Alvark Tokyo| 80 |

|  Alvark Tokyo| 98

| 28 September

| |  Al Riyadi Beirut| 74

|  Al Riyadi Beirut| 100

|  Al-Muharraq| 88 |

| Third place game

| 29 September

|  Palayesh Naft Abadan| 81

|  Al-Muharraq| 69

### Semifinals

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28 September
15:30

Boxscore

Palayesh Naft Abadan | 73-80 |  Alvark Tokyo

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Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 17–22, 21–19, 22–23
Pts: Haddadi 29
Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8
Asts: Davoudichegani,  Khahbahrami 5
Eff.: Haddadi 38 |  | Pts: Kojima 19
Rebs: Mačvan 10
Asts: Kojima 4
Eff.: Kojima, Mačvan 22

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

28 September
18:00

Boxscore

Al Riyadi Beirut | 100-88 |  Al-Muharraq

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Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 20–30, 30–20, 25–17
Pts: Arakji 24
Rebs: Abdelnour 14
Asts: Arakji 7
Eff.: Arakji 32 |  | Pts: Harris 34
Rebs: Harris 9
Asts: Murphy, Malabes 4
Eff.: Harris 38

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

### Third place game

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29 September
15:30

Boxscore

Palayesh Naft Abadan | 81-69 |  Al-Muharraq

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Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 20–23, 17–12, 14–9
Pts: Davarpanah 31
Rebs: Kazemi 15
Asts: Davoudichegani 8
Eff.: Davarpanah 33 |  | Pts: Murphy 19
Rebs: Murphy 11
Asts: Alderazi 9
Eff.: Alderazi 16

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

### Final

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29 September
18:00

Boxscore

Alvark Tokyo | 98-74 |  Al Riyadi Beirut

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Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 25–14, 24–24, 27–24
Pts: Mačvan 20
Rebs: Kirk 12
Asts: Ando 7
Eff.: Mačvan 25 |  | Pts: Ibekwe 31
Rebs: Abdelnour, Bawji 6
Asts: Warren 6
Eff.: Ibekwe 32

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

## Final ranking

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  Alvark Tokyo | 4–1
|  Al Riyadi Beirut | 4–1
|  Palayesh Naft Abadan | 4–1
4th  |  Al-Muharraq | 2–3
5th  |  Fubon Braves | 1–2
6th  |  Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | 1–2
7th  |  Guangdong Southern Tigers | 0–3
8th  |  Hi-Tech Bangkok City | 0–3

## Awards

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2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Alvark Tokyo
1st title
Most Valuable Player

Alex Kirk[3]

### All-Star Five

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Pos  | Player  | Club

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G  |  Daiki Tanaka |  Alvark Tokyo
G  |  Wael Arakji |  Al Riyadi Beirut
G  |  Kevin Murphy |  Al-Muharraq
C  |  Alex Kirk (MVP) |  Alvark Tokyo
C  |  Hamed Haddadi |  Palayesh Naft Abadan

## References

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1. ^ "Alvark Tokyo make history with FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 title win". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. ^ "Ulsan Mobis claim KBL title, ticket to FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA Asia. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
3. ^ "Alvark's Alex Kirk named MVP, highlights All-Star Five of FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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