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

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

[1] "Former emir dies in Kuwait City". BBC News.

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