2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Host countryThailand

Dates27 September–2 October

Teams8

Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
27th 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]

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

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

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

All times at Thailand Standard Time (UTC+7)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Petrochimi	3	3	0	281	194	+87	6	Final round
2	Seoul SK Knights	3	2	1	259	210	+49	5	Final round
3	Pauian	3	1	2	251	247	+4	4	Classification round
4	Liaoning Flying Leopards	3	0	3	182	322	−140	3	Classification round

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

Pauian	106–62	Liaoning Flying Leopards
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

Seoul SK Knights	62–77	Petrochimi
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

Pauian	63–96	Petrochimi
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

Liaoning Flying Leopards	51–108	Seoul SK Knights
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

Seoul SK Knights	89–82	Pauian
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

Petrochimi	108–69	Liaoning Flying Leopards
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alvark Tokyo	3	3	0	279	249	+30	6	Final round
2	Meralco Bolts	3	1	2	261	247	+14	4^[a]	Final round
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]	Classification round

Meralco Bolts	92–100	Mono Vampire
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

Al Riyadi	76–87	Alvark Tokyo
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

Alvark Tokyo	84–73	Meralco Bolts
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

Al Riyadi	106–100 (OT)	Mono Vampire
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

Mono Vampire	100–108	Alvark Tokyo
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

Meralco Bolts	96–63	Al Riyadi
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

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

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

Pauian	100–87	Al Riyadi
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

Mono Vampire	95–71	Liaoning Flying Leopards
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

Al Riyadi	102–75	Liaoning Flying Leopards
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

Pauian	96–97	Mono Vampire
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

Semifinals		Gold medal game

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

Petrochimi	79–74	Meralco Bolts
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

Group A

Group B

5th-8th semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

All-Star Five

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Alvark Tokyo	78–54	Seoul SK Knights
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

Meralco Bolts	87–91	Seoul SK Knights
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

Petrochimi	68–64	Alvark Tokyo
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

Rank^[9]	Team	Record
	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

Pos	Player	Club
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

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