2017_FIBA_Asia_Champions_Cup References

2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
26th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	22–30 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Lebanon ( Al-Riyadi 's 2nd title; Lebanon's 5th title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	32
MVP	Darius Adams
Top scorer	Alshabebi (25.9)
Top rebounds	Austin (13.0)
Top assists	Brickman (7.0)
Official website
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The 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 26th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Chenzhou, China from 22 September to 30 September 2017.^[1]^[2] This was the second straight year that China hosted the tournament.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup is ten. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones has one place, and the hosts (China) was automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.^[3]^[4]

Central Asia (1)	East Asia (1+2)	Persian Gulf (1)	South Asia (1)	Southeast Asia (1)	West Asia (1+1+1)
BC Astana	Xinjiang Flying Tigers	Al-Ahli	ONGC	Mono Vampire	Al-Riyadi
	~~Sun Rockers Shibuya~~*			Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas	Petrochimi
	Dacin Tigers				Sareyyet Ramallah

West Asia

On March 17, 2017, Al-Riyadi of Lebanon ruled the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Champions Cup for the fourth time in their history after beating defending champions Petrochimi of Iran, 83-69, in the Final in Amman, Jordan.^[5] Joining the finalists is the first-time participants Sareyyet Ramallah of Palestine, which qualified by virtue of their win over Iraq's Al Mina the day before.

Southeast Asia

On April 23, 2017, Mono Vampire of Thailand qualified to the main tournament by being the champion of TBSL (Thailand Basketball Super League).

Singapore Slingers, who was the runner-up in the ASEAN Basketball League in 2017, was supposed to play in the tournament, but apparently withdrew due to the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.^{[
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Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas were given a wildcard slot on September 5, as a replacement to Japan's SunRockers Shibuya. SunRockers Shibuya withdrew their participation due to scheduling conflicts with the B.League.^[6]

Persian Gulf

The 37th GCC Club Basketball Championship was held from May 12 up to May 20, 2017 in Manama, Bahrain. United Arab Emirates' Al-Ahli defeated their compatriots Al Shabab in the final. Joining the champions is the Manama Club of Bahrain, who took the bronze medal by defeating Al-Rayyan of Qatar.^[7] Eight teams vied for the two slots allotted for Persian Gulf Region. The draw for the tournament was held on April 7, 2017.^[8]

South Asia

The 2017 SABA Championship, which is also the qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, was also designated as the qualifying tournament for SABA subzone for the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. Since India won the tournament, their top domestic club will also represent South Asia, ^[9] which means that the defending Indian champs ONGC will represent India and South Asia.

Draw

The draw was held in Beijing on 25 August 2017.^[10]^[11] Three pots used for the draw. All ten teams except China's representative where distributed among the pots according to their geographical locations. The Chinese representative chose the group which they would like to be in.^[12] The identity of the Japanese team which later withdrew were not yet announced at the time of the draw.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
BC Astana ONGC Mono Vampire Al-Ahli	Al-Riyadi Petrochimi Sareyyet Ramallah	Dacin Tigers ~~TBA~~*
Xinjiang Flying Tigers were not allocated in a pot and joined the group of their choosing.

(*) Identity unknown at the time of draw, later announced as Sun Rockers Shibuya. The team withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas of the Philippines.

Preliminary round

All times are local ( UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astana	4	3	1	285	255	+30	7	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Petrochimi	4	3	1	371	237	+134	7
3	Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas	4	2	2	336	343	−7	6
4	Mono Vampire	4	1	3	330	411	−81	5
5	Sareyyet Ramallah	4	1	3	285	361	−76	5

Source: FIBA Asia

22 September 2017
16:25

Sareyyet Ramallah	100–102 (OT)	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 20–19, 34–23, 15–21, Overtime: 10–12
Pts: Abu-Shamala, O'Brien 24 Rebs: O'Brien 12 Asts: Weeden 8		Pts: Singletary 38 Rebs: Singletary 12 Asts: Brickman 11

BC Astana	65–73	Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 24–14, 12–22 , 10–16
Pts: Gavrilov 11 Rebs: Gavrilov 11 Asts: Carter 4		Pts: Ravena 22 Rebs: Austin 18 Asts: Revilla 4

Petrochimi	65–66	BC Astana
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–18, 14–21, 12–15
Pts: Warren 17 Rebs: Kazemi 10 Asts: Begić, Warren 3		Pts: Carter 24 Rebs: Zhigulin 10 Asts: Murzagaliyev 3

Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas	82–89	Sareyyet Ramallah
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 20–20, 21–23, 28–25
Pts: Ravena 24 Rebs: Austin 8 Asts: Ravena 3		Pts: Weeden 22 Rebs: Abu-Shamala 12 Asts: O'Brien 5

Mono Vampire	102–115	Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas
Scoring by quarter: 22–31, 29–26, 26–24, 25–34
Pts: Singletary 32 Rebs: Singletary 10 Asts: Brickman 9		Pts: Cruz 28 Rebs: Austin 19 Asts: Revilla 9

Sareyyet Ramallah	45–108	Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 7–27, 6–29, 16–31
Pts: O'Brien 15 Rebs: O'Brien 11 Asts: O'Brien 4		Pts: Warren 25 Rebs: Kazemi 11 Asts: Mashayekhi 4

BC Astana	69–51	Sareyyet Ramallah
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 23–9, 21–17, 11–15
Pts: Carter 23 Rebs: Kolesnikov 8 Asts: Clemmons 5		Pts: O'Brien 18 Rebs: O'Brien 9 Asts: Abu-Shamala 3

Petrochimi	111–60	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 21–18, 30–14, 34–9
Pts: Warren 20 Rebs: Mirzaei 15 Asts: Warren 7		Pts: Singletary 12 Rebs: Singletary 5 Asts: Brickman 5

Mono Vampire	66–85	BC Astana
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 8–13, 25–27, 16–27
Pts: Singletary 30 Rebs: Singletary 8 Asts: Brickman 3		Pts: Carter 27 Rebs: Kolesnikov 15 Asts: Carter 5

Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas	66–87	Petrochimi
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–27, 16–18, 21–26
Pts: Austin, Ravena 20 Rebs: Austin 12 Asts: Ravena 5		Pts: Warren 30 Rebs: Kazemi 18 Asts: Mashayekhi 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Riyadi	4	4	0	435	250	+185	8	Advance to quarterfinals
2	China Kashgar	4	3	1	361	287	+74	7
3	Taipei Dacin Tigers	4	2	2	352	326	+26	6
4	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	4	1	3	245	376	−131	5
5	ONGC	4	0	4	231	385	−154	4

Dacin Tigers	94–62	ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 22–13, 22–13, 22–27
Pts: Chih-Feng 22 Rebs: Bhullar 11 Asts: I-Chieh, Yu-Chun, Huang Jhen 3		Pts: Bhandari 15 Rebs: Mukkanniyil 9 Asts: Uddin 4

Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	43–96	China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 12–24, 10–25, 10–25
Pts: Alshabebi, Salem 16 Rebs: Alblooshi 7 Asts: Alblooshi 2		Pts: Adams 17 Rebs: Abudurexiti 8 Asts: Adams 7

China Kashgar	100–94	Dacin Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 28–23, 23–21, 29–26
Pts: Adams 31 Rebs: Adams, Makan 8 Asts: Adams 7		Pts: Bhullar 26 Rebs: Bhullar 14 Asts: I-Chieh 5

Al-Riyadi	116–55	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Scoring by quarter: 31–6, 31–14, 30–20, 25–15
Pts: Douby 20 Rebs: Daniels, Haidar 12 Asts: Mahmoud 9		Pts: Alshabebi 26 Rebs: Alshabebi 11 Asts: Alblooshi, Salem 3

Dacin Tigers	71–89	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 16–29, 17–17, 22–29, 16–14
Pts: Bhullar 17 Rebs: Bhullar 8 Asts: Yu-Chun 3		Pts: Douby 20 Rebs: Nour 11 Asts: Arakji 8

ONGC	47–92	China Kashgar
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 19–30, 9–24, 10–18
Pts: Singh 17 Rebs: Yadwinder 14 Asts: Uddin, Yadwinder 3		Pts: Adams 25 Rebs: Sun 9 Asts: Wang, Xirelijiang 5

Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	75–93	Dacin Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 23–27, 24–23, 14–30
Pts: Alshabebi 37 Rebs: Alshabebi 22 Asts: Alblooshi, Juma 6		Pts: Cheng 22 Rebs: Bhullar 6 Asts: Cheng, Weng 6

Al-Riyadi	127–51	ONGC
Scoring by quarter: 38–18, 34–6, 34–14, 21–13
Pts: Douby 22 Rebs: Tabet 14 Asts: Mahmoud 8		Pts: Mukkanniyil 13 Rebs: Mukkanniyil 10 Asts: Bhandari, Uddin 2

ONGC	71–72	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 18–20, 10–15, 25–18
Pts: Uddin 20 Rebs: Mukkanniyil 11 Asts: Uddin, Singh 3		Pts: Alshabebi 25 Rebs: Alshabebi 12 Asts: Alblooshi 8

Qualification

West Asia

Southeast Asia

Persian Gulf

South Asia

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Quarterfinals

Classification 5th–8th

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Star Five

References

China Kashgar	73–103	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 28–19, 13–34, 15–22
Pts: Adams 22 Rebs: Adams 6 Asts: Blatche 6		Pts: Haidar 23 Rebs: Tabet 14 Asts: Douby 5

Petrochimi	97–80	Taipei Dacin Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 22–23, 20–16, 29–23
Pts: Warren 31 Rebs: Kazemii 15 Asts: Kazemi 5		Pts: Tzu-Kang 13 Rebs: Bhullar 9 Asts: I-Chieh 4

BC Astana	83–53	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 25–14, 23–18, 13–14
Pts: Carter 17 Rebs: Degtyarev 8 Asts: Carter, Clemmons 4		Pts: Salem 17 Rebs: Alshabebi 11 Asts: Alblooshi 3

China Kashgar	86–70	Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 21–22, 23–18, 18–13
Pts: Adams 23 Rebs: Adams 9 Asts: Sun 6		Pts: Austin, Ravena 16 Rebs: Austin 11 Asts: Manuel 3

Al-Riyadi	110–73	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 33–23, 22–15, 28–22, 27–13
Pts: Saoud 30 Rebs: Haidar 10 Asts: Saoud 9		Pts: Chanthachon 19 Rebs: Singletary 8 Asts: Brickman 4

Taipei Dacin Tigers	89–92	Mono Vampire
Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 28–22, 19–18, 16–25
Pts: Tzu-Kang 22 Rebs: Bhullar 14 Asts: Tzu-Kang, Chia-Jung 3		Pts: Brickman 27 Rebs: Singletary 13 Asts: Brickman 11

Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas	92–57	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 23–13, 22–19, 28–12
Pts: Ravena 20 Rebs: Cruz 10 Asts: Austin 5		Pts: Alshabebi 28 Rebs: Alshabebi 13 Asts: Balabed 4

China Kashgar	79–70	BC Astana
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–17, 20–23, 25–11
Pts: Adams 27 Rebs: Adams 9 Asts: Adams 4		Pts: Carter 26 Rebs: Carter, Marchuk 7 Asts: Four players 1

Petrochimi	64–74	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 15–25, 21–16, 18–21
Pts: Kazemi 14 Rebs: Kazemi 14 Asts: Mashayekhi 3		Pts: Douby 23 Rebs: Haidar 10 Asts: Douby 5

Taipei Dacin Tigers	103–58	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 25–11, 28–16, 32–9
Pts: Yu Chun 20 Rebs: Chia-Hung, Li-Huang 10 Asts: Huang Jhen 6		Pts: Alshabebi 28 Rebs: Alshabebi 13 Asts: Balabed, Juma 2