2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup explained

Type:Asia Champions Cup
Year:2014
Size:200
Host:Kuwait
Dates:TBD
Teams:10
Federations:44
Venues:TBD
Cities:TBD
Website:2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will be the 25th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was supposed to be held in Kuwait on June 5–13, 2014,[1] but FIBA Asia, through a communique to the National Federations representing the qualified teams, had announced that the tournament will be rescheduled after the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women sometime in the third-fourth week of October, after they (National Federations) mentioned that they require their top players to be available for the National Team's preparations for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.[2]

Qualification

The qualifications for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup are still ongoing; it started this early 2014 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.

Format

The following are eligible to participate:[3]

Berths
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Host team 1 1
Central Asia 1 0 1
East Asia 1 0 1
Persian Gulf 1 1 2
South Asia 1 0 1
Southeast Asia 1 0 1
West Asia 1 2 3

2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

See main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

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West Asia (+1)
Persian Gulf (+1)
West Asia (+2)
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5
6
7
8

Qualified teams

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width=10px bgcolor=#ccccffAutomatic berth
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2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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Belent Ashgabat Malaysia BC Mahram Tehran
Al-Sadd ASU
Al-Ahli Al-Kahraba

Central Asia

Turkmenistan's Belent Ashgabat will be the CABA subzone's representative to the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[4]

Persian Gulf

Qatar's Al-Sadd and UAE's Al-Ahli have qualified to represent Gulf subzone, and a team representing Kuwait has qualified automatically as the hosts.[5] [6]

Southeast Asia

The 2014 SEABA Champions Cup was the qualification for Southeast Asia in the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. It was a single game between Malaysia and Singapore and was held on April 26, 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] After intense and hard-fought three quarters, the home team pulled out a 17–9 scoring in the final frame to claim the lone SEABA spot, 59–47.[8]

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1014759–121

West Asia

The 2014 WABA Champions Cup was the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The three best teams qualify for 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The tournament was held from March 8 to March 13, 2014, in Tehran, Iran.[9]

Preliminary round

Group A
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Mahram Tehran220194113+814
Al-Wahda211123166–433
Al-Ittihad202113151–382
Group B
width=200Teamwidth=30Pldwidth=30Wwidth=30Lwidth=30PFwidth=30PAwidth=30PDwidth=30Pts
Petrochimi Bandar Imam330292193+996
Al-Kahraba321238243–55
ASU312218235–174
Al-Jaish303197274−773

Final round

Final

Final standing

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width=40Rankwidth=200Team
Mahram Tehran
Petrochimi Bandar Imam
ASU
4 Al-Kahraba
5 Al-Ittihad
6 Al-Jaish
7 Al-Wahda

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 FIBA Asia Events. FIBA Asia. 30 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations. 14 May 2014. FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014.
  3. Web site: FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations. FIBA Asia. 77. 23 April 2014.
  4. Web site: Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations. 14 May 2014. FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Malaysia qualify to represent SEABA in FIBA Asia Champions Cup. 27 April 2014. FIBA Asia. 28 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations. 14 May 2014. FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014.
  7. Web site: Chey leads team to seek President to stay. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417023340/http://www.maba.com.my/article.php?lang=En&catID=7&pgID=12&acID=154. dead. 17 April 2014. 22 March 2014. MABA. 23 April 2014.
  8. Web site: Malaysia reclaims victory from Singapore in SEABA Champions Cup. 27 April 2014. Malaysia Basketball Association. 3 May 2014.
  9. Web site: WABA: Mahram down Petrochimi for top honors; ASU take bronze. 14 March 2014. FIBA Asia. 23 April 2014.