2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup explained

2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Dates:26 September – 1 October 2022 (cancelled)
Prevseason Link:2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Prevseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2024 Basketball Champions League Asia
Nextseason Year:2024

The 2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was a cancelled international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The competition would have been the 29th season of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and cancelled for the third consecutive year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The competition would have taken place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 26 September to 1 October.[2] The league would have featured 8 teams.[3]

The competition has been cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

The league champions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), Korean Basketball League (KBL), Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and B.League qualify directly for the group stage. The four other teams would have qualified through the Sub-Zone Qualifiers.

Team allocation

Group phase
Liaoning Flying Leopards (1st) Utsunomiya Brex (1st) Unknown Seoul SK Knights (1st)
Qualifying rounds
Four other teams

Teams

The following teams had qualified for the 2022 FIBA Asia CC:

TeamQualified onQualified asPrevious appearancesBest performance
Liaoning Flying Leopards26 April 2022Champions of the 2021–22 CBA season1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2018Winner (1990)
Seoul SK Knights5 May 2022Champions of the 2021–22 KBL season2018Third place (2018)
Utsunomiya Brex29 May 2022Champions of the 2021–22 B.League seasonDebut

Notes and References

  1. News: FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2022中止のお知らせ . Information about the cancellation of the 2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup . 29 July 2022 . 1 October 2022 . . ja.
  2. Web site: FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2022出場中止のお知らせ . Utsonomiya Brex . 1 March 2024 . ja . 7 July 2022.
  3. News: FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2022 dates confirmed . 22 January 2022 . FIBA.basketball . en.