2023–24 FIBA WASL season | |
League: | FIBA West Asia Super League |
Sport: | Basketball |
Prevseason Year: | 2022–23 |
Duration: | 13 November 2023 – 1 June 2024 |
No Of Teams: | 18 |
Season: | Gulf League |
Season Champs: | Kuwait Club (2nd title) |
Season2: | West Asia League |
Season Champs2: | Al Riyadi (2nd title) |
Finals: | Final Eight |
Finals Venue: | Lusail Sports Arena, Doha, Qatar |
Finals Champ: | Al Riyadi (1st title) |
Prevseason Link: | 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League |
Nextseason Link: | 2024–25 FIBA West Asia Super League |
Nextseason Year: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League, also known as the FIBA WASL Season 2, was the second season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), the premier basketball competition for Western Asia organised by the FIBA Asia. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 16 October, but was moved to 13 November following the Israel–Hamas war.[1] [2]
Manama were the defending champions, having won the inaugural season, however, they were eliminated in the group phase of the final eight.
Al Riyadi won their first title after defeating Sagesse in the final, and qualified as champions for the 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia, along with third placed Shahrdari Gorgan who were the third placed team.[3]
The participating teams were officially revealed by FIBA on 7 August 2023.[4]
On 31 October, FIBA announced that Sagesse replaced Dynamo Lebanon as Lebanon's second representative team.[5] On 15 November, FIBA announced that Orthodox Beit Sahour from Palestine would not play in the season, as a consequence of the Israel–Hamas war.[6]
Final Eight | ||||
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Tamil Nadu (1st) | Astana (1st) | |||
Group phase | ||||
West Asia | Gulf | |||
Al Riyadi (1st) | Al Wahda (1st) | Al Rayyan (1st) | Manama (1st)TH | |
Sagesse (3rd) | Al Ittihad Aleppo (2nd) | Al Shamal (2 | Al Muharraq (2nd) | |
Shahrdari Gorgan (1st) | Al Naft (1st) | Kuwait (1st) | Al Ahli Jeddah (1st) | |
Al Shorta (2nd) | Kazma (2nd) | Shabab Al Ahli (1st) |
The draw for the Sub-Zone Leagues will be held on 8 August 2023 18:00 (GMT+3) in Le Royal Hotel in Dbayeh, Lebanon.[7] Teams from the same country can not been drawn in the same group. As such, there were three pots for the draw and the remaining teams were allocated in the group that does not contain a team from the same country.
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The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 24 April 2024. |}
The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 25 April and 1, 8 May 2024. |}
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The schedule for the semi-finals was confirmed on 21 March 2024.[8] |}
The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 22 April 2024. |}
The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 23, 29 April and 6 May 2024. |}
The schedule for the semi-finals was confirmed on 31 May 2024.|}
The schedule for the third place game was confirmed on 1 June 2024. |}
The schedule for the finals was confirmed on 1 June 2024. |}