2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
28th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	24 – 29 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (Alvark Tokyo's 1st title; Japan's 1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	16
MVP	Alex Kirk
Top scorer	Kevin Murphy (27.6)
Top rebounds	Ra Gun-ah (16.3)
Top assists	Wen-Cheng Tsai (5.3)
Official website
	2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
	← 2018 2024; 2022 →

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament took place in Thailand from 24 to 29 September 2019. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi. Alvark Tokyo won their first title after losing in the final last year.^[1]

Qualification

The following clubs qualified to the main tournament:^[2]

Team	Qualified as
Guangdong Southern Tigers	Winners of the 2018–19 CBA season
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	Winners of the 2018–19 KBL season
Alvark Tokyo	Winners of the 2018–19 B.League season
Al Riyadi Beirut	Wild card
Fubon Braves	East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Hi-Tech Bangkok City	East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Palayesh Naft Abadan	West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier
Al-Muharraq	West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier

Group phase

All times are local (UTC+07:00)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palayesh Naft Abadan	3	3	0	224	192	+32	6	Final round
2	Al-Muharraq	3	2	1	246	246	0	5	Final round
3	Fubon Braves	3	1	2	235	222	+13	4	Classification round
4	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	3	0	3	211	256	−45	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

24 September
13:00

Box score

Palayesh Naft Abadan	85–64	Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 24–17, 19–16, 17–15

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

24 September
17:00

Box score

Hi-Tech Bangkok City	69–88	Fubon Braves
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 26–18, 12–30, 17–21

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
13:00

Box score

Fubon Braves	66–68	Palayesh Naft Abadan
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 11–11, 12–21, 20–7

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
17:00

Box score

Al-Muharraq	97–80	Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 33–13, 20–22, 19–28

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
16:00

Box score

Fubon Braves	81–85	Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 14–20, 23–13, 24–33

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
19:00

Box score

Palayesh Naft Abadan	71–62	Hi-Tech Bangkok City
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 16–9, 24–13, 10–16

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Riyadi Beirut	3	3	0	260	252	+8	6	Final round
2	Alvark Tokyo	3	2	1	250	223	+27	5	Final round
3	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	3	1	2	264	258	+6	4	Classification round
4	Guangdong Southern Tigers	3	0	3	228	261	−33	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

24 September
15:30

Box score

Alvark Tokyo	85–65	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–13, 30–18, 18–18

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

24 September
20:30

Box score

Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	90–92 (OT)	Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 26–25, 20–19, 21–25, Overtime: 10–12

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
15:30

Box score

Al Riyadi Beirut	77–75	Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 16–11, 22–29, 16–17

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

25 September
20:30

Box score

Guangdong Southern Tigers	76–93	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 17–23, 19–30, 20–24

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
14:00

Box score

Alvark Tokyo	90–81	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 16–15, 27–24, 21–20

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

26 September
21:30

Box score

Al Riyadi Beirut	91–87	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 23–28, 22–14, 26–25, 20–20

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final round

Semifinals		Final

28 September

Palayesh Naft Abadan	73
		29 September
Alvark Tokyo	80
		Alvark Tokyo	98
28 September
		Al Riyadi Beirut	74
Al Riyadi Beirut	100

Al-Muharraq	88
		Third place game

		29 September

		Palayesh Naft Abadan	81

		Al-Muharraq	69

Semifinals

28 September
15:30

Boxscore

Palayesh Naft Abadan	73–80	Alvark Tokyo
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 17–22, 21–19, 22–23
Pts: Haddadi 29 Rebs: Haddadi, Kazemi 8 Asts: Davoudichegani, Khahbahrami 5 Eff.: Haddadi 38		Pts: Kojima 19 Rebs: Mačvan 10 Asts: Kojima 4 Eff.: Kojima, Mačvan 22

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

28 September
18:00

Boxscore

Al Riyadi Beirut	100–88	Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 20–30, 30–20, 25–17
Pts: Arakji 24 Rebs: Abdelnour 14 Asts: Arakji 7 Eff.: Arakji 32		Pts: Harris 34 Rebs: Harris 9 Asts: Murphy, Malabes 4 Eff.: Harris 38

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Third place game

29 September
15:30

Boxscore

Palayesh Naft Abadan	81–69	Al-Muharraq
Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 20–23, 17–12, 14–9
Pts: Davarpanah 31 Rebs: Kazemi 15 Asts: Davoudichegani 8 Eff.: Davarpanah 33		Pts: Murphy 19 Rebs: Murphy 11 Asts: Alderazi 9 Eff.: Alderazi 16

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final

29 September
18:00

Boxscore

Alvark Tokyo	98–74	Al Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 25–14, 24–24, 27–24
Pts: Mačvan 20 Rebs: Kirk 12 Asts: Ando 7 Eff.: Mačvan 25		Pts: Ibekwe 31 Rebs: Abdelnour, Bawji 6 Asts: Warren 6 Eff.: Ibekwe 32

Stadium 29, Nonthaburi

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Alvark Tokyo	4–1
	Al Riyadi Beirut	4–1
	Palayesh Naft Abadan	4–1
4th	Al-Muharraq	2–3
5th	Fubon Braves	1–2
6th	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	1–2
7th	Guangdong Southern Tigers	0–3
8th	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	0–3

Awards

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Alvark Tokyo 1st title

Most Valuable Player
Alex Kirk^[3]

All-Star Five

Pos	Player	Club
G	Daiki Tanaka	Alvark Tokyo
G	Wael Arakji	Al Riyadi Beirut
G	Kevin Murphy	Al-Muharraq
C	Alex Kirk (MVP)	Alvark Tokyo
C	Hamed Haddadi	Palayesh Naft Abadan

References

^ "Alvark Tokyo make history with FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 title win". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "Ulsan Mobis claim KBL title, ticket to FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA Asia. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ "Alvark's Alex Kirk named MVP, highlights All-Star Five of FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[1] "Alvark Tokyo make history with FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 title win". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

[2] "Ulsan Mobis claim KBL title, ticket to FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA Asia. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[3] "Alvark's Alex Kirk named MVP, highlights All-Star Five of FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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Speedway

Qualification

Group phase

Group A

Group B

Final round

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Star Five

References