# 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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, 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.

## 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:
* The organizing country.
* The three best-placed teams from the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
* The best team from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.

#### Berths

| Zone | Automatic | Additional berths from 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | Total |
| 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

| Rank | Team | Note |
| | Iran | West Asia (+1) |
| | Qatar | Persian Gulf (+1) |
| | Jordan | West Asia (+2) |
| 4 | Bahrain | |
| 5 | Iraq | |
| 6 | Syria | |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | |
| 8 | India | |

### Qualified teams

* Host
* Automatic berth
* Additional berth from 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
| Central Asia (1) | Persian Gulf (1+1+1) | Southeast Asia (1) | West Asia (1+2) |
| 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.

### 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.

### 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. 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.
* Qualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 2 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 59 | –12 | 1 |
* April 26 19:30
* Live Stats
| Malaysia | 59–47 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 18–16, 14–12, 17–9 |||
* MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Herman (INA), Linn Maung (MYA)

### 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.

#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mahram Tehran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 113 | +81 | 4 |
| Al-Wahda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 166 | –43 | 3 |
| Al-Ittihad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 151 | –38 | 2 |
* March 8 16:00
* Box Score
| Mahram Tehran | 106–60 | Al-Wahda |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 25–11, 31–17, 24–16 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 9 14:00
* Box Score
| Al-Ittihad | 60–63 | Al-Wahda |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 10 16:00
* Box Score
| Al-Ittihad | 53–88 | Mahram Tehran |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 12–17, 19–22, 13–19 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 292 | 193 | +99 | 6 |
| Al-Kahraba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 243 | –5 | 5 |
| ASU | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 235 | –17 | 4 |
| Al-Jaish | 3 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 274 | −77 | 3 |
* March 8 18:00
| Al-Kahraba | 79–76 | ASU |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 8 20:00
* Box Score
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 105–61 | Al-Jaish |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 9 16:00
* Box Score
| ASU | 79–57 | Al-Jaish |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 23–9, 22–12, 26–12 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 9 18:00
* Box Score
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 88–69 | Al-Kahraba |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 10 14:00
* Box Score
| ASU | 63–99 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 9–28, 23–24, 16–28 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 10 18:00
* Box Score
| Al-Jaish | 79–90 (OT) | Al-Kahraba |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 21–14, 13–12, 23–26, Overtime: 10–21 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| March 11 | March 11 | | | |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | | | | |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | | March 12 | March 12 | | |
| BYE | | March 12 | March 12 | |
| BYE | | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 82 | |
| March 11 | March 11 | | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 82 | |
| March 11 | March 11 | ASU | 64 | |
| Al-Wahda | 86 | ASU | 64 | |
| Al-Wahda | 86 | | | | March 13 | March 13 |
| ASU (OT) | 88 | | | | March 13 | March 13 |
| ASU (OT) | 88 | | | | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 73 |
| March 11 | March 11 | | | | | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 73 |
| March 11 | March 11 | | | | Mahram Tehran | 90 |
| Al-Kahraba | 89 | | | | Mahram Tehran | 90 |
| Al-Kahraba | 89 | March 12 | March 12 | | | |
| Al-Ittihad | 76 | March 12 | March 12 | | | |
| Al-Ittihad | 76 | Al-Kahraba | 87 | | | |
| March 11 | March 11 | | Al-Kahraba | 87 | | | |
| March 11 | March 11 | Mahram Tehran | 112 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Mahram Tehran | 106 | Mahram Tehran | 112 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Mahram Tehran | 106 | | | | March 13 | March 13 |
| Al-Jaish | 59 | | | | March 13 | March 13 |
| Al-Jaish | 59 | | | | ASU | 79 |
| | | | | | Al-Kahraba | 65 |

##### Quarterfinals

* March 11 14:00
* Live Stats
| Al-Kahraba | 89–76 | Al-Ittihad |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 21–10, 23–22, 15–28 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 11 16:00
* Live Stats
| Mahram Tehran | 106–59 | Al-Jaish |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 11 18:00
* Live Stats
| Al-Wahda | 86–88 (OT) | ASU |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–20, 19–23, 22–22, Overtime: 9–11 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Semifinals

* March 12 15:30
* Box Score
| Mahram Tehran | 112–87 | Al-Kahraba |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 27–21, 36–26, 24–27 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* March 12 18:00
* Box Score
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 82–64 | ASU |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–16, 25–25, 11–7 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### 3rd place

* March 13 10:30
* Box Score
| Al-Kahraba | 65–79 | ASU |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–23, 17–16, 12–24 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Final

* March 13 18:00
* Box Score
| Mahram Tehran | 90–73 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–22, 29–16, 27–14 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Final standing

* Qualified at the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
| Rank | Team |
| | Mahram Tehran |
| | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
| | ASU |
| 4 | Al-Kahraba |
| 5 | Al-Ittihad |
| 6 | Al-Jaish |
| 7 | Al-Wahda |