# 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted by China, took place in Thailand from 27 September to 2 October 2018. Games were played at Stadium29 in Nonthaburi.

## Qualification

Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:
* There will be several qualifying rounds spread all across the continent, having the sub-zones scheduled their own qualifiers.
* One unique difference is some of Asia's top professional leagues will have their representatives already seeded in the Final Eight. China's Chinese Basketball Association, South Korea's Korean Basketball League, Japan's B.League and the Philippines' Philippine Basketball Association all have Direct Qualifying Spots to the Final 8.
Already qualified to the main tournament are the following nations:
* Liaoning Flying Leopards (2017–18 CBA season champions)
* Seoul SK Knights (2017–18 KBL season champions)
* Alvark Tokyo (2017–18 B.League season champions)
* Meralco Bolts (PBA representatives)
* Pauian (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Mono Vampire (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)
* Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC (West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)

## Host

The Basketball Association of Thailand was awarded the hosting duties. They assigned to Stadium 29 in the Bangkok suburb of Nonthaburi as the host of the tournament. The arena is the home of Mono Vampire in the Thailand Basketball League and in the ASEAN Basketball League.

## Draw

The draw was held on September 14, at Stadium 29 at Nonthaburi. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Hosts Mono Vampire chose their own group after three teams were drawn.

## Group phase

    All times at Thailand Standard Time (UTC+7)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Petrochimi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 194 | +87 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Seoul SK Knights | 3 | 2 | 1 | 259 | 210 | +49 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Pauian | 3 | 1 | 2 | 251 | 247 | +4 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 322 | −140 | 3 | Classification round |
* 27 September 13:00
* Box score
| Pauian | 106–62 | Liaoning Flying Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 31–13, 20–16, 24–20 |||
| Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Rhett 11 Asts: Peng 7 | | Pts: Ma, Wu 12 Rebs: Wu 9 Asts: Ma 4 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI)
* 27 September 18:00
* Box score
| Seoul SK Knights | 62–77 | Petrochimi |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 9–17, 18–20, 28–16 |||
| Pts: Summers 21 Rebs: Summers 4 Asts: Choi W.H. 3 | | Pts: Aslani 20 Rebs: Kazemi 17 Asts: Yakhchali 10 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)
* 28 September 18:00
* Box score
| Pauian | 63–96 | Petrochimi |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 12–25, 17–28, 15–17 |||
| Pts: Jones 14 Rebs: Rhett 9 Asts: Chien, Peng 4 | | Pts: Yakhchali 28 Rebs: Mirzaei 10 Asts: Yakhchali 8 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN)
* 28 September 20:30
* Box score
| Liaoning Flying Leopards | 51–108 | Seoul SK Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 7–19, 14–33, 12–28 |||
| Pts: Guo 14 Rebs: Wu 15 Asts: Wang J., Zhou 2 | | Pts: Byun 22 Rebs: Choi W.H., Kim M.S. 8 Asts: Byun 6 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Preeda Muongmee (THA)
* 29 September 13:00
* Box score
| Seoul SK Knights | 89–82 | Pauian |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 29–23, 21–21, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Summers 37 Rebs: Summers 13 Asts: Byun 6 | | Pts: Jones 29 Rebs: Rhett 11 Asts: Peng 8 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)
* 29 September 18:00
* Box score
| Petrochimi | 108–69 | Liaoning Flying Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 29–16, 27–22, 28–18 |||
| Pts: Aslani 26 Rebs: Mashayekhi, Mirzaei 10 Asts: Mashayekhi 9 | | Pts: Guo 21 Rebs: Guo 5 Asts: three players 3 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alvark Tokyo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 279 | 249 | +30 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 1 | 2 | 261 | 247 | +14 | 4 | Final round |
| 3 | Mono Vampire (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 300 | 306 | −6 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | Al Riyadi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 245 | 283 | −38 | 4 | Classification round |
* 1 2 3 Meralco 1–1, +25 PD; Mono 1–1, +2 PD; Al Riyadi 1–1, –27 PD
* 27 September 15:30
* Box score
| Meralco Bolts | 92–100 | Mono Vampire |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 22–26, 20–23, 22–30 |||
| Pts: Stone 23 Rebs: Durham 18 Asts: four players 3 | | Pts: Keene 29 Rebs: Singletary 15 Asts: Keene 8 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)
* 27 September 20:30
* Box score
| Al Riyadi | 76–87 | Alvark Tokyo |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–20, 24–21, 20–25 |||
| Pts: Lyons 23 Rebs: Abdel Moneim 12 Asts: Akl, Saoud 4 | | Pts: Kirk 29 Rebs: Kirk 13 Asts: Ando, Kikuchi 5 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)
* 28 September 13:00
* Box score
| Alvark Tokyo | 84–73 | Meralco Bolts |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–20, 25–19, 24–17 |||
| Pts: Kirk 23 Rebs: Kirk 11 Asts: Tanaka 7 | | Pts: Durham 31 Rebs: Durham 12 Asts: Amer 7 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
* 28 September 15:30
* Box score
| Al Riyadi | 106–100 (OT) | Mono Vampire |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–26, 22–14, 19–25, Overtime: 19–13 |||
| Pts: Saoud 30 Rebs: Bawji 16 Asts: Lyons 10 | | Pts: Singletary 30 Rebs: Singletary 20 Asts: Keene 8 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)
* 29 September 13:00
* Box score
| Mono Vampire | 100–108 | Alvark Tokyo |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 26–25, 32–35, 26–27 |||
| Pts: Singletary 44 Rebs: Singletary 13 Asts: Keene 4 | | Pts: Kirk 28 Rebs: Kirk 10 Asts: Kikuchi 5 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Mohammad Doost (IRI)
* 29 September 20:30
* Box score
| Meralco Bolts | 96–63 | Al Riyadi |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 26–7, 23–16, 24–14 |||
| Pts: Lanete, Stone 20 Rebs: Durham 14 Asts: Stone 5 | | Pts: Bawji 19 Rebs: Ziade 10 Asts: Saoud 3 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

## Classification round

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 1 October–13:00 | 1 October–13:00 |
| Pauian | 100 |
| Pauian | 100 | 2 October–15:30 | 2 October–15:30 |
| Al Riyadi | 87 | 2 October–15:30 | 2 October–15:30 |
| Al Riyadi | 87 | Pauian | 96 |
| 1 October–15:30 | 1 October–15:30 | | Pauian | 96 |
| 1 October–15:30 | 1 October–15:30 | Mono Vampire | 97 |
| Mono Vampire | 95 | Mono Vampire | 97 |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards | 71 | | |
| Liaoning Flying Leopards | 71 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 2 October–13:00 | 2 October–13:00 |
| | | Al Riyadi | 102 |
| | | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 75 |

### 5th-8th semifinals

* 1 October 13:00
* Box score
| Pauian | 100–87 | Al Riyadi |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 25–24, 31–20, 25–23 |||
| Pts: Jones 29 Rebs: Rhett 12 Asts: Wu C.C. 9 | | Pts: Bawji 23 Rebs: Bawji 17 Asts: Lyons 6 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI)
* 1 October 15:30
* Box score
| Mono Vampire | 95–71 | Liaoning Flying Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–25, 30–10, 19–16, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Keene, Singletary 19 Rebs: Singletary 15 Asts: Singletary 6 | | Pts: Ma 25 Rebs: Wu 12 Asts: Guo 6 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

### Seventh place game

* 2 October 13:00
* Box score
| Al Riyadi | 102–75 | Liaoning Flying Leopards |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–15, 14–21, 30–23, 25–16 |||
| Pts: Saoud 50 Rebs: Bawji 12 Asts: El Khatib 4 | | Pts: Ma 18 Rebs: Wu 12 Asts: Guo 5 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Sadegh Ghanbaridamanab (IRI), Mohammad Doost (IRI), Tomohiro Hosoda (JPN)

### Fifth place game

* 2 October 15:30
* Box score
| Pauian | 96–97 | Mono Vampire |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 25–24, 29–16, 21–29 |||
| Pts: Jones 32 Rebs: Jones 16 Asts: Shih 5 | | Pts: Keene 32 Rebs: Singletary 19 Asts: Keene 5 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Park Kyoung-jin (KOR), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| 1 October–18:00 | 1 October–18:00 |
| Petrochimi | 79 |
| Petrochimi | 79 | 2 October–20:30 | 2 October–20:30 |
| Meralco Bolts | 74 | 2 October–20:30 | 2 October–20:30 |
| Meralco Bolts | 74 | Petrochimi | 68 |
| 1 October–20:30 | 1 October–20:30 | | Petrochimi | 68 |
| 1 October–20:30 | 1 October–20:30 | Alvark Tokyo | 64 |
| Alvark Tokyo | 78 | Alvark Tokyo | 64 |
| Seoul SK Knights | 54 | | |
| Seoul SK Knights | 54 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | 2 October–18:00 | 2 October–18:00 |
| | | Meralco Bolts | 87 |
| | | Seoul SK Knights | 91 |

### Semifinals

* 1 October 18:00
* Box score
| Petrochimi | 79–74 | Meralco Bolts |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 17–16, 21–21, 25–19 |||
| Pts: Yakhchali 29 Rebs: Kazemi 14 Asts: Mashayekhi 5 | | Pts: Durham 27 Rebs: Durham 11 Asts: Amer, Durham 4 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Preeda Muongmee (THA)
* 1 October 20:30
* Box score
| Alvark Tokyo | 78–54 | Seoul SK Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 19–17, 16–13, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Kirk 23 Rebs: Bjelica, Kirk 10 Asts: Tanaka 5 | | Pts: Summers 28 Rebs: Summers 10 Asts: Lee 3 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Leong Chuen Wing (SIN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

### Third place game

* 2 October 18:00
* Box score
| Meralco Bolts | 87–91 | Seoul SK Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 13–19, 25–16, 24–29 |||
| Pts: Stone 32 Rebs: Stone 13 Asts: Durham 5 | | Pts: Summers 26 Rebs: Kim M.S. 8 Asts: Choi W.H. 8 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Budi Marfan (INA), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI)

### Final

* 2 October 20:30
* Box score
| Petrochimi | 68–64 | Alvark Tokyo |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 22–11, 18–14, 20–23 |||
| Pts: Mirzaei 28 Rebs: Kazemi 14 Asts: Yakhchali 4 | | Pts: Tanaka 28 Rebs: Kirk 9 Asts: Baba 4 |
* Stadium 29, Nonthaburi Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Kim Jong-kuk (KOR)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Petrochimi | 5–0 |
| | Alvark Tokyo | 4–1 |
| | Seoul SK Knights | 3–2 |
| 4th | Meralco Bolts | 1–4 |
| 5th | Mono Vampire | 3–2 |
| 6th | Pauian | 2–3 |
| 7th | Al Riyadi | 2–3 |
| 8th | Liaoning Flying Leopards | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
* Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC 1st title
* Most Valuable Player
* Daiki Tanaka

### All-Star Five

| Pos | Player | Club |
| G | Daiki Tanaka (MVP) | Alvark Tokyo |
| G | Behnam Yakhchali | Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC |
| C | Alex Kirk | Alvark Tokyo |
| F | Mike Singletary | Mono Vampire |
| F | Dajuan Summers | Seoul SK Knights |