# 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League

The 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League was the inaugural season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), organised by FIBA Asia. The league featured eighteen teams. The season began on 19 December 2022 and finished on 17 June 2023 with the final game of the Final Eight, which was hosted in Dubai.
The league was split in two subdivisions, the West Asia League and the Gulf League, with both of them having a finals to determine the subdivision winners.
Manama won the inaugural title after defeating Kuwait Club in the championship game. Following their win, Manama was invited for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

## Format

The season exists out of 18 teams. Eight teams in the Western Asia region compete in home and away games for the sub-zonal title, while eight teams in the Gulf region do the same. The top three teams from each division advance to the Final round. There they are joined by the champions of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the invited Indian representative. The two teams that advance to the championship game qualify for the 2023 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

## Teams

The Chennai Heat as the Indian National Basketball League champions, were supposed to play in the Final 8, but withdrew.
Final 8 :
| Astana (1st) | Chennai Heat (1st) | |
| Group phase ||||
| West Asia | West Asia | Gulf | Gulf |
| Beirut Club (1st) | Al Ittihad Aleppo (1st) | Al Hilal (1st) | Al Sadd (1st) |
| Al Riyadi (2nd) | Al Karamah (2nd) | Al Nassr (2nd) | Shabab Al Ahli (1st) |
| Shahrdari Gorgan (1st) | Orthodox Amman (1st) | Kuwait (1st) | Al Bashaer (1st) |
| Zob Ahan Isfahan (2nd) | Al Naft (1st) | Kazma (2nd) | Manama (1st) |
Notes:
* ↑ On December 15, 2022, FIBA announced that Jordanian Premier League runners-up Orthodox Amman were to replace champions Orthodox Ramallah as the representative of Jordan.

## Draw

The draw was held on 28 October in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

## West Asia League

The West Asia League began on 21 December 2022 and ended on 17 May 2023.

### Group phase
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BEI | ZAI | ORT | ITT |
| 1 | Beirut Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 321 | 269 | +52 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 73–56 | 89–76 | Canc. |
| 2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 306 | 312 | −6 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 79–72 | — | 89–81 | Canc. |
| 3 | Orthodox Amman | 4 | 1 | 3 | 301 | 347 | −46 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 58–87 | 86–82 | — | Canc. |
| 4 | Al Ittihad Aleppo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
* ↑ Al Ittihad Aleppo has forfeited all their games due to withdrawal from the tournament as a result of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SHA | RIY | ALN | KAR |
| 1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 360 | 303 | +57 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 75–62 | 110–69 | Canc. |
| 2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 4 | 2 | 2 | 337 | 347 | −10 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 81–74 | — | 107–98 | Canc. |
| 3 | Al Naft | 4 | 1 | 3 | 358 | 405 | −47 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals qualifiers | 91–101 | 100–87 | — | Canc. |
| 4 | Al Karamah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
* ↑ Al Karamah has forfeited all their games due to withdrawal from the tournament as a result of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.

### Final phase

| Qualification to semifinals | Qualification to semifinals | Qualification to semifinals | Qualification to semifinals | Qualification to semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 102 | 95 | 97 | | | | | | | | |
| A3 | Orthodox Amman | 83 | 105 | 62 | | | | | | | | |
| A3 | Orthodox Amman | 83 | 105 | 62 | A1 | Beirut Club | 77 | 92 | | | | |
| | | | | | B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 104 | 102 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | B2 | Al Riyadi Beirut | 87 | 114 |
| | | | | | | | | | B1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 79 | 100 |
| A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 109 | 82 | 95 | | | | | B1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 79 | 100 |
| B3 | Al Naft | 102 | 90 | 83 | | | | |
| B3 | Al Naft | 102 | 90 | 83 | B1 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 91 | 86 | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | | | | A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 72 | 81 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | A1 | Beirut Club | Beirut Club | 93 |
| | | | | | | | | | A2 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | Zob Ahan Isfahan | 75 |

## Persian Gulf League

The Persian Gulf League began on 19 December 2022 and ended on 15 May 2023 with the last game of the finals.

### Group phase
#### Group A

2022–23 FIBA WASL Persian Gulf League

#### Group B

2022–23 FIBA WASL Persian Gulf League

### Final phase

2022–23 FIBA WASL Persian Gulf League

## Final Eight

In the Final Eight, the top three teams from the West Asia and the Gulf League were joined by the proposed teams from South and Central Asia (India and Kazakhstan). On 23 May FIBA announced that the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, would host the inaugural Final Eight.
The final stage began on 9 June and finished on 17 June with the WASL championship game.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | RIY | MAN | BEI | CHE |
| 1 | Al Riyadi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 175 | +43 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 112–84 | | |
| 2 | Manama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 187 | −17 | 3 | Advance to semi-finals | | — | 86–75 | |
| 3 | Beirut Club | 2 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 192 | −26 | 2 | | 91–106 | | — | |
| 4 | Chennai Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | | | | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAZ | KUW | GOR | SAH |
| 1 | Astana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 252 | 226 | +26 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 85–72 | | 80–73 |
| 2 | Kuwait Club | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals | | — | 95–85 | |
| 3 | Shahrdari Gorgan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 251 | 257 | −6 | 4 | | 81–87 | | — | 85–75 |
| 4 | Shabab Al Ahli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 240 | −32 | 3 | | | 60–75 | | — |

### Final phase
#### Semi-finals

* 16 June
* Boxscore
| Astana | 81–91 | Manama |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-22, 18-23, 14-25, 23-21 |||
| Pts: Johnson 29 Rebs: Gavrilov, Anderson 5 Asts: Johnson 6 | | Pts: Rashed 23 Rebs: Evans 11 Asts: Pointer, Rashed 5 |
* Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 234
* 16 June
* Boxscore
| Al Riyadi Beirut | 85–95 | Kuwait Club |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-33, 16-24, 21-20, 30-18 |||
| Pts: Reath 31 Rebs: Reath 10 Asts: Saoud 6 | | Pts: Georges-Hunt 32 Rebs: Jawhar, Lalanne 6 Asts: Georges-Hunt, Alshemmari 4 |
* Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 300

#### Third place game

* 17 June
* Boxscore
| Al Riyadi Beirut | 90–94 | Astana |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-31, 23-16, 17-16, 29-31 |||
| Pts: Reath 23 Rebs: Reath 13 Asts: Murphy 5 | | Pts: Krampelj 23 Rebs: Krampelj 8 Asts: Johnson 8 |
* Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 100

#### Championship game

* 17 June
* Boxscore
| Kuwait Club | 59–67 | Manama |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 12-21, 13-11, 20-17 |||
| Pts: Hasan 25 Rebs: Lalanne, Hasan 6 Asts: Five players 1 | | Pts: Rashed 18 Rebs: Pointer 8 Asts: Pointer, Thibodeaux 3 |
* Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 800