2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

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]

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
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Qualification

Main article: 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup 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
3	Fubon Braves	3	1	2	235	222	+13	4	Classification round
4	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	3	0	3	211	256	−45	3

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
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

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[3]	Team	Record
	Alvark Tokyo	4–1
	Al Riyadi Beirut	4–1
	Palayesh Naft Abadan	4–1
4th	Al-Muharraq	2–3

Awards

2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Alvark Tokyo 1st title

Most Valuable Player
Alex Kirk[4]

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