2008 WABA Champions Cup

The WABA Champions Cup 2008 was the 11th staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Mahshahr, Iran between March 9 and March 15. The top three teams from different countries qualify for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Iran Saba Battery Tehran 3 3 0 277 184 +93 6
Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam 3 2 1 244 223 +21 5
Jordan Orthodox 3 1 2 223 229 −6 4
Yemen Al-Ahli 3 0 3 181 289 −108 3
March 9
14:00
Saba Battery Tehran Iran 89–65 Jordan Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−14, 18−13, 25−16, 22−22
March 9
16:45
Al-Ahli Yemen 65–101 Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 16−30, 7−26, 19−22, 23−23
March 10
14:00
Al-Ahli Yemen 60–109 Iran Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 14−32, 13−22, 17−35, 16−20
March 10
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 84–79 Jordan Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 24−21, 12−16, 17−21, 31−21
March 11
14:00
Orthodox Jordan 79–56 Yemen Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−16, 24−10, 18−10, 19−20
March 11
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 59–79 Iran Saba Battery Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 17−20, 14−23, 12−17

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut 3 3 0 272 190 +82 6
Jordan Zain 3 2 1 210 205 +5 5
Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo 3 1 2 210 227 −17 4
Iraq Al-Hillah 3 0 3 184 254 −70 3
March 9
18:45
Al-Ittihad Aleppo Syria 70–60 Iraq Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 13−12, 25−22, 20−12, 12−14
March 9
20:45
Zain Jordan 65–66 Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 22−22, 16−13, 14−13, 13−18
March 10
16:00
Al-Hillah Iraq 55–110 Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−33, 13−27, 10−33, 15−17
March 10
20:00
Al-Ittihad Aleppo Syria 70–71 (2OT) Jordan Zain
Scoring by quarter: 12−15, 8−13, 13−10, 19−14, Overtime: 9−9, 9−10
March 11
16:00
Al-Hillah Iraq 69–74 Jordan Zain
Scoring by quarter: 15−20, 11−28, 22−7, 21−19
March 11
20:00
Al-Riyadi Beirut Lebanon 96–70 Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 24−18, 21−15, 26−16, 25−21

Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
March 12
 
 
Iran Saba Battery 122
 
March 13
 
Iraq Al-Hillah 51
 
Iran Saba Battery 112
 
March 12
 
Jordan Zain 77
 
Jordan Zain 71
 
March 15
 
Jordan Orthodox 63
 
Iran Saba Battery 82
 
March 12
 
Lebanon Al-Riyadi (OT) 83
 
Iran Petrochimi 77
 
March 13
 
Syria Al-Ittihad 59
 
Iran Petrochimi 61
 
March 12
 
Lebanon Al-Riyadi73 3rd place
 
Lebanon Al-Riyadi 94
 
March 15
 
Yemen Al-Ahli 61
 
Jordan Zain 60
 
 
Iran Petrochimi 70
 
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
March 13
 
 
Iraq Al-Hillah 60
 
March 15
 
Jordan Orthodox 73
 
Jordan Orthodox 70
 
March 13
 
Syria Al-Ittihad 66
 
Syria Al-Ittihad 71
 
 
Yemen Al-Ahli 64
 
7th place
 
 
March 15
 
 
Iraq Al-Hillah 73
 
 
Yemen Al-Ahli 88

Quarterfinals

March 12
14:00
Saba Battery Tehran Iran 122–51 Iraq Al-Hillah
Scoring by quarter: 37−12, 24−10, 28−9, 33−20
Pts: Baheran 17
Rebs: Kardoust 13
Asts: Baheran 6		 Pts: Hamzah 21
Rebs: Suliman 5
Asts: Gayden 2
March 12
16:00
Al-Riyadi Beirut Lebanon 94–61 Yemen Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 29−23, 29−9, 13−18, 23−11
Pts: Mneinmeh 18
Rebs: Fakhreddine 25
Asts: Ahmed 9		 Pts: Al-Assari 18
Rebs: Al-Assari, S. Sadaqah, Diop 6
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Sanabani 2
March 12
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 77–59 Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 19−16, 22−22, 19−11, 17−10
Pts: Davari 24
Rebs: Long 10
Asts: Davari 5		 Pts: Washington 14
Rebs: Washington 10
Asts: Diarbakrly 2
March 12
20:00
Zain Jordan 71–63 Jordan Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 10−22, 16−16, 20−17, 25−8
Pts: Al-Khas 23
Rebs: Samake 14
Asts: Four players 2		 Pts: Adais 16
Rebs: Adais 12
Asts: Al-Naber, Campbell 4

Semifinals 5th–8th

March 13
14:00
Al-Hillah Iraq 60–73 Jordan Orthodox
Scoring by quarter: 16−18, 17−14, 13−20, 14−21
Pts: Gayden 17
Rebs: Abid 8
Asts: Attiyah 6		 Pts: Adais 24
Rebs: Adais 17
Asts: Adais 5
March 13
16:00
Al-Ittihad Aleppo Syria 71–64 Yemen Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 12−11, 22−21, 17−18, 20−14
Pts: Shawa 15
Rebs: Shawa, Al-Masri 9
Asts: Al-Hasan, Kassas 3		 Pts: Al-Assari 31
Rebs: Diop 12
Asts: Al-Assari, Al-Mashraqi, Al-Khulaidi 1

Semifinals

March 13
18:00
Petrochimi Bandar Imam Iran 61–73 Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 17−16, 10−16, 15−23, 19−18
Pts: Madison 32
Rebs: Long 14
Asts: Sohrabnejad 3		 Pts: El Khatib 25
Rebs: Ahmed 14
Asts: Mahmoud, Ahmed 4
March 13
20:00
Saba Battery Tehran Iran 112–77 Jordan Zain
Scoring by quarter: 23−30, 31−17, 28−13, 30−17
Pts: Sneed 36
Rebs: Haddadi 15
Asts: Jones 7		 Pts: Johnson 20
Rebs: Samake 8
Asts: Al-Khas 3

7th place

March 15
11:00
Al-Hillah Iraq 73–88 Yemen Al-Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18−26, 12−28, 23−9, 20−25
Pts: Hamzah 18
Rebs: Abid 10
Asts: Gbayan 5		 Pts: Al-Assari 34
Rebs: Abdulghafor 12
Asts: Abdulghafor, S. Sadaqah 2

5th place

March 15
13:00
Orthodox Jordan 70–66 Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
Scoring by quarter: 20−17, 20−18, 17−13, 13−18
Pts: Campbell 20
Rebs: Wise 18
Asts: Al-Naber 3		 Pts: Joseph 24
Rebs: Washington 13
Asts: Shawa 3

3rd place

March 15
15:00
Zain Jordan 60–70 Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 17−18, 10−15, 16−19, 17−18
Pts: Abbas 21
Rebs: Samake 20
Asts: Al-Saqa, Al-Awadi 4		 Pts: Madison 23
Rebs: Sohrabnejad 8
Asts: Madison 5

Final

March 15
17:00
Saba Battery Tehran Iran 82–83 (OT) Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut
Scoring by quarter: 18−17, 18−15, 21−25, 20−20, Overtime: 5−6
Pts: Afagh 23
Rebs: Haddadi 14
Asts: Jones 5		 Pts: Ahmed 24
Rebs: Vogel 13
Asts: El Khatib 4

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lebanon Al-Riyadi Beirut 6−0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iran Saba Battery Tehran 5−1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Iran Petrochimi Bandar Imam 4−2
4 Jordan Zain 3−3
5 Jordan Orthodox 3−3
6 Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo 2−4
7 Yemen Al-Ahli 1−5
8 Iraq Al-Hillah 0−6