2024 Basketball Champions League Asia

2024 Basketball Champions League Asia

29th Basketball Champions League Asia دوري أبطال كرة السلة آسيا ٢٠٢٤
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Dates	9–15 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	Al Riyadi (3rd title)
Runners-up	Shabab Al Ahli
Third place	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Fourth place	Shahrdari Gorgan
Tournament statistics
Games played	16
MVP	Wael Arakji (Al Riyadi)
Top scorer	James Dickey (Pelita Jaya) (25.7 ppg)
Top rebounds	James Dickey (Pelita Jaya) (20.0 rpg)
Top assists	Wael Arakji (Al Riyadi Beirut) (8.4 apg)
Official website
2024 Basketball Champions League Asia
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The 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia was the first edition of the Basketball Champions League Asia, and the 29th season of the continent's top club competition. The tournament was previously known as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and was last held in 2019.^[1] The main tournament was scheduled to take place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It was co-organized by the UAE Basketball Association and Shabab Al Ahli Club.^[2][3]

The tournament was held at Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall. Al Riyadi of Lebanon won their third title and they earned the right to play in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.^[4]

The inaugural BCL Asia tournament features the top eight clubs from across the continent. Originally, champions from Japan (B. League), South Korea (KBL), China (CBA League), and the Philippines (PBA) were set for automatic qualification.^[5] However, due to a busy schedule following their co-hosting of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the Philippine Basketball Association opted out.^[6] Their slot was filled by the tournament host, Shabab Al Ahly.^[7]

To complete the eight-team field, two teams from East and Southeast Asia punched their tickets to the BCL Asia tournament through the qualifiers, with Pelita Jaya and NS Matrix Deers emerging victorious.^[8] Meanwhile, the champions, Al Riyadi, and third-place finishers, Shahrdari Gorgan, from the 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League completed the lineup.^[9]

The following teams qualified to the main tournament.^[10] Years in bold denote the team won the competition.

Team	Qualified on	Qualified as	Participations
Pelita Jaya	24 April 2024[11]	First and second-placed teams of Round 2 of the qualifying rounds	Debut
NS Matrix Deers	26 April 2024[8]		Debut
Busan KCC Egis	5 May 2024[12]	Winners of the 2023–24 KBL season	1 (1998)[a]
Liaoning Flying Leopards	22 May 2024[13]	Winners of the 2023–24 CBA season	6 (1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2018)[b]
Hiroshima Dragonflies	28 May 2024	Winners of the 2023–24 B1 League season	Debut
Shabab Al Ahli	30 May 2024[7]	Hosts	4 (2001, 2011, 2016, 2017)[c]
Al Riyadi	1 June 2024	Champions of the 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League[9]	10 (1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Shahrdari Gorgan	1 June 2024	Third-Place in the 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League[9]	Debut

Notes

The eight teams play in two round-of-robin groups of four, with each playing three games. The top two teams advance to the final phase, where they play single-elimination games for final classification.^[14]

The draw was held on 31 May 2024 in the Dubai Sports Council.^[7]

Pot 1 Team Liaoning Flying Leopards Busan KCC Egis Hiroshima Dragonflies

Pot 2 Team Pelita Jaya NS Matrix Deers

Pot 3 Team Al Riyadi Beirut Shahrdari Gorgan

All times are local (UTC+04:00)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Riyadi	3	3	0	328	251	+77	6	Semi-finals
2	Shabab Al Ahli	3	2	1	277	243	+34	5
3	Liaoning Flying Leopards	3	1	2	234	308	−74	4
4	NS Matrix Deers	3	0	3	257	294	−37	3

9 June 18:30

Box score

Liaoning Flying Leopards	75–118	Al Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 20–37, 12–28, 19–35, 24–18
Pts: Liu 21 Rebs: Zhang C. 8 Asts: Yan 5		Pts: Kikanović 27 Rebs: Gyokchyan 11 Asts: Lofton 9

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 567[15]

10 June 21:30

Box score

Shabab Al Ahli	92–76	NS Matrix Deers
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 26–12, 18–17, 23–24
Pts: Georges-Hunt 24 Rebs: Thibodeaux 12 Asts: Georges-Hunt 4		Pts: Murry 20 Rebs: Zimmerman 8 Asts: Zimmerman, Tolbert 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 134[15]

11 June 18:30

Box score

NS Matrix Deers	93–94	Liaoning Flying Leopards
Scoring by quarter: 31–28, 17–17, 28–22, 17–27
Pts: Murry 35 Rebs: Tolbert, Chun 9 Asts: Murry 4		Pts: Rice 30 Rebs: Zhang C. 11 Asts: Rice 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 200[15]

11 June 21:30

Box score

Al Riyadi	102–88	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 29–20, 23–12, 28–27
Pts: Arakji 26 Rebs: Maker 6 Asts: Arakji 7		Pts: Thibodeaux 23 Rebs: Thibodeaux 12 Asts: Alajmani 12

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 456[15]

12 June 18:30

Box score

Liaoning Flying Leopards	65–97	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 16–23, 15–24, 19–24
Pts: Cong 16 Rebs: Zhang C. 12 Asts: Li 3		Pts: Alshabebi 25 Rebs: Alshabebi 14 Asts: Thibodeaux 8

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 225[15]

12 June 21:30

Box score

NS Matrix Deers	88–108	Al Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 12–41, 25–21, 23–20, 28–26
Pts: Murry 21 Rebs: Murry, Tolbert 11 Asts: Murry 6		Pts: Lofton 26 Rebs: Gyokchyan 9 Asts: Zeinoun 10

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 367[15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shahrdari Gorgan	3	2	1	286	257	+29	5[a]	Semi-finals
2	Hiroshima Dragonflies	3	2	1	274	240	+34	5[a]
3	Pelita Jaya	3	2	1	264	267	−3	5[a]
4	Busan KCC Egis	3	0	3	247	307	−60	3

9 June 12:30

Box score

Hiroshima Dragonflies	86–69	Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 22–15, 24–16, 14–24
Pts: Kamisawa 20 Rebs: Evans 13 Asts: Blackshear 7		Pts: Brownlee 12 Rebs: Dickey 9 Asts: Dickey, Saudale 3

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 23[15]

9 June 15:30

Box score

Shahrdari Gorgan	102–79	Busan KCC Egis
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 22–14, 28–24, 28–21
Pts: Young 33 Rebs: Kazemi 10 Asts: Kazemi 7		Pts: Heo 18 Rebs: McKinne, Thompson 5 Asts: Choi 7

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 225[15]

10 June 15:30

Box score

Busan KCC Egis	77–107	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 15–21, 22–26, 23–27
Pts: Lee G.H 22 Rebs: Thompson 8 Asts: Choi, Lee H.H. 3		Pts: Evans 24 Rebs: Kawata 9 Asts: Evans 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 200[15]

10 June 18:30

Box score

Pelita Jaya	97–90	Shahrdari Gorgan
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 27–21, 20–21, 27–24
Pts: Dickey 40 Rebs: Dickey 17 Asts: Dickey 5		Pts: Cherry 24 Rebs: Monji 15 Asts: Vahedi, Sheikhi 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 555[15]

11 June 15:30

Box score

Hiroshima Dragonflies	81–94	Shahrdari Gorgan
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–28, 20–29, 15–20
Pts: Evans 29 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Young 34 Rebs: Kazemi 9 Asts: Young, Sheikhi 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 500[15]

12 June 15:30

Box score

Busan KCC Egis	91–98	Pelita Jaya
Scoring by quarter: 16–38, 30–21, 29–15, 16–24
Pts: Choi, Thompson 21 Rebs: Thompson 16 Asts: Lee H.H. 6		Pts: Dickey 26 Rebs: Dickey 26 Asts: Brownlee 5

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 500[15]

	Semifinals				Final
	14 June
	Al Riyadi	121
					15 June
	Hiroshima Dragonflies	89
					Al Riyadi	122
	14 June
					Shabab Al Ahli	96
	Shahrdari Gorgan	71
	Shabab Al Ahli	73
					Third place game
					15 June
					Hiroshima Dragonflies	81
					Shahrdari Gorgan	76

14 June 15:30

Box score

Shahrdari Gorgan	71–73	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 22–20, 14–15, 17–20
Pts: Vahedi 24 Rebs: Kazemi 15 Asts: Kazemi 4		Pts: Alshabebi 20 Rebs: Georges-Hunt, Thibodeaux 9 Asts: Georges-Hunt, Pointer 5

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 500[15]

14 June 18:30

Box score

Al Riyadi	121–89	Hiroshima Dragonflies
Scoring by quarter: 35–25, 34–19, 27–26, 25–19
Pts: Gyokchyan 20 Rebs: Gyokchyan 8 Asts: Arakji 14		Pts: Blackshear 29 Rebs: Kawata 5 Asts: Evans 5

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 500[15]

15 June 15:30

Box score

Hiroshima Dragonflies	81–76	Shahrdari Gorgan
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 14–22, 21–14, 17–20
Pts: Yamazaki 18 Rebs: Blackshear, Evans 9 Asts: Evans 7		Pts: Vahedi 21 Rebs: Kazemi 10 Asts: Kazemi, Cherry 4

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 178[16] Referees: NOUJAIM Rabah (LBN), YUEN Chun Yip (HKG), ZHANG Xiao (CHN)

15 June 18:30

Box score

Al Riyadi	122–96	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 34–27, 44–16, 21–32
Pts: Arakji 31 Rebs: Maker 13 Asts: Arakji 9		Pts: Pointer 25 Rebs: Pointer 7 Asts: Pointer 9

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai Attendance: 1,678[16] Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Wissam Zein (SYR)

Rank	Team	Record	Qualification
	Al Riyadi	5–0	Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
	Shabab Al Ahli	3–2
	Hiroshima Dragonflies	3–2
4th	Shahrdari Gorgan	2–3
5th	Pelita Jaya	2–1
6th	Liaoning Flying Leopards	1–2
7th	NS Matrix Deers	0–3
8th	Busan KCC Egis	0–3

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2024 Basketball Champions League Asia
Al Riyadi 3rd title

Most Valuable Player
Wael Arakji

Pos	Player	Club
G	Wael Arakji (MVP)	Al Riyadi
G	Sina Vahedi	Shahrdari Gorgan
C	Travin Thibodeaux	Shabab Al Ahli
F	Marcus Georges-Hunt	Shabab Al Ahli
F	Thon Maker	Al Riyadi

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