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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saba Battery Tehran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 277 | 184 | +93 | 6 |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 223 | +21 | 5 |
| Orthodox | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 229 | −6 | 4 |
| Al-Ahli | 3 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 289 | −108 | 3 |
March 9
14:00 |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 89–65 | Orthodox |
| Scoring by quarter: 24−14, 18−13, 25−16, 22−22 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 9
16:45 |
| Al-Ahli | 65–101 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam |
| Scoring by quarter: 16−30, 7−26, 19−22, 23−23 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 10
14:00 |
| Al-Ahli | 60–109 | Saba Battery Tehran |
| Scoring by quarter: 14−32, 13−22, 17−35, 16−20 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 10
18:00 |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 84–79 | Orthodox |
| Scoring by quarter: 24−21, 12−16, 17−21, 31−21 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 11
14:00 |
| Orthodox | 79–56 | Al-Ahli |
| Scoring by quarter: 18−16, 24−10, 18−10, 19−20 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 11
18:00 |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 59–79 | Saba Battery Tehran |
| Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 17−20, 14−23, 12−17 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Riyadi Beirut | 3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 190 | +82 | 6 |
| Zain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 205 | +5 | 5 |
| Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 227 | −17 | 4 |
| Al-Hillah | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 254 | −70 | 3 |
March 9
18:45 |
| Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 70–60 | Al-Hillah |
| Scoring by quarter: 13−12, 25−22, 20−12, 12−14 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 9
20:45 |
| Zain | 65–66 | Al-Riyadi Beirut |
| Scoring by quarter: 22−22, 16−13, 14−13, 13−18 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 10
16:00 |
| Al-Hillah | 55–110 | Al-Riyadi Beirut |
| Scoring by quarter: 17−33, 13−27, 10−33, 15−17 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 10
20:00 |
| Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 70–71 (2OT) | Zain |
| Scoring by quarter: 12−15, 8−13, 13−10, 19−14, Overtime: 9−9, 9−10 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 11
16:00 |
| Al-Hillah | 69–74 | Zain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15−20, 11−28, 22−7, 21−19 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 11
20:00 |
| Al-Riyadi Beirut | 96–70 | Al-Ittihad Aleppo |
| Scoring by quarter: 24−18, 21−15, 26−16, 25−21 | ||
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Final round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| March 12 | ||||||||||
| Saba Battery | 122 | |||||||||
| March 13 | ||||||||||
| Al-Hillah | 51 | |||||||||
| Saba Battery | 112 | |||||||||
| March 12 | ||||||||||
| Zain | 77 | |||||||||
| Zain | 71 | |||||||||
| March 15 | ||||||||||
| Orthodox | 63 | |||||||||
| Saba Battery | 82 | |||||||||
| March 12 | ||||||||||
| Al-Riyadi (OT) | 83 | |||||||||
| Petrochimi | 77 | |||||||||
| March 13 | ||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 59 | |||||||||
| Petrochimi | 61 | |||||||||
| March 12 | ||||||||||
| Al-Riyadi | 73 | 3rd place | ||||||||
| Al-Riyadi | 94 | |||||||||
| March 15 | ||||||||||
| Al-Ahli | 61 | |||||||||
| Zain | 60 | |||||||||
| Petrochimi | 70 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | 5th place | |||||
| March 13 | ||||||
| Al-Hillah | 60 | |||||
| March 15 | ||||||
| Orthodox | 73 | |||||
| Orthodox | 70 | |||||
| March 13 | ||||||
| Al-Ittihad | 66 | |||||
| Al-Ittihad | 71 | |||||
| Al-Ahli | 64 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| March 15 | ||||||
| Al-Hillah | 73 | |||||
| Al-Ahli | 88 | |||||
Quarterfinals
March 12
14:00 |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 122–51 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 12
16:00 |
| Al-Riyadi Beirut | 94–61 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 12
18:00 |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 77–59 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 12
20:00 |
| Zain | 71–63 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Semifinals 5th–8th
March 13
14:00 |
| Al-Hillah | 60–73 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 13
16:00 |
| Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 71–64 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Semifinals
March 13
18:00 |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 61–73 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
March 13
20:00 |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 112–77 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
7th place
March 15
11:00 |
| Al-Hillah | 73–88 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
5th place
March 15
13:00 |
| Orthodox | 70–66 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
3rd place
March 15
15:00 |
| Zain | 60–70 | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Final
March 15
17:00 |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 82–83 (OT) | 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 | |
Andisheh Arena, Mahshahr
|
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Riyadi Beirut | 6−0 | |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 5−1 | |
| Petrochimi Bandar Imam | 4−2 | |
| 4 | Zain | 3−3 |
| 5 | Orthodox | 3−3 |
| 6 | Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 2−4 |
| 7 | Al-Ahli | 1−5 |
| 8 | Al-Hillah | 0−6 |