2022–23 FIBA WASL Gulf League

FIBA WASL Gulf League
FIBA WASL Gulf League
Season	2022–23
Duration	19 December 2022 – 15 May 2023
Teams	8
Final Four
Champions	Kuwait Club
Runners-up	Manama Club
Third place	Shabab Al Ahli
Fourth place	Al Hilal

The Gulf League of the 2022–23 FIBA West Asia Super League (FIBA WASL) was one of the two primary phases of West Asia's premier basketball competition. The games began on 19 December 2022 and ended on 15 May 2023.

Kuwait Club won the Gulf League title after defeating Manama in the finals.

Group phase

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	SAA	KAZ	BAS
1	Al Hilal	6	5	1	528	428	+100	11	Advance to semi-finals	—	81–72	96–92	86–54
2	Shabab Al Ahli	6	4	2	487	465	+22	10	Advance to semi-finals qualifiers	75–70	—	91–86	92–61
3	Kazma	6	3	3	537	516	+21	9	Advance to semi-finals qualifiers	87–92	98–86	—	84–77
4	Al Bashaer	6	0	6	383	526	−143	6		48–103	69–71	74–90	—

Source: FIBA Gulf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

19 December 2022	Al Bashaer	69–71	Shabab Al Ahli	Muscat
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 8–25, 24–13, 19–12
	Pts: Al Halhali, Parks 19 Rebs: Al Halhali 10 Asts: Parks 9	Boxscore	Pts: Minnerath 18 Rebs: Milošević 11 Asts: H. Albreiki 6	Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 300^[1] Referees: Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Hadi Salem (IRN)

19 December 2022	Al Hilal	96–92	Kazma	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 26–37, 22–12, 26–17
	Pts: Abdel Gabar 29 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 12 Asts: Abdel Gabar 8	Boxscore	Pts: Murphy 25 Rebs: Williams 9 Asts: Albaloushi 6	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 450^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)

26 December 2022	Shabab Al Ahli	91–86	Kazma	Dubai
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 23–27, 18–20, 26–22
	Pts: Minnerath 25 Rebs: Alshabebi 10 Asts: Alajmani 5	Boxscore	Pts: Young 26 Rebs: Williams 12 Asts: Albaloushi 8	Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall Attendance: 300^[1] Referees: Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Hadi Salem (IRN)

26 December 2022	Al Hilal	86–54	Al Bashaer	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 20–18, 27–14, 17–8
	Pts: Chapman 34 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 17 Asts: Lyons, Abdel Gabar 8	Boxscore	Pts: Parks 22 Rebs: Parks 8 Asts: Parks 5	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 101^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)

2 January 2023	Shabab Al Ahli	75–70	Al Hilal	Dubai
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 21–15, 16–18, 18–13
	Pts: Minnerath 32 Rebs: Milošević 9 Asts: Triche 4	Boxscore	Pts: Lyons 21 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 13 Asts: Abdel Gabar 9	Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall Attendance: 300^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)

3 January 2023	Kazma	84–77	Al Bashaer	Kuwait City
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 26–16, 20–23, 19–15
	Pts: Murphy 34 Rebs: Williams 14 Asts: Albaloushi 8	Boxscore	Pts: Al Halhali, Parks 17 Rebs: Walker 10 Asts: Parks 8	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Attendance: 100^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)

16 January 2023	Kazma	87–92	Al Hilal	Kuwait City
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 27–21, 22–26, 14–27
	Pts: Murphy 25 Rebs: Murphy 10 Asts: Albaloushi 5	Boxscore	Pts: M. Alsuwailem 21 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 16 Asts: Albargawi 4	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)

17 January 2023	Shabab Al Ahli	92–61	Al Bashaer	Dubai
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 19–16, 28–13, 23–20
	Pts: Alshabebi 20 Rebs: Alshabebi 13 Asts: Triche, Milošević 5	Boxscore	Pts: Parks 25 Rebs: Parks 7 Asts: Parks 2	Arena: Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Anan Daraghma (PLE)

6 March 2023	Al Bashaer	48–103	Al Hilal	Muscat
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 11–21, 13–30, 10–26
	Pts: Parks 23 Rebs: Parks, Al Saadi 7 Asts: Bait Bakhit 4	Boxscore	Pts: Chapman 18 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 17 Asts: M. Alsuwailem 6	Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 150^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

7 March 2023	Kazma	98–86	Shabab Al Ahli	Kuwait City
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 30–33, 25–17, 19–23
	Pts: Rector 29 Rebs: Mejri 17 Asts: Albaloushi, Borhamah 5	Boxscore	Pts: Minnerath 26 Rebs: Alajmani 9 Asts: Alajmani 13	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

20 March 2023	Al Bashaer	74–90	Kazma	Muscat
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 21–24, 10–31, 28–10
	Pts: Al Busaidi 16 Rebs: Al Souli 10 Asts: Al Busaidi 5	Boxscore	Pts: Rector 18 Rebs: Mejri 12 Asts: Albaloushi 8	Arena: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 60^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Hadi Salem (IRN)

20 March 2023	Al Hilal	81–72	Shabab Al Ahli	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 22–22, 12–17, 20–18
	Pts: Albargawi, Chapman 19 Rebs: M. Alsuwailem 13 Asts: Abdel Gabar 5	Boxscore	Pts: Minnerath 26 Rebs: Milošević 8 Asts: Alnuaimi 5	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 670^[1] Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	KUW	MAN	NAS	SAD
1	Kuwait Club	6	6	0	597	496	+101	12	Advance to semi-finals	—	106–78	106–83	99–93
2	Manama Club	6	4	2	543	523	+20	10	Advance to semi-finals qualifiers	88–91	—	105–74	98–86
3	Al Nassr Riyadh	6	1	5	462	549	−87	7^[a]	Advance to semi-finals qualifiers	70–101	72–75	—	77–78
4	Al Sadd	6	1	5	519	553	−34	7^[a]		84–94	94–99	84–86	—

Source: FIBA Gulf
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head on point differential: Al Nassr Riyadh 163–162 Al Sadd.

20 December 2022	Kuwait Club	99–93(OT)	Al Sadd	Kuwait City
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 18–26, 21–27, 18–17, Overtime: 13–7
	Pts: Pullen, Georges-Hunt 22 Rebs: Lalanne 16 Asts: Pullen 6	Boxscore	Pts: Austin 26 Rebs: Austin 16 Asts: Blue 10	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Attendance: 300^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)

20 December 2022	Al Nassr Riyadh	72–75	Manama Club	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 7–10, 21–22, 21–16
	Pts: Austin 29 Rebs: Austin 12 Asts: Brown 3	Boxscore	Pts: Al Derazi 18 Rebs: Robinson 10 Asts: Al Derazi 3	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 950^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Paul Skayem (LBN)

27 December 2022	Manama Club	88–91	Kuwait Club	Manama
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 26–18, 17–27, 28–23
	Pts: Robinson 22 Rebs: García 8 Asts: Ulmer, Rashed 3	Boxscore	Pts: Georges-Hunt 22 Rebs: Lalanne 9 Asts: Hasan, Georges-Hunt 5	Arena: BBA Arena Attendance: 900^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

27 December 2022	Al Nassr Riyadh	77–78	Al Sadd	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 30–17, 12–27, 18–17
	Pts: Brown 21 Rebs: Campbell 13 Asts: Almuhanna 6	Boxscore	Pts: Austin 21 Rebs: Austin 19 Asts: Blue 7	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 200^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Mohammed Ismail Altarawneh (JOR)

9 January 2023	Al Sadd	94–99(OT)	Manama Club	Doha
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–24, 19–21, 26–21, Overtime: 8–13
	Pts: Blue 27 Rebs: Dieng 13 Asts: Blue 7	Boxscore	Pts: Mohamed 20 Rebs: Ulmer, García 10 Asts: García 5	Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall Attendance: 469^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Paul Skayem (LBN)

10 January 2023	Kuwait Club	106–83	Al Nassr Riyadh	Kuwait City
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 21–18, 23–25, 32–21
	Pts: Pullen 31 Rebs: Lalanne 17 Asts: Hasan 7	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 23 Rebs: Campbell 7 Asts: Kabe 5	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

23 January 2023	Manama Club	105–74	Al Nassr Riyadh	Manama
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 30–22, 20–23, 31–10
	Pts: García 18 Rebs: Ulmer 12 Asts: Robinson 7	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 27 Rebs: Austin 6 Asts: Brown 6	Arena: BBA Arena Attendance: 400^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Hadi Salem (IRN)

24 January 2023	Al Sadd	84–94	Kuwait Club	Doha
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 14–19, 22–20, 22–27
	Pts: Dieng 24 Rebs: Austin 18 Asts: Blue 6	Boxscore	Pts: Lalanne 20 Rebs: Lalanne 14 Asts: Hasan, Georges-Hunt 4	Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall Attendance: 99^[1] Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Anan Daraghman (PLE)

13 March 2023	Kuwait Club	106–78	Manama Club	Kuwait City
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 22–20, 30–11, 26–30
	Pts: Pullen 24 Rebs: Lalanne 12 Asts: Pullen 4	Boxscore	Pts: Taylor 24 Rebs: Taylor 6 Asts: Jones, Alderazi 3	Arena: Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Wissam Zein (SYR), Paul Skayem (LBN)

14 March 2023	Al Sadd	84–86	Al Nassr Riyadh	Doha
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 23–15, 18–25, 21–24
	Pts: Blue 23 Rebs: Austin 16 Asts: Blue 6	Boxscore	Pts: Abo-Jalas 20 Rebs: Abo-Jalas 12 Asts: Austin 8	Arena: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall Attendance: 69^[1] Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Paul Skayem (LBN), Wissam Zein (SYR)

21 March 2023	Manama Club	98–86	Al Sadd	Manama
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 30–21, 34–23, 20–16
	Pts: Jones 25 Rebs: Taylor 9 Asts: Jones 9	Boxscore	Pts: Blue 32 Rebs: Austin 12 Asts: Austin 5	Arena: BBA Arena Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Hadi Salem (IRN)

21 March 2023	Al Nassr Riyadh	70–101	Kuwait Club	Riyadh
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–33, 21–21, 17–21, 18–26
	Pts: Thomas 25 Rebs: Thomas 18 Asts: Thomas 4	Boxscore	Pts: Jawhar 21 Rebs: Lalanne 12 Asts: Pullen 9	Arena: Green Basketball Court Attendance: 150^[1] Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR)

Final phase

Bracket


Qualification to semifinals					Semifinals				Finals



B2	Manama Club	69	100	82

A3	Kazma	83	90	79
					A1	Al Hilal	78	71

					B2	Manama Club	82	86



									B2	Manama Club	78	85

									B1	Kuwait Club	87	95
A2	Shabab Al Ahli	100	67	93

B3	Al Nassr Riyadh	90	68	71
					B1	Kuwait Club	87	110	Third place game

					A2	Shabab Al Ahli	71	100

									A1	Al Hilal		76

									A2	Shabab Al Ahli		88

Qualification to semifinals

All match-ups are best-of-three playoffs.

(B2) Manama Club vs. (A3) Kazma

27 March 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Manama Club	69–83	Kazma
Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 8–21, 17–23, 14–22
Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Thibodeaux 17 Asts: Thibodeaux 5		Pts: Alhamidi, Williams 18 Rebs: Mejri 11 Asts: Borhamah 6
Kazma leads series, 1–0

BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 1,700^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

3 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Kazma	90–100	Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–43, 27–15, 25–30
Pts: Rector 17 Rebs: Mejri 17 Asts: Albaloushi 4		Pts: Hamooda 21 Rebs: Haji, Thibodeaux 7 Asts: Jones 11
series tied, 1–1

Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)

10 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Manama Club	82–79	Kazma
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 16–20, 16–22, 23–24
Pts: Jones 32 Rebs: Thibodeaux 9 Asts: Jones 10		Pts: Rector 20 Rebs: Mejri 11 Asts: Albaloushi 6
Manama Club wins series, 2–1

BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 500^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

(A2) Shabab Al Ahli vs. (B3) Al Nassr Riyadh

28 March 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Shabab Al Ahli	100–90	Al Nassr Riyadh
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 28–27, 26–16, 23–26
Shabab Al Ahli leads series, 1–0

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 100^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

4 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Al Nassr Riyadh	68–67	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 20–24, 18–14, 16–15
series tied, 1–1

Al Nasr Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 100^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)

11 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Shabab Al Ahli	93–71	Al Nassr Riyadh
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 21–17, 28–15, 20–23
Shabab Al Ahli wins series, 2–1

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 700^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Jung (TPE)

Semifinals

(A1) Al Hilal vs. (B2) Manama Club

17 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Al Hilal	78–82 (OT)	Manama Club
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 22–14, 18–23, 10–15, Overtime: 10–14
Manama Club leads series, 1–0

Green Basketball Court, Riyadh
Attendance: 300^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)

24 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Manama Club	86–71	Al Hilal
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 22–9, 27–25, 21–16
Manama Club wins series, 2–0

BBA Arena, Manama
Attendance: 1,150^[1]
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR)

(B1) Kuwait Club vs. (A2) Shabab Al Ahli

18 April 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Kuwait Club	87–71	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 15–18, 23–20, 28–17
Kuwait Club leads series, 1–0

Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Paul Skayem (LBN)

25 April 2023
20:00

Box Scores

Shabab Al Ahli	100–110	Kuwait Club
Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 29–33, 23–19, 25–29
Kuwait Club wins series, 2–0

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 325^[1]
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Wissam Zein (SYR)

Third place game

8 May 2023
20:00

Box Scores

Al Hilal	76–88	Shabab Al Ahli
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 22–23, 14–19, 23–25

Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, Dubai
Attendance: 700^[1]
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammed Taha (JOR)

Finals

9 May 2023
22:00

Box Scores

Kuwait Club	87–78	Al Manama
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 19–14, 23–25, 21–23
Kuwait Club leads series, 1–0

Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammed Taha (JOR)

15 May 2023
20:00

Box Scores

Al Manama	85–95	Kuwait Club
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 17–23, 24–17, 22–31
Kuwait Club wins championship, 2–0

Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
Referees: Ahmed Ali Yaseen Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Doost (IRN), Paul Skayem (LBN)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "WASL - Gulf League 2023 Tournament Summary" (PDF). FIBA Competitions Reports. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[table_hth_NAS0.84905309362759-2] Head-to-head on point differential: Al Nassr Riyadh 163–162 Al Sadd.

[gulfatt-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "WASL - Gulf League 2023 Tournament Summary" (PDF). FIBA Competitions Reports. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

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