2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011 was the 22nd staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Pasig, Philippines from May 28 to June 5, 2011.[1] The event is co-organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and FIBA Asia.

2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
22nd Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	May 28 – June 5
Teams	10  (from 44 federations)
Venues	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Lebanon (Al Riyadi's 1st title; Lebanon's 4th title)
MVP	Fadi El Khatib
Tournament leaders
Players Teams Points Fields (24.8) Rebounds Dragajlovic (12.1) Assists Daghlas (6.1)
Official website
2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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Al Riyadi from Lebanon, after going undefeated in the entire tournament, won its first ever Fiba Asia Champions Cup title after defeating Mahram Tehran from Iran in the final game. It was the fourth time a club from Lebanon has won the championship.[2]

Al-Rayyan from Qatar, on the other hand, finished third in the tournament after defeating Smart Gilas from the Philippines in the third-place game.[3]

Bid

The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) originally wanted to host the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship, which was the qualifying tournament in Asia for the men's basketball event of the 2012 Summer Olympics, after reports circulated that FIBA was planning to remove the hosting rights of the tournament from Beirut, Lebanon.[4]

SBP, the national sport association for basketball in the Philippines, lost its bid to host the Asian Championships, and the hosting rights was awarded to Wuhan, China. Nevertheless, FIBA Asia offered the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Asian club championship, of the same year to the country.[5] Newly appointed SBP executive director Sonny Barrios, who replaced Noli Eala, said that he considers the hosting of the 22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup as one of his priorities as SBP's top executive.[6][7] Barrios, a former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association, said that, “The name of the country is at stake here so we have to make sure that everything runs smoothly.”[8]

It was the third time that the Philippines hosted the event. The last FIBA Asia event that the country hosted was the 2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[9] In welcoming the country as the host of the tournament, FIBA Asia president Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al-Thani of Qatar said that, "The 2011 calendar could not have gotten to a better start than with an event in the Philippines, where basketball is almost a religion."[10] The country last won the club championship in 1996 when Hapee Toothpaste defeated Japanese basketball club Isuzu Lynx.[11]

Venue

Pasig

Venue Map

Former SBP executive director Noli Eala announced that the venue for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup in 2011 would be the Philsports Arena in Pasig, Manila, Philippines.[12] The arena, which is located inside the PhilSports Complex, is maintained by the Philippine Sports Commission, a government-run organization aimed at developing sports in the country.

The arena enjoys a rich basketball tradition having been the venue of most of the games of the Philippine Basketball Association, the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the oldest in the world outside the U.S., from 1985 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2002. Further, it also hosted the majority of the games in the elimination round of the basketball tournaments of the 2010–11 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.[13]

In January 2011, FIBA Asia deputy secretary general Hagop Khajirian along with SBP president Manuel V. Pangilinan inspected the venue.

Pasig
PhilSports Arena Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

Ten professional basketball clubs from the Asian region competed in the annual tournament. All of the five FIBA Asia sub-zones had one automatic berth each. The Philippines were represented by Smart Gilas, the country's Philippine national team, as part of the club's preparations for the FIBA Asia Championship of the same year.[14] Smart Gilas was joined by nine other teams from West Asia, Middle Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf.[15]

For the participating clubs teams from the Gulf sub-zone, Al Shabab and Al-Rayyan were representing United Arab Emirates and Qatar, respectively.[16] A club from the Middle Asia sub-zone was also invited to participate in the tournament.[17] But due to financial reasons, the invited teams from Kazakhstan and Afghanistan begged off from the tournament. FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011 organizing committee chairman Aboy Castro said that a replacement club from India, which is also bracketed under the Middle Asia sub-zone by FIBA Asia, has already been contacted.[18] However, India withdrew from participating in the tournament.

Initially, the East Asia sub-zone was supposed to be represented by a club from Japan. FIBA Asia deputy secretary general Hagop Khajirian, at the tournament's group draw, reported that a top Japanese club from the BJ League would participate in the Asia Champions Cup this year. Khajirian said that they were waiting for either the Ryukyu Golden Kings or Rizing Fukuoka to confirm their participation.[19] However, the Japan Basketball Association withdrew from the tournament, prompting the organizers to invite a replacement from the Korean Basketball League.[20] Afterwards, South Korea declined the invitation to participate in the event.

Wild cards

Two wild cards were determined by FIBA Asia as Korea and India failed to confirm their participation in the tournament. The spots for the two countries were filled in by Duhok of Iraq and Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia.[21] FIBA Asia secretary general Dato Yeoh Choo Hock, explaining the wild cards, said that, "Our aim is to have a fairly balanced and completely competitive event. In the past too, we have given similar wild cards keeping mind the need for a competitive event."[22]

WABA Super League

Four teams were eligible to qualify from the West Asia Basketball Association Champions Cup, which is the West Asian basketball club championship. Lebanese basketball team Al-Riyadi, who placed third in both 2008 and 2009 editions of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, and Syrian club Al Jalaa have qualified by just entering the semifinals of the 2011 WABA Super League.[23] Even though Al-Jalaa did not show up to play the fifth game of the WABA finals in 2011, the club was still allowed to participate in the year's Champions Cup. However, the team was penalized with a two-year ban from playing in the WABA Champions Cup and was also fined US$30,000.[24]

Two-time defending FIBA Asia Champions Cup winner Mahram Tehran defeated Zob Ahan in their battle for third place to qualify as the team from Iran.[25] ASU, on the other hand, beat Al Riyadi Aramex in the qualifying game to identify the Jordanian representative to the tournament.[26]

ASEAN Basketball League

In March 2011, FIBA Asia secretary general Dato Yeoh Choo Hock announced that the Chang Thailand Slammers, the 2010–11 ASEAN Basketball League champions, would represent the South East Asia sub-zone in the event.[27] However, the Basketball Association of Thailand got suspended, prohibiting the team from participating in any FIBA-sanctioned event. This led ABL CEO Kuhan Foo and FIBA Asia to replace the Slammers with the Westports KL Dragons, ranked third in the ABL, for the year's Champions Cup.[28]

To prepare for the tournament, the Malaysian players of the KL Dragons competed as a team in the 17th Father Martin Cup, a pre-season collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines.[29] KL Dragons assistant coach Ariel Vanguardia was also named head coach of the team for the Champions Cup as Goh Heng Chuat, who coaches the team in the ABL, is busy preparing the Malaysia national basketball team for the 2011 Southeast Asia Basketball Association tournament and the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[30]

Qualified teams

East Asia	Persian Gulf	Middle Asia	Southeast Asia	West Asia
	Al-Ittihad		Smart Gilas	Al-Riyadi
	Al-Rayyan		KL Dragons	Al-Jalaa Aleppo
	Al Shabab			Mahram Tehran
				ASU
				Duhok

* Note: For the East Asia sub-zone, Japan withdrew from the event as they were still recovering from the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Korea also turned down the invitation to participate in the event. Japan's original slot was later awarded to Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia. For the middle Asia sub-zone, its slot was awarded to Duhok of Iraq after Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, and India all begged off from the tournament.[31]

Group draw

The draw was held on April 15, 2011 at the Discovery Suites Hotel, Pasig.[32] FIBA Asia deputy secretary general Hagop Khajirian conducted the draw along with SBP president Manny Pangilinan, SBP executive director Sonny Barrios, and former FIBA Asia secretary general Mauricio C. Martelino. The qualified basketball clubs were divided into two groups of five.[33]

Group A	Group B
ASU KL Dragons Al-Ittihad Duhok Smart Gilas	Al-Riyadi Al-Rayyan Al Shabab Mahram Tehran Al Jalaa

Squads

All 10 participating clubs for the 2011 Fiba Asia Champions Cup had 15 players on their rosters. Each team was allowed to tap two imports to reinforce their squads.[34]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the tournament was held on May 27, 2011 at the Meralco multi-purpose hall in Pasig City. The participating teams from West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf regions attended the welcome dinner where the Filipino culture dominated the theme of the ceremony.[35] The guests were entertained by Filipino folk dances during the event, and were served Filipino dishes.

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, 10 teams were drawn into two groups composing of five teams each. The clubs played against all the other teams in their respective groups. The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage. The two teams that finished last in their groups played against each other for the ninth place.[36]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Smart Gilas	4	4	0	346	271	+74	8
ASU	4	3	1	328	288	+40	7
Al-Ittihad	4	2	2	319	331	−12	6
Duhok	4	1	3	293	307	−14	5
KL Dragons	4	0	4	293	382	−89	4

All times are local (UTC+08).

May 28 14:00

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Duhok	66–74	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–26, 17–8, 16–25
Pts: Gray 16 Rebs: Hamad 8 Asts: Al-Doori 4		Pts: Watkins 25 Rebs: Watkins 17 Asts: Daghlas 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Yasser Abbas (QAT), Amer Segare (UAE)

May 28 18:00

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Smart Gilas	101–69	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 26–15, 33–16, 23–22
Pts: Aguilar 20 Rebs: Taulava, Douthit 7 Asts: Tiu 6		Pts: Dragajlovic 18 Rebs: Dragajlovic, Almaghrabi 5 Asts: Keely 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Illija Belosevic (SRB), Reza Javadi (IRI), Jamal Al Turk (SYR)

May 29 14:00

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Al-Ittihad	83–75	Duhok
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 16–17, 20–13, 26–25
Pts: Dragajlovic 27 Rebs: Dragajlovic 15 Asts: Kabe 5		Pts: Gray 22 Rebs: Giles 14 Asts: Al-Doori 6

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Heros Avanesian (IRI), Jamal Al Turk (SYR), Yasser Abbas (QAT)

May 29 18:00

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KL Dragons	64–95	Smart Gilas
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 25–19, 9–26, 15–30
Pts: Ayer 31 Rebs: Ayer 13 Asts: Ban Sin 4		Pts: Tiu 11 Rebs: Douthit 14 Asts: Casio 7

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Amer Segare (UAE)

May 30 14:00

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ASU	79–69	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–16, 25–21, 18–14
Pts: Al-Awadi 26 Rebs: Abbas, Watkins 7 Asts: Daghlas 9		Pts: Keely 26 Rebs: Dragajlovic 16 Asts: Keely 7

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Heros Avanesian (IRI), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

May 30 16:00

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Duhok	88–76	KL Dragons
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 12–25, 22–14, 26–24
Pts: Giles 28 Rebs: Giles 15 Asts: Al-Doori 7		Pts: Ayer 22 Rebs: Ayer 14 Asts: Batumalai, Sin 4

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Amer Segare (UAE), Reza Javadi (IRI)

May 31 16:00

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KL Dragons	77–101	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 10–32, 22–24, 23–19
Pts: Ayer 21 Rebs: Ayer 12 Asts: Sin, Fai 5		Pts: Daghles 19 Rebs: Hadrab, Watkins 12 Asts: Daghles 9

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Yasser Abbas (QAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

May 31 20:00

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Smart Gilas	74–64	Duhok
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 26–18, 12–18, 15–11
Pts: Douthit 14 Rebs: Douthit 15 Asts: Tiu 9		Pts: Giles 20 Rebs: Giles 23 Asts: Gray 4

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Heros Avanesian (IRI), Marwan Egho (LIB), Jamal Al Turk (SYR)

June 1 14:00

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Al-Ittihad	98–76	KL Dragons
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 38–18, 13–17, 22–17
Pts: Keely 36 Rebs: Dragajlovic 16 Asts: Almaghrabi 9		Pts: Fai 19 Rebs: Morris, Ayer 8 Asts: Batumalai 7

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Reza Javadi (IRI), Amer Segare (UAE)

June 1 20:00

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ASU	74–76	Smart Gilas
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–15, 18–18, 28–31
Pts: Watkins 25 Rebs: Abbas 13 Asts: Daghlas 8		Pts: Hontiveros 23 Rebs: Taulava 12 Asts: Casio 7

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Yasser Abbas (QAT), Marwan Egho (LIB)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Al-Riyadi	4	4	0	349	309	+40	8
Mahram Tehran	4	3	1	330	272	+58	7
Al-Rayyan	4	2	2	305	286	+19	6
Al Jalaa	4	1	3	292	325	−33	5
Al Shabab	4	0	4	286	370	−84	4

All times are local (UTC+08).

May 28 16:00

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Al Jalaa	59–86	Mahram Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 12–26, 15–24, 15–15
Pts: Walker 16 Rebs: Walker 9 Asts: J. Miller 3		Pts: Williams 34 Rebs: Nikkhah 10 Asts: Nikkhah 8

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Ricor Buaron (PHI), Naser Mohammad Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR)

May 28 20:00

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Al Shabab	90–109	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 23–27, 23–37, 34–26
Pts: Fields 39 Rebs: Fields 8 Asts: Hajji 4		Pts: El Khatib 29 Rebs: Woods 8 Asts: Ahmed 9

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Sameer Saeed (IRI), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS)

May 29 16:00

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Al-Rayyan	90–67	Al Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 27–18, 27–19, 16–16
Pts: Leslie 30 Rebs: Ngombo 17 Asts: Ngombo, Musa 4		Pts: Parazian 20 Rebs: Walker 6 Asts: Deeb 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Illija Belosevic (SRB), Mohammed Khalifa Al Saleh (KSA), Yen Sin Tee (MAS)

May 29 20:00

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Mahram Tehran	90–73	Al Shabab
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 22–17, 19–21, 26–11
Pts: C. Williams 31 Rebs: C. Williams 8 Asts: Kamrani, Afagh 5		Pts: Fields 20 Rebs: Fields 7 Asts: Hajji 6

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Naser Mohammad Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR), Rafael Britanico (PHI), Sameer M.A. Saeed (IRQ)

May 30 18:00

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Al-Riyadi	76–73	Mahram Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 13–25, 22–17, 17–17
Pts: El Khatib 25 Rebs: Abdel-Moneim 15 Asts: Akl 5		Pts: Williams 32 Rebs: Williams 6 Asts: Kamrani 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

May 30 20:00

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Al Shabab	60–78	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–16, 13–19, 14–16
Pts: Fields 19 Rebs: Fields 7 Asts: Jasim 3		Pts: Ngombo 21 Rebs: Salem Asts: Leslie, Ngombo 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Naser Mohammad Abu Rashed (JOR), Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yen Sin Tee (MAS)

May 31 14:00

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Al Jalaa	93–63	Al Shabab
Scoring by quarter: 26–13, 19–19, 25–15, 23–16
Pts: Yaqqub 23 Rebs: Madanly 10 Asts: Madanly 7		Pts: Al Zaabi 24 Rebs: Fields 11 Asts: Fields 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Rafael Britanico (PHI), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Mohammed Khalifa Al Saleh (KSA)

May 31 18:00

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Al-Rayyan	73–78 (OT)	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 20–11, 22–21, 13–20, Overtime: 3–8
Pts: Ngombo 24 Rebs: Ngombo 11 Asts: Leslie 4		Pts: Ahmed 24 Rebs: Woods 17 Asts: Akl 6

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Sameer Saeed (IRI)

June 1 16:00

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Mahram Tehran	81–64	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 22–20, 22–15, 19–13
Pts: Williams 23 Rebs: Samb 15 Asts: Nikkhah 9		Pts: Leslie 20 Rebs: Musa 9 Asts: Musa 4

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Naser Mohammad Abu Rashed (JOR), Rafael Britanico (PHI)

June 1 18:00

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Al-Riyadi	86–73	Al Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 24–16, 20–15, 27–22
Pts: Saoud 28 Rebs: Kanaan, Ibrahim, Fakhreddine 7 Asts: Ibrahim 10		Pts: Merjaneh 16 Rebs: Deeb, Merjaneh 6 Asts: J. Miller 4

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yen Sin Tee (MAS), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS)

Knockout round

Championship bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	June 3, 2011 – Pasig
	Mahram Tehran	102
					June 4, 2011 – Pasig
	Al-Ittihad	65
					Mahram Tehran	80
	June 3, 2011 – Pasig
					Smart Gilas	77
	Smart Gilas	85
									June 5, 2011 – Pasig
	Al Jalaa	80
									Mahram Tehran	82
	June 3, 2011 – Pasig
									Al-Riyadi	91
	Al-Riyadi	106
					June 4, 2011 – Pasig
	Duhok	80
					Al-Riyadi	71
	June 3, 2011 – Pasig
					Al-Rayyan	52			3rd place
	ASU	77
									June 5, 2011 – Pasig
	Al-Rayyan	83
									Smart Gilas	64
									Al-Rayyan	71

Consolation bracket

	Semi-finals				Fifth place
	June 4, 2011 – Pasig
	Al-Ittihad	77
					June 5, 2011 – Pasig
	Al Jalaa	85
					Al Jalaa	65
	June 4, 2011 – Pasig
					ASU	72
	Duhok	90
	ASU	98
					Seventh place
					June 5, 2011 – Pasig
					Al-Ittihad	104
					Duhok	95

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+08).

June 3 14:00

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Al-Riyadi	106–80	Duhok
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 35–15, 25–24, 21–22
Pts: Abdelnour 24 Rebs: Ibrahim 9 Asts: Ahmed, Ibrahim 6		Pts: Giles 29 Rebs: Giles 13 Asts: Al-Doori, Al-Tameemi, Gray, Giles 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Reza Javadi (IRI), Amer Segare (UAE), Yen Sin Tee (MAS)

June 3 16:00

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Mahram Tehran	102–65	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 20–15, 22–22, 28–13
Pts: Samb 18 Rebs: Sahakiang 10 Asts: Williams 6		Pts: Keely 24 Rebs: Dragajlovic 11 Asts: Keely 6

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Naser Mohammad Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR)

June 3 18:00

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Smart Gilas	85–80	Al Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 14–19, 27–16, 24–23
Pts: Douthit 26 Rebs: Douthit 12 Asts: Casio 9		Pts: Walker 25 Rebs: Walker 8 Asts: Walker 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Sameer Saeed (IRI)

June 3 20:00

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ASU	77–83	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–23, 16–24, 22–20
Pts: Watkins 23 Rebs: Abbas 9 Asts: Daghles 8		Pts: Leslie 29 Rebs: Ngombo 8 Asts: Leslie 6

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Illija Belosevic (SRB), Heros Avanesian (IRI), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Semifinals 5th–8th

June 4 14:00

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Al-Ittihad	77–85	Al Jalaa
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 22–25, 21–26, 18–16
Pts: Dragajlovic, Almaghrabi 16 Rebs: Dragajlovic 13 Asts: Aljuhani 5		Pts: Yakoub 17 Rebs: Yakoub 10 Asts: J. Miller 8

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Yasser Abbas (QAT), Rafael Britanico (PHI), Reza Javadi (IRI)

June 4 16:00

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Duhok	90–98	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 26–20, 26–17, 21–31
Pts: Giles 24 Rebs: Giles 10 Asts: Al Juboori 9		Pts: Islam 32 Rebs: Islam 14 Asts: Daghlas 12

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Ricor Buaron (PHI), Mohammed Khalifa Al Saleh (KSA)

Semifinals

June 4 18:00

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Mahram Tehran	80–77	Smart Gilas
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 25–18, 17–23, 18–15
Pts: Nikkhah 19 Rebs: Samb 13 Asts: Kamrani 4		Pts: Douthit 25 Rebs: Douthit 13 Asts: Casio, Douthit, Lassiter 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Illija Belosevic (SRB), Naser Mohammad Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR), Amer Segare (UAE)

June 4 20:00

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Al-Riyadi	71–52	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 19–13, 15–14, 18–17
Pts: Ahmed 25 Rebs: Ahmed 12 Asts: Ahmed 5		Pts: Ngombo 15 Rebs: Cufee 7 Asts: Leslie 4

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Sameer Saeed (IRI), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS)

7th place

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June 5 12:00

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Al-Ittihad	104–95	Duhok
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 29–20, 20–29, 26–25
Pts: Dragajlovic 28 Rebs: Dragajlovic 21 Asts: Kabe, Almaghrabi 5		Pts: Gray 30 Rebs: Al Juboori 9 Asts: Al Juboori 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Jamal Al Turk (SYR), Ricor Buaron (PHI), Yen Sin Tee (MAS)

5th place

June 5 14:00

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Al Jalaa	65–72	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 21–13, 9–18, 18–30
Pts: J. Miller 16 Rebs: Yakoub 13 Asts: Madanly 7		Pts: Soobzokov 19 Rebs: Abbas 10 Asts: Al-Sous 2

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Owe Shiong Chan (MAS), Mohammed Khalifa Al Saleh (KSA)

3rd place

June 5 16:00

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Smart Gilas	64–71	Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 18–19, 13–14, 18–21
Pts: Douthit 18 Rebs: Douthit 17 Asts: Casio 7		Pts: Leslie 19 Rebs: Musa 13 Asts: Cufee 3

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Heros Avanesian (IRI), Amer Segare (UAE)

Finals

June 5 18:00

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Mahram Tehran	82–91	Al-Riyadi
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 25–21, 19–19, 24–34
Pts: Nikkhah 28 Rebs: Kamrani, C. Williams 7 Asts: Nikkhah 7		Pts: El Khatib 41 Rebs: Woods 16 Asts: Mahmoud 5

PhilSports Arena, Pasig Referees: Pablo Alberto Estevez (ARG), Illija Belosevic (SRB), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Al Riyadi	7–0
	Mahram Tehran	5–2
	Al-Rayyan	4–3
4	Smart Gilas	5–2
Failed to Reach Semifinals
5	ASU	5–2
6	Al Jalaa	2–5
7	Al-Ittihad	3–4
8	Duhok	1–6
Failed to Reach Quarterfinals
9	Al Shabab	0–4
	KL Dragons	0–4

Awards

2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Al Riyadi 1st title

Most Valuable Player
Fadi El Khatib [37]

Statistical leaders

The top ten of the five statistics are shown below.[38]

Points Pos. Name G Pts. PPG 1 Courtney Fields 4 99 24.8 2 Christopher Williams 7 171 24.4 3 Christopher Ayer 4 89 22.3 4 Vladislav Dragajlovic 7 151 21.6 5 Fadi El-Khatib 7 147 21.0 6 Chauncey Leslie 7 139 19.9 7 Marcus Douthit 7 134 19.1 8 Jameel Watkins 6 112 18.7 9 C.J. Giles 7 130 18.6 10 Chudnay Earl Gray 6 109 18.2

Rebounds Pos. Name G Rebs. RPG 1 Vladislav Dragajlovic 7 97 13.9 2 C.J. Giles 7 85 12.1 3 Marcus Douthit 7 85 12.1 4 Christopher Ayer 4 47 11.8 5 Loren Woods 6 64 10.7 6 Ahmad Ismail 6 63 10.5 7 Jameel Watkins 6 59 9.8 8 Tanguy Ngombo 7 68 9.7 9 Courtney Fields 4 33 8.3 10 Cheikh Samb 7 55 7.9

Assists Pos. Name G Asts. APG 1 Osama Daghles 7 52 7.4 2 J.V. Casio 7 43 6.1 3 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 7 34 4.9 4 Ali Al Juboori 3 14 4.7 5 Guganeswaran Batumalai 4 18 4.5 6 Darren Keely 7 30 4.3 7 Jamaal Miller 7 30 4.3 8 Quitaba Al-Doori 7 29 4.1 9 Jassim Haji 3 12 4.0 10 Rodrigue Akl 5 20 4.0

Blocks Pos. Name G Blocks. BPG 1 Cheikh Samb 5 18 3.6 2 Loren Woods 4 14 3.5 3 C.J. Giles 5 10 2.0 4 Marcus Douthit 5 8 1.6 5 Christopher Ayer 4 7 1.7 6 Samaki Walker 5 6 1.7 7 Ali Fakhreddine 3 4 1.3 8 Asi Taulava 5 4 1.2 9 Japeth Aguilar 5 5 1.0 10 Marcelle Yaqqub 5 5 1.0

Steals Pos. Name G Stls. SPG 1 Hamed Afagh 5 13 2.6 2 Qutaiba Al-Doori 5 9 1.8 3 Jameel Watkins 5 8 1.6 4 C.J. Giles 5 7 1.4 5 Marcus Douthit 5 6 1.2 6 Courtney Fields 4 5 1.2 7 Christopher Williams 5 5 1.0 8 Darren Keely 5 5 1.0 9 J.V. Casio 5 5 1.0 10 Ali Hamad 5 4 0.8

Tournament officials

Through the tournament's official website, FIBA Asia named the referees and commissioners that will officiate the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011.[39] Below are the technical officials for the entire tournament:

Team referees  QAT Yasser Abbas  JOR Naser Mohammad Abu Rashed  KSA Mohammed Khalifa Al Saleh  SYR Jamal Al Turk  IRI Heros Avanesian  PHI Rafael Britanico  PHI Ricor Buaron  MAS Owe Shiong Chan  LIB Marwan Egho  IRI Reza Javadi  LIB Rabah Noujaim  PHI Ferdinand Pascual  IRQ Sameer M.A. Saeed  UAE Amer Segare  MAS Yen Sin Tee

Neutral referees  SRB Ilija Belosevic  ARG Pablo Alberto Estevez Commissioners  OMA Faris Said Salim Al Khalasi  PHI Igmidio Reyes Cahanding  VIE Nguyen Ngo Tuan  PHI Anthony Angulo Sulit  MAS Kak Kuan Lee (FIBA Asia)

Media

Broadcasting rights

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup was aired on Philippine VHF television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation via Sports5.[40] In April 2011, Sports5, the sports division of TV5, signed a blocktime agreement with IBC-13 to air live sports coverage via AKTV, a primetime block that airs local and international sports events.[41][42]

Country	Broadcaster
Philippines	IBC-13 (AKTV)

Event website

In May 2011, FIBA Asia announced that the official site of the tournament has gone live online. The website has all the information about the event such as its overview, rosters, and system of competition. In addition, the website also features real-time updates as well as news, live game results, and interviews.[43]

Live streaming

The organizers announced in June 2011 that all of the final round games of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011 will be streamed live on FIBAtv.com and FIBAAsiaTV.com. The highlights of all these games will also be available in the tournament's official website.[44]

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External links

• FIBA Asia official website
• 2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup official website
• Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas official website