2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | |
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27th Asia Champions Cup | |
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Dates | 25–30 September |
Teams | 10 (from 46 federations) |
Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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Qualification to 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup Road to Final 8 (West Asia) Round 1 |
The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will be the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament will take place in China from 25 September to 30 September 2018.
Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament:
On March 17, 2018, Petrochimi of Iran avenged their last year's defeat against Al-Riyadi of Lebanon to rule the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Champions Cup qualifiers, 83-53, in the Final in Beirut, Lebanon. Joining the finalists is Sareyyet Ramallah of Palestine, which qualified by virtue of their win over Syria's Al Jaish.
The top three teams are now qualified to the “Road To Final 8 (West Asia)” Round 1.
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup SEABA qualifier was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 8-10 May 2018.
The competition qualify two club teams from the SEABA sub-zone for the "Road to Final 8 (East Asia)" round of the main tournament.
The two successful SEABA club teams will join club teams from Chinese Taipei and India in the next round, which will qualify one team to the Final 8, joining the group composed of Australia, Japan and the Philippines.
Thailand's Mono Vampire, and Indonesia's Pelita Jaya have qualified for the Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 - Road to Final 8 East Asia after finishing among the top two.