2024 Basketball Champions League Asia

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2024 Basketball Champions League Asia
LeagueBasketball Champions League Asia
Season2024
Dates9−15 June 2024
Number of games16
Number of teams8
2025 →

The 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia will be 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 is scheduled to take place at Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 9 until 15 June 2024. It is organized by the UAE Basketball Association and Shabab Al Ahli Club and sanctioned by FIBA Asia.[2][3]

The winners will earn the right to play in the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Qualification[edit]

Further information: 2024 Basketball Champions League Asia qualifying rounds

The champions of China's Chinese Basketball Association, Japan's B. League, and South Korea's Korean Basketball League qualify directly.[4] The Philippines' Philippine Basketball Association has opted out of this tournament due to a busy 2023 schedule which saw the country co-host the FIBA Basketball World Cup.[5] The Philippines' slot in the tournament was replaced by Shabab Al Ahly as tournament hosts.[6]

Two additional teams will qualify through a two-round qualification tournament for East and Southeast Asia, while a further two will be determined through the 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League.[7]

The first round of the qualification will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 3 to 7 April.[8] The second round will take place from 23 to 26 April in Jakarta, Indonesia.[9]

The following teams qualified to the main tournament.[1] Years in bold denote the team won the competition.

Team Qualified on Qualified as Participations
Indonesia Pelita Jaya 24 April 2024[10] First and second-placed teams of Round 2 of the qualifying rounds 0
Malaysia NS Matrix Deers 26 April 2024[11] 0
South Korea Busan KCC Egis 5 May 2024[12] Winners of the 2023–24 KBL season 1 (1998)[a]
China Liaoning Flying Leopards 22 May 2024[13] Winners of the 2023–24 CBA season 6 (1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2018)[b]
Japan Hiroshima Dragonflies 28 May 2024 Winners of the 2023–24 B1 League season 0
United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahly 30 May 2024[6] Hosts 4 (2001, 2011, 2016, 2017)[c]
Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut 31 May 2024 Top two teams of the 2023–24 FIBA West Asia Super League 1
Iran Shahrdari Gorgan 31 May 2024 TBD

Format[edit]

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

Draw[edit]

The draw will be held on 31 May 2024 in the Dubai Sports Council in Dubai.[6]

Pot 1
Team
China Liaoning Flying Leopards
South Korea Busan KCC Egis
Japan Hiroshima Dragonflies
Pot 2
Team
Indonesia Pelita Jaya
Malaysia NS Matrix Deers
Pot 3
Team
Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut
Iran Shahrdari Gorgan

Group phase[edit]

Final phase[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Includes participations as "Hyundai Dynat".
  2. ^ Includes participations as "Liaoning Hunters".
  3. ^ Includes participations of Al Ahli and Al Shabab, which merged to form Shabab Al Ahli in 2017.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Mongolia, Indonesia to host BCL Asia Qualifying rounds". FIBA. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bacnis, Justine (29 February 2024). "FIBA's Champions Cup gets a makeover as Basketball Champions League Asia". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Dubai to host first-ever Basketball Champions League Asia". FIBA.basketball. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ Terrado, Reuben (29 March 2024). "PBA given outright spot in Fiba's Basketball Champions League Asia". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. ^ Bacnis, Justine (3 May 2024). "PBA begs off from BCL Asia inaugurals". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Basketball Champions League Asia 2024 Draw explained". FIBA.basketball. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ "How can FIBA WASL teams qualify for BCL Asia?". FIBA. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  8. ^ Munkhzul, B. (1 March 2024). "Монголын сагсан бөмбөгийн лигийн аварга баг Азийн аваргуудын лигт тоглоно" (in Mongolian). MONTSAME News Agency. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ Nurdianti, Isnaini (1 March 2024). "Indonesia Resmi Ditunjuk sebagai Tuan Rumah Kualifikasi Basketball Champions League Asia 2024". Tribun News (in Indonesian). KG Media. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Day 2: Pelita Jaya seal ticket to BCL Asia proper; Taishaun Johnson keep NS Matrix in the hunt". FIBA.basketball. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Pelita Jaya Basketball, NS Matrix Deers qualify for Basketball Champions League Asia". FIBA.basketball. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Busan KCC Egis crowned KBL champions, beating Sonicboom 4-1". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Liaoning wins third consecutive CBA championship". Xinhua.net. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Competition Format". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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