The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the

FIBA Asia Champions Cup The FIBA Asia Champions Cup, previously known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup until 2002, is the Asian club championship for professional basketball. It is organised by FIBA Asia, and takes place once a year (since 199 ...

, the international

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tournament of

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. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to be hosted by China, took place in Thailand from 27 September to 2 October 2018. Games were played at Stadium29 in

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Qualification

Starting this year, there are a lot of changes in the qualification leading to the main tournament: * There will be several qualifying rounds spread all across the continent, having the sub-zones scheduled their own qualifiers. * One unique difference is some of Asia's top professional leagues will have their representatives already seeded in the Final Eight. China's

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's Korean Basketball League, Japan's B.League and the

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all have Direct Qualifying Spots to the Final 8. Already qualified to the main tournament are the following nations: *

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( 2017–18 CBA season champions) *

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champions) *

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champions) * Meralco Bolts ( PBA representatives) * Pauian (East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier) *

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(East Inter-Sub Zone qualifier) *

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(West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier) *

Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC Petrochimi Bandar Imam Basketball Club ( fa, تیم بسكتبال پتروشیمی بندر امام, ''Tim-e Beskâtbal-e Petrushimi-ye Bendâr Eman''), also known as shortly Petrochimi, is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Mahshah ...

(West Inter-Sub Zone qualifier)

Host

The Basketball Association of Thailand was awarded the hosting duties. They assigned to Stadium 29 in the

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suburb of

as the host of the tournament. The arena is the home of

in the

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and in the

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Draw

The draw was held on September 14, at Stadium 29 at

. The eight teams were divided into two groups. Hosts

chose their own group after three teams were drawn.

Group phase

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(

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Group A

Group B

Classification round

5th-8th semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Star Five

References

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