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The 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will be the 25th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was supposed to be held in Kuwait on June 5–13, 2014, but FIBA Asia, through a communique to the National Federations representing the qualified teams, had announced that the tournament will be rescheduled after the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women sometime in the third-fourth week of October, after they (National Federations) mentioned that they require their top players to be available for the National Team's preparations for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.

Qualification

The qualifications for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup are still ongoing; it started this early 2014 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.

Format

The following are eligible to participate:

• The organizing country.
• The three best-placed teams from the 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
• The best team from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.

Berths

2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Rank	Team	Note
	Iran	West Asia (+1)
	Qatar	Persian Gulf (+1)
	Jordan	West Asia (+2)
4	Bahrain
5	Iraq
6	Syria
7	Kazakhstan
8	India

Qualified teams

Central Asia (1)	East Asia (1)	Persian Gulf (1+1+1)	South Asia (1)	Southeast Asia (1)	West Asia (1+2)
Belent Ashgabat				Malaysia BC	Mahram Tehran
		Al-Sadd			ASU
		Al-Ahli			Al-Kahraba

Central Asia

Turkmenistan's Belent Ashgabat will be the CABA subzone's representative to the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

East Asia

Persian Gulf

Qatar's Al-Sadd and UAE's Al-Ahli have qualified to represent Gulf subzone, and a team representing Kuwait has qualified automatically as the hosts.

South Asia

Southeast Asia

The 2014 SEABA Champions Cup was the qualification for Southeast Asia in the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. It was a single game between Malaysia and Singapore and was held on April 26, 2014, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After intense and hard-fought three quarters, the home team pulled out a 17–9 scoring in the final frame to claim the lone SEABA spot, 59–47.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaysia	1	1	0	59	47	+12	2
Singapore	1	0	1	47	59	–12	1

Malaysia	59–47	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 18–16, 14–12, 17–9

West Asia

The 2014 WABA Champions Cup was the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The three best teams qualify for 2014 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The tournament was held from March 8 to March 13, 2014, in Tehran, Iran.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Mahram Tehran	2	2	0	194	113	+81	4
Al-Wahda	2	1	1	123	166	–43	3
Al-Ittihad	2	0	2	113	151	–38	2

Mahram Tehran	106–60	Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 25–11, 31–17, 24–16

Al-Ittihad	60–63	Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21

Al-Ittihad	53–88	Mahram Tehran
Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 12–17, 19–22, 13–19

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Petrochimi Bandar Imam	3	3	0	292	193	+99	6
Al-Kahraba	3	2	1	238	243	–5	5
ASU	3	1	2	218	235	–17	4
Al-Jaish	3	0	3	197	274	−77	3

Al-Kahraba

79–76

ASU

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	105–61	Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16

ASU	79–57	Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 8–24, 23–9, 22–12, 26–12

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	88–69	Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16

ASU	63–99	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 9–28, 23–24, 16–28

Al-Jaish	79–90 (OT)	Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 21–14, 13–12, 23–26, Overtime: 10–21

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	March 11
	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
					March 12
	BYE
					Petrochimi Bandar Imam	82
	March 11
					ASU	64
	Al-Wahda	86
									March 13
	ASU (OT)	88
									Petrochimi Bandar Imam	73
	March 11
									Mahram Tehran	90
	Al-Kahraba	89
					March 12
	Al-Ittihad	76
					Al-Kahraba	87
	March 11
					Mahram Tehran	112			3rd place
	Mahram Tehran	106
									March 13
	Al-Jaish	59
									ASU	79
									Al-Kahraba	65

Quarterfinals

Al-Kahraba	89–76	Al-Ittihad
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 21–10, 23–22, 15–28

Mahram Tehran	106–59	Al-Jaish
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 21–12, 9–12, 19–21

Al-Wahda	86–88 (OT)	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–20, 19–23, 22–22, Overtime: 9–11

Semifinals

Mahram Tehran	112–87	Al-Kahraba
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 27–21, 36–26, 24–27

Petrochimi Bandar Imam	82–64	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–16, 25–25, 11–7

3rd place

Al-Kahraba	65–79	ASU
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–23, 17–16, 12–24

Final

Mahram Tehran	90–73	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–22, 29–16, 27–14

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Mahram Tehran
	Petrochimi Bandar Imam
	ASU
4	Al-Kahraba
5	Al-Ittihad
6	Al-Jaish
7	Al-Wahda

References

1. "2014 FIBA Asia Events". FIBA Asia. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
2. "Champions Cup postponed facilitating SPAIN 2014 preparations". FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
3. "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 77. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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8. "Malaysia reclaims victory from Singapore in SEABA Champions Cup". Malaysia Basketball Association. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
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