FIBA Asia Champions Cup WABA Qualifiers 2019 draw results in
The draw results of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup WABA Qualifiers 2019 are win. The tournament will take place in Baghdad, Iraq from 10-14 March 2019
BEIRUT (Lebanon) - The West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) has been among one of the most successful regions in the history of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The road for teams in this sub-zone towards the upcoming FIBA Asia Champions Cup season begins March 10-14 in Baghdad, Iraq at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup WABA Qualifiers 2019. This will be a monumental tournament for the city of Baghdad which will be hosting it's first major basketball event since 1988.
The draw for the competition was completed today after the FIBA World Asian Qualifiers game between Syria and China at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Lebanon.
The participating teams are:
Petrochimi (IRI) - Champions of the previous edition
Homenetmen (LBN)
Chemidor (IRI)
Al Jaych (SYR)
Qalandia (PLE)
Nift Baghdad (IRQ)
The competition will qualify spots for champions of their respective countries in Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, where 4 slots for teams from WABA are allocated. Therefore, the top 4 teams at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup WABA Qualifiers 2019 will each gain a qualifying spot for their respective country in the succeeding round.
Homentemen (LBN) are drawn to Group A along with Chemidor (IRI) and Al Jaych (SYR). The defending champions Petrochimi (IRI) are drawn with Qalandia (PLE) and Nift Baghdad IRQ).
The past three championship games of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup have featured a club from WABA in Lebanon’s Al-Riyadi (2016, 2017) and Iran’s Petrochimi (2018). Moreover, the recent two champions of the competition are both from the WABA subzone with Al-Riyadi winning it all in 2017 and Petrochimi winning it last year. Aside from these two powerhouses, other WABA teams in the past 3 seasons of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup include Iraq’s Al-Shorta (2016) and Palestine’s Sareyyet Ramallah (2017).
In the past three seasons of WABA's club championship, Al-Riyadi and Petrochimi have traded times hoisting the trophy. After winning the title in 2016, Petrochimi lost to Al-Riyadi in the championship game of 2017 before the Lebanese club went on to later on win the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. A year later in 2018, Petrochimi were able to exact their revenge by beating Riyadi in the Final and also made it all the way to win the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, too.
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