who will win 22nd Fiba Asia Champions Cup

Quarter finals:
Friday 3/6/2011 (all games live on aljazeera sport 1)

Riyadi (Lebanon) v/s Duhok (Iraq) 9h00AM
Mahram (Iran) v/s Al-Ittihad (KSA) 11h00AM
Smart Gilas (Philippines) v/s Jalaa (Syria) 1h00PM
ASU (Jordan) v/s Rayyan (Qatar) 3h00PM

22nd Fiba Asia Champions Cup STANDINGS

Group A:
1-Smart Gilas 
2-ASU  
3-Al-Ittihad 
4-Duhok 
5-KL Dragons 

Group B:
1-Riyadi  
2-Mahram 
3-Rayyan 
4-Jalaa 
5-Al-Shabeb 

CHECK THE SCHEDULE HERE:

http://www.lebanesebasketball.co.cc/2011/05/22nd-fiba-asia-champions-cup-groups.html

22nd Fiba Asia Champions Cup quarter finals

Quarter finals:

Friday 3/6/2011 (all games live on aljazeera sport 1)

GAME 1: Riyadi (Lebanon) v/s Duhok (Iraq) 9h00AM

GAME 2: Mahram (Iran) v/s Al-Ittihad (KSA) 11h00AM

GAME 3: Smart Gilas (Philippines) v/s Jalaa (Syria) 1h00PM

GAME 4: ASU (Jordan) v/s Rayyan (Qatar) 3h00PM

SEMI FINALS: 

WINNER OF GAME 1 VS WINNER OF GAME 4

WINNER OF GAME 3 VS WINNER OF GAME 2

LIB/QAT - Rodrigue drives Riyadi to Overtime win over Rayyan

BY: Fiba-Asia


MANILA, Philippines (22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup): Al Riyadi Beirut reserved their best for the end and unleashed a 20-9 run in the final ten minutes – including a 8-3 advantage in the Overtime – to beat last year’s runners-up Al Rayyan 78-73 in a needle Group B game on Tuesday.

Rodrigue Akl (dark jersey in pic above), on loan from Anibal for this competition, capped a 12-6 Riyadi run in the final five minutes to lock the game at 70-all at the end of Regulation time.

And in the extended period, Akl pulled down three of Riyadi’s defensive rebounds to deny Rayyan any extra room.

“Am I lucky to have thought of borrowing him!” wondered Riyadi coach Fouad Abouchakra.

“In these two games, he (Akl) has been a real worthy,” he added connecting Akl’s contribution to regular point guard Ali Mahmoud’s absence – due to a sore back – in the last two games.

“Like yesterday (when Riyadi beat defending champions Mahram 76-73), my team played a lot together. They stood up for each other when chips were down, and I think that was the key to our win today,” he added.

Down by six points – by 9 at one point in time in the second quarter – Riyadi did more than well to hold their own.

“We missed out on their offensive rebounds,” bemoaned Rayyan coach Brian Rowsom.

Riyadi had a 21-13 offense rebound advantage – in an overall 50-37 boards.

Ismail Ahmad led Riyadi’s scoring with 24 points, including 4 in the Overtime.

The Egyptian also had a dozen rebounds.

“It was a very physical game, especially after last night’s game it was a struggle for us,” Ahmad said.

“This is a lesson for us not to drop our guard. But I thought we lost a one-ball game,” said Rowsom.

After Akl had tied the score, Rayyan had 15.3 secs on the clock, but the Rowsom’s men chose to go to the perimeter to attempt, from where Omer Salem managed only to hit the rim.

“Well, you get some and you don’t get some. Can’t really do much wasting sleep on that. We gotta prepare for tomorrow,” said Rowsom.

Rayyan take on defending champions Mahram – who rested on Tuesday – on the morrow with Riyadi lining up against Al Jala’a.

Fiba-Asia

Riyadi VS Mahram

Riyadi 76 73 Mahram

STATS:

FADY EL KHATIB 25PTS

JEAN ABDELNOUR 15PTS

ISMAEL AHMAD  14PTS

LOREN WOODS

Article by Fiba Asia:

MANILA, Philippines (22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup): Iranian defending champions Mahram and fellow WABA giants Al Riyadi Beirut, as expected, set the PhilSports Arena ablaze with some scintillating, spine-tingling and stimulating show of superlative basketball before the latter scraped through by the skin of their teeth 76-73 in a Group B game on Monday.

American Chris Williams scored a mammoth 32-point game-high and Samad Nikkhah Bahrami had an 18-point game but no other Mahram player scored in the double digit!

Fadi El Khatib, borrowed from Champville for this competition, led Riyadi’s scoring with 25 points and imports Ismail Ahmad and Loren Woods did their jobs to perfection.

Ahmad, an Egyptian, returning to the Riyadi colors after a two-year break scored 14 points and collected a game-high 15 rebounds.

And American Woods, who played a stellar role in Mahram’s title triumph last year, had 10 points and as many rebounds.

Mahram did well to pull back from a seemingly slipping situation when they went down by 9 points early in the fourth quarter, but let things slip through their fingers at the crunch moment.

Williams brought the score close to 71-74 with his customary drive in the lane and Mahdi Kamrani further reduced the margin catching the rival defense completely on the wrong foot, but committed a foul bringing El Khatib to the foul-line.

The seasoned campaigner of many a battle against Mahram missed the two free-throws, but Ahmad grabbed the rebound and relayed it back to El Khatib, who drew a foul on Hamed Afagh.

This time El Khatib proved too experienced to squander the opportunity.

Riyadi seemed to nudge ahead with a 7-0 run and closed the first quarter 10 points ahead, only to see Mahram return in kind scoring the first 10 points of the second quarter to bring parity.

The game went back into a thrilling phase of even exchanges and equal scoring till Riyadi made their move again in the fourth quarter and clinch the game.

Riyadi opened the fourth quarter with a 9-0 spree with youngster Rodrigue Akl – on loan from Anibal – leading the charge and Ismail Ahmad played true to his reputation which game Riyadi a 12-point lead.

Again it was the turn of Mahram to hit back and take the game to the wire, but the Iranians fell at the post.

The spearheads of either side acknowledged Riyadi’s blazing start giving the advantage.

“I think we gave them the advantage early on,” bemoaned Bahrami.

“And I think that helped us put pressure early on and maintain it,” agreed Khatib.

“A game against Mahram is never easy, we knew that. I think we were hungrier tonight,” Khatib went on.

“Like I said earlier, we are here to win the title. So every win against any team is only a step closer in that direction as far as we are concerned,” Khatib said.

Riyadi coach Fouad Abouchakra, was however, concerned about the lack of assists.

“I think we need to spread the ball more,” he said. Riyadi had 8 assists over 2 steals as against Mahram’s 13 assists over 4 steals.

“Missing some crucial shots at the end of the game proved vital. There’s nothing more to say about such a great game,” Mahram’s assistant coach Mohammed Kasseipour, standing in for head coach Mehran Shahintab.

Box scores

Game Details

Asian Championship results

Saturday May 28:

Duhok (Iraq) 66-74 ASU (Jordan)
Jalaa (Syria) 59-86 Mahram (Iran)
Smart Gilas (Philippines) 101-69 Al-Ittihad (KSA)
Al-Shabeb (UAE) 90-109 Riyadi (Lebanon)

Sunday May 29:

Al-Ittihad (KSA) 83-75 Duhok (Iraq)
Rayyan (Qatar) 90-67 Jalaa (Syria)
KL Dragons (Malysia) 64-95 Smart Gilas (Philippines)
Mahram (Iran) 90-73 Al-Shabeb (UAE)

Monday May 30:

ASU (Jordan) 79 69 Al-Ittihad (KSA)
Duhok (Iraq) 88 76 KL Dragons (Malysia)
Riyadi (Lebanon) 76 73 Mahram (Iran) 
Al-Shabeb (UAE) 60 78 Rayyan (Qatar)
FULL SCHEDULE HERE: 


Tuesday May 31:

Jalaa (Syria) v/s Al-Shabeb (UAE) 9h00AM
KL Dragons (Malysia) v/s ASU (Jordan) 11h00AM
Rayyan (Qatar) v/s Riyadi (Lebanon) 1h00PM
Smart Gilas (Philippines) v/s Duhok (Iraq) 3h00PM

Wednesday June 1:

Al-Ittihad (KSA) v/s KL Drangons (Malysia) 9h00AM
Mahram (Iran) v/s Rayyan (Qatar) 11h00AM
Riyadi (Lebanon) v/s Jalaa (Syria) 1h00PM
ASU (Jordan) v/s Smart Gilas (Philippines) 3h00PM

http://www.lebanesebasketball.co.cc/2011/05/22nd-fiba-asia-champions-cup-groups.html

Asian Championship for clubs full rosters

Riyadi final roster


Coach: Fouad Abou Chakra (LEB)

4-Jean Abdel Nour
5-Amir Saoud
6-Ali Mahmoud
7-Rodrick Akl
8-Omar Turk
9-Mohammad Ibrahim
10-Ali Kanaan
11-William Billy Faris
12-Ali Fakhreddine
13-Loren Woods
14-Ismail Ahmad
15-Fadi El Khatib 




Mahram final roster

Mehdi Kamrani
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
Javad Davari
Mehrad Atashi
Babak Nezafat
Jaber Rouzbahani
Chris Williams
Cheikh Samb
Oshin Sahakian (from Zob)
Asghar Kardoust (from Qom)
Hamed Afagh (from Zob)
Aren Davoudi (from Zob)

Head Coach : Mehran Shahintab
Assistant Coach : Mohammad Kasaeipour






Jalaa Roster 

4-Sari Papazian (194-G/F-82)
5-Samaki Walker (206-F/C-76)
6-Micheal Madanly (195-G-81)
7-Ahmad Haj Ishak (194-F-86)
8-Hakam Al-Abduallah (198-F-82) "Loan from Al-Jaish"
9-Johnny Deeb (185-G-86)
10-Rami Merjaneh (183-G-83)
11-Marcelo Correa (206-C-77)
12-Jamaal Miller (183-G-82)
13-Eder Araujo (212-F-81)
14-Abboud Shakkour (184-G-80)
15-Wissam Yaqqub (212-C-82)

22nd Fiba Asia Champions Cup groups, schedule, results

28th May - 5th June

Location: Manila Philippines 

Group A: Duhok (Iraq), ASU (Jordan), KL Dragons (Malysia), Smart Gilas (Philippines) & Al-Ittihad (KSA)

Group B: Mahram (Iran), Riyadi (Lebanon), Rayyan (Qatar), Jalaa (Syria) & Al-Shabab (UAE)

Preliminary Round

Saturday May 28/5/2011:

Duhok (Iraq) 66-74 ASU (Jordan)
Jalaa (Syria) 59-86 Mahram (Iran)
Smart Gilas (Philippines) 101-69 Al-Ittihad (KSA)
Al-Shabeb (UAE) 90-109 Riyadi (Lebanon)

Sunday 29/5/2011:

Al-Ittihad (KSA) 83-75 Duhok (Iraq)
Rayyan (Qatar) 90-67 Jalaa (Syria)
KL Dragons (Malysia) 64-95 Smart Gilas (Philippines)
Mahram (Iran) 90-73 Al-Shabeb (UAE)

Monday 30/5/2011:

ASU (Jordan) 79 69 Al-Ittihad (KSA)
Duhok (Iraq) 88 76 KL Dragons (Malysia)
Riyadi (Lebanon) 76 73 Mahram (Iran)
Al-Shabeb (UAE) 60 78 Rayyan (Qatar) 

Tuesday May 31:

Jalaa (Syria) 93 63 Al-Shabeb (UAE)
KL Dragons (Malysia) v/s ASU (Jordan) 11h00AM
Rayyan (Qatar) 71 76 Riyadi (Lebanon)
Smart Gilas (Philippines) v/s Duhok (Iraq) 3h00PM

Wednesday 1/6/2011:

Al-Ittihad (KSA) 98-76 KL Drangons (Malysia)
Mahram (Iran) 81-64 Rayyan (Qatar)
Riyadi (Lebanon) 86-73  Jalaa (Syria)
ASU (Jordan) 74-76 Smart Gilas (Philippines) 

Quarter finals:
Friday 3/6/2011 (all games live on aljazeera sport 1)

Riyadi (Lebanon) 106-80 Duhok (Iraq) 9h00AM

Mahram (Iran) 102-65 Al-Ittihad (KSA) 11h00AM

Smart Gilas (Philippines) 

85-80

Jalaa (Syria) 1h00PM

ASU (Jordan) 77-83 Rayyan (Qatar) 3h00PM

SEMI FINAL:

RIYADI 71-52 RAYYAN

SMAT GILAS 80-77  MAHRAM

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22nd FIBA Asia championship for clubs May 28 – June 5

from May 28 – June 5

LOCATION: MANILA, Philippines

Group 1:

ASU (JOR)

KL Dragons (MAS)

Middle Asia

Japan (BJ-League)

Smart Gilas (PHI)

Group 2:

Al riyadi (LEB)

Al Rayyan (QAT)

Al Shabab (UAE)

Mahram (IRI)

JALAA (SYR)

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MATT FREIJE WILL JOIN RIYADI IN ASIA

MATT FREIJE (X-NBA), AND LEBANESE NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER WILL JOIN RIYADI IN ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLUBS.

DANIEL FARIS AND ANOTHER PLAYER FROM ABROAD MAY ALSO JOIN

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DANIEL FARIS AND WILLIAM PHARES NEWS

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DANIEL FARIS AND WILLIAM PHARES WILL JOIN RIYADI IN THE ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLUBS