Behnam Yakhchali scored 31 points for Iran while Hani Adribe, Amer Alsati and Anthouny Bakar earned 12 points for Syria each.

The Persians will also play Kazakhstan and Japan in Pool C on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

The Group Phase will be played from July 12-17. The 16 teams competing in Asia Cup 2022 were drawn into four groups of four.

Every group winner will gain direct access to the quarter final, while runners-up will play third placed teams in a playoff games.

Originally intended to be the 2021 edition, the tournament was initially scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August 2021, but it was postponed due to 17 to 29 August 2021 to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.

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Naft Abadan, who had already defeated Bahrain’s Al-Muharraq in the preliminary round, defeated the team once again 81-69 in the third-place play-off.

Palayesh Naft Abadan of Iran finished in third place in the 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup on Sunday.

Alvark Tokyo will meet Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon in the final match.

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

The competition is being held in Thailand from September 24 to 29.

Alvark Tokyo displayed their determination to avenge last year’s loss to beat Al Riyadi 98-74 and claim their first ever FIBA Asia Champions Cup title.

The two-time B. League champions had lost in Final of the 2018 edition of the competition and came back stronger and focused to win it all this time. The title is the first ever by a Japanese Club in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

Alvark’s Alex Kirk had 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks in the win and was named the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 MVP. He is joined by Daiki Tanaka, Wael Arakji, Hamed Haddadi(Iran’s Naft Abadan), and Kevin Murphy.

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Naft Abadan will meet the loser of Al-Muharraq and Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon in the third-place match on Sunday.

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

The competition is being held in Thailand from September 24 to 29.

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Naft Abadan had already defeated Bahrain’s Al-Muharraq and Fubon Braves of Chinese Taipei in Pool A.

The Iranian team has qualified for the competition’s semifinals.

Pool B consists of China’s Guangdong Southern Tigers, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus from South Korea, Japan’s Alvark Tokyo and Al Riyadi Beirut from Lebanon.

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

The competition is being held in Thailand from September 24 to 29.

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Hamed Haddadi led the Iranian team with 18 points and Shao Chieh Kuo had 19 points for Fubon.

Naft will face Thailand’s Hi-Tech Bangkok City on Thursday.

Pool B consists of China’s Guangdong Southern Tigers, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus from South Korea, Japan’s Alvark Tokyo and Al Riyadi Beirut from Lebanon.

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

The competition is being held in Thailand from September 24 to 29.

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Pool B consists of China’s Guangdong Southern Tigers, Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus from South Korea, Japan’s Alvark Tokyo and Al Riyadi Beirut from Lebanon.

The 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the 28th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

The competition is being held in Thailand from September 24 to 29.

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Chemidor defeated Al Jaych of Syria 80-55. Chemidor will meet Naft Baghdad on Thursday and win the title if it manages to beat its rival.

This is a monumental tournament for the Iraq capital, which is hosting its first major basketball event since 1988.

The competition will qualify spots for champions of their respective countries in Round 1 of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, where four slots for teams from WABA are allocated. Therefore, the top four teams at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup WABA Qualifiers 2019 will each gain a qualifying spot for their respective country in the succeeding round.

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The competition was held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 in Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Meisam Mirzaei stepped up with 28 points and 7 rebounds for the Iranian team.

Rouzbeh Arghavan had 12 points and 8 boards in the winning effort.

Daiki Tanaka answered with 28 points for Toyota Alvark.

Seoul SK Knights from South Korea beat the Philippine’s Meralco Bolts 91-87 in the third place match.

The 2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 27th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia.

A total of eight teams participated in the seven-day basketball tournament.

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