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{{Short description|Basketball league}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball league
| name         = Basketball Champions League Asia
| logo         = Basketball Champions League Asia logo.png
| organiser    = [[FIBA Asia]]
| founded      = {{Start date and age|1981}}
| region       = [[Asia]]
| promotion    = [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup]]
| first        = [[1981 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1981]]
| teams        = 8
| champions    = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Utsunomiya Brex]] (1st title)
| season       = [[2025 Basketball Champions League Asia|2025]]
| most_champs  = {{Flagicon|LBN}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi]]<br>{{Flagicon|LBN}} [[Sagesse SC (basketball)|Sagesse]]<br> (3 titles each)
| tv           = 
| website      =
| current      = [[2025 Basketball Champions League Asia]]
}}

The '''Basketball Champions League Asia''' ('''BCL Asia'''), formerly the '''[[FIBA Asia]] Champions Cup''',<ref>{{cite web|title=22ND FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONS CUP |work=fibaasia.net |url=http://manila2011.fibaasia.net/History.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513004949/http://manila2011.fibaasia.net/History.aspx |archivedate=May 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an annual continental club men's [[basketball]] competition organised by FIBA Asia. It is the highest level club competition for basketball in [[Asia]].

Introduced in 1981, as the ''Asian Basketball Club Championship'', the competition rebranded in 2004 to the ''FIBA Asia Champions Cup''. In 2024, the tournament was renamed as the Basketball Champions League Asia.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Mongolia, Indonesia to host BCL Asia Qualifying rounds |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/mongolia-indonesia-to-host-bcl-asia-qualifying-rounds |access-date=1 March 2024 |publisher=FIBA |date=29 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi]] and [[Sagesse SC (basketball)|Sagesse]] from Lebanon are the most successful teams in the history of the competition with three championships each. Lebanese and Iranian clubs have won the most titles with a total of six among teams from each of these countries.

== History ==
The competition was first organised by the [[Asian Basketball Confederation]] in 1981, when the [[1981 Asian Basketball Club Championship|inaugural tournament]] was hosted in Hong Kong. The first-ever champions were the [[Bayi Rockets]] from China. In 1995, the name of the competition was changed to the ABC Champions Cup. After the ABC became integrated in FIBA in 2004, the competition was rebranded as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

In the 1990s, FIBA announced plans to expand the [[FIBA Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] with the teams from the BCL Asia, [[Basketball Africa League]] (BAL), [[National Basketball League (Australia)|NBL]], and the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], at some point in the future.<ref>[http://esportes.opovo.com.br/app/esportes/maisesportes/2013/08/23/noticiasmaisesportes,2615924/com-copa-intercontinental-fiba-ensaia-campeonato-mundial.shtml Esportes.Opovobr Com Copa Intercontinental, Fiba ensaia Campeonato Mundial.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117070053/http://esportes.opovo.com.br/app/esportes/maisesportes/2013/08/23/noticiasmaisesportes,2615924/com-copa-intercontinental-fiba-ensaia-campeonato-mundial.shtml|date=January 17, 2019}} {{in lang|pt}}</ref><ref>[http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,pinheiros-e-olympiacos-comecam-a-disputar-o-titulo-da-intercontinental,1081702,0.htm Estadao.com Pinheiros e Olympiacos começam a disputar o título da Intercontinental.] {{in lang|pt}}</ref>

In 2024, it was announced that the tournament will be renamed as the Basketball Champions League Asia, a name in line with other continental competitions in the [[Basketball Champions League Americas|Americas]] and [[Basketball Champions League|Europe]].<ref name=":0" />

[[Al Riyadi Club Beirut]] and [[Sagesse SC (basketball)|Sagesse]] from Lebanon are the most successful clubs in the history of the competition, having won three titles each. Clubs from Lebanon and Iran have the most combined titles, with a total of six each.

In 2025, the BCL Asia qualifying rounds renamed as BCL Asia – East.<ref>{{cite web |title=FIBA Asia convenes third board meeting for 2023-27 in Jeddah |url=https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/asia/news/fiba-asia-convenes-third-board-meeting-for-2023-27-in-jeddah |publisher=FIBA.basketball |accessdate=January 31, 2025 |date=January 28, 2025 }}</ref>

== Qualification ==
As of the 2024 season, teams can qualify for the BCL Asia directly through their national leagues, the [[FIBA West Asia Super League]] or the qualifying rounds.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Allocated spots in the Basketball Champions League Asia
!Method
!Country
!League
|-
! rowspan="4" |Direct qualification
|{{flagicon|CHN}} China
|[[Chinese Basketball Association]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} South Korea
|[[Korean Basketball League]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
|[[B.League]]
|-
|{{flagicon|PHI}} Philippines
|[[Philippine Basketball Association]]
|-
! rowspan="2" |FIBA zonal leagues
| rowspan="2" |Central, South, West Asia and Gulf
|[[FIBA West Asia Super League]] champion
|-
|FIBA West Asia Super League runner-up
|-
! rowspan="2" |BCL Asia – East
| rowspan="2" |East and Southeast Asia
|BCL Asia – East champion
|-
|BCL Asia – East runner-up
|}

== Summary ==
=== Champions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! width=5% |Year
! width=15% |Hosts
! width=24% |Champions
! width=8% |Score
! width=24% |Runners-up
! width=24% |Third Place
|-
|align=center|[[1981 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1981]]
|{{flagicon|British Hong Kong}} [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[Bayi Rockets]]'''
|align=center|No playoffs
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[NKK Sea Hawks|Nippon Kokan]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Apcor Financiers|Apcor]]
|-
|align=center|[[1984 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1984]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Ipoh]]
|{{flagicon|PHI|1936}} '''[[Northern Cement basketball team|Northern Cement]]'''
|align=center|'''82–56'''
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Bayi Rockets]]
|{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} [[Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team|Kuang Hua]]
|-
|align=center|[[1988 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1988]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} '''[[Swift (PABL team)|Swift-PABL]]'''
|align=center|'''84–69'''
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Liaoning Flying Leopards|Liaoning Hunters]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Seoul Samsung Thunders|Samsung Electronics]]
|-
|align=center|[[1990 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1990]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[Liaoning Flying Leopards|Liaoning Hunters]]'''
|align=center|No playoffs
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Bank of Korea (basketball team)|Bank of Korea]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kazma BC|Kazma]]
|-
|align=center|[[1992 Asian Basketball Club Championship|1992]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} '''[[Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus|Kia Motors]]'''
|align=center|No playoffs
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Liaoning Flying Leopards|Liaoning Hunters]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kazma BC|Kazma]]
|-
|align=center|[[1995 ABC Champions Cup|1995]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} '''[[PBL-Andok's|Andok's]]'''
|align=center|'''101–82'''
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Petronas Basketball Team|Petronas]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus|Kia Motors]]
|-
|align=center|[[1996 ABC Champions Cup|1996]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Manila]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} '''[[Hapee Fresh Fighters|Hapee Toothpaste]]'''
|align=center|'''77–74'''
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[Yokohama Giga Spirits|Isuzu Lynx]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Guangdong Southern Tigers|Guangdong Winnerway]]
|-
|align=center|[[1997 ABC Champions Cup|1997]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} '''[[Regal Team|Regal]]'''
|align=center|'''64–59'''
|{{flagicon|South Korea|1984}} [[Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus|Kia Motors]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Dell Aspac Jakarta|Aspac]]
|-
|align=center|[[1998 ABC Champions Cup|1998]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[Beijing Olympians|Beijing Hanwei]]'''
|align=center|'''71–70'''
|{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Regal Team|Regal]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]]
|-
|align=center|[[1999 ABC Champions Cup|1999]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Hekmeh BC|Sagesse]]'''
|align=center|'''84–71'''
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Liaoning Flying Leopards|Liaoning Hunters]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Petronas Basketball Team|Petronas]]
|-
|align=center|[[2000 ABC Champions Cup|2000]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Hekmeh BC|Sagesse]]'''
|align=center|'''55–52'''
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball)|Al-Ittihad]]
|{{flagicon|Bahrain|1972}} [[Manama Club (basketball)|Al-Manama]]
|-
|align=center|[[2001 ABC Champions Cup|2001]]
|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Dubai]]
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} '''[[Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball)|Al-Ittihad]]'''
|align=center|'''103–101''' <small>([[Overtime (sports)#Basketball|OT]])</small>
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al Wahda (men's basketball)|Al-Wahda]]
|-
|align=center|[[2002 ABC Champions Cup|2002]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} '''[[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]'''
|align=center|'''92–78'''
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball)|Al-Ittihad]]
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al Wahda (men's basketball)|Al-Wahda]]
|-
|align=center|[[2003 ABC Champions Cup|2003]]
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} '''[[Al Wahda (men's basketball)|Al-Wahda]]'''
|align=center|'''96–63'''
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Sangmu Phoenix]]
|-
|align=center|[[2004 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2004]]
|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} '''[[Hekmeh BC|Sagesse]]'''
|align=center|'''72–70'''
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Al Wahda (men's basketball)|Al-Wahda]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|-
|align=center|[[2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2005]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Quezon City]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} '''[[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]'''
|align=center|'''83–76'''
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Zain Club|Fastlink]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Hekmeh BC|Sagesse]]
|-
|align=center|[[2006 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2006]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]]
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} '''[[Zain Club|Fastlink]]'''
|align=center|'''94–69'''
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Jalaa SC (men's basketball)|Al-Jalaa Aleppo]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|-
|align=center|[[2007 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2007]]
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Tehran]]
|'''{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Saba Battery Tehran BC|Saba Battery Tehran]]'''
|align=center|'''83–75'''
|{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Jalaa SC (men's basketball)|Al-Jalaa Aleppo]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|-
|align=center|[[2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2008]]
|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Kuwait City]]
|'''{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Saba Battery Tehran BC|Saba Battery Tehran]]'''
|align=center|'''82–75'''
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Al-Wasl]]
|-
|align=center|[[2009 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2009]]
|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
|'''{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mahram Tehran BC|Mahram Tehran]]'''
|align=center|'''78–68'''
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Zain Club|Zain]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]]
|-
|align=center|[[2010 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2010]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Doha]]
|'''{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mahram Tehran BC|Mahram Tehran]]'''
|align=center|'''93–73'''
||{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]]
|-
|align=center|[[2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2011]]
|{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Pasig]]
|'''{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi]]'''
|align=center|'''91–82'''
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mahram Tehran BC|Mahram Tehran]]
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|-
|align=center|[[2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2012]]
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Beirut]]
|No title awarded
|align=center|Not held
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]] <br /> {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Mahram Tehran BC|Mahram Tehran]]
|{{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Duhok SC (basketball)|Duhok]]
|-
|align=center|[[2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2013]]
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Amman]]
|'''{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Foolad Mahan Isfahan BC|Foolad Mahan Isfahan]]'''
|align=center|'''84–74'''
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Al Rayyan Basketball Team|Al-Rayyan]]
|{{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Applied Science University (basketball team)|ASU]]
|-
|align=center|[[2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2016]]
|{{flagicon|China}}  [[Chenzhou]]
|'''{{flagicon|China}} [[Xinjiang Flying Tigers|China Kashgar]]'''
|align=center|'''96–88'''
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]]
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC|Petrochimi Bandar Imam]]
|-
|align=center|[[2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2017]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Chenzhou]]
|'''{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi]]'''
|align=center|'''88–59'''
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Xinjiang Flying Tigers|China Kashgar]]
|{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[BC Astana]]
|-
|align=center|[[2018 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2018]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Nonthaburi (city)|Nonthaburi]]
|{{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Petrochimi Bandar Imam BC|Petrochimi Bandar Imam]]'''
|align=center|'''68–64'''
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Alvark Tokyo]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul SK Knights]]
|-
|align=center|[[2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2019]]
|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Nonthaburi]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Alvark Tokyo]]'''
|align=center|'''98–74'''
|{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al-Riyadi]]
|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Palayesh Naft Abadan BC|Palayesh Naft Abadan]]
|-
|align=center|2020
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guangzhou]]<ref>{{cite web |title=FIBA Asia Board Meeting Decisions |url=https://bas.org.sg/uploads/news/403/2020080301%20-%20FIBA%20Asia%20Board%20Meeting%20Decisions.pdf |website=Basketball Association of Singapore |publisher=FIBA Asia |access-date=3 March 2024 |date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
| colspan="4" align=center|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Asia]]''<ref name=soar>{{cite web |title=Bayi Rockets soar to first FIBA Asia Champions Cup |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/bayi-rockets-soar-to-first-fiba-asia-champions-cup |publisher=FIBA |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=en |date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align=center|[[2022 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2022]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]]
| colspan="4" align=center|''Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Asia]]''
|-
|align=center|[[2024 Basketball Champions League Asia|2024]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]]
|{{flagicon|LBN}} '''[[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi]]'''
|align=center|'''122–96'''
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Shabab Al Ahli Club (basketball)|Shabab Al Ahli]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroshima Dragonflies]]
|-
|align=center|[[2025 Basketball Champions League Asia|2025]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Dubai]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Utsunomiya Brex]]'''
|align=center|'''94–93'''
|{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Al Riyadi]]
|{{flagicon|MGL}} [[Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos]]
|}

=== Records and statistics ===
{{Main|Basketball Champions League Asia records and statistics}}
{{:Basketball Champions League Asia records and statistics}}

== Titles by nation ==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_IRI = 6 | silver_IRI = 2 | bronze_IRI = 2
 | gold_LBN = 6 | silver_LBN = 4 | bronze_LBN = 4
 | gold_CHN = 4 | silver_CHN = 5 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_PHI = 4 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1
 | gold_QAT = 2 | silver_QAT = 5 | bronze_QAT = 4
 | gold_SYR = 1 | silver_SYR = 3 | bronze_SYR = 2
 | gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 1
 | gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 4
 | gold_JOR = 1 | silver_JOR = 2 | bronze_JOR = 1
 | gold_KSA = 1 | silver_KSA = 2 | bronze_KSA = 0
 | gold_HKG = 1 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 0
 | gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 1
 | gold_UAE = 0 | silver_UAE = 1 | bronze_UAE = 1
 | gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 0 | bronze_KUW = 2
 | gold_BHR = 0 | silver_BHR = 0 | bronze_BHR = 1
 | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 0 | bronze_TPE = 1
 | gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 1
 | gold_IRQ = 0 | silver_IRQ = 0 | bronze_IRQ = 1
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 1
 | gold_MGL = 0 | silver_MGL = 0 | bronze_MGL = 1
}}

== See also ==
*[[East Asia Super League]]
*[[FIBA West Asia Super League]]
*[[Women's Basketball League Asia]]
*[[ASEAN Basketball League]]

== References ==
;General
* [https://www.fiba.basketball/asia Official website of FIBA Asia]

;Specific
{{reflist}}

{{FIBA Asia associations}}
{{FIBA Asia Champions Cup}}
{{Asian sport club competitions}} 
{{International basketball}}
{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}

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