WABA Superleague , Back to the Track !

[Oshafaamri]

WABA Superleague , Back to the Track ! - Sep 27, 2010 (by Omar Shafaamri)

In 2005 WABA Superleague Championship was introduced in a new system but due to some financial problems it was stopped suddenly and west asian clubs went back to the old system of gathering clubs in round robin system in one of the WABA countries .

Now WABA Superleague will be back starting from Next December , 10 of the strongest in WABA region will compete for the title , the competition will be composed of : 2 Iranian Clubs , 2 Jordanian , 2 Lebanese , 2 Syrian and 1 from each of Iraq and Yemen , will be divided into 2 Groups in which 1 club will leave the 1st round and the others continue to the second round .

WABA Superleague Schedule :

First Round : Group1 (Starting from 06-10.12.2010) , Group2 (Starting from 19-23.12.2010)
Second Round : 4th of Group1×1st of Group2 , 3rd of Group1×2nd of Group2..
Final 4 : 02.2011 (Monday & Tuesday each Week)
Finals : 03.2011

http://www.asia-basket.com/Jordan/basketball.asp?NewsID=204354

[marko]

well I remember watching in court in lebanon some of this superleague's games back then when sagesse was playing
hope this works this time
is it confirmed ???

[Oshafaamri]

well I remember watching in court in lebanon some of this superleague's games back then when sagesse was playing
hope this works this time
is it confirmed ???

Yes it is Confirmed , WABA Sent Formal Letter to the Jordanian Federation regarding this isuue

[daniab]

LBC (Lebanese Channel ) is going to broadcast the tournament

[mavrick_h]

great news indeed!

nice to see a superleague in the region, it helps alot improving the game!

[wilo22]

group matches will be held in halab and amaan

[Khalid80]

The new West Asian League will start in December 2010 (by Asia-Basket Lebanon)
The season 2010-2011 will see the launching of a new championship, the West Asian League which will be known as WAL. This championship will join 10 clubs from the West Asian Zone as follows: 2 Clubs from Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Jordan and 1 club from Yemen & Iraq.
The ten teams will be divided into 2 groups , each group will be played in one country , at the end of the round the teams will be classified from 1 to 5 in each group.
The best 4 teams in each group will move to round 2 and they will play each other as follows: A1-B4,A2-B3,B1-A4,B2-A3, the teams will play against each other two times on a home and away format , the results of the two games will qualify the winners to the semi final stage.
The semi final stage will be played in a best of 3 format on a home and away basis.
The final will be played in a best of 5 format on a home and away basis.

Round 1 will be played on December 6 till 10 and on December 19 till 23.
As for the other remaining games of the other rounds will be played on each Monday & Tuesday from January till end of March 2011.
At the end of March 2011 the champion of WAL will be determined and the best 4 teams will qualify to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

http://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/basketball.asp?NewsID=207152

[Jalaa_Syria]

BEIRUT, Lebanon (WAL): The much awaited and long overdue first ever WABA League (WAL) comprising of club teams from one of the most rapidly developing FIBA Asia Sub Zones West Asia will start from Jan 3, 2011.

The WAL 2010-11 was officially launched in Beirut on Friday.

We have finally realized our dream, said WABA Secretary General Hagop Khajirian.

This (WAL) is very important to take the standard sport in our region to the next level, WABA President Mahmoud Mashhoon.

I must thank all the WABA members for all their help and look forward to their continuous support for the league to become a success, he said.

Ten teams drawn from the six countries comprising WABA will participate in the inaugural WAL season.

The WAL will replace the 14th WABA Champions Cup and act as the qualifying tournament to identify the WABA representatives for the 22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup, said Khajirian.

Grouping for Phase 1

Group (1) : Zobahan (IRI) , Al Riyadi Amman (JOR) , Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) , Al Jalaa (SYR) , Al Ahli (YEM)
Group (2) : Mahram (IRI) , ASU (JOR) , Champville (LIB) , Al Jaish (SYR) , Duhok (IRQ)

All teams will each other in Phase 1 with the top four teams making it to for the Play-Offs.

The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played between Jan 24 and Feb 15 and the best-of-three semifinals between Feb 22 and March 8.

The Final Series will be played on a best-of-five basis between March 14 and 28.

Khajirian further explained the qualification process for the second season onwards: Teams placed 1-8 in the previous years league will qualify the same number of teams from their respective countries. The qualified participating teams have to be the best teams in the previous seasons National championship of their countries.

The 5th placed teams in Group A and Group B in the Preliminary Round in the previous year league will be replaced by teams from WABA countries following the Sequence List subject to the condition that not more than three teams from a country will not have more than three teams representing. If, by the sequence order, such a case exists, the next country in the Sequence List will replace the country that already has three teams in the league, he added.

The sequence list for 2011-12

1. Yemen. 2. Iraq. 3. Syria. 4. Lebanon. 5. I.R. Iran. 6. Jordan.

Policy on imports

Each team is allowed to include in their list of 16, two players of foreign origin or naturalized players.

Teams can register in each game two import or naturalized players and 10 local players out of the 14 team-members already registered. Changes of foreign players are allowed during the whole duration of WAL games, Khajirian said.

Further, teams are allowed to include one player who does not necessarily play for their own team in the local league, but the player must be a local player of the country, he added.

FIBA Asia

[wilo22]

Group (1) : Zobahan (IRI) , Al Riyadi Amman (JOR) , Al Riyadi Beirut (LIB) , Al Jalaa (SYR) , Al Ahli (YEM) (Hosted By Jalaa in Aleppo)
Group (2) : Mahram (IRI) , ASU (JOR) , Champville (LIB) , Al Jaish (SYR) , Duhok (IRQ) (Hosted by ASU in Amman)

[wilo22]

Riyadi official roster for WABA superleague

Jean Abd El Nour G/F
Amir Saoud G
Ali Mahmoud PG
William ''Billy'' Pharis F
Omar El Turk SG
Charbel Sokhen F
Ali Fakhreddine PF
Abdallah Hijazi G/F
Mohamad Ibrahim SG
Ali Kanaan PF/C
Wassim ABou Zolof G

Imports:

Loren Woods C
Nate Johnson G/F

thanks to riyadi group on fb

[thelebanese80]

anyone has the schedule of this tournament??

[wilo22]

anyone has the schedule of this tournament??

january 3rd
riyadi vs zob ahan 11 pm on lbc and live @ 7pm jazeera sports +2 and +6

[thelebanese80]

january 3rd
riyadi vs zob ahan 11 pm on lbc and live @ 7pm jazeera sports +2 and +6

thanks!

[gazara]

Riyadi Beirut Roster For WABA Championship :

Coach:Fouad Abou Chakra (LEB)

1-Ali Mahmoud (182-PG)

2-Amir Saoud (182-PG)

3-Omar Turk (188-SG) (Captain)

4-Charbel Sokhen(203-C)

5-Ali Fakhreddine(203-F/C)

6-Jean Abdl Nour (199-SF)

7-Ali Kannan(206-C)

8-Billy Fares(206-F/C)

9-Abdallah Hijazi(190-SG)

10-Karim Jadeyil(191-SG)

11-Nate Johnson(199-SF) (IMPORTS)

12-Loren Woods(218-C) (IMPORTS)

Names put in Bold --> Stars of the team



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Champville Dik Mehde Roster For WABA Championship:

Coach:Ghassan Sarkis (LEB)

1-Karl Sarkis (180-PG)

2-Miguel Martinez (188-PG)

3-Hassan Dandach(190-PG)

4-Mazen Mneinmneh(192-SG)

5-Fadi El Khatib(199-SF) (Captain)

6-Karam Mechref(188-SG)

7-Patrick Bou Abboud (201-PF)

8-Yehya Sabra(197-PF)

9-Nadim Hawi(205-C)

10-Jay Youngleblood (195-SG)(USA)(Foreigner)

11-Ramel Allen (209-C)(USA)(Foreigner)

-Rabih Iskandar (210-C)

[daniab]

Gazara, you made a mistake that you usually wouldn't make

Larry Cox is Champville's foreigner not Ramel Allen!