2010 World Club Championship

[Dtown]

Does Smart Gilas really count as a club team though? Aren't they the Philippines national team?

[weward]

?????2 from Americas League
??????2 from EuroChallenge
??????1 from African Club Championship
(IRAN)1 from either Asian Club Championships, or West Asia League
()1 from Oceania
(SMART GILAS)1 from East Asia (there would have to be a playoff between teams from Korea, China, Philippines and Japan)


but if asia will be represented by only one team, itt will be smart gilas.


gilas fan!!!

[alermac]

how would you improve the idea aside from the obvious NBA and Euroleague inclusion?

Current roster of teams
Top 2 Americas teams
Top 2 Eurochallenge teams
CBA Champion (right now I want to bet on them )
Asian Club Cup winner
Africa Club Cup winner
Oceania champion (I'm assuming NBL champ)

I'd say:

2 from Americas League
2 from EuroChallenge
1 from African Club Championship
1 from either Asian Club Championships, or West Asia League
1 from Oceania
1 from East Asia (there would have to be a playoff between teams from Korea, China, Philippines and Japan)

[Franz]

as i can see its a rematch between spain and USA in the finals.
Spain team is superb over other European team. and the USA
is the usual power house.

Wrong thread

[blacklight]

as i can see its a rematch between spain and USA in the finals.
Spain team is superb over other European team. and the USA
is the usual power house.

[Dtown]

A discussion about the FIFA equivalent made me want to bump this up. Is there any more news about this tournament?

Also since it's lame to resurrect a topic for only one question, what's everyone's general feel about it? At first I was disappointed that the NBA and Euroleague weren't going to participate, but now I see it as an opportunity to potentially see the pecking order of leagues outside the big two.

Also how would you improve the idea aside from the obvious NBA and Euroleague inclusion?

Current roster of teams
Top 2 Americas teams
Top 2 Eurochallenge teams
CBA Champion (right now I want to bet on them )
Asian Club Cup winner
Africa Club Cup winner
Oceania champion (I'm assuming NBL champ)

[alermac]

Those are the problems you face when trying to put together an international league between leagues with extremely incompatible schedules and calendars.

[Lewis]

I wonder what Puerto Rico is going to do with the America Club League because right now playing the semi finals who ever became champ and runner up are going to be seriously hurt for the America Club League. Reason, many players get contract to play overseas. Last year the runner up Gigantes de Carolina (they are playing right now in the semi finals) were not able to play last year in America Clubs Tournament because half of the team players went to played overseas.

the Americas Club League is a joke.

the american team was an All-star team from a semi-pro league, and the dominican team was just a team assembled for that competition, they didn't even play in any dominican league.

[cardenales]

I wonder what Puerto Rico is going to do with the America Club League because right now playing the semi finals who ever became champ and runner up are going to be seriously hurt for the America Club League. Reason, many players get contract to play overseas. Last year the runner up Gigantes de Carolina (they are playing right now in the semi finals) were not able to play last year in America Clubs Tournament because half of the team players went to played overseas.

[Dtown]

Well, kind of. Another solution would be fo FIBA to talk with ULEB and NBA in order to bring the EL champs and NBA champs. Still, the NBA may not be prone to accept, as its organization is very different from the federal one used by FIBA.

Actually at the moment it seems the NBA is closer to being in this tourney than Euroleague. Tentatively penciled in for 2011. FIBA's issues with ULEB is beyond me though.

[donmar]

Well, kind of. Another solution would be fo FIBA to talk with ULEB and NBA in order to bring the EL champs and NBA champs. Still, the NBA may not be prone to accept, as its organization is very different from the federal one used by FIBA.

How about FIBA maintain the current format of the World Clubs Championship... then have a separate tourney between the EL champs and NBA champs or top four teams of each league... just a thought though...

[damelo]

I got your point now... I guess if NBA and Euroleague wants to play in the World Clubs Championship then they should compete in the FIBA Americas League (NBA) and the EuroChallenge (Euroleague) first..

Well, kind of. Another solution would be fo FIBA to talk with ULEB and NBA in order to bring the EL champs and NBA champs. Still, the NBA may not be prone to accept, as its organization is very different from the federal one used by FIBA.

[donmar]

Those are only teams from continental championships ran by FIBA.

I got your point now... I guess if NBA and Euroleague wants to play in the World Clubs Championship then they should compete in the FIBA Americas League (NBA) and the EuroChallenge (Euroleague) first..

[damelo]

Those are only teams from continental championships ran by FIBA.

[donmar]

Well if theres no NBA champs and Euroleague champs... it should be called World Club Champs Division II...