Iran’s Tabiat Discovers Opponents in BCL Asia 2025
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Tabiat basketball team of Iran has been drawn in Group A of the Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia) 2025.
The FIBA Regional Office-Asia has confirmed the groupings for the BCL Asia 2025 following a draw conducted Saturday at the UG Palace in Mongolia.
Tabiat is pitted against Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos of Mongolia and China’s Zhejiang Guangsha Lions.
Group B consists of Japan B. League champion Utsunomiya Brex, Meralco Bolts, the defending Philippine Cup champion of the Philippine Basketball Association, and Shabab Al Ahli of the UAE.
Al Riyadi of Lebanon, Taoyuan Pauian Pilots of the Chinese Taipei, and Korean Basketball League titlist Changwon LG Sakers are in Group C.
The four winners in the Quarter-Finals will qualify for the Semi-Finals. The Semi-Finals victors will then advance to the one-game Final, while the losing sides will compete in the Third-Place Game.
The champion by the end of the week-long tournament will also earn the right to represent Asia in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2025 in Singapore, FIBA's most prestigious club competition.
The Basketball Champions League Asia 2025 is set on June 7-13 in Dubai. The Group Phase will be played at the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall, with the Coca-Cola Arena to play host to the Final Phase.
