ABA Club Championship

The ABA Club Championship was an Asian basketball tournament for professional clubs, organised by the Asian Basketball Association (ABA) under Dr. Carl Men Ky Ching. The ABA is not to be confused with FIBA Asia which Dr. Ching had also once presided. The tournament was first held in 1992. It was named Asian Basketball Super League from 1999 to 2001, and came to a climax in 2000. The tournament was suspended between 2002 and 2006, and has been held annually in China between 2007 and 2013. Unlike the FIBA Asia Champions Cup of today, most of ABA Club Championship's participants were from the Far East.

Summary

Year Dates Host City Champion Final Runner-up Third-place Most Valuable Player
1999 13/06-29/06 Shenzhen
Zhongshan
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Taipei 		Chinese All-Stars
Chinese Taipei's All-Stars
(Finals suspended)
2000 08/06-13/07 More than 20 cities in 5 different countries and regions
（Finals held in Beijing） 		NBA Ambassadors Best-of-3
95–78
103–111
103–68 		Chinese All-Stars
2001 13/09-24/09 Taipei
Shanghai
Suzhou
Hangzhou
Dongguan
Macau 		Seoul Samsung Thunders Best-of-3
74–64
80–76 		Isuzu Giga Cats
2007 26/09-01/10 Dongguan Seoul Samsung Thunders Round-robin Iranian All-Stars Air21 Express Lee Won-soo (Samsung)
2008 14/09-18/09 Dongguan Guangdong Southern Tigers 80–71 Rera Kamuy Hokkaido Seoul Samsung Thunders Du Feng (Guangdong)
2009 20/09-23/09 Lanzhou Mahram Tehran 80–68 Beijing Olympian Seoul Samsung Thunders Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (Mahram)
2010 15/09-20/09 Haining Seoul Samsung Thunders 83–82 Smart Gilas Pilipinas Iranian All-Stars Eric Sandrin (Samsung)
2011 27/09-30/09 Guangzhou Pauian Archiland 72–69 Dongguan Leopards Ryukyu Golden Kings Jeremy Lin (Dongguan)
2012 07/09-11/09 Shenzhen Guangdong Southern Tigers 91–87 Guangzhou Liusui Seoul Samsung Thunders Zhu Fangyu (Guangdong)
24/09-28/09 Kaohsiung Changwon LG Sakers 82–78 Pauian Archiland Guangdong Southern Tigers Yang Woo-sub (LG)
2013 18/09-21/09 Wenzhou Iranian All-Stars 70–60 Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Zhejiang Lions Saeid Davarpanah (Iran)
24/09-26/09 Nanning Changwon LG Sakers 87–78 Iranian All-Stars Guangxi Rhino Davon Jefferson (LG)

See also