2022 FilBasket International Championship

2022 Filbasket International Championship
Tournament details
Country	Malaysia
Dates	October 23–30, 2022
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Harimau Malaysia (1st title)
Runner-up	Kuala Lumpur Aseel
Third place	Pilipinas Aguilas
Fourth place	MBC
Tournament statistics
Best player	Ting Chun Hong (Harimau Malaysia)
	← Summer 2022 International 2023 (AsiaBasket) →

The 2022 FilBasket International Championship, also known as the 2022 Sportsclick FilBasket International Championship – Malaysia for sponsorship reasons, was the third tournament of the Philippine-based FilBasket league, the second tournament of 2022, and the last tournament prior to the league's renaming as AsiaBasket.

The tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[2]^[3] and was organized in coordination with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and the Malaysia Basketball Association.^[4]

After inviting Kuala Lumpur Aseel as a guest team in the previous tournament, this tournament marked the league's further expansion into the Southeast Asia region, with seven of the ten teams being from outside the Philippines.

The Malaysia national team, playing as "Harimau Malaysia", clinched the title by beating fellow Malaysian team Kuala Lumpur Aseel in the final.^[1] It was the first time the two finalists are based outside the Philippines.

Teams

Name	Locality	Country	Head coach
Pegasus Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	Jade Padrigao
Bumi Borneo	Pontianak, West Kalimantan	Indonesia	Tondi Raja Syailendra
Elang Pacific Caesar	Surabaya	Indonesia	R. Aries Herman M.
Kuala Lumpur Aseel	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Ee Kee Lip
Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur		Jeff Viernes
MBC Basketball Club	Malacca City		Guganeswaran Batumalai
BGC Builders	Taguig City	Philippines	Joevanne Agbong
Pilipinas Aguilas			Luis Monfort
Shawarma Shack–Makabayan Warriors	Quezon City		Tylon Darjuan
Adroit Sports Association	Woodlands	Singapore	Chan Sian Gay

Format

Instead of using a single round-robin tournament like the first two tournaments, this tournament uses the group stage format that is still used today. The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, from there each team plays one game against all other teams from the same group, with each team playing four games.

The top two teams from each group will then advance to the single-elimination knockout stage. The first round is a crossover semifinals, where the first-seed from each group is matched with the second-seed from the opposing group. The winning teams advance to the finals while the losing teams compete in a new third place game.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification	MAS	PIL	BUM	BGC	ADR
1	Harimau Malaysia	4	4	0	368	293	+75	1.000	Semifinals	—	84–77	98–77	86–54	100–85
2	Pilipinas Aguilas	4	3	1	316	277	+39	.750	Semifinals	77–84	—	74–63	79–61	86–69
3	Bumi Borneo	4	2	2	305	318	−13	.500		77–98	63–74	—	82–69	83–77
4	BGC Builders	4	1	3	280	328	−48	.250		54–86	61–79	69–82	—	96–81
5	Adroit Sports Association	4	0	4	312	365	−53	.000		85–100	69–86	77–83	81–96	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.

October 23	Bumi Borneo	82–69	BGC Builders	Kuala Lumpur
	Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 28–14, 24–29, 28–22
		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 23	Harimau Malaysia	84–77	Pilipinas Aguilas	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 24	Adroit	77–83	Bumi Borneo	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 24	BGC Builders	54–86	Harimau Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 25	Pilipinas Aguilas	79–61	BGC Builders	Kuala Lumpur

	Pts: http://www.fibalivestats.com/webcast/BEBL//	Boxscore]		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 25	Harimau Malaysia	100–85	Adroit	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 26	Adroit	81–96	BGC Builders	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 26	Bumi Borneo	63–74	Pilipinas Aguilas	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 27	Pilipinas Aguilas	86–69	Adroit	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 27	Harimau Malaysia	98–77	Bumi Borneo	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification	KLA	MBC	PEG	MKB	PCC
1	Kuala Lumpur Aseel	4	3	1	314	295	+19	.750^[a]	Semifinals	—	81–60	80–79	80–73	73–83
2	MBC Basketball Club	4	3	1	296	294	+2	.750^[a]	Semifinals	60–81	—	103–87	61–59	72–67
3	Pegasus Brunei	4	2	2	361	369	−8	.500		79–80	87–103	—	107–105	88–81
4	Makabayan Warriors	4	1	3	330	334	−4	.250^[b]		73–80	59–61	105–107	—	93–86
5	Elang Pacific Caesar	4	1	3	317	326	−9	.250^[b]		83–73	67–72	81–88	86–93	—

Source: Filbasket (via Genius Sports)
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Kuala Lumpur Aseel wins tiebreaker over MBC by head-to-head victory.
^ ^a ^b Makabayan wins tiebreaker over Pacific Caesar by head-to-head victory.

October 23	Elang Pacific Caesar	81–88	Pegasus Brunei	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 23	KL Aseel	81–60	MBC	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 24	Makabayan Warriors	93–86	Elang Pacific Caesar	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 24	Pegasus Brunei	79–80	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 25	Makabayan Warriors	105–107	Pegasus Brunei	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 25	Elang Pacific Caesar	67–72	MBC	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 26	MBC	103–87	Pegasus Brunei	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 26	KL Aseel	80–73	Makabayan Warriors	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 27	Makabayan Warriors	59–61	MBC	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

October 27	Elang Pacific Caesar	83–73	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur

		Boxscore		Arena: MABA Stadium

Knockout stage

The top two teams from the elimination round advanced to the semifinals. The winners advanced for a one-game final while the losers contested in the third place play-off game.^[5]

Semifinals			Finals

B1	KL Aseel	72

A2	Pilipinas Aguilas	63
			B1	KL Aseel	68

			A1	Harimau Malaysia	87
A1	Harimau Malaysia	92

B2	MBC	59	Third place


			A2	Pilipinas Aguilas	81

			B2	MBC	72

Semifinals

October 29	KL Aseel	72–63	Pilipinas Aguilas	Kuala Lumpur
18:00
	Pts: Y. Wee 18 Rebs: Mahadevan 13 Asts: J. Wong 5	Boxscore	Pts: Baracael 18 Rebs: Eze 15 Asts: Reyes 4	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 2,500

October 29	Harimau Malaysia	92–59	MBC	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
	Pts: C. Ting 34 Rebs: A. Wen Qian 9 Asts: W. Ong 4	Boxscore	Pts: Y. Phang 14 Rebs: Hamilton 10 Asts: J. Lee 7	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 2,500

Third place game

October 30	Pilipinas Aguilas	81–72	MBC	Kuala Lumpur
18:00
	Pts: Baracael 24 Rebs: Eze 10 Asts: Mangahas 4	Boxscore	Pts: Hamilton 22 Rebs: Hamilton 16 Asts: J. Lee 5	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 200

Final

October 30	Harimau Malaysia	87–68	KL Aseel	Kuala Lumpur
20:00
	Pts: W. Ong 16 Rebs: W. Ong 7 Asts: Y. Heng 5	Boxscore	Pts: Y. Wee 14 Rebs: Mahadevan 8 Asts: J. Wong 3	Arena: MABA Stadium Attendance: 200

References

^ ^a ^b "Harimau Malaysia rules Filbasket International Championship, beats KL in all-Malaysian final". Dugout Philippines. October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ "Filbasket to stage pocket tournament on Malaysia court - BusinessMirror". BusinessMirror. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ Morales, Luisa (October 22, 2022). "Filbasket goes international with Malaysia pocket tiff". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ Terrado, Reuben (October 23, 2022). "Three Pinoy teams to play in Filbasket Int'l Championship in KL". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
^ "Filbasket goes global with 'International Championship' in KL". Dugout Philippines. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[table_hth_KLA0.25813945627685-5] Kuala Lumpur Aseel wins tiebreaker over MBC by head-to-head victory.

[table_hth_MKB0.25813945627685-6] Makabayan wins tiebreaker over Pacific Caesar by head-to-head victory.

[rules-1] "Harimau Malaysia rules Filbasket International Championship, beats KL in all-Malaysian final". Dugout Philippines. October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[2] "Filbasket to stage pocket tournament on Malaysia court - BusinessMirror". BusinessMirror. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[3] Morales, Luisa (October 22, 2022). "Filbasket goes international with Malaysia pocket tiff". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[4] Terrado, Reuben (October 23, 2022). "Three Pinoy teams to play in Filbasket Int'l Championship in KL". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

[7] "Filbasket goes global with 'International Championship' in KL". Dugout Philippines. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

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