| 2023–24 WASL season | |
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| League | West Asia Super League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 13 November 2023 – TBD 2024 |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Gulf League | |
| West Asia League | |
| Final Eight | |
The 2023–24 West Asia Super League, also known as WASL Season 2, is the second season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), the premier basketball competition for Western Asia organised by FIBA Asia. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 16 October, but was moved to 13 November due to the security situation following the Israel–Hamas war.[1][2]
Manama Club are the defending champions, having won the inaugural season.
Teams
The participating teams were officially revealed by FIBA on 7 August 2023.[3]
On 31 October, FIBA announced that Sagesse replaced Dynamo Lebanon as Lebanon's second representative team.[4] On 15 November, FIBA announced that Orthodox Beit Sahour from Palestine would not play in the season, as a consequence of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[5]
- TH: Title holders
- 1st, 2nd, etc.: Ranking in the previous domestic season
- TBD: To be determined
| Final 8 | |||
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 TBD (1st) |
 TBD |
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| Group phase | |||
| West Asia | Gulf | ||
 Al Riyadi Beirut (1st) |
 Al Wahda (1st) |
 Al Rayyan (1st) |
 Manama Club (1st)TH |
| Sagesse SC (3rd) |
Al Ittihad Aleppo (2nd) |
Al Shamal (2nd) |
Al Muharraq (2nd) |
 Shahrdari Gorgan (1st) |
 Al Naft (1st) |
 Kuwait (1st) |
 Al Ahli Jeddah (1st) |
| Al Shorta (2nd)[lower-alpha 1] |
Kazma (2nd) |
 Shabab Al Ahli (1st) | |
Draw
The draw for the Sub-Zone Leagues will be held on 8 August 2023 18:00 (GMT+3) in Le Royal Hotel in Dbayeh, Lebanon.[7] Teams from the same country can not been drawn in the same group. As such, there were three pots for the draw and the remaining teams were allocated in the group that does not contain a team from the same country.[3]
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Group phase
West Asia
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHA | NAF | ITT | SAG | |
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| 1 | Shahrdari Gorgan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to semi-finals | — | 121–70 | |||
| 2 | Al Naft |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to semi-final qualifiers | — | ||||
| 3 | Al Ittihad |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70–121 | 79–72 | — | |||
| 4 | Sagesse |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74–86 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIY | SHO | WHD | ORT | |
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| 1 | Al Riyadi Beirut |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to semi-finals | — | Canc. | |||
| 2 | Al Shorta |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to semi-final qualifiers | — | Canc. | |||
| 3 | Al Wahda |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74–70 | — | Canc. | |||
| 4 |  Orthodox Beit Sahour (D) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | Canc. | Canc. | Canc. | — |
Notes
- ↑ On 6 October 2023, FIBA Asia announced that Iraqi club Al Shorta replaced Jordanian club Al Ahli Amman.[6]
- ↑ On 6 October 2023, FIBA Asia announced that Iraqi club Al Shorta replaced Jordanian club Al Ahli Amman.[8]
References
- ↑ "FIBA WASL Season 2: Who's coming back to the Gulf League?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "FIBA West Asia Super League new season tip-off rescheduled". FIBA.basketball. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- 1 2 "Pots confirmed ahead of FIBA WASL Season 2 draw". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Sagesse replaces Dynamo Lebanon in FIBA WASL West Asia". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "FIBA WASL statement on Orthodox Beit Sahour's non-participation in 2023/2024 season". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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- ↑ "New chapter unfolds as FIBA WASL Season 2 Sub-Zone Leagues draw set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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