2023–24 West Asia Super League

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 2023, but was moved one month to 13 November 2023 due to the security situation in the Middle East following the breakout of the Israel–Hamas war.[1][2]

2023–24 WASL season
LeagueWest Asia Super League
SportBasketball
Duration13 November 2023 - TBD 2024
Number of teams18
Gulf League
West Asia League
Final Eight

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]

  • TH: Title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Ranking in the previous domestic season
  • TBD: To be determined
Final 8
Kazakhstan TBD (1st) India TBD
Group phase
West Asia Gulf
Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut (1st) Syria Al Wahda (1st) Qatar Al Rayyan (1st) Bahrain Manama Club (1st)TH
Lebanon Sagesse SC (3rd) Syria Al Ittihad Aleppo (2nd) Qatar Al Shamal (2nd) Bahrain Al Muharraq (2nd)
Iran Shahrdari Gorgan (1st) Iraq Al Naft (1st) Kuwait Kuwait (1st) Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Jeddah (1st)
State of Palestine Orthodox Beit Sahour (1st) Iraq Al Shorta (2nd)[lower-alpha 1] Kuwait Kazma (2nd) United Arab Emirates 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.[5] 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]

Pot 1
Team
Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut
Iran Shahrdari Gorgan
Pot 2
Team
Iraq Al Naft
Jordan Al Ahli Amman[lower-alpha 2]
Pot 3
Team
Syria Al Wahda
State of Palestine Orthodox Beit Sahour
Allocated based on country
Team
Lebanon Dynamo Lebanon
Syria Al Ittihad Aleppo
Pot 1
Team
Kuwait Kuwait
Bahrain Manama Club
Pot 2
Team
United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli
Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Jeddah
Pot 3
Team
Qatar Al Rayyan
Allocated based on country
Team
Qatar Al Shamal
Bahrain Al Muharraq
Kuwait Kazma

Group phase

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Shahrdari Gorgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semifinals
2 Iraq Al Naft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualifiers
3 Syria Al Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lebanon Dynamo Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: WASL

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lebanon Al Riyadi Beirut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semifinals
2 Iraq Al Shorta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualifiers
3 Syria Al Wahda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 State of Palestine Orthodox Beit Sahour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: WASL

Notes
  1. On 6 October 2023, FIBA Asia announced that Iraqi club Al Shorta replaced Jordanian club Al Ahli Amman.[4]
  2. On 6 October 2023, FIBA Asia announced that Iraqi club Al Shorta replaced Jordanian club Al Ahli Amman.[6]

References
  1. "FIBA WASL Season 2: Who's coming back to the Gulf League?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. "FIBA West Asia Super League new season tip-off rescheduled". FIBA.basketball. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. "Pots confirmed ahead of FIBA WASL Season 2 draw". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. "New chapter unfolds as FIBA WASL Season 2 Sub-Zone Leagues draw set". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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