22nd Fiba-Asia Champions Cup Philippines 2011 Tournament Schedule

(Image via the Fiba-Asia Champions Cup Philippines Facebook Page)

As y'all have heard in the past few months, the Philippines will be hosting the 22nd Fiba-Asia Champions Cup featuring the best basketball teams in Asia. Smart-Gilas Pilipinas is one of the teams that will be in the competition. The tournament runs for about a week -- 8 days to be exact, including the rest day on June 2nd. This will be a very tight ballin' action indeed. The tourney begins on May 28, Saturday at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.

The full schedule of the tournament was released via the Fiba-Asia Champions Cup Philippines Official Facebook page:

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011 will be the 22nd staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament will be held in Philsports Arena (ULTRA) Pasig, Philippines from May 28 to June 5, 2011.The event is co-organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and FIBA Asia.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

GROUP A

Jordan (ASU)

Malaysia (WKL DRAGONS)

Iraq (DUHOK)

Saudi Arabia (AL ITTIHAD)

Philippines (SMART GILAS)

GROUP B

Lebanon (AL RIYADI)

Qatar (AL RAYYAN)

U.A.E. (AL SHABAB)

I.R. Iran (MAHRAM)

Syria (AL JALAA)

SCHEDULE OF GAMES

28 May 2011 - Saturday

02:00PM - Iraq VS Jordan

04:00PM - Syria VS I.R. Iran

06:00PM - Philippines VS Saudi Arabia

08:00PM - U.A.E. VS Lebanon

29 May 2011 - Sunday

02:00PM - Saudi Arabia VS Iraq

04:00PM - Qatar VS Syria

06:00PM - Malaysia VS Philippines

08:00PM - I.R. Iran VS U.A.E.

30 May 2011 - Monday

02:00PM - Jordan VS Saudi Arabia

04:00PM - Iraq VS Malaysia

06:00PM - Lebanon VS I.R. Iran

08:00PM - U.A.E. VS Qatar

31 May 2011 - Tuesday

02:00PM - Syria VS U.A.E.

04:00PM - Malaysia VS Jordan

06:00PM - Qatar VS Lebanon

08:00PM - Philippines VS Iraq

01 June 2011 - Wednesday

02:00PM - Saudi Arabia VS Malaysia

04:00PM - I.R. Iran VS Qatar

06:00PM - Lebanon VS Syria

08:00PM - Jordan VS Philippines

03 June 2011 - Friday

QUARTER-FINALS

04 June 2011 - Saturday

SEMI-FINALS

05 June 2011 - Sunday

FINALS

The 22nd Fiba-Asia Champions Cup will be aired on Sports 5 on IBC 13.

Let's all support Smart-Gilas Pilipinas!