On the evening of September 14, Beijing time, the 2018 Men's Basketball Team Asian Champions League Cup was grouped. Last season's CBA League champion Liaoning Men's Basketball Team was assigned to Group A, while defending champion Lebanon Alriyadh was assigned to Group B. The game will be held in Nonburi Province, Thailand from September 27 to October 2.
There are a total of 8 teams participating in this AFC Champions League, and all teams are divided into 2 groups. The Group A of the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team is located in Iran's giant petrochemical team, South Korea's KBL league champion SK Cavaliers, and China's Taipei SBL League champion Puyuan Construction Team. The other teams include Lebanese League champion Alriyadh, the traditional Philippine team Shengli Beer, Japan's Tokyo Shock and the host of Thailand's Mono River Vampire.
Compared with the AFC Champions League held in China in the previous two AFC Champions Leagues, this AFC Champions League has added new teams from the Japanese, Korean and Philippine Leagues. Not only is the overall strength stronger, but the teams are also more widely participated.
The predecessor of the AFC Cup was called the Asian Club Cup. It is a competition between major Asian league clubs. Since 1981, the AFC Champions League has been held for 26 sessions. The 1981 AFC Champions League was held for the first time. Bayi Men's Basketball Team represented CBA in the competition and won the championship, becoming the first champion of the AFC Champions League. China has successively sent teams such as Bayi Men's Basketball Team, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team, Beijing Aoshen Men's Basketball Team, Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team and other teams to participate, and has won 4 championships, 5 runner-ups and 1 third place in total.
Liaoning Men's Basketball Team is training at Real Madrid training base
Liaoning Men's Basketball Team is currently training in Spain. After that, the team will set off to Croatia to participate in the Zadar Championship. Almost all participating teams in this competition are composed of European giants such as CSKA Moscow, Fenerbache, and Maccabi, Tel Aviv, Israel. After the Zadar Championship, the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team will fly directly to Thailand to participate in the AFC Champions League.
schedule is intensive. Starting from September 20, the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team will play 12 high-intensity games in 18 days, and the team's lineup is also in a dilemma. Guo Ailun , Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu both participated in the World Cup qualifiers window in the Chinese men's basketball team. Zhao Jiwei was recovering from surgery in Spain, and Gao Shiyan was also recovering from injury in Beijing. Therefore, only 8 local players went to Spain with the team this time.
2018 Men's Basketball Asian Champions League will be held in Thailand from September 27 to October 2.
