The 2018 edition will take place in Bengaluru, India from 28 October - 3 November. 

Sixteen teams will be divided into two Divisions: Division A & Division B.

Division A Teams: China, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Division B Teams: Guam, American Samoa, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Singapore.

The FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship also serves as a qualifier for the FIBA U19 Basketball Women's Basketball World Cup 2019. The top four will proceed to represent Asia/Oceania in Bangkok, Thailand next year. 

Event: 

Registration for the NBL Qualifying Round 2018 will begin on 8 October to 26 October 2018.

The top 2 teams participating in this competition will be eligible to register for the 2019 NBL Division I.

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ICBC NBL 2018 Finals & Third Place Playoffs

7 October: Finals & 3^rd Place playoffs Results

Finals (6.00pm)   SAFSA  97 – 95  Adroit	Third Place Playoffs (4.00pm)   Siglap 66 – 68 SBPHK Hornets
Most Valuable Player (Finals): Delvin Goh (SAFSA)

Finals: SAFSA ICBC NBL 2018 Champions  

SAFSA are crowned ICBC NBL 2018 Champions, having emerged victorious against Adroit by 2 points in a memorable end-to-end Finals. SAFSA won the tournament in style by undefeated in 11 games!

Both sides looked equal and evenly-matched where either side could walk away with the title. SAFSA edged out a slim advantage the 1st and 2nd quarters 24-22 and 24-23 respectively, with Adroit winning the final quarter 18-25 but was not enough to win the title. Adroit certainly had not made it easy for SAFSA and had been looking threatening from the very start through fast breaks whenever the opportunity arises, while SAFSA seem to be able to shoot with relatively ease anywhere within the 3-pointer line.

Most Valuable Player Award Recipient is Delvin Goh, who heavily influenced the game with 3 Assists, won 33 Total Rebounds and is also SAFSA’s top scorer with 23 points. Adroit’s Toh Qing Huang is one of his team’s most important players with the Finals’ top scoring with 27 points, won 12 Total Rebounds and had 5 Assists.

Third Place Play-offs: SBPHK Hornets clinched 3^rd Place following unbelievable comeback

Earlier at 4.00pm, Siglap were looking on course to winning the Third Placing game but was ultimately undone by SBPHK Hornets’ impressive run in the 3^rd and 4^th quarters.

Siglap are looking very comfortable and confident in the early stages of the game with quick counter-attacking transitions, and intercepted many of Hornets’ moves.  They also benefited from several superb individual moves to rack up the points.

For some reason, Siglap were unable to keep up the pressure to net any points in the 3^rd quarter for a good 2 minutes and 40 seconds and allowed Hornets’ persistence to keep them in the game with counter attacks from the 5:16 minutes onwards in the 3^rd quarter, alongside some bad misses from Siglap. At the end of the 3^rd quarter Siglap’s lead has reduced to only 6 points.

Hornets’ confidence also begin to grow with the reduced deficit, playing more comfortably with lesser pressure  and lastly, converting chances into tangible results when in the final few minutes played their hearts out for the remarkable victory and seized Third Place from likely defeat.

SBPHK Hornets’s Kelvin Lim Hong Da is the game’s top scorer and top Rebounder with 19 points and10 rebounds respectively. Chong Ming Xuan and Lim Jun Yuan are Siglap’s top scorers with 16 points.  

Guest of Honour: Mr Cao Yunchuan, Deputy General Manager of ICBC

Mr Cao Yunchuan, Deputy General Manager of ICBC was the Guest-of-Honour (GOH) to grace the occasion with the Victory Ceremony followed by Photo-taking session at the end of the event.

BAS would like to thank all participating teams, sponsors and fans in this year’s ICBC NBL season and will be looking forward to next year’s edition!

Full match statistic and replays of the 4 matches are available on:

·         BAS website: www.bas.org.sg

·         YouTube: BAS & Sport SG YouTube Channels

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(Photo by; Kenneth Chua)

Registration for the NBL Qualifying Round 2018 is now opened from 8 October to 26 October (Friday) 2018, 5.00pm.

The top 2 teams participating in this competition will be eligible to register for the 2019 NBL Division I.

Eligibility will be opened to all teams (subject to player's eligibility).

For more details and registration please download the attached documents.

Download Documents: 

1. 2018_NBL_QualifyingRound_Rules&Regulations

2. 2018_NBL_QualifyingRound_IndemnityForm

3. 2018_NBL_QualifyingRound_EntryForm

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ICBC NBL 2018 Semi-finals

Final Semi-finals Results 

Semi-finals: 3 October SAFSA 74 – 68 Siglap Adroit 84 – 67 SBPHK Hornets

Semi-finals Game 1: SAFSA 74 – 68 Siglap

In the earlier semi-finals game at 7.30pm, SAFSA march into the tournament’s Finals with a convincing win against Siglap. Siglap tried to come back into the game but was ultimately undone during the 1st quarter where the score margin is 11 points (22-11). SAFSA, as usual, employed faster counter attacks and showed greater clinical shooting accuracy. Siglap tried catching up in the 2^nd quarter and managed to win (12-19). At one point in the 3^rd quarter Siglap had lead by 41-37, but it was not enough to win the overall match. Siglap’s Steven Khoo is the game’s top scorer with 23 points while his teammate Shawn Lim and SAFSA’s Delvin Goh shared the runner-up ranking for scoring with 18 points each.

Semi-finals Game 2: Adroit 84 – 67 SBPHK Hornets

Adroit defeated SBPHK Hornets in the later semi-finals game at 9.00pm to face fellow favourites SAFSA for the ICBC NBL 2018 Championship title on Sunday, 7 October at 6.00pm. A close-fought game, though Adroit had more of clinical accuracy except in the 3^rd quarter where SBPHK Hornets had lead (15-26), but Adroit restored their lead in the 4^th quarter (31-9) and ultimately win the game to set a date with SAFSA for the grand honours on Sunday. Adroit’s Wong Zhong Han is the game’s top scorer with a breathtaking 35 points, with the runner-up shared between SBPHK Hornets’s Oh Wei Jie Desmond and Kelvin Lim with 16 points each.

Finals & 3^rd Place Playoff: Sunday, 7 October  

The Finals will be held on Sunday, 7 October, at Singapore Basketball Centre (SBC) with SAFSA vs Adroit at 6.00pm and Third Place honours: Siglap vs SBPHK Hornets at 4.00pm.

·         Finals: SAFSA VS ADROIT (6.00pm)

·         Third Place Playoffs: SIGLAP VS SBPHK HORNETS (4.00pm)

Catch the Finals and Third Place Playoff live at:

• Singapore Basketball Centre (SBC)
• Facebook: BAS/ Eleven Sports Network 
• YouTube: SportSG YouTube Channel

Check out the latest scores/ updates at BAS Facebook Page or www.bas.org.sg!

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ICBC NBL 2018 Day 17 & Semi-finals Preview

Final Game Day 17 Results

30 September   Adroit 94 – 67 Tong Whye Kai Xuan 58 – 69 Tagawa SBPHK Hornets 91 – 52 SG Basketball SAFSA 68 – 50 Siglap

Regular Season ends, 30 September

Adroit beat Tong Whye to qualify for the Semi-finals and finished second in the Regular Season’s Final Standings, having slipped up just once against first placed SAFSA. Meanwhile, Tong Whye finished seventh with 3 wins and 6 losses. Adroit’s Larry Liew is the game’s top scorer with 23 points followed by fellow National Team colleague Toh Qing Huang with 21 points.

Tagawa came out on top against Kai Xuan to secure Sixth Place in the Standings with total of 4 wins while Kai Xuan remained second from bottom with only 2 wins registered. Tagawa’s Ng Shi Yu is the game’s top scorer with 19 points while Kai Xuan’s National Team Centre Raj V Lavin is the top scorer for his team with 16 points.

SBPHK Hornets secured third placing, hence qualifed for the semi-finals come this Wednesday, having beaten SG Basketball who finishes 5^th in the table, missed out semi-finals spot by a point. SG Basketball’s Ng Shi Yang is the game’s top scorer with 19 points but unable to win the game for his team, while National Team Forward Kelvin Lim is SBPHK Hornets’s top scorer with 15 points.

In the last game of Regular Season, SAFSA finishes their Regular Season unbeaten heading into the semi-finals, having beaten fellow semi-finalists Siglap. SAFSA’s National Team player Leon Kwek is the game’s top scorer with 20 points, with teammate Shiek Bachamian Shiek Ridwan next with 17 points.

Semi-finals on Wednesday, 3 October  

Semi-final matches will be held on Wednesday, 3 October, at Singapore Basketball Centre (SBC) with SAFSA facing Siglap in a ‘re-match’:

·         Semi-finals 1: SAFSA VS SIGLAP (7.30pm)

·         Semi-finals 2: ADROIT VS SBPHK HORNETS (9.00pm)

Check out the latest scores/ updates at BAS Facebook Page or www.bas.org.sg!

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