2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country Singapore
CitySingapore
Dates18–21 September
Teams6
Venue1
Final positions
Champions Unicaja (2nd title)
Runners-up NBA G League United
Third place Al Ahli Tripoli
Fourth place Flamengo
Tournament statistics
Games played9
MVPTyler Kalinoski
(Unicaja)
Top scorerJaden Shackelford
(NBA G League United, 21.0 ppg)
Official website
2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

The 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 35th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The tournament was hosted at the Singapore Indoor Stadium for a third consecutive year under a three-year agreement with the Singaporean government. It was the third time the tournament was hosted in Asia.[1]

Unicaja were the defending champions, and defeated NBA G League United by a score of 71–61, to win their second championship.[2]

Teams

The list of teams was confirmed by FIBA on 17 July 2025.[3]

Location of teams of the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Team Qualification Date of qualification Participations (bold indicates winners) Ref.
Illawarra Hawks Winners of the 2024–25 NBL season 23 March 2025 Debut [4]
Flamengo Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League Americas 19 April 2025 3 (2014, 2019, 2022) [5]
Unicaja Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League 11 May 2025 1 (2024) [6]
Utsunomiya Brex Winners of the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia 13 June 2025 Debut [7]
Al Ahli Tripoli Winners of the 2025 BAL season 14 June 2025 Debut [8]
NBA G League United Representative of the NBA G League 17 July 2025 1 (2024) [3]

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+08:00)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Unicaja 2 2 0 170 129 +41 4 Advance to final
2 Al Ahli Tripoli 2 1 1 148 151 −3 3 Qualification to third place game
3 Utsunomiya Brex 2 0 2 146 184 −38 2 Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
18 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli 61–73 Unicaja
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 18–18, 15–21, 18–18
Pts: Almeida 21
Rebs: Almeida 9
Asts: Badrush 3
Pts: Pérez 16
Rebs: Díaz 6
Asts: three players 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,783
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD), Carlos Vélez (COL)
19 September
20:00
Utsunomiya Brex 68–97 Unicaja
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 13–18, 20–35, 15–21
Pts: Newbill 21
Rebs: Newbill 8
Asts: Newbill 8
Pts: Kalinoski 19
Rebs: Kravish 6
Asts: Perry 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,871
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN)
20 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli 87–78 Utsunomiya Brex
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 14–22, 27–23, 25–19
Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Romero 15
Asts: Knight 6
Pts: Newbill 28
Rebs: Jerrett 6
Asts: Newbill 7
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,201
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), James Griguol (AUS), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 NBA G League United 2 2 0 193 185 +8 4 Advance to final
2 Flamengo 2 1 1 175 175 0 3 Qualification to third place game
3 Illawarra Hawks 2 0 2 176 184 −8 2 Qualification to fifth place game
Source: FIBA
18 September
17:00
NBA G League United 93–91 Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 19–13, 29–27, 26–35
Pts: Hunt 24
Rebs: Hunt 9
Asts: Hunt 7
Pts: Deodato, Johnson 20
Rebs: Deodato, Johnson 5
Asts: Johnson, Borges 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 1,547
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), James Griguol (AUS)
19 September
17:00
Illawarra Hawks 82–84 (OT) Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–8, 19–25, 23–20, Overtime: 9–11
Pts: Harvey 24
Rebs: Bolden 11
Asts: Bolden, McLaughlin 2
Pts: Borges 22
Rebs: Cummings, Borges 9
Asts: Borges 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,569
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL), Sun Jian (CHN)
20 September
17:00
NBA G League United 100–94 Illawarra Hawks
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 27–20, 22–23, 27–26
Pts: Shackelford 26
Rebs: Williams 9
Asts: Randle 4
Pts: Harvey 32
Rebs: McGee 10
Asts: McLaughlin 5
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,285
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN)

Final round

Fifth place game

21 September
13:00
Utsunomiya Brex 69–93 Illawarra Hawks
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 13–26, 15–20, 27–21
Pts: Ishikawa 15
Rebs: Takeuchi, Aoki 6
Asts: five players 2
Pts: McLaughlin 15
Rebs: Yates 9
Asts: McDowell-White, Froling 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,147
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN), Sun Jian (CHN)

Third place game

21 September
16:00
Al Ahli Tripoli 95–85 Flamengo
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 13–22, 25–21, 31–20
Pts: Maker, Almeida 21
Rebs: Maker 12
Asts: Knight 9
Pts: Deodato, Cummings 14
Rebs: Johnson 5
Asts: Borges 8
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 3,710
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Carlos Vélez (COL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final

21 September
19:00
Unicaja 71–61 NBA G League United
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 22–15, 23–5, 15–20
Pts: Tillie 14
Rebs: Webb 8
Asts: Perry 5
Pts: Shackelford 17
Rebs: Hunt 11
Asts: Hunt 3
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 6,217
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), James Griguol (AUS), Yann Vézo Davidson (MAD)

References

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  2. ^ "Unicaja crowned FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions again". FIBA. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Line-up for the FIBA Intercontinental Cup 2025 in Singapore is set as ticket sales start today". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Illawarra Hawks clinch fairytale NBL title after thrilling finals defeat of Melbourne United". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 23 March 2025. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Flamengo wins second BCL Americas crown". www.fiba.basketball. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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  7. ^ "Utsunomiya dethrone Al Riyadi, capture BCL Asia 2025 crown". FIBA.basketball. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Al Ahli Tripoli are the 2025 BAL Champions". The BAL. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.