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2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

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2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host country Singapore
CitySingapore
Dates18–21 September
Teams6
Venue(s)1
Official website
2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
2024
2026

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

Unicaja are the defending champions, and is defending their title.

Teams

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The list of teams was confirmed by FIBA on 17 July 2025.[2]

Location of teams of the 2025 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Team Qualification Date of qualification Participations (bold indicates winners) Ref.
Australia Illawarra Hawks Winners of the 2024–25 NBL season 23 March 2025 Debut [3]
Brazil Flamengo Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League Americas 19 April 2025 3 (2014, 2019, 2022) [4]
Spain Unicaja Winners of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League 11 May 2025 1 (2024) [5]
Japan Utsunomiya Brex Winners of the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia 13 June 2025 Debut [6]
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli Winners of the 2025 BAL season 14 June 2025 Debut [7]
United States NBA G League United Representative of the NBA G League 17 July 2025 1 (2024) [2]

Group stage

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All times are local (UTC+08:00)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Unicaja 2 2 0 170 129 +41 4 Advance to final
2 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 1 0 1 61 73 −12 1 Qualification to third place game
3 Japan Utsunomiya Brex 1 0 1 68 97 −29 1 Qualification to fifth place game
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2025. Source: FIBA
18 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya 61–73 Spain 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 Japan 68–97 Spain 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
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Waseem Husainy (CAN)
20 September
20:00
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya vs. Japan Utsunomiya Brex
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Flamengo 2 1 1 175 175 0 3 Advance to final
2 United States NBA G League United 1 1 0 93 91 +2 2 Qualification to third place game
3 Australia Illawarra Hawks 1 0 1 82 84 −2 1 Qualification to fifth place game
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2025. Source: FIBA
18 September
17:00
NBA G League United United States 93–91 Brazil 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 Australia 82–84 (OT) Brazil 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: Borges, Cummings 9
Asts: Bost 4
Singapore Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 2,569
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Carlos Vélez (COL), Sun Jian (CHN)
20 September
17:00
NBA G League United United States vs. Australia Illawarra Hawks
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Final round

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Fifth place game

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21 September
13:00
Group A third place vs. Group B third place

Third place game

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21 September
16:00
Group A runner-up vs. Group B runner-up

Final

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21 September
19:00
Unicaja Spain vs. Group B winner

References

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  1. ^ "Singapore to host FIBA Intercontinental Cup under three-year partnership as competition reaches Asia in historical first". FIBA.basketball. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Flamengo wins second BCL Americas crown". www.fiba.basketball. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Final Four MVP Carter leads Unicaja to back-to-back BCL titles". www.championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Utsunomiya dethrone Al Riyadi, capture BCL Asia 2025 crown". FIBA.basketball. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Al Ahli Tripoli are the 2025 BAL Champions". The BAL. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2025.