FIBA WASL 2025-26 Final Phase schedules finalised

February 19, 2026

BEIRUT (Lebanon)- The FIBA Regional Office-Asia on Thursday February 19, 2026 has announced the 2025-26 season’s Final Phase schedules of FIBA West Asia Super League West Asia and Gulf Leagues.

WASL Gulf

The best-of-three Semi-Finals of the 2025-26-FIBA WASL Gulf League will tip off on March 9 with Saudi Arabia’s Ittihad Club taking on Kuwait Club in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a rematch of last season's Qualification to Semi-Finals series, which the former swept 2-0.

Ittihad were the first to reach the Semi-Finals this time after finishing atop Group A with a 5-1 record, and Kuwait Club would set up the meeting following a two-game sweep of Muharraq Club in the play-in round.

Al Ula Club of Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s Al Arabi will start their series on March 10 in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Al Ula, booked a Semi-Finals ticket outright after clinching the top spot in Group B have 2-0 lead over Arabi this season, having won both the games in the Group Phase.

The Final is scheduled for an April 14 tip-off, to be preceded by the Third-Place Game - featuring the losing sides from the Semi-Finals - on April 13.

WASL West Asia

Initially scheduled to open March 11, the 2025-26 FIBA WASL West Asia League’ s culminating event will now commence on March 25, beginning with the best-of-3 Semi-Finals.

Four teams, namely Al Riyadi, BC Astana, Sagesse SC, and Shahrdari Gorgan, have already qualified, with their final seedings to be determined by the end of the Group Phase which will be on March 5.

Under the new competition format, the no.1 team at the end of the preliminary round will face the fourth-ranked team in the Semi-Finals, with the other bracket to feature the teams finishing at second and third.

The Final, which is also a best-of-3, will start on April 16, to be preceded by the Third-Place Game between the losing sides from the Semi-Finals.

All series in the Final Phase of both Gulf and West Asia, barring the third place play-off will be played in a best-of-3 format.

Zouk Mikayel to host postponed Sagesse-Gorgan game on March 5

The 2025-26 FIBA WASL West Asia League game between Sagesse SC of Lebanon and Shahrdari Gorgan of Iran, originally scheduled on Jan 7, 2026 will now be played on March 5, 2026.

The game, which Gorgan were scheduled to host initially, will be played at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Zouk Mikayel.

This game will draw the curtains on the Group Phase of Sub-Zone League of the pan-regional competition before the top four teams of the Group Phase head into the Final Phase.

For the latest updates, results and game reports on 2025-26 FIBA West Asia League follow the official websites 2025-26 FIBA WASL West Asia League and 2025-26-FIBA WASL Gulf League.

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