The 2022–23 West Asia Super League is the inaugural season of the West Asia Super League (WASL), organised by FIBA Asia, held between December and June.
The overall league featured eighteen teams. The season began on 19 December 2022 and finished on 17 June 2023. The season finished with the Final Eight, which was hosted in Dubai.
Manama Club won the inaugural title after defeating Kuwait Club in the championship game. Following their win, Manama was invited for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Format
The season exists out of 18 teams. Eight teams in the Western Asia region compete in home and away games for the sub-zonal title, while eight teams in the Gulf region do the same. The top three teams from each division advance to the Final round. There they are joined by the champions of the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the invited Indian representative. The two teams that advance to the championship game qualify for the 2023 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
Teams
The Chennai Heat as the Indian National Basketball League champions, were supposed to play in the Final 8, but withdrew.
Notes:
Draw
The draw was held on 28 October in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
West Asia League
Group phase
Group A
Group B
Final phase
Bracket
Qualification to semifinals
All match-ups are best-of-three playoffs.
(A2) Zob Ahan Isfahan vs. (B3) Al Naft
(B2) Al Riyadi Beirut vs. (A3) Orthodox Amman
Semifinals
(A1) Beirut Club vs. (B2) Al Riyadi Beirut
(B1) Shahrdari Gorgan vs. (A2) Zob Ahan Isfahan
Third place game
Finals
(B2) Al Riyadi Beirut vs. (B1) Shahrdari Gorgan
Gulf League
Group phase
Group A
Group B
Final phase
Bracket
Qualification to semifinals
All match-ups are best-of-three playoffs.
(B2) Manama Club vs. (A3) Kazma
(A2) Shabab Al Ahli vs. (B3) Al Nassr Riyadh
Semifinals
(A1) Al Hilal vs. (B2) Manama Club
(B1) Kuwait Club vs. (A2) Shabab Al Ahli
Third place game
Finals
(B1) Kuwait Club vs. (B2) Al Manama
Final Eight
In the Final Eight, the top three teams from the West Asia and the Gulf League were joined by the proposed teams from South and Central Asia (India and Kazakhstan). On 23 May FIBA announced that the Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Sports Hall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, would host the inaugural Final Eight.
The final stage began on 9 June and finished on 17 June with the WASL championship game.