The Brunei Cup is an annual basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 tournament held at Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

. Originally held in 2001, with most of the teams coming from Overseas Filipino

Overseas Filipino

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 workers in Brunei, the tournament has since expanded to include several professional and national teams around Asia

Asia

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 and Australia

Australia

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. Brunei Cup now comprises fully professional teams from the Asian region making it undoubtedly the most competitive tournament ever seen in Brunei Darussalam. The tournament has helped to portray Brunei Darussalam as a country that is capable of hosting such professional sporting events and has received unimaginable praise from each of its visiting teams.

2008 Team profile

Darwin Airport Resort All-Stars

• Established : 2006 ( specially to compete in Brunei Cup 2006 )
• Number of year in Brunei Cup : 3 years
• Preparation time for Brunei Cup 2008 : only 3 days because players come from all over Australia and two from USA
• Head Coach : Don Sheppard

The games are held at Brunei's National Indoor Stadium.

Tournament results

Year		Final				Third Place Game
		Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2001		Mum Bakery	00-00	unknown		unknown	00-00	unknown
2002		Suncity Dragons	00-00	unknown		unknown	00-00	unknown
2003		Goh Brothers Goldsmiths	79-77	Suncity Dragons		SYH Tigers	141-107	CESK L. Mark Lakers
2004		TG South Korea	00-00	unknown		unknown	00-00	unknown
2005		San Miguel	70-67	Alaska Aces Alaska Aces (PBA) The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...		Seoul SK Knights Seoul SK Knights The Seoul SK Knights is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League.-Interesting facts:Bang Sung Yoon was a player in the National Basketball Developmental League .Julian Kim/Edward Kim is an American-born Korean....	95-82	Toshiba Brave Thunders
2006		San Miguel	96-65	Darwin All-Stars		Seoul SK Knights Seoul SK Knights The Seoul SK Knights is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League.-Interesting facts:Bang Sung Yoon was a player in the National Basketball Developmental League .Julian Kim/Edward Kim is an American-born Korean....	102-63	Saudi Arabia All-Stars
2007		Changwon LG Sakers Changwon LG Sakers Changwon LG Sakers are a basketball team located in the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang province. The team's main sponsor is LG Electronics which has its offices in Changwon....	76-62	Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realtors The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta...		Singapore Slingers Singapore Slingers The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....	106-63	Darwin All-Stars
2008		Singapore Slingers Singapore Slingers The Singapore Slingers are an Asian basketball team that formerly competed in the Australian National Basketball League. They were the first - and so far the only - Asia-based club to compete in the NBL when they joined at the start of the 2006/07 season....	86-75	Changwon LG Sakers Changwon LG Sakers Changwon LG Sakers are a basketball team located in the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang province. The team's main sponsor is LG Electronics which has its offices in Changwon....		Darwin All-Stars	88-45	Jordan All-Stars