Arab Basketball Championship

Arab Basketball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 Arab Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country	Members
Continent	(Arab world)
Most recent champion(s)	Lebanon (1st title)
Most titles	Egypt (12 titles)

The Arab Basketball Championship for Men (Arabic: البطولة العربية لكرة السلة للرجال) or simply ABC is a regional basketball tournament which takes place every two years between men's national teams of the members of the , representing the Arab world.

The 24th edition scheduled in the UAE will take place from 9 to 16 February 2022. The countries that intend to participate are: UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon and Qatar.^[1]

Statistics[]

Winners[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1974	Baghdad		Egypt	–	Iraq		Lebanon	–	Algeria
1975	Kuwait City		Sudan	–	Iraq		Kuwait	–	Somalia
1978	Cairo		Egypt	–	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	–	Bahrain
1981	Tunis		Tunisia	–	Algeria		Mauritania	–	Kuwait
1983	Amman		Tunisia	–	Jordan		Iraq	–	Saudi Arabia
1985	Cairo		Not held				Not held
1987	Cairo		Egypt	–	Iraq		Jordan	–	United Arab Emirates
1989	Damascus		Egypt	–	Iraq		Jordan	–	Tunisia
1991	Cairo		Egypt	–	Syria		Tunisia	–	Saudi Arabia
1992	Damascus		Syria	–	Jordan		Tunisia	–	Egypt
1994	Cairo		Egypt	–	Algeria		Syria	–	United Arab Emirates
1997	Beyrouth		Saudi Arabia	–	Syria		United Arab Emirates	–	Lebanon
1999	Amman		Egypt	–	Jordan		Qatar	and	Syria
2000	Algiers		Egypt	–	Algeria		Morocco	–	Tunisia
2002	Cairo		Egypt	–	Algeria		Tunisia	–	Iraq
2005	Riyadh		Algeria	–	Morocco		Jordan	–	Tunisia
2007	Cairo		Jordan	80–69	Egypt		Saudi Arabia	and	Tunisia
2008	Tunis		Tunisia	83–77	Jordan		Egypt	83–64	Syria
2009	Rabat		Tunisia	70–50	Egypt		Morocco	85–81	Syria
2010	Beyrouth		Egypt	60–57	Lebanon		Morocco	74–64	Algeria
2015	Sharm el-Sheikh		Egypt	78–54	Algeria		Iraq	59–58	Saudi Arabia
2017	Cairo		Egypt	96–90	Morocco		Bahrain	79–69	Saudi Arabia
2018 Details	Cairo		Saudi Arabia	85–81	Algeria		Egypt	84–72	Bahrain
2022 Details	Dubai		Lebanon	72–69	Tunisia		Algeria	93–77	Somalia

Titles by team[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
Egypt	12 (1974, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2017)	2 (2007, 2009)	2 (2008, 2018)	–	–
Tunisia	4 (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009)	1 (2022)	3 (1991, 1992, 2002)	–	1 (2007)
Saudi Arabia	2 (1997, 2018)	1 (1978)	–	–	1 (2007)
Algeria	1 (2005)	6 (1981, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2015, 2018)	1 (2022)	–	–
Jordan	1 (2007)	4 (1983, 1992, 1999, 2008)	3 (1987, 1989, 2005)	–	–
Syria	1 (1992)	2 (1991, 1997)	1 (1994)	–	1 (1999)
Lebanon	1 (2022)	1 (2010)	1 (1974)	1 (1997)	–
Sudan	1 (1975)	–	–	–	–
Iraq	–	4 (1974, 1975, 1987, 1989)	2 (1983, 2015)	1 (2002)	–
Morocco	–	2 (2005, 2017)	3 (2000, 2009, 2010)	–	–
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1975, 1978)	–	–
Bahrain	–	–	1 (2017)	1 (2018)	–
Mauritania	–	–	1 (1981)	–	–
United Arab Emirates	–	–	1 (1997)	–	–
Somalia	–	–	–	2 (1975, 2022)	–
Qatar	–	–	–	–	1 (1999)

All-time medal table 1974–2022[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	12	2	2	16
2	Tunisia (TUN)	4	1	3	8
3	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	1	1	4
4	Algeria (ALG)	1	6	1	8
5	Jordan (JOR)	1	4	3	8
6	Syria (SYR)	1	2	2	5
7	Lebanon (LIB)	1	1	1	3
8	Sudan (SUD)	1	0	0	1
9	Iraq (IRQ)	0	4	2	6
10	Morocco (MAR)	0	2	3	5
11	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	2	2
12	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
	Mauritania (MTN)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		23	23	24	70

• Share bronze medals at 1999 and 2007.

Participation Details[]

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Team																						2018	2022	Total
Algeria	SF 4th			F 2nd						F 2nd			F 2nd	F 2nd	F 1st	×	R2 5th	QF 5th	SF 4th	F 2nd	QF 6th	F 2nd	SF 3rd
Bahrain			SF 4th													×	×	×			SF 3rd	SF 4th	×
Egypt	F 1st		F 1st			F 1st	F 1st	F 1st	SF 4th	F 1st		F 1st	F 1st	F 1st		F 2nd	SF 3rd	F 2nd	F 1st	F 1st	F 1st	SF 3rd	×
Iraq	F 2nd	F 2nd			SF 3rd	F 2nd	F 2nd							SF 4th		R1 9th	R1 9th	×		SF 3rd	×	×	×
Jordan					F 2nd	SF 3rd	SF 3rd		F 2nd			F 2nd			SF 3rd	F 1st	F 2nd	×			×	×	QF 7th
Kuwait		SF 3rd	SF 3rd	SF 4th												QF 6th	×	QF 8th			×	×	×
Lebanon	SF 3rd										SF 4th					×	×	R1 11th	F 2nd		×	×	F 1st
Libya																QF 7th	R1 7th	QF 6th			×	×	QF 5th
Mauritania				SF 3rd												×	×	×			×	×	×
Morocco													SF 3rd		F 2nd	×	R1 8th	SF 3rd	SF 3rd		F 2nd	×	WD
Palestine																QF 8th	×	×			×	×	×
Qatar												SF 3/4				QF 5th	×	×			×	×	×
Saudi Arabia			F 2nd		SF 4th			SF 4th			F 1st					SF 3/4	R2 6th	QF 7th		SF 4th	SF 4th	F 1st	×
Somalia	SF 4th															×	×	×			×	×	SF 4th
Sudan		F 1st														R1 11th	R1 10th	×			×	×	×
Syria								F 2nd	F 1st	SF 3rd	F 2nd	SF 3/4				×	SF 4th	SF 4th			×	×	WD
Tunisia				F 1st	F 1st		SF 4th	SF 3rd	SF 3rd				SF 4th	SF 3rd	SF 4th	SF 3/4	F 1st	F 1st			×	×	F 2nd
United Arab Emirates						SF 4th				SF 4th	SF 3rd					×	×	R1 9th			QF 5th	R1 5th	QF 6th
Yemen																R1 10th	×	R1 10th			×	×	×
Total																11	10	11			6	5	7

Legends

See also[]

• Basketball at the Pan Arab Games

References[]

External links[]

• Arab teams Basketball Championship - Goalzz.com
• Official website (in Arabic)