Jordanian Premier Basketball League

Jordanian Premier Basketball League JPL
Organising body	Jordan Basketball Federation
Founded	1952; 70 years ago
First season	1952
Country	Jordan
Confederation	FIBA Asia, ; West Asia (WABA) ; (Asia)
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division league
Domestic cup(s)
Supercup	Jordan Super Cup
International cup(s)	FIBA Asia Champions Cup, ; WABA Champions Cup, ; Arab Club Basketball Championship
Current champions	(24th title) ; (2020)
Most championships	; (24 titles)
TV partners	JRTV
Website	Jordan Basketball Federation official website
	2021 Jordanian Premier Basketball League

The Jordanian Premier Basketball League is a professional basketball league in Jordan. It is the top league in the country with the second-tier league going by the name of First Division. There are 6 teams competing in the league which are, , Al Wehdat, Orthodox Club, Kufryouba, Jubeha, and Al Jaleel

Teams[]

Jordanian Premier Basketball League 2021 season
Club	Location
Orthodox	Amman
	Amman
Al Wehdat	Amman
Al Jubeha	Amman
Al Jaleel	Irbid
	Irbid Governorate

Map[]

Orthodox

Al-Wehdat
Al Jubeha

Al Jaleel

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Location of clubs in Jordan for the 2021 Jordanian Premier Basketball League

Main arenas[]

The league games are played either in Prince Hamzeh Arena in Amman, or Prince Hassan Sports Center in Irbid

Clubs[]

Champions[]

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Number	Season	Champion
1	1952	Jordanian Electricity Club
2	1953
3	1954
4	1955
5	1956
6	1957
7	1958
8	1959	Orthodox
9	1960
10	1961
11	1962
12	1963	Al Watani
13	1964	Al Jazeera
14	1965
15	1966	Jordan Club
-	1967	Not Held
16	1968
17	1969
18	1970
19	1971
20	1972
21	1973	Orthodox
22	1974
23	1975
24	1976	Orthodox
25	1977	Orthodox
26	1978	Orthodox
-	1979	Not Finished
-	1980	Not Held
27	1981	Orthodox
28	1982	Orthodox
-	1983	Not Held
29	1984	Orthodox
30	1985	Orthodox
31	1986	Orthodox
32	1987	Orthodox
33	1988	Orthodox
34	1989	Orthodox
35	1990
36	1991	Orthodox
37	1992
38	1993
39	1994
40	1995	Orthodox
41	1996	Orthodox
42	1997	Al Jazeera Aramex
43	1998	Orthodox
44	1999	Orthodox
45	2000	Orthodox
46	2001	Orthodox
47	2002	Orthodox
48	2003	Zain(Fastlink)
49	2004	Zain(Fastlink)
50	2005	Zain(Fastlink)
51	2006	Zain(Fastlink)
52	2007	Zain
53	2008	Zain
54	2009	ASU
55	2010	ASU
56	2011	Orthodox
57	2012	ASU
58	2013	ASU
59	2014	Orthodox
60	2015	Al Riyadi Aramex
61	2016	Al Riyadi Aramex
62	2017	(Ranking League)
63	2018
64	2019
65	2020

Wins by club[]

Team	Wins
24	1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2017, 2018, 2020
Orthodox 23	1959, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2014
Zain(Fastlink) 6	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
ASU 4	2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Al Riyadi Aramex 2	2015, 2016
Al Jazeera 2	1964, 1997
1	2019
Jordan Club 1	1966
Al Watani 1	1963
Jordanian Electricity Club 1	1952
Total 65

Performance by club[]

Clubs	Championships
	24
Orthodox	23
Zain (Fastlink)	6
ASU	4
Al Riyadi Aramex	2
Al Jazeera	2
Jordan Club	1
Al Watani	1
Jordanian Electricity Club	1
Al Wehdat	1

Star players[]

There are satisfying pros in the league, such as Mahmoud Abdeen/Al Wehdat, /Al Wehdat, Freddy Ibrahim/Orthodox Club, Greg Magee/Al Jubeha, Mohammed Hussein/, Mousa Alawadi/, Ali Haidar/Al Wehdat, and /Orthodox Club

Also, there were satisfying rookies in the league such as /Al Wehdat, /Al Jubeha, /Al Wehdat, and /Orthodox Club.

References[]

Asia-basket.com & Goalzz.com

Ghaleb Balawi, Jordanian Basketball History book, 2010

External links[]

Jordan Basketball Federation official website