The Arab Women's Basketball Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لكرة السلة للسيدات) or simply AWBC is a regional basketball tournament which takes place every two years between women's national teams of the members of the Arab Basketball Confederation, representing the Arab world. The first edition was held in 1983 in Jordan.[1]
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Arab Women's Basketball Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | ABC Members |
| Continent | ABC (Arab world) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Egypt (4th title) |
| Most titles | Egypt (4 titles) |
Statistics edit
Winners edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third-place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1983 Details |
 Jordan |
 Iraq |
– |  Somalia |
 Lebanon |
– |  Jordan | ||
| 1986 | Egypt |
Not held (because the legal number was not complete) | Not held (because the legal number was not complete) | ||||||
| 1987 Details |
Egypt |
 Algeria |
– |  Egypt |
 Palestine | ||||
| 1989 Details |
 Syria |
 Tunisia |
– |  Syria |
Egypt |
– | Algeria | ||
| 1992 Details |
Syria |
Egypt |
– | Tunisia |
Syria |
– | Lebanon | ||
| 1994 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
– | Tunisia |
Algeria |
– | Syria | ||
| 1997 Details |
 Lebanon |
Egypt |
– | Tunisia |
Lebanon |
– | Jordan | ||
| 1999 Details |
Jordan |
Tunisia |
– | Egypt |
Syria |
– | Jordan | ||
| 2000 Details |
 Algeria |
Algeria |
– | Lebanon |
Egypt |
– |  Morocco | ||
| 2003 Details |
Jordan |
Lebanon |
– | Tunisia |
Egypt |
– | Syria | ||
| 2011 Details |
 Qatar |
Lebanon |
– | Egypt |
Jordan |
– | Somalia | ||
| 2017 Details |
Egypt |
Egypt |
– | Tunisia |
Jordan |
– |  Iraq | ||
Titles by team edit
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| Egypt
|
4 (1992, 1994*, 1997, 2017*) | 3 (1987*, 1999, 2011) | 3 (1989, 2000, 2003) | – |
 Tunisia
|
2 (1989, 1999) | 5 (1992, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2017) | – | – |
| Lebanon
|
2 (2003, 2011) | 1 (2000) | 2 (1983, 1997*) | 1 (1992) |
| Algeria
|
2 (1987, 2000*) | – | 1 (1994) | 1 (1989) |
 Iraq
|
1 (1983*) | – | – | 1 (2017) |
| Syria
|
– | 1 (1989*) | 2 (1992*, 1999) | 2 (1994, 2003) |
 Somalia
|
– | 1 (1983) | – | 1 (2011) |
| Jordan
|
– | – | 2 (2011, 2017) | 3 (1983*, 1997, 1999*) |
 Palestine
|
– | – | 1 (1987) | – |
 Morocco
|
– | – | – | 1 (2000) |
* hosts.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ناصر بشناق حقق لاعبا أروع الإنجازات لثلاث منتخبات". Al-Ghad. 25 July 2011.
External links edit
- سجل البطولات العربية للمنتخبات سيدات ABC official website (in Arabic)