The WABA Championship is an international basketball tournament which takes place every year between national men's teams from West Asia. The tournament is also known as the West Asian Basketball Championship.

WABA Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1999
No. of teams7
CountryWABA member nations
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Lebanon (5th title)
Most titles Iran (6 titles)

The tournament is organised by the West Asia Basketball Association, a subzone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as the West Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Cup and FIBA Asia Challenge.

Summary

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Year Host Final Third place game
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1999
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Beirut
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Lebanon
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Iran
2000
Details
 
Beirut
 
Lebanon
No playoffs  
Syria
 
Iraq
No playoffs  
Iran
2001
Details
 
Amman
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Lebanon
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Iraq
2002
Details
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Amman / Tehran
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Iran
 
Iraq
No playoffs Only Three Teams Competed
2004
Details
 
Tehran
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Syria
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Lebanon
2005
Details
 
Beirut
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Lebanon
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Yemen
2008
Details
 
Amman
 
Lebanon
No playoffs  
Jordan
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Palestine
2010
Details
 
Duhok
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Iraq
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Palestine
2011
Details
 
Duhok
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Jordan
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Iraq
2012
Details
 
Amman
 
Lebanon
No playoffs  
Iran
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Syria
2013
Details
 
Tehran
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Lebanon
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Iraq
2014
Details
 
Amman
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Iran
 
Syria
No playoffs  
Iraq
2015
Details
 
Amman
 
Lebanon
No playoffs  
Jordan
 
Palestine
No playoffs  
Syria
2016
Details
 
Amman
 
Iran
No playoffs  
Jordan
 
Iraq
No playoffs  
Lebanon
2017
Details
 
Amman
 
Lebanon
No playoffs  
Iran
 
Jordan
No playoffs  
Iraq

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Iran64111
2  Lebanon5409
3  Jordan24612
4  Syria2248
5  Iraq0134
6  Palestine0011
7  Yemen0000
Totals (7 entries)15151545

Participating nations

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Nation  
1999
 
2000
 
2001
 
 
2002
 
2004
 
2005
 
2008
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
Years
  Iran 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 13
  Iraq 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 4th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 4th 13
  Jordan 3rd 5th 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 14
  Lebanon 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 4th 1st 11
  Palestine 4th 4th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 6
  Syria 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 12
  Yemen 4th 6th 6th 3
Total 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 6 5 5 6

References

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