Arab Basketball Championship

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 Arab Basketball Confederation, representing the Arab world.

Arab Basketball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Arab Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1974
No. of teams10
CountryABC Members
ContinentABC (Arab world)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt (13 titles)
Most titles Egypt (13 titles)

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

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Winners

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Year Host Final Third-place game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1974
Details
 
Baghdad
 
Egypt
 
Iraq
 
Lebanon
 
Algeria
1975
Details
 
Kuwait City
 
Sudan
 
Iraq
 
Kuwait
 
Somalia
1978
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
 
Saudi Arabia
 
Kuwait
 
Bahrain
1981
Details
 
Tunis
 
Tunisia
 
Algeria
 
Mauritania
 
Kuwait
1983
Details
 
Amman
 
Tunisia
 
Jordan
 
Iraq
 
Saudi Arabia
1985  
Cairo
Not held Not held
1987
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Cairo
 
Egypt
 
Iraq
 
Jordan
 
United Arab Emirates
1989
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Damascus
 
Egypt
 
Iraq
 
Jordan

 
Tunisia
1991
Details
 
Cairo
 
Egypt
 
Syria
 
Tunisia
 
Saudi Arabia
1992
Details
 
Damascus
 
Syria
 
Jordan
 
Tunisia
 
Egypt
1994
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Cairo
 
Egypt
 
Algeria
 
Syria
 
United Arab Emirates
1997
Details
 
Beyrouth
 
Saudi Arabia
 
Syria
 
United Arab Emirates
 
Lebanon
1999
Details
 
Amman
 
Egypt
 
Jordan
 
Qatar
and  
Syria
2000
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Algiers
 
Egypt
 
Algeria
 
Morocco

 
Tunisia
2002
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Cairo
 
Egypt
 
Algeria
 
Tunisia
 
Iraq
2005
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Riyadh
 
Algeria
 
Morocco
 
Jordan

 
Tunisia
2007
Details
 
Cairo
 
Jordan
80–69  
Egypt
 
Saudi Arabia
and
 
Tunisia
2008
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Tunis
 
Tunisia
83–77  
Jordan
 
Egypt
83–64  
Syria
2009
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Rabat
 
Tunisia
70–50  
Egypt
 
Morocco
85–81  
Syria
2010
Details
 
Beyrouth
 
Egypt
60–57  
Lebanon
 
Morocco
74–64  
Algeria
2015
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Sharm el-Sheikh
 
Egypt
78–54  
Algeria
 
Iraq
59–58  
Saudi Arabia
2017
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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
2023
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Cairo
 
Egypt
67–47  
Libya
 
Tunisia
73–66  
United Arab Emirates

Titles by team

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists
  Egypt 13 (1974, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2023) 2 (2007, 2009) 2 (2008, 2018)
  Tunisia 4 (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009) 1 (2022) 4 (1991, 1992, 2002, 2023) 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)
  Libya 1 (2023)
  Kuwait 2 (1975, 1978)
  United Arab Emirates 1 (1997) 1 (2023)
  Bahrain 1 (2017) 1 (2018)
  Mauritania 1 (1981)
  Somalia 2 (1975, 2022)
  Qatar 1 (1999)

All-time medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Egypt (EGY)132217
2  Tunisia (TUN)4149
3  Saudi Arabia (KSA)2114
4  Algeria (ALG)1618
5  Jordan (JOR)1438
6  Syria (SYR)1225
7  Lebanon (LIB)1113
8  Sudan (SUD)1001
9  Iraq (IRQ)0426
10  Morocco (MAR)0235
11  Libya (LBY)0101
12  Kuwait (KUW)0022
13  Bahrain (BHR)0011
  Mauritania (MTN)0011
  Qatar (QAT)0011
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)0011
Totals (16 entries)24242573
  • Share bronze medals at 1999 and 2007.

Participation details

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Team 1974
 
1975
 
1978
 
1981
 
1983
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
 
1992
 
1994
 
1997
 
1999
 
2000
 
2002
 
2005
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2015
 
2017
 
2018
 
2022
 
2023
 
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
QF
5th
  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
× F
1st
  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
WD
  Kuwait SF
3rd
SF
3rd
SF
4th
QF
6th
× QF
8th
× × × QF
7th
  Lebanon SF
3rd
SF
4th
× × R1
11th
F
2nd
× × F
1st
WD
  Libya QF
7th
R1
7th
QF
6th
× × QF
5th
F
2nd
  Mauritania SF
3rd
× × × × × × QF
8th
  Morocco SF
3rd
F
2nd
× R1
8th
SF
3rd
SF
3rd
F
2nd
× WD R1
9th
  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
QF
6th
  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
SF
3rd
  United Arab Emirates SF
4th
SF
4th
SF
3rd
× × R1
9th
QF
5th
R1
5th
QF
6th
SF
4th
  Yemen R1
10th
× R1
10th
× × × ×
Total 11 10 11 6 5 7 9
Legends

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "الإمارات تحتضن عودة السلة السورية للبطولة العربية". Al Khaleej (in Arabic). 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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