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Arab Basketball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Arab Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country	ABC Members
Continent	ABC (Arab world)
Most recent champion(s)	Egypt (13 titles)
Most titles	Egypt (13 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 Arab Basketball Confederation, 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.

Statistics

Winners

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 Details	Cairo		Egypt	–	Iraq		Jordan	–	United Arab Emirates
1989 Details	Damascus		Egypt	–	Iraq		Jordan	–	Tunisia
1991 Details	Cairo		Egypt	–	Syria		Tunisia	–	Saudi Arabia
1992 Details	Damascus		Syria	–	Jordan		Tunisia	–	Egypt
1994 Details	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 Details	Algiers		Egypt	–	Algeria		Morocco	–	Tunisia
2002 Details	Cairo		Egypt	–	Algeria		Tunisia	–	Iraq
2005 Details	Riyadh		Algeria	–	Morocco		Jordan	–	Tunisia
2007 Details	Cairo		Jordan	80–69	Egypt		Saudi Arabia	and	Tunisia
2008 Details	Tunis		Tunisia	83–77	Jordan		Egypt	83–64	Syria
2009 Details	Rabat		Tunisia	70–50	Egypt		Morocco	85–81	Syria
2010 Details	Beyrouth		Egypt	60–57	Lebanon		Morocco	74–64	Algeria
2015 Details	Sharm el-Sheikh		Egypt	78–54	Algeria		Iraq	59–58	Saudi Arabia
2017 Details	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 Details	Cairo		Egypt	67–47	Libya		Tunisia	73–66	United Arab Emirates

Titles by team

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	13	2	2	17
2	Tunisia (TUN)	4	1	4	9
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	Libya (LBY)	0	1	0	1
12	Kuwait (KUW)	0	0	2	2
13	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 (16 entries)		24	24	25	73

• 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

• Basketball at the Arab Games
• Arab U18 Basketball Championship

References

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

External links

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

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