Arab Basketball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2022 Arab Basketball Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | ABU member nations |
| Continent | ABU (Arab world) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Saudi Arabia (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Egypt (12 titles) |
The Arab Basketball Championship for Men 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.[1]
Statistics
Winners
Titles by team
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalists |
| Egypt
|
12 (1974, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2015, 2017) | 2 (2007, 2009) | 2 (2008, 2018) | – | – |
 Tunisia
|
4 (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009) | – | 3 (1991, 1992, 2002) | – | 1 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia
|
2 (1997, 2018) | 1 (1978) | – | – | 1 (2007) |
 Algeria
|
1 (2005) | 6 (1981, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2015, 2018) | – | – | – |
 Jordan
|
1 (2007) | 4 (1983, 1992, 1999, 2008) | 3 (1987, 1989, 2005) | – | – |
 Syria
|
1 (1992) | 2 (1991, 1997) | 1 (1994) | – | 1 (1999) |
 Sudan
|
1 (1975) | – | – | – | – |
 Iraq
|
– | 4 (1974, 1975, 1987, 1989) | 2 (1983, 2015) | 1 (2002) | – |
 Morocco
|
– | 2 (2005, 2017) | 3 (2000, 2009, 2010) | – | – |
 Lebanon
|
– | 1 (2010) | 1 (1974) | – | – |
 Kuwait
|
– | – | 2 (1975, 1978) | – | – |
 Bahrain
|
– | – | 1 (2017) | 1 (2018) | – |
 Mauritania
|
– | – | 1 (1981) | – | – |
 United Arab Emirates
|
– | – | 1 (1997) | – | – |
 Qatar
|
– | – | – | – | 1 (1999) |
 Somalia
|
– | – | – | 1 (1975) | – |
All-time medal table 1974–2018
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt (EGY) | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 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 (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 23 | 67 | |
- Share bronze medals at 1999 and 2007.
Participation Details
| Team | 2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2015 |
2017 |
2018 |
Total |
| Algeria |
- | R2 | QF | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | ? |
| Bahrain |
- | - | - | - | - | 3rd | 4th | ? |
| Egypt |
2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | ? |
| Iraq |
R1 | R1 | - | - | 3rd | - | - | ? |
| Jordan |
1st | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Kuwait |
QF | - | QF | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Lebanon |
- | - | R1 | 2nd | - | - | - | ? |
 Libya |
QF | R1 | QF | - | - | - | - | ? |
 Palestine |
QF | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Morocco |
- | R1 | 3rd | 3rd | - | 2nd | - | ? |
| Qatar |
QF | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Saudi Arabia |
4th | R2 | QF | - | 4th | 4th | 1st | ? |
| Sudan |
R1 | R1 | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Syria |
- | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | ? |
| Tunisia |
3rd | 1st | 1st | - | - | - | - | ? |
| United Arab Emirates |
- | - | R1 | - | - | 5th | - | ? |
 Yemen |
R1 | - | R1 | - | - | - | - | ? |
R1=1st Round, R2=2nd Round, QF=Quarterfinals
See also
References
- ^ "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)
