Arab Basketball Championship

For the women's tournament, see Arab Women's Basketball Championship.

Arab Basketball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2025 Arab Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country	ABC members
Continent	ABC (Arab world)
Most recent champion	Algeria (2 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.

Statistics

Winners

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third-place game
				Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1	1974 Details	Baghdad		Egypt	–	File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq		Lebanon	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
2	1975 Details	Kuwait City		Error creating thumbnail: Sudan	–	File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq		Error creating thumbnail: Kuwait	–	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
3	1978 Details	Cairo		Egypt	–	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia		Error creating thumbnail: Kuwait	–	File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
4	1981 Details	Tunis		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania	–	Error creating thumbnail: Kuwait
5	1983 Details	Amman		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	–	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan		File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq	–	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
6	1985	Cairo		Not held				Not held
7	1987 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq		File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	–	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
8	1989 Details	Damascus		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991); Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Iraq		File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	–	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
9	1991 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	–	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
10	1992 Details	Damascus		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria	–	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan		File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	–	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
11	1994 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	No playoffs	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria	No playoffs	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
12	1997 Details	Beyrouth		File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	–	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria		File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates	–	Lebanon
13	1999 Details	Amman		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan		File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar	and	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria
14	2000 Details	Algiers		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	–	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
15	2002 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	–	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	–	File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq
16	2005 Details	Riyadh		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	–	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco		File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	–	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
17	2007 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	80–69	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt		File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	and	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
18	2008 Details	Tunis		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	83–77	File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	83–64	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria
19	2009 Details	Rabat		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	70–50	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	85–81	File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria
20	2010 Details	Beyrouth		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	60–57	Lebanon		File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	74–64	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
21	2015 Details	Sharm el-Sheikh		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	78–54	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq	59–58	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
22	2017 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	96–90	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco		File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain	79–69	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
23	2018 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	85–81	File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	84–72	File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
24	2022 Details	Dubai		Lebanon	72–69	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	93–77	File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
25	2023 Details	Cairo		File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	67–47	File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya		File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	73–66	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
26	2025 Details	Isa Town		File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	No playoffs	File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia		File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates	No playoffs	File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain

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)	1 (1992)	–
Tunisia	4 (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009)	2 (2022, 2025)	4 (1991, 1992, 2002, 2023)	3 (1989, 2000, 2005, 2007)	1 (2007)
Algeria	2 (2005, 2025)	6 (1981, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2015, 2018)	1 (2022)	2 (1974, 2010)	–
Saudi Arabia	2 (1997, 2018)	1 (1978)	–	4 (1083, 1991, 2015, 2017)	1 (2007)
Jordan	1 (2007)	4 (1983, 1992, 1999, 2008)	3 (1987, 1989, 2005)	–	–
Syria	1 (1992)	2 (1991, 1997)	1 (1994)	3 (1999, 2008, 2009)	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)	–	–	–
United Arab Emirates	–	–	2 (1997, 2025)	3 (1991, 1994, 2023)	–
Kuwait	–	–	2 (1975, 1978)	–	–
Bahrain	–	–	1 (2017)	2 (2018, 2025)	–
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	2	5	11
3	Algeria (ALG)	2	6	1	9
4	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	1	1	4
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
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	0	2	2
14	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
	Mauritania (MTN)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		25	25	27	77

• Share bronze medals at 1999 and 2007.

Participation details

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	2025	Total
Algeria	SF 4th			F 2nd						RR 2nd			F 2nd	F 2nd	F 1st	×	R2 5th	QF 5th	SF 4th	F 2nd	QF 6th	F 2nd	SF 3rd	QF 5th	RR 1st
Bahrain			SF 4th													×	×	×			SF 3rd	SF 4th	×	×	RR 4th
Egypt	F 1st		F 1st			F 1st	F 1st	F 1st	SF 4th	RR 1st		F 1st	F 1st	F 1st		F 2nd	SF 3rd	F 2nd	F 1st	F 1st	F 1st	SF 3rd	×	F 1st	RR 5th
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						RR 7th						QF 6th	×	QF 8th			×	×	×	QF 7th	RR 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	×	×			×	×	×	×	RR 6th
Saudi Arabia			F 2nd		SF 4th			SF 4th		RR 5th	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	RR 3rd	F 2nd	SF 3/4				×	SF 4th	SF 4th			×	×	WD	×
Tunisia				F 1st	F 1st		SF 4th	SF 3rd	SF 3rd	RR 6th			SF 4th	SF 3rd	SF 4th	SF 3/4	F 1st	F 1st			×	×	F 2nd	SF 3rd	RR 2nd
United Arab Emirates						SF 4th				RR 4th	SF 3rd					×	×	R1 9th			QF 5th	R1 5th	QF 6th	SF 4th	RR 3rd
Yemen																R1 10th	×	R1 10th			×	×	×	×
Total										7						11	10	11			6	5	7	9	7

Legends

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runner-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• 3/4 – Semi-finals
• QF — Knockout quarterfinals (2009–present)

• R2 — Second round group (1974–2009)
• WD — Withdrew
• RR — Round-robin
• • — Did not qualify
• × — Did not enter / disqualified
•    — Hosts

See also

• Basketball at the Arab Games
• Arab U18 Basketball Championship

External links

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