| Current season | 2025 Arab Basketball Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Country | ABC members |
| Continent | ABC (Arab world) |
| Champion | Algeria (2 titles) |
| Most champs | 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 | ' | – | – | |||||
| 2 | 1975 Details | Kuwait City | ' | – | – | |||||
| 3 | 1978 Details | Cairo | ' | – | – | |||||
| 4 | 1981 Details | Tunis | ' | – | – | |||||
| 5 | 1983 Details | Amman | ' | – | – | |||||
| 6 | 1985 | Cairo | Not held | Not held | ||||||
| 7 | 1987 Details | Cairo | ' | – | – | |||||
| 8 | 1989 Details | Damascus | ' | – | – | |||||
| 9 | 1991 Details | Cairo | ' | – | – | |||||
| 10 | 1992 Details | Damascus | ' | – | – | |||||
| 11 | 1994 Details | Cairo | ' | No playoffs | No playoffs | |||||
| 12 | 1997 Details | Beyrouth | ' | – | – | |||||
| 13 | 1999 Details | Amman | ' | – | and | |||||
| 14 | 2000 Details | Algiers | ' | – | – | |||||
| 15 | 2002 Details | Cairo | ' | – | – | |||||
| 16 | 2005 Details | Riyadh | ' | – | – | |||||
| 17 | 2007 Details | Cairo | ' | 80–69 | and | |||||
| 18 | 2008 Details | Tunis | ' | 83–77 | 83–64 | |||||
| 19 | 2009 Details | Rabat | ' | 70–50 | 85–81 | |||||
| 20 | 2010 Details | Beyrouth | ' | 60–57 | 74–64 | |||||
| 21 | 2015 Details | Sharm el-Sheikh | ' | 78–54 | 59–58 | |||||
| 22 | 2017 Details | Cairo | ' | 96–90 | 79–69 | |||||
| 23 | 2018 Details | Cairo | ' | 85–81 | 84–72 | |||||
| 24 | 2022 Details | Dubai | ' | 72–69 | 93–77 | |||||
| 25 | 2023 Details | Cairo | ' | 67–47 | 73–66 | |||||
| 26 | 2025 Details | Isa Town | ' | No playoffs | No playoffs | |||||
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) | – |
| MTN | – | – | 1 (1981) | – | – |
| SOM | – | – | – | 2 (1975, 2022) | – |
| Qatar | – | – | – | – | 1 (1999) |
All-time medal table
- 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| MTN | SF 3rd | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF 8th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | SF 3rd | F 2nd | × | R1 8th | SF 3rd | SF 3rd | F 2nd | × | WD | R1 9th | ||||||||||||||||
| PLE | 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 | × | × | |||||||||||||
| SOM | 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
- – Champions
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- – Semi-finals
- — Knockout quarterfinals (2009–present)
- — Second round group (1974–2009)
- WD — Withdrew
- RR — Round-robin
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter / disqualified
- — Hosts
See also
External links
- Arab teams Basketball Championship - Goalzz.com
- Official website (in Arabic)