Arab Basketball Championship

For the women's tournament, see Arab Women's 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: 2025 Arab Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country	ABC Members
Continent	ABC (Arab world)
Most recent champion(s)	Algeria (2 titles)
Most titles	Egypt (13 titles)

Statistics

Winners

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