# 2022 Arab Basketball Championship

2022 Arab Basketball Championship for Men National Teams was the 24th edition of the Arab Basketball Championship, a men's basketball regional championship of Arab world that ended with Lebanon being crowned winner. The tournament was hosted by UAE for the first time and featured 16 teams.

## Host selection

The Arab Confederation of basketball proceeded Saturday 6/02/2022 to a reorganization of the program of the 24th edition of the Arab Nations Championship, to be held from 8 to 16 February in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), following the defection of Syria

## Draw

9 Team entered the game on first but Morocco and Syria withdrew the tournament.
| Africa  Algeria  Libya  Morocco (withdrew)  Somalia  Tunisia | Asia  Jordan  Lebanon  Syria (withdrew)  United Arab Emirates (hosts) |
The 7 team divided into two groups.
| Goupe | Team |
| Groupe 1 | Libya Tunisia Jordan United Arab Emirates |
| Groupe 2 | Algeria Somalia Lebanon |
| Total | 7 |

## Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players.
Tunisia :
Lebanon: Ali Haidar, Ater Majok, Wael Arakji, Jad Khalil, Ali Mansour, Ali Mezher, Karim Zeinoun, Amir Saoud, Jimmy Salem, Hayk Gyokochyan, Sergio El Darwich, Christophe Khalil. Head Coach: Jad El Hajj

## Venues

The tournament was hosted in Dubai in Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, the complex belongs to Al-Nasr SC.
| Dubai | Dubai |
| Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall | Dubai |
| Capacity: 2,500 | Dubai |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 214 | 165 | +49 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Libya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 207 | +30 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 205 | 260 | −55 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 230 | −24 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
* 8 February 2022 18:00
* fibalivestats
| United Arab Emirates | 85–81 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 27 -26, 20-15, 22-22, 16-18 |||
| Pts: Nasser Alzaabi 22 Rebs: Omar Alshabebi 14 Asts: Nasser Alzaabi 2 | | Pts: Hawwas 20 Rebs: Abuwazaneh 4 Asts: Mustafa 3 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 9 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Tunisia | 64–63 | Libya |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 19-13, 10-21, 18-16 |||
| Pts: El Mabrouk 13 Rebs: Saada 13 Asts: Abada 4 | | Pts: Bouzekieh 15 Rebs: Sadi 9 Asts: Mansour 3 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 10 February 2022 18:00
* fibalivestats
| Tunisia | 64–56 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-16, 13-16, 20-13, 16-11 |||
| Pts: El Mabrouk 19 Rebs: Saada8 Asts: Abada 6 | | Pts: Ware19 Rebs: Alhamarsheh 10 Asts: Mustafa 5 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 10 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Libya | 93–74 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 18 -18, 22-17, 24-26, 29-13 |||
| Pts: Bouzekieh 27 Rebs: Sadi 12 Asts: Sadi 5 | | Pts: Almaazmi 16 Rebs: Omar Alshabebi 0 Asts: Nasser Alzaabi 2 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 11 February 2022 16:00
* fibalivestats
| Libya | 81–69 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-19, 12-16, 23-19, 21-15 |||
| Pts: Bouzekieh 21 Rebs: Sadi 13 Asts: Sadi 11 | | Pts: Ware 16 Rebs: Abuwazaneh 6 Asts: Mustafa 3 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 11 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Tunisia | 86–46 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-14, 22-14, 17-6, 30-12 |||
| Pts: Hadidane 15 Rebs: Ghyaza 10 Asts: El Mabrouk 3 | | Pts: Alshabebi 15 Rebs: Almaazmi 7 Asts: Alhashmi 3 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 143 | +50 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 150 | +28 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 227 | −83 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
* 8 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Algeria | 112–67 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 21-18, 31-15, 32-18 |||
| Pts: Hamdini 35 Rebs: Bourakaib 8 Asts: Bellil 5 | | Pts: Aden 14 Rebs: Eid 8 Asts: Guled 4 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 9 February 2022 18:00
* fibalivestats
| Somalia | 77–115 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-30, 18-23, 18-30, 18-32 |||
| Pts: Guled 20 Rebs: Abdi 8 Asts: Abdi 3 | | Pts: Arakji 21 Rebs: Majok 11 Asts: Arakji 5 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 11 February 2022 18 :00
* fibalivestats
| Algeria | 66–83 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 18- 15, 19-24, 11-30, 18-14 |||
| Pts: Ammour 16 Rebs: Ghezzoul 13 Asts: Bourakaib 4 | | Pts: Arakji 23 Rebs: Majok 10 Asts: Khalil 4 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | 15 February | 15 February | | |
| | | Tunisia | 74 | |
| 13 February | 13 February | | Tunisia | 74 | |
| 13 February | 13 February | Algeria | 61 | |
| Algeria | 73 | Algeria | 61 | |
| Algeria | 73 | | | | 16 February | 16 February |
| United Arab Emirates | 66 | | | | 16 February | 16 February |
| United Arab Emirates | 66 | | | | Tunisia | 69 |
| 13 February | 13 February | | | | | Tunisia | 69 |
| 13 February | 13 February | | | | Lebanon | 72 |
| Somalia | 92 | | | | Lebanon | 72 |
| Somalia | 92 | 15 February | 15 February | | | |
| Libya | 88 | 15 February | 15 February | | | |
| Libya | 88 | Somalia | 72 | | | |
| 13 February | 13 February | | Somalia | 72 | | | |
| 13 February | 13 February | Lebanon | 87 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lebanon | 64 | Lebanon | 87 | | Third place | Third place |
| Lebanon | 64 | | | | 16 February | 16 February |
| Jordan | 52 | | | | 16 February | 16 February |
| Jordan | 52 | | | | Algeria | 93 |
| | | | | | Somalia | 79 |

### Quarter-finals

* 13 February 2022 16:00
* fibalivestats
| Libya | 88–92 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-26, 22-16, 17-20, 31-30 |||
| Pts: Almaghribi 20 Rebs: Almaghribi 17 Asts: Sadi 7 | | Pts: Aden 24 Rebs: Abdi 13 Asts: Guled 8 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 13 February 2022 18:00
* fibalivestats
| Lebanon | 64–52 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 15-10, 18-16, 15-14 |||
| Pts: Darwich 15 Rebs: Majok 13 Asts: Saoud 4 | | Pts: Hawwas 14 Rebs: Abuwazaneh 7 Asts: Mustafa 3 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 13 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Algeria | 73–66 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 8 -14, 16-19, 21-14, 18-19 |||
| Pts: Hamdini 20 Rebs: Ammour 21 Asts: Bourakaib 3 | | Pts: Alshabebi 22 Rebs: Alshabebi 9 Asts: Alzaabi 4 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai

### Semi-finals

* 15 February 2022 18:00
* fibalivestats
| Tunisia | 74–61 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-14, 23-15, 14-20, 13-12 |||
| Pts: Abada 33 Rebs: Saada 10 Asts: Chennoufi 3 | | Pts: Ammour 19 Rebs: Ammour 13 Asts: Bourakaib 2 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai
* 15 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Somalia | 72–87 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 19- 24, 13-20, 18-19 |||
| Pts: Aden 28 Rebs: Mohamed 10 Asts: Abdi 3 | | Pts: Khalil 16 Rebs: Majok 11 Asts: Saoud 4 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai

### Third place

* 16 February 2022 17:00
* fibalivestats
| Algeria | 93–79 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-19, 25-25, 23-22, 27-13 |||
| Pts: Touati20 Rebs: Ammour12 Asts: Ammour 4 | | Pts: Mohamed 15 Rebs: Abdi 10 Asts: Abdi 2 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai

### Final

* 16 February 2022 20:00
* fibalivestats
| Tunisia | 69–72 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 13-19, 20-15, 15-20 |||
| Pts: Hadidane 18 Rebs: Abada 6 Asts: Hadidane4 | | Pts: Arakji 22 Rebs: Darwich 9 Asts: Arakji 2 |
* Rashid Bin Hamdan Hall, Dubai Referees: Mohammed Rayan (EGY), Abdullah Al-Admawi (KSA), Taha Al-Hashedi (YEM)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Lebanon | 5-0 |
| | Tunisia | 4-1 |
| | Algeria | 3-2 |
| 4 | Somalia | 1-4 |
| 5 | Libya | 2-2 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 1-3 |
| 7 | Jordan | 0-4 |

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders
#### Players

| Name | PPG |
| Name | RPG |
| Name | APG |
| Name | BPG |
| Name | SPG |
| Name | EFFPG |

#### Teams

| Team | PPG |
| Team | RPG |
| Team | APG |
| Team | BPG |
| Team | SPG |
| Team | EFFPG |

### Awards

The awards were announced on .
* 2022 Arab Basketball Championship winners
* Lebanon XX title
All-Star team :
| Guards | Forwards | Center |
| > xxx | > xxx | > xxx > xxx > xxx |
| MVP: > xxx |||

## Broadcasting

* Arab basketball federation web site :abbconf
* Dubai Sports