# Arab Badminton Championships

The Arab Badminton Championships (Arabic: البطولة العربية للريشة الطائرة) is a regional badminton tournament organized by the Arab Badminton Federation (ABF) to crown the best badminton players and teams in the Arab world. The inaugural edition of the championships was hosted in 1996 in Damascus, Syria. Syria also hosted the second edition of the championships in 1998.
The first four editions of the championships featured only four events, the events being men's singles, women's singles, the men's team event and the women's team event. Doubles events were later introduced in the fifth edition of the championships hosted in Amman, Jordan.

## Nations participating

* Syria (from 1996)
* Jordan (from 1996)
* Iraq (from 1996)
* Bahrain (from 1996)
* Palestine (from 1996)
* Egypt (from 2000)
* Lebanon (from 2000)
* Algeria (from 2002)
* Sudan (from 2004)
* Morocco (from 2009)
* Mauritania (from 2009)
* Tunisia (from 2017)
* Saudi Arabia (from 2017)
* Libya (from 2017)
* Oman (from 2021)
* Djibouti (from 2024)
* Kuwait (from 2024)
* Qatar (from 2024)

## Championships

| Year | Number | Host City | Host Country | Events |
| 1996 | 1 | Damascus | Syria | 4 |
| 1998 | 2 | Damascus | Syria | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | Beirut | Lebanon | 4 |
| 2001 | 4 | Casablanca | Morocco | - |
| 2002 | 4 | Damascus | Syria | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | Amman | Jordan | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | Casablanca | Morocco | - |
| 2009 | 6 | Amman | Jordan | 7 |
| 2011 | 7 | Aqaba | Jordan | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | Tunis | Tunisia | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 | Hamad Town | Bahrain | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 5 |

## Past winners
### Individual event

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1996 | | | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1998 | | | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2000 | Ismat Khalil | Eva Katrib | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2001 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2002 | Tareq Shalhoum | Hadil Kareem | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2004 | Bassel Al-Durrah | Hadil Kareem | Bassel Al-Durrah Tareq Shalhoum | Eva Katrib Hadil Kareem | Tareq Shalhoum Hadil Kareem |
| 2009 | Ammar Awad | Hadil Kareem | Bassel Al-Durrah Nawras Abdul Wahid | Bushra Muhawesh Hadil Kareem | Bassel Al-Durrah Hadil Kareem |
| 2011 | Ammar Awad | Sanaa Mahmoud | Ammar Awad Mohammad Saleh | Hadil Kareem Sanaa Mahmoud | Jehad Kareem Hadil Kareem |
| 2017 | Youcef Sabri Medel | Halla Bouksani | Adnan Ebrahim Jaffar Ebrahim | Halla Bouksani Yasmina Chibah | Youcef Sabri Medel Ferd Houda |
| 2021 | Adnan Ebrahim | Domou Amro | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Domou Amro Marah Omar | Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany |
| 2024 | Adnan Ebrahim | Nour Ahmed Youssri | Sifeddine Larbaoui Youcef Sabri Medel | Yasmina Chibah Linda Mazri | Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro |

### Team event

| Year | Country | Venue | Men's team | Men's team | Men's team | Women's team | Women's team | Women's team |
| Year | Country | Venue | Champion | Runner-up | Bronze | Champion | Runner-up | Bronze |
| 1996 | Syria | Damascus | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain |
| 1998 | Syria | Damascus | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain |
| 2000 | Lebanon | Beirut | Syria | Egypt | Jordan Iraq | Syria | Egypt | Jordan Lebanon |
| 2001 | Morocco | Casablanca | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2002 | Syria | Damascus | Syria | Egypt | Jordan | Syria | Egypt | Algeria |
| 2004 | Jordan | Amman | Syria | Egypt | Jordan | Syria | Jordan | Egypt |
| 2008 | Morocco | Casablanca | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2009 | Jordan | Amman | Syria | Egypt | Jordan Bahrain | Syria | Jordan | Egypt Jordan B |
| 2011 | Jordan | Aqaba | Syria | Jordan | Iraq | Syria | Jordan | Iraq |
| 2017 | Tunisia | Tunis | Bahrain | Algeria | Morocco | Algeria | Tunisia | Sudan |
| 2021 | Bahrain | Hamad Town | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2024 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |

## Junior results
### Team event (U19)

| Year | Country | Venue | Men's team | Men's team | Men's team | Women's team | Women's team | Women's team |
| Year | Country | Venue | Champion | Runner-up | Bronze | Champion | Runner-up | Bronze |
| 2003 | Egypt | Cairo | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain | Syria | Jordan | Bahrain |
| 2004 | Morocco | Casablanca | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2005 | Jordan | Amman | Syria | Jordan | Iraq | Syria | Egypt | Jordan |
| 2007 | Syria | Tartous | Syria | Jordan | Iraq | Jordan | Syria | Egypt |
| 2009 | Syria | Damascus | Syria | Egypt | Jordan | Syria | Jordan | Iraq |
| 2016 | Algeria | Algiers | Algeria | Jordan | Iraq | Algeria | Iraq | Jordan |
| 2022 | Kuwait | Shuwaikh | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |