# West Asia Basketball Association

The West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) is a subzone of FIBA Asia, consisting of countries from West Asia. The WABA Champions Cup, a professional men's tournament, is a top level club competition run by the WABA.

## Members

* Iran - Iranian Basketball Federation
* Iraq - Iraqi Basketball Association
* Jordan - Jordan Basketball Federation
* Lebanon - Lebanese Basketball Federation
* Palestine - Palestinian Basketball Federation
* Syria - Syrian Basketball Federation
* Yemen - Yemen Basketball Association

## Events

* West Asian Men's Basketball Championship (1999-2017)
* West Asian Women's Basketball Championship
* West Asian Men's Club Basketball Championship (1998-2019)
* West Asian Women's Club Basketball Championship
* West Asian Junior Basketball Championship (Men / Women)
* West Asian Youth Basketball Championship (Men / Women)
* West Asia Super League (2022-Ongoing) (Men / Women)

## National tournaments
### WABA Championship

The WABA Championship is a tournament between the national men's basketball teams of the West Asian region. It was first held in Beirut in 1999, and the intention was to keep it once a year thereafter. Despite several years of intermittency, the tournament is now back to its annual format as intended. It serves as the West Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Cup and FIBA Asia Challenge.
| Year | Host | First place | Second place | Third place |
| 1999 | Beirut | Syria | Lebanon | Jordan |
| 2000 | Beirut | Lebanon | Syria | Iraq |
| 2001 | Amman | Syria | Lebanon | Iran |
| 2002 | Tehran | Jordan | Iran | Iraq |
| 2004 | Tehran | Iran | Syria | Jordan |
| 2005 | Tehran | Iran | Lebanon | Jordan |
| 2008 | Amman | Lebanon | Jordan | Syria |
| 2010 | Duhok | Iran | Iraq | Syria |
| 2011 | Duhok | Iran | Jordan | Syria |
| 2012 | Amman | Lebanon | Iran | Jordan |
| 2013 | Tehran | Iran | Lebanon | Jordan |
| 2014 | Amman | Jordan | Iran | Syria |
| 2015 | Amman | Lebanon | Jordan | Palestine |
| 2016 | Amman | Iran | Jordan | Iraq |
| 2017 | Amman | Lebanon | Iran | Jordan |

## Club tournaments
### WABA Champions Cup

| Year | Venue | Champion | Result | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1998 | Amman, Jordan | Al-Riyadi | No playoffs | Al-Jazeera | Zob Ahan |
| 1999 | Amman, Jordan | Orthodox | No playoffs | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Al-Quds |
| 2000 | Damascus, Syria | Al-Wahda | No playoffs | Zob Ahan | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 2001 | Damascus, Syria | Al-Wahda | No playoffs | Orthodox | Al-Ittihad |
| 2002 | Beirut, Lebanon | Sagesse | No playoffs | Orthodox | Al-Karkh |
| 2003 | Tehran, Iran | Sanam | No playoffs | Arena | Zob Ahan |
| 2004 | Damascus, Syria | Sagesse | No playoffs | Al-Wahda | Sanam |
| 2005 | Amman, Jordan | Sagesse | No playoffs | Saba Battery | Fastlink |
| 2006 | No fixed venue | No champion | Aborted | Saba Battery Sagesse | Al-Jalaa |
| 2007 | Aleppo, Syria | Saba Battery | 82–79 | Al-Jalaa | Blue Stars |
| 2008 | Mahshahr, Iran | Al-Riyadi | 83–82 (OT) | Saba Battery | Petrochimi |
| 2009 | Amman, Jordan | Mahram | 96–85 | Zain | Saba Mehr |
| 2010 | Tehran, Iran | Mahram | No playoffs | Al-Jalaa | Zob Ahan |
| 2011 | No fixed venue | Al-Riyadi | 3–2 | Al-Jalaa | Mahram |
| 2012 | No fixed venue | Mahram | 3–2 | Al-Riyadi | |
| 2013 | Duhok, Iraq | Champville | No playoffs | Foolad Mahan | Petrochimi |
| 2014 | Tehran, Iran | Mahram | 90–73 | Petrochimi | ASU |
| 2016 | Amman, Jordan | Petrochimi | 70–68 | Al-Riyadi | Azad University |
| 2017 | Amman, Jordan | Al-Riyadi | 83–69 | Petrochimi | Naft Abadan |
| 2018 | Beirut, Lebanon | Petrochimi | No playoffs | Al-Riyadi | Sareyyet Ramallah |
| 2019 | Baghdad, Iraq | Chemidor | No playoffs | Petrochimi | Naft Baghdad |