# Arab 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.
The 24th edition scheduled in the UAE will take place from 9 to 16 February 2022. The countries that intend to participate are: UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, Libya, Lebanon and Qatar.

## Statistics
### Winners

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third-place game | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1974 Details | Baghdad | Egypt | – | Iraq | Lebanon | – | Algeria |
| 1975 Details | Kuwait City | Sudan | – | Iraq | Kuwait | – | Somalia |
| 1978 Details | Cairo | Egypt | – | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | – | Bahrain |
| 1981 Details | Tunis | Tunisia | – | Algeria | Mauritania | – | Kuwait |
| 1983 Details | Amman | Tunisia | – | Jordan | Iraq | – | Saudi Arabia |
| 1985 | Cairo | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1987 Details | Cairo | Egypt | – | Iraq | Jordan | – | United Arab Emirates |
| 1989 Details | Damascus | Egypt | – | Iraq | Jordan | – | Tunisia |
| 1991 Details | Cairo | Egypt | – | Syria | Tunisia | – | Saudi Arabia |
| 1992 Details | Damascus | Syria | – | Jordan | Tunisia | – | Egypt |
| 1994 Details | Cairo | Egypt | – | Algeria | Syria | – | United Arab Emirates |
| 1997 Details | Beyrouth | Saudi Arabia | – | Syria | United Arab Emirates | – | Lebanon |
| 1999 Details | Amman | Egypt | – | Jordan | Qatar | and | Syria |
| 2000 Details | Algiers | Egypt | – | Algeria | Morocco | – | Tunisia |
| 2002 Details | Cairo | Egypt | – | Algeria | Tunisia | – | Iraq |
| 2005 Details | Riyadh | Algeria | – | Morocco | Jordan | – | Tunisia |
| 2007 Details | Cairo | Jordan | 80–69 | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | and | Tunisia |
| 2008 Details | Tunis | Tunisia | 83–77 | Jordan | Egypt | 83–64 | Syria |
| 2009 Details | Rabat | Tunisia | 70–50 | Egypt | Morocco | 85–81 | Syria |
| 2010 Details | Beyrouth | Egypt | 60–57 | Lebanon | Morocco | 74–64 | Algeria |
| 2015 Details | Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | 78–54 | Algeria | Iraq | 59–58 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2017 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 96–90 | Morocco | Bahrain | 79–69 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2018 Details | Cairo | Saudi Arabia | 85–81 | Algeria | Egypt | 84–72 | Bahrain |
| 2022 Details | Dubai | Lebanon | 72–69 | Tunisia | Algeria | 93–77 | Somalia |
| 2023 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 67–47 | Libya | Tunisia | 73–66 | United Arab Emirates |
| 2025 Details | Tunis | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## 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) | – | – |
| Tunisia | 4 (1981, 1983, 2008, 2009) | 1 (2022) | 4 (1991, 1992, 2002, 2023) | – | 1 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 (1997, 2018) | 1 (1978) | – | – | 1 (2007) |
| Algeria | 1 (2005) | 6 (1981, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2015, 2018) | 1 (2022) | – | – |
| Jordan | 1 (2007) | 4 (1983, 1992, 1999, 2008) | 3 (1987, 1989, 2005) | – | – |
| Syria | 1 (1992) | 2 (1991, 1997) | 1 (1994) | – | 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) | – | – | – |
| Kuwait | – | – | 2 (1975, 1978) | – | – |
| United Arab Emirates | – | – | 1 (1997) | 1 (2023) | – |
| Bahrain | – | – | 1 (2017) | 1 (2018) | – |
| 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 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 13 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Mauritania (MTN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 24 | 24 | 25 | 73 |
* 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 |
| Algeria | SF 4th | | | F 2nd | | | | | | F 2nd | | | F 2nd | F 2nd | F 1st | × | R2 5th | QF 5th | SF 4th | F 2nd | QF 6th | F 2nd | SF 3rd | QF 5th |
| Bahrain | | | SF 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | | × | × | × | | | SF 3rd | SF 4th | × | × |
| Egypt | F 1st | | F 1st | | | F 1st | F 1st | F 1st | SF 4th | F 1st | | F 1st | F 1st | F 1st | | F 2nd | SF 3rd | F 2nd | F 1st | F 1st | F 1st | SF 3rd | × | F 1st |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | QF 6th | × | QF 8th | | | × | × | × | QF 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 | × | × | | | × | × | × | × |
| Saudi Arabia | | | F 2nd | | SF 4th | | | SF 4th | | | 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 | SF 3rd | F 2nd | SF 3/4 | | | | × | SF 4th | SF 4th | | | × | × | WD | × |
| Tunisia | | | | F 1st | F 1st | | SF 4th | SF 3rd | SF 3rd | | | | SF 4th | SF 3rd | SF 4th | SF 3/4 | F 1st | F 1st | | | × | × | F 2nd | SF 3rd |
| United Arab Emirates | | | | | | SF 4th | | | | SF 4th | SF 3rd | | | | | × | × | R1 9th | | | QF 5th | R1 5th | QF 6th | SF 4th |
| Yemen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R1 10th | × | R1 10th | | | × | × | × | × |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | 11 | | | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 |