# 2023 Arab Basketball Championship

2023 Arab Basketball Championship for Men National Teams was the 25th edition of the Arab Basketball Championship, a men's basketball regional championship of Arab world . The tournament was hosted by Egypt for the 11th time and featured 9 teams.

## Host selection

The Arab Confederation of Basketball proceeded to a reorganization of the program of the 25th edition of the Arab Nations Championship, to be held from 26 December 2023 to 3 January 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.

## Draw

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

## Squads

Each team consisted of 12 players.
* Tunisia :Squad
* United Arab Emirates: Squad
* Kuwait : Squad
* Egypt :Squad
* Morocco:Squad
* Algeria:Squad
* Somalia:Squad
* Mauritania: Squad
* Libya:Squad

## Venues

Cairo Stadium

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Libya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 216 | +44 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 225 | −8 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Somalia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 231 | +3 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 212 | 251 | −39 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
* 26 December 2023 15:30
* ABCONF
| Algeria | 80–75 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19 -15, 21 -19, 23-22, 17- 19 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 27 December 2023 14:00
* ABCONF
| Libya | 94–77 | Mauritania |
| Scoring by quarter: 21 - 17, 29 -16, 17 -17, 17- 27 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 28 December 2023 16:30
* ABCONF
| Somalia | 87–70 | Mauritania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 29-11, 16-14, 22 -23 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 29 December 2023 16:30
* ABCONF
| Libya | 85–67 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 20-20, 18-15, 32 - 19 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 30 December 2023 12:00
* ABCONF
| Somalia | 72–81 | Libya |
| Scoring by quarter: 16 -20, 17-17, 19-18, 20 -26 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 30 December 2023 14:30
* ABCONF
| Algeria | 70–65 | Mauritania |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 18-25, 15- 10, 11 - 16 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 347 | 203 | +144 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 292 | 301 | −9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 2 | 294 | 353 | −59 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 | 297 | 320 | −23 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Morocco | 4 | 0 | 4 | 261 | 314 | −53 | 4 | |
* 26 December 2023 13:00
* ABCONF
| Kuwait | 85–69 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 11-25, 22-37, 15 -25 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 26 December 2023 19:00
* ABCONF
| Egypt | 94–46 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 29 -20, 10-11, 24-7, 22 -9 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 27 December 2023 16:30
* ABCONF
| Tunisia | 66–54 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-9, 19- 11, 17-22, 14 - 10 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 27 December 2023 19:00
* ARABCONF
| Egypt | 92–41 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-6, 30-11, 29-16, 11-8 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 28 December 2023 14:00
* ABCONF
| Morocco | 82–84 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 21-17, 30-22, 11-27 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 28 December 2023 19:00
* ABCONF
| Egypt | 85–63 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-15, 25-11, 18-17, 20-17 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 29 December 2023 14:00
* ABCONF
| Kuwait | 88–72 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-22, 22-16, 24-15, 20 -16 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 29 December 2023 19:00
* ABCONF
| Tunisia | 94–77 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 25-20, 29-16, 23-23 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 30 December 2023 17:00
* ABCONF
| United Arab Emirates | 87–83 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 32 -22, 16-26, 15-21, 24-14 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 30 December 2023 19:30
* ABCONF
| Egypt | 76–53 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 16 -14, 24-10, 21-15, 15-14 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 January | 1 January | | | |
| Libya | 89 | | | |
| Libya | 89 | 2 January | 2 January | | |
| Kuwait | 72 | 2 January | 2 January | |
| Kuwait | 72 | Libya | 70 | |
| 1 January | 1 January | | Libya | 70 | |
| 1 January | 1 January | Tunisia | 64 | |
| Tunisia | 95 | Tunisia | 64 | |
| Tunisia | 95 | | | | 3 January | 3 January |
| Somalia | 74 | | | | 3 January | 3 January |
| Somalia | 74 | | | | Libya | 47 |
| 1 January | 1 January | | | | | Libya | 47 |
| 1 January | 1 January | | | | Egypt | 67 |
| Algeria | 73 | | | | Egypt | 67 |
| Algeria | 73 | 2 January | 2 January | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 2 January | 2 January | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | Egypt | 114 | | | |
| 1 January | 1 January | | Egypt | 114 | | | |
| 1 January | 1 January | United Arab Emirates | 78 | | Third place | Third place |
| Egypt | 88 | United Arab Emirates | 78 | | Third place | Third place |
| Egypt | 88 | | | | 3 January | 3 January |
| Mauritania | 56 | | | | 3 January | 3 January |
| Mauritania | 56 | | | | Tunisia | 73 |
| | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 66 |

### Quarter-finals

* 1 January 2024 12:00
* ABCONF
| Algeria | 73–79 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-22, 20-25, 30 -29, 11 -13 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 1 January 2024 14:30
* ABCONF
| Tunisia | 95–74 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-12, 21-13, 31 -25, 21-15 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 1 January 2024 17:00
* ABCONF
| Libya | 89–76 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 21 - 18, 18-21, 27-21, 23-16 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 1 January 2024 19:30
* ABCONF
| Egypt | 88–56 | Mauritania |
| Scoring by quarter: 28 -18, 16-10, 21-15, 23-13 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

### Semi-finals

* 2 January 2024 17:00
* ABCONF
| Libya | 70–64 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-6, 11-14, 16-25, 21-19 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo
* 2 January 2024 19:30
* ABCONF
| Egypt | 114–78 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 27-18, 29-15, 36 -17 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

### Third place

* 3 January 2024 16:00
* ABCONF
| Tunisia | 73–66 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-17, 17 -15, 30-16, 15 - 16 |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

### Final

* 3 January 2024 18:30
* ABCONF
| Libya | 47–67 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-22, 13-17, 9-28, - |||
* Cairo Stadium, Cairo

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Egypt | 6-0 |
| | Libya | 5-1 |
| | Tunisia | 5-2 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3-3 |
| 5 | Algeria | 2-2 |
| 6 | Somalia | 1-3 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 1-4 |
| 8 | Mauritania | 0-3 |
| 9 | Morocco | 0-4 |

## Broadcasting

* Arab basketball federation YOUTUBE :abbconf
* Dubai Sports