# Basketball at the Arab Games

Basketball has been an Arab Games event since the first edition in 1953 in Alexandria, Egypt.

## Men's tournaments

| 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 |
| 1953 Details | Alexandria | Egypt | 61 – 41 | Syria | Jordan | 44 – 23 | Palestine |
| 1957 Details | Beirut | Lebanon | n / a | Syria | Tunisia | n / a | Morocco |
| 1961 Details | Casablanca | UA Republic | n / a | Lebanon | Morocco | n / a | Libya |
| 1965 Details | Cairo | UA Republic | n / a | Sudan | Syria | n / a | Iraq |
| 1976 Details | Damascus | | n / a | | | n / a | |
| 1985 Details | Rabat | Jordan | n / a | Iraq | Tunisia | n / a | Syria |
| 1992 Details | Damascus | Syria | n / a | Jordan | Tunisia | n / a | Egypt |
| 1997 Details | Beirut | Saudi Arabia | n / a | Syria | United Arab Emirates | n / a | Lebanon |
| 1999 Details | Amman | Egypt | 97 – 68 | Jordan | Qatar | n / a | Syria |
| 2004 Details | Algiers | Egypt | n / a | Algeria | Libya | n / a | Qatar |
| 2007 Details | Cairo | Egypt | 76 – 73 | Jordan | Qatar | 91 – 70 | Iraq |
| 2011 Details | Doha | Qatar | 78 – 70 | Jordan | Egypt | 88 – 71 | Tunisia |

### Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Jordan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Syria | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Qatar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Women's tournaments

| 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 |
| 1985 Details | Rabat | Algeria | n/a | Morocco | Syria | n/a | |
| 1992 Details | Damascus | Egypt | n/a | Tunisia | Syria | n/a | |
| 1997 Details | Beirut | Egypt | n/a | Tunisia | Lebanon | n/a | |
| 1999 Details | Amman | Tunisia | 74 – 71 | Egypt | Jordan | n/a | Syria |
| 2004 Details | Algiers | Lebanon | n/a | Tunisia | Algeria | n/a | |
| 2007 Details | Cairo | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2011 Details | Doha | Lebanon | n/a | Egypt | Jordan | n/a | Somalia |

### Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## 3x3 basketball at the Arab Games
### 3x3 Men's tournaments

| 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 |
| 2023 Details | Algeria (5 cities) | Algeria | 19–18 | Tunisia | Qatar | 21–11 | Palestine |
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). 3x3 basketball tournament helds in Algiers.

#### 3x3 Men's Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### 3x3 Women's tournaments

| 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 |
| 2023 Details | Algeria (5 cities) | Tunisia | 16–13 | Algeria | Jordan | 21–4 | Saudi Arabia |
^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). 3x3 basketball tournament helds in Algiers.

#### 3x3 Women's Medal summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |