Arab Club Championship
Organising bodyArab Basketball Confederation
Founded1976
First season1976
CountryABC member associations
ConfederationArab world
Number of teams16–18
Current championsLebanon Beirut Club (1st title)
(2023)
Most championshipsEgypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria (7 titles)
2023 Arab Club Basketball Championship

The Arab Club Championship is an annual basketball tournament for Arab teams.[1] The competition is organised by the Arab Basketball Confederation (ABC). Each season is typically held in October and is held in one venue. The tournament typically features 16 to 18 teams.

Egyptian club Al-Ittihad Alexandria is the most successful club in the tournament's history, as the team has won a record 7 titles.

Summary

Tournament History

Year Host Champion Score Runner-up Third-place
1978 Syria Aleppo Syria Jalaa SC 84–71 Jordan Orthodox BC Saudi Arabia Al Shabab SC
1987 Algeria Algiers Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria Algeria MC Alger Saudi Arabia Ohud Medina
1988 Morocco Casablanca Iraq Al-Rasheed Tunisia EO La Goulette Kram Morocco Monopoles
1989 Egypt Cairo Algeria IRB Alger Egypt Zamalek Tunisia EO La Goulette Kram
1990 Jordan Amman Iraq Al-Rasheed Kuwait Kazma SC Algeria IRB Alger
1991 Egypt Alexandria Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt Al Ahly Cairo Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
1992 Syria Aleppo Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo Tunisia EO La Goulette Kram Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
1993 Egypt Cairo Egypt Gezira Tunisia Stade Nabeulien Tunisia Ezzahra Sports
1994 did not held
1995 Egypt Cairo Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt Gezira Egypt Al Ahly
1996 Lebanon Beirut Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria Lebanon Hekmeh BC Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
1997 Tunisia Nabeul Tunisia Stade Nabeulien Egypt Zamalek Tunisia Ezzahra Sports
1998 Lebanon Lebanon Hekmeh BC 80 – 72 Algeria WA Boufarik Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
1999 Lebanon Lebanon Hekmeh BC 79 – 67 Egypt Al Ahly Cairo Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2000 United Arab Emirates Dubai Egypt Gezira 53 – 51 Egypt Al Ahly Cairo Lebanon Hekmeh BC
2001 Saudi Arabia Egypt Gezira[2] 70 – 69 Algeria MC Alger Egypt Al Ahly
2002 Lebanon Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria[3] 75 – 55 Algeria MC Alger Egypt Gezira
2003 did not held
2004 Saudi Arabia Gedda Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) 87 – 79 Egypt Gezira Algeria MC Alger
2005 United Arab Emirates Dubai Lebanon Al Riyadi 87 – 82 Jordan Fastlink Egypt Gezira
2006 Morocco Rabat Lebanon Al Riyadi 99 – 75 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah Morocco Raja Casablanca
2007 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Lebanon Al Riyadi 94 – 68 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2008 Jordan Amman Jordan Zain Club 72 – 67 Lebanon Hekmeh BC Kuwait Kuwait SC
2009 Lebanon Beyrouth Lebanon Al Riyadi 60 – 49 Lebanon Hekmeh BC Jordan ASU
2010 Egypt Alexandria Lebanon Al Riyadi 93 – 73 Lebanon Al Mouttahed Tripoli Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2011 Qatar Doha United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 80 – 73 Morocco AS Salé Jordan ASU
2012[4] Libya Benghazi Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi No playoffs Tunisia JS Kairouan Tunisia ASC Bizerte
2013 Libya Benghazi Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi No playoffs Tunisia AS Hammamet Tunisia TACAPES Gabès
2014 Morocco Salé Qatar Al Rayyan 85 – 78 Morocco AS Salé Lebanon Al Riyadi
2015 United Arab Emirates Dubai Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 74 – 62 Algeria GS Pétroliers Qatar El Jaish SC
2016 Tunisia Sousse Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 72 – 62 Morocco AS Salé Qatar Al-Gharafa
2017 Morocco Salé Lebanon Homenetmen 99 – 98 Morocco AS Salé Qatar Al-Gharafa
2018 Lebanon Beirut Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 74 – 70 Lebanon Beirut Club Morocco AS Salé
2019 Morocco Salé Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 90 – 86 Lebanon Beirut Club Tunisia US Monastir
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Egypt Alexandria Egypt Al Ahly Cairo 78–66 Kuwait Kuwait Tunisia Ezzahra Sports
2022 Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait Kuwait 78–77 Egypt Al Ahly Cairo Lebanon Beirut Club
2023 Qatar Doha Lebanon Beirut Club 86-75 Morocco AS Salé Kuwait Kuwait

Statistics

Titles by team

Team Champion Runner-up Third
Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 7 (1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019) 3 (1992, 1999, 2010)
Lebanon Al Riyadi 5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) 1 (2014)
Egypt Gezira 3 (1993, 2000, 2001) 2 (1995, 2004) 2 (2002, 2005)
Lebanon Hekmeh BC 2 (1998, 1999) 3 (1996, 2008, 2009) 1 (2000)
Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 2 (1988, 1990)
Tunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2 (2015, 2016)
Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 2 (2012, 2013)
Egypt Al Ahly Cairo 1 (2021) 4 (1991, 1999, 2000, 2022) 2 (1995, 2001)
Lebanon Beirut Club 1 (2023) 2 (2018,2019) 1 (2022)
Kuwait Kuwait 1 (2022) 1 (2021) 1 (2008)
Tunisia Stade Nabeulien 1 (1997) 1 (1993)
Jordan Zain Club * 1 (2008) 1 (2005)
Algeria OC Alger ** 1 (1989) 1 (1990)
Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo 1 (1992) 1 (1991)
Qatar Al Rayyan 1 (2014)
Syria Jalaa SC 1 (1978)
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC 1 (2011)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 (2004)
Lebanon Homenetmen 1 (2017)
* ex. Fastlink
** ex. IRB Alger

Titles by country

Rank Nation Champion Runner-up Third place Total
1  Egypt 11 8 7 26
2  Lebanon 9 6 3 18
3  Tunisia 3 5 7 15
4  Syria 2 0 1 3
5  Iraq 2 0 0 2
 Libya 2 0 0 2
7  Algeria 1 5 2 8
8  Saudi Arabia 1 2 5 8
9  Jordan 1 2 2 5
10  Qatar 1 0 3 4
11  United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1
12  Kuwait 1 2 2 5
13  Morocco 0 5 3 8

Performance by club (2015–present)

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Arab Club Championship since the 2015 season.

1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third place
4th Fourth place
QF Quarterfinalists
R16 Round of 16
GS Group phase
TBD To be determined
Team 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 Total
seasons
Highest
finish
Algeria GS Pétroliers 2nd 4th 4th 3 Runners-up
Algeria NB Staoueli GS 1 Group stage
Algeria USM Blida GS 1 Group stage
Algeria WA Boufarik QF R16 2 Quarterfinals
Bahrain Al-Ahli Manama R16 1 Round of 16
Bahrain Al-Muharraq QF 1 Quarterfinals
Bahrain Al-Riffa GS 1 Group stage
Bahrain Manama Club GS 1 Group stage
Kuwait Al-Jahra QF 1 Quarterfinals
Kuwait Kuwait GS 2nd 1st 3 Champions
Kuwait Kazma 4th 1 Fourth place
Kuwait Al-Yarmouk GS 1 Group stage
Lebanon Beirut Club 2nd 2nd QF 3rd 4 Runners-up
Lebanon Al Riyadi GS QF 2 Quarterfinals
Lebanon Homenetmen Beirut 1st 4th 2 Champions
Lebanon Sagesse GS 1 Group stage
Oman Al Bashaer R16 1 Round of 16
Oman Al Nizwa GS 1 Group stage
Oman Ahli Sidab GS GS 2 Group stage
Oman Al-Seeb GS GS 2 Group stage
Egypt Al Ahly Cairo 1st 2nd 2 Champions
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria 1st 1st 4th QF 4 Champions
Egypt Gezira 3rd QF 2 Quarterfinals
Egypt Sporting Alexandria GS GS QF 3 Quarterfinals
Yemen Al Mena R16 1 Round of 16
Yemen Al-Tilal GS 1 Group stage
Yemen Shaa'b Hadramaut GS 1 Group stage
Morocco AS Salé 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4 Runners-up
Morocco FAR Rabat QF QF 2 Quarterfinals
Tunisia ES Sahel 1st 1st 1 Champions
Morocco FUS Rabat GS QF 2 Quarterfinals
Tunisia Dalia Sportive de Grombalia GS 1 Group stage
Tunisia Ezzahra Sports 3rd 1 Third place
Tunisia JS Menzah QF 1 Quarterfinals
Tunisia US Monastir 4th 3rd 2 Third place
Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh GS GS GS QF GS 5 Quarterfinals
Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr QF 1 Quarterfinals
State of Palestine Al-Buraig GS 1 Group stage
State of Palestine Qalandia GS 1 Group stage
United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh GS 1 Group stage
United Arab Emirates Shabab Al Ahli QF GS 2 Quarterfinals
United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC GS GS 2 Group stage
Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi R16 1 Round of 16
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli QF QF 2 Quarterfinals
Iraq Al-Mina'a GS GS 2 Group stage
Iraq Dijlah University QF 1 Quarterfinals
Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo R16 1 Round of 16
Iraq Al-Shorta QF 1 Quarterfinals
Qatar Al-Arabi QF 1 Quarterfinals
Qatar Al-Gharafa 3rd QF GS R16 4 Round of 16
Qatar Al Rayyan QF QF 2 Quarterfinals
Qatar Al Sadd R16 1 Round of 16
Qatar El Jaish 4th 1 Fourth place
Qatar Al-Wakrah QF 1 Quarterfinals
Sudan Alyounany GS GS 2 Group stage

Most Valuable Players

Season Player Club Ref.
2021 Egypt Ehab Amin Egypt Al Ahly [5]

See also

References

  1. Arab Club Championships Basketball
  2. "سلة الجزيرة تحتفظ بلقب بطولة الاندية العربية".
  3. "الاتحاد السكندري يفوز بالذهبية.. والجزيرة ببرونزية الرجال والاهلي يحصل علي الفضية.. وسبورتنج علي برونزية السيدات".
  4. "Arabian Clubs Basketball Championship 2012 goes to Ahli Benghazi". Court Side. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. Ali, Ahmad Gamal (4 April 2022). "BASKETBALL: Al Ahly extend Ehab Amin contract". KingFut. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Recently, he was a part of the Al Ahly squad winning the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship and he was also named the MVP of the Tournament.
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