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 Union (ABU). Each season is held in one venue and the tournament typically features 16 to 18 teams.

Arab Club Championship
Organising bodyArab Basketball Union
Founded1976
First season1976
CountryMembers of the ABU
ConfederationArab world
Number of teams16–18
Current champions Al Ahly (1st title)
(2021)
Most championships Al-Ittihad Alexandria (7 titles)
2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship

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

Statistics

Titles by team

Team Champion Runner-up Third
Al-Ittihad Alexandria 7 (1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019) 3 (1992, 1999, 2010)
Al Riyadi 5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) 1 (2014)
Gezira 3 (1993, 2000, 2001) 2 (1995, 2004) 2 (2002, 2005)
Hekmeh BC 2 (1998, 1999) 3 (1996, 2008, 2009) 1 (2000)
Al-Rasheed SC 2 (1988, 1990)
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2 (2015, 2016)
Al-Ahly Benghazi 2 (2012, 2013)
Al Ahly 1 (2021) 3 (1991, 1999, 2000) 2 (1995, 2001)
Stade Nabeulien 1 (1997) 1 (1993)
Zain Club * 1 (2008) 1 (2005)
OC Alger ** 1 (1989) 1 (1990)
Al-Ittihad Aleppo 1 (1992) 1 (1991)
Al Rayyan 1 (2014)
Jalaa SC 1 (1978)
Sharjah SC 1 (2011)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 (2004)
Homenetmen 1 (2017)
* ex. Fastlink
** ex. IRB Alger

Titles by country
Rank Nation Champion Runner-up Third place Total
1  Egypt 11 7 7 25
2  Lebanon 8 6 2 16
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  Morocco 0 4 3 7
13  Kuwait 0 2 1 3

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.
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