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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.

Arab Club Championship
Organising bodyArab Basketball Confederation
Founded1976
First season1978
CountryABC member associations
ConfederationArab world
Number of teams12–18
Current championsQatar Al-Arabi (1st title)
(2024)
Most championshipsEgypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria (7 titles)
2024 Arab Club Basketball Championship

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

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Tournament History

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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 Cairo   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 Cairo   Al-Ittihad Alexandria
2000   Dubai   Gezira 53–51   Al Ahly Cairo   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 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021   Alexandria   Al Ahly Cairo 78–66   Kuwait   Ezzahra Sports
2022   Kuwait   Kuwait 78–77   Al Ahly Cairo   Beirut Club
2023   Doha   Beirut Club 86–75   AS Salé   Kuwait
2024   Alexandria   Al-Arabi 81–71   Al-Ittihad Alexandria   Sporting Alexandria

Statistics

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Titles by team

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[citation needed]

Team Champion Runner-up Third
  Al-Ittihad Alexandria 7 (1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019) 1 (2024) 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 Cairo 1 (2021) 4 (1991, 1999, 2000, 2022) 2 (1995, 2001)
  Beirut Club 1 (2023) 2 (2018,2019) 1 (2022)
  Kuwait 1 (2022) 1 (2021) 1 (2008)
  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)
  Al-Arabi 1 (2024)
* ex. Fastlink
** ex. IRB Alger

Titles by country

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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   Qatar 2 0 3 4
6   Iraq 2 0 0 2
  Libya 2 0 0 2
8   Algeria 1 5 2 8
9   Saudi Arabia 1 2 5 8
10   Jordan 1 2 2 5
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)

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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 23 24 Total
seasons 		Highest
finish
  MC Alger 2nd 4th 4th – – – – – – 3 Runners-up
  NB Staoueli – – – – GS – – – – 1 Group stage
  USM Alger – – – – – – – QF – 1 Quarterfinals
  USM Blida – – – – – GS – – – 1 Group stage
  WA Boufarik – – – – – QF R16 – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al-Ahli Manama – – – – – – R16 – – 1 Round of 16
  Al-Muharraq – – QF – – – – QF – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al-Riffa – – – – GS – – – – 1 Group stage
  Manama Club – – – – – GS – – – 1 Group stage
  Al-Jahra – – – – – – QF – – 1 Quarterfinals
  Kuwait – – – – GS 2nd 1st 3rd – 4 Champions
  Kazma – – – – – – 4th – 4th 2 Fourth place
  Al-Yarmouk – – – – – GS – – – 1 Group stage
  Qadsia – – – – – – – QF QF 2 Quarterfinals
  Beirut Club – – – 2nd 2nd QF 3rd 1st – 5 Champions
  Al Riyadi GS – – – – – QF – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Dynamo Lebanon – – – – – – – R16 – 1 Round of 16
  Homenetmen Beirut – – 1st 4th – – – – – 2 Champions
  Sagesse – GS – – – – – – – 1 Group stage
  Al Bashaer – – – – – – R16 – – 1 Round of 16
  Al Nizwa – – GS – – – – – – 1 Group stage
  Ahli Sidab – – – GS GS – – – – 2 Group stage
  Al-Seeb GS GS – – – – – R16 GS 4 Round of 16
  Al Ahly Cairo – – – – – 1st 2nd 4th – 2 Champions
  Al Ittihad Alexandria – – – 1st 1st 4th QF QF 2nd 6 Champions
  Gezira – – 3rd – QF – – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Sporting Alexandria GS GS – QF – – – – 3rd 3 Quarterfinals
  Smouha – – – – – – – – QF 1 Quarterfinals
  Al Mena – – – – – – R16 – – 1 Round of 16
  Al-Tilal GS – – – – – – – – 1 Group stage
  Shaa'b Hadramaut – – – – – GS – – GS 2 Group stage
  Al-Wehda – – – – – – – R16 – 1 Round of 16
  AS Salé – 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th – – 2nd – 5 Runners-up
  FAR Rabat – – QF – QF – – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  FUS Rabat – – GS – – QF – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  MTB Majd Tanger – – – – – – – R16 – 1 Round of 16
  ES Sahel 1st 1st – – – – – – – 1 Champions
  Dalia Sportive de Grombalia – GS – – – – – – – 1 Group stage
  Ezzahra Sports – – – – – 3rd – – – 1 Third place
  JS Menzah – – QF – – – – – – 1 Quarterfinals
  US Monastir 4th – – – 3rd – – – – 2 Third place
  Al-Fateh GS GS GS QF – GS – – – 5 Quarterfinals
  Al Nassr – – – QF – – – R16 – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al-Buraig – – – – GS – – – – 1 Group stage
  Al Bureij – – – – – – – R16 – 1 Round of 16
  Qalandia – – – GS – – – – – 1 Group stage
  Al Bataeh – – – – – GS – – GS 2 Group stage
  Shabab Al Ahli QF – GS – – – – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Sharjah GS – – – – GS – – GS 3 Group stage
  Al Wahdda – – – – – – – – QF 1 Quarterfinals
  Al-Ahly Benghazi – – – – – – R16 – – 1 Round of 16
  Al Ahli Tripoli QF – – – QF – – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al-Ittihad – – – – – – – GS – 1 Group stage
  Al-Mina'a – GS – – – GS – – – 2 Group stage
  Dijlah University – – – – – – QF – – 1 Quarterfinals
  Al-Ittihad Aleppo – – – – – – R16 QF – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al-Shorta QF – – – – – – – – 1 Quarterfinals
  Al-Ahi Doha – – – – – – – GS – 1 Group stage
  Al-Arabi – – – QF – – – – 1st 2 Champions
  Al-Gharafa – 3rd QF – – GS R16 – QF 5 Third place
  Al Rayyan QF – – – QF – – – – 2 Quarterfinals
  Al Sadd – – – – – – R16 – – 1 Round of 16
  El Jaish 4th – – – – – – – – 1 Fourth place
  Al-Wakrah – – – – – QF – – – 1 Quarterfinals
  Qatar SC – – – – – – – R16 – 1 Round of 16
  Alyounany – – – – GS GS – – – 2 Group stage
MC Alger (ex. GS Pétroliers).

Most Valuable Players

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After each tournament, several individual awards are handed out including the best scorer, three-point scorer, most valuable player and best foreign player. The following players have won the MVP award:

Most Valuable Player

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Arab Championship Most Valuable Player (MVP) winners
Season Player Club Ref.
2021   Ehab Amin   Al Ahly
2023   Sergio El Darwich   Beirut Club
2024   Mustafa "Mosty" Ali   Al-Arabi [5]

Best Scorer

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Season Player Club Ref.
2023   Ilias Aqboub   AS Salé [6]
2024   Mostafa Foda   Al-Arabi [5]

Best Three-point Shooter

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Season Player Club Ref.
2023   Jean Marc Jarroush   Beirut Club [6]
2024   Ahmed "Dola" Adel   Al Ittihad Alexandria [5]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b c "Al Arabi defeats Al Ittihad to grab 36th Arab Clubs Men Championship title". www.asia-basket.com. 2024-10-12. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  6. ^ a b "Beirut defeats AS Sale to grab 35th Arab Clubs Men Championship title". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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