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Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship [1] Open Arab Championships [2] [3]
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Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship [1] Open Arab Championships [2] [3]
| Edition | Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2011 | Agadir ( Morocco) | Morocco | 62-47 |  Iraq |  Egypt | - | Turkey | ||
| 2 | 2016 | Agadir ( Morocco) |  Algeria [4] | 71-36 | Morocco |  South Africa | 68-56 | Iraq | ||
| 3 | 2020 | Agadir ( Morocco) | Morocco | 62-44 | Algeria | Iraq | 58-43 | Egypt | ||
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