| Basketball at the 2011 Pan Arab Games | |
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| Location | Doha, Qatar |
| Dates | 7-22 December |
Basketball at the 2011 Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from December 7 to 22, 2011. In this tournament, 12 teams played in the men's competition, and 8 teams participated in the women's competition.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 178 | +76 | 6 |
 Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 272 | 196 | +76 | 5 |
 Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 237 | −21 | 4 |
 Sudan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 253 | 284 | −131 | 3 |
December 10 11:00 |
| Egypt | 107–56 | Sudan |
| Scoring by quarter:34−19, 32−16, 17−8, 24−13 | ||
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December 10 13:15 |
| Algeria | 85–68 | Iraq |
| Scoring by quarter:24−17, 31−15, 12−15, 18−21 | ||
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December 11 15:30 |
| Iraq | 59–92 | Egypt |
| Scoring by quarter: 13−27, 14−23, 16−18, 16−24 | ||
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December 11 17:45 |
| Sudan | 37–88 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 2−21, 13−29, 12−17, 10−21 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 222 | 195 | +27 | 6 |
 Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 217 | +26 | 5 |
 Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 218 | -10 | 4 |
 Morocco | 3 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 218 | −41 | 3 |
December 10 15:30 |
| Jordan | 67–58 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter:12-8, 22-22, 17-18, 16-10 | ||
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December 10 17:45 |
| Lebanon | 73–79 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-23, 10-19, 11-11, 30-26 | ||
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December 12 17:45 |
| Jordan | 69–77 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter:15-8, 22-20, 35-9, 23-14 | ||
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December 13 17:30 |
| Morocco | 66–87 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-25, 17-11, 15-22, 19-29 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 181 | +24 | 6 |
 Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 217 | +10 | 5 |
 Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 228 | −6 | 4 |
 Palestine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 226 | 254 | −20 | 3 |
December 7 17:30 |
| Qatar | 78–61 | Palestine |
| Scoring by quarter:26−8, 20−14, 18−18, 14−21 | ||
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December 8 17:30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 61–70 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 18−20, 15−10, 19−10, 18−21 | ||
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December 11 11:00 |
| Qatar | 70–63 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter:25−19, 21−12, 13−14, 11−18 | ||
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December 11 13:15 |
| Palestine | 79–82 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter:18−15, 25−18, 16−21, 20−28 | ||
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December 14 11:00 |
| Qatar | 79–57 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter:20-15, 21-14, 23-8, 15-20 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 155 | 139 | +16 | 4 |
| Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 133 | +5 | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 145 | -21 | 2 |
December 17 15:30 |
| Qatar | 71–77 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter:16−15, 14−22, 25−14, 16−26 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 122 | +39 | 4 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 141 | -15 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 67 | -24 | 2 |
December 17 17:45 |
| Kuwait | 59–67 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16−17, 15−11, 13−15, 15−24 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 140 | +13 | 4 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 120 | +12 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 156 | -25 | 2 |
December 17 11:00 |
| Morocco | 71–52 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 22−7, 19−14, 16−13 | ||
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December 18 13:15 |
| Iraq | 68–61 | Morocco |
| Scoring by quarter: 12−14, 25−11, 17−21, 14−15 | ||
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December 19 17:45 |
| Saudi Arabia | 79–85 | Iraq |
| Scoring by quarter: 19−21, 14−20, 25−18, 21−26 | ||
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| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 148 | +56 | 4 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 157 | +7 | 3 |
| Sudan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 201 | -63 | 2 |
December 17 13:15 |
| Lebanon | 90–77 | Palestine |
| Scoring by quarter: 17−22, 32−18, 21−11, 20−26 | ||
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December 20 15:30 |
| Saudi Arabia | 87–64 | Sudan |
| Scoring by quarter:26−13, 15−16, 20−17, 26−18 | ||
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December 21 13:15 |
| Algeria | 92–79 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter:25−22, 29−16, 12−24, 26−17 | ||
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| Semifinal | Gold medal game | |||||
| December 21 | ||||||
| Jordan | 74 | |||||
| December 22 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 69 | |||||
| Jordan | 70 | |||||
| December 21 | ||||||
| Qatar | 78 | |||||
| Egypt | 72 | |||||
| Qatar | 75 | |||||
| Bronze medal game | ||||||
| December 22 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 71 | |||||
| Egypt | 88 | |||||
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Qatar |
 | Jordan |
 | Egypt |
| 4 | Tunisia |
| 5 | Algeria |
| 6 | Kuwait |
| 7 | Lebanon |
| 8 | Iraq |
| 9 | Morocco |
| 10 | Palestine |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia |
| 12 | Sudan |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 404 | 205 | +197 | 10 |
| Egypt | 5 | 4 | 1 | 528 | 222 | +306 | 9 |
| Jordan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 336 | 277 | +59 | 8 |
 Somalia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 195 | 281 | −86 | 7 |
| Qatar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 242 | 400 | −142 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 456 | −284 | 5 |
December 7 15:15 |
| Lebanon | 69–40 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter:22−11, 18−3, 16−10, 13−16 | ||
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December 8 13:00 |
| Kuwait | 28–108 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 14−23, 4−23, 6−36, 4−26 | ||
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December 8 15:15 |
| Egypt | 90–24 | Somalia |
| Scoring by quarter:25−2, 38−9, 6−9, 21−4 | ||
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| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Lebanon |
| Egypt |
| Jordan |
| 4 | Somalia |
| 5 | Qatar |
| 6 | Kuwait |
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