Basketball at the Arab Games

Basketball at the Arab Games

Current season, competition or edition: Basketball at the 2023 Arab Games
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
No. of teams	12
Country	ABC Members
Continent	ABC (Arab world)

Basketball has been an Arab Games event since the first edition in 1953 in Alexandria, Egypt.

Men's tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third-place game
		Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1953 Details	Alexandria	Egypt	61 – 41	Syria	Jordan	44 – 23	Palestine
1957 Details	Beirut	Lebanon	n / a	Syria	Tunisia	n / a	Morocco
1961 Details	Casablanca	UA Republic	n / a	Lebanon	Morocco	n / a	Libya
1965 Details	Cairo	UA Republic	n / a	Sudan	Syria	n / a	Iraq
1976 Details	Damascus		n / a			n / a
1985 Details	Rabat	Jordan	n / a	Iraq	Tunisia	n / a	Syria
1992 Details	Damascus	Syria	n / a	Jordan	Tunisia	n / a	Egypt
1997 Details	Beirut	Saudi Arabia	n / a	Syria	United Arab Emirates	n / a	Lebanon
1999 Details	Amman	Egypt	97 – 68	Jordan	Qatar	n / a	Syria
2004 Details	Algiers	Egypt	n / a	Algeria	Libya	n / a	Qatar
2007 Details	Cairo	Egypt	76 – 73	Jordan	Qatar	91 – 70	Iraq
2011 Details	Doha	Qatar	78 – 70	Jordan	Egypt	88 – 71	Tunisia

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	6	0	1	7
2	Jordan	1	4	1	6
3	Syria	1	3	1	5
4	Lebanon	1	1	0	2
5	Qatar	1	0	2	3
6	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
7	Algeria	0	1	0	1
	Iraq	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
10	Tunisia	0	0	3	3
11	Libya	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		11	11	11	33

Women's tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third-place game
		Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1985 Details	Rabat	Algeria	n/a	Morocco	Syria	n/a
1992 Details	Damascus	Egypt	n/a	Tunisia	Syria	n/a
1997 Details	Beirut	Egypt	n/a	Tunisia	Lebanon	n/a
1999 Details	Amman	Tunisia	74 – 71	Egypt	Jordan	n/a	Syria
2004 Details	Algiers	Lebanon	n/a	Tunisia	Algeria	n/a
2007 Details	Cairo	Not held
2011 Details	Doha	Lebanon	n/a	Egypt	Jordan	n/a	Somalia

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	2	2	0	4
2	Lebanon	2	0	1	3
3	Tunisia	1	3	0	4
4	Algeria	1	0	1	2
5	Morocco	0	1	0	1
6	Jordan	0	0	2	2
	Syria	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

3x3 basketball at the Arab Games

3x3 Men's tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third-place game
		Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2023 Details	Algeria (5 cities) a	Algeria	19–18	Tunisia	Qatar	21–11	Palestine

^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). 3x3 basketball tournament helds in Algiers.

3x3 Men's Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	1	0	0	1
2	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
3	Qatar	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

3x3 Women's tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third-place game
		Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2023 Details	Algeria (5 cities) a	Tunisia	16–13	Algeria	Jordan	21–4	Saudi Arabia

^a Arab Games helds in 5 cities (Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Annaba and Tipaza). 3x3 basketball tournament helds in Algiers.

3x3 Women's Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
2	Algeria	0	1	0	1
3	Jordan	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

See also

• Arab Basketball Championship
• Arab Women's Basketball Championship

External links

• Basketball at the Pan Arab Games - goalzz.com
• 135 medals and counting - Al-Ahram Weekly