Syria national basketball team, nicknamed Nosour Qasioun , represents Syria in international basketball competitions. The squad is governed by SBF, and is part of the FIBA Asia zone. Based on the number of overall medals won, Syria is a major force among basketball teams of WABA and ABC. The team has won eight medals at the WABA Championship and five at the Arab Basketball Championship.
Fadi El Khatib, nicknamed the "Lebanese Tiger", and "Abu Jihad" is a Lebanese former professional basketball player. El Khatib played for several teams in the Lebanese Basketball League, and also played abroad in Syria, Ukraine and China. He was also a member of the Lebanon national team that finished runners-up in the FIBA Asia Championship three times, in 2001, 2005 and 2007. El Khatib also participated in the FIBA World Championship in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
The FIBA Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Sagesse Sports Club, known as Hekmeh in Arabic, is a Lebanese sports club based in Beirut. The basketball team currently plays in the first division, the Lebanese Basketball League.
The Lebanese Basketball League is recognized as the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Lebanon. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Lebanese Basketball Federation (FLB).
Roy Nicolas Samaha is a retired Lebanese professional basketball player. He was a key player in the Lebanon national basketball team and participated lately in the 2006 FIBA World Championship,FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008.
Blue Stars, also known as Jamhour Blue Stars, was a Lebanese professional basketball team based in Jamhour, Baabda District. They competed in the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). Founded in 2001, they competed in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007, finishing in 5th place. In May 2009, after the club’s president suspended the financial sponsorship of the club, the administrative committee met and decided to dissolve the basketball team and officially give the players who signed the club’s statements books of dispensation, and decided to participate in the second division next season.
Marlon Palmer is an American former professional basketball player.
CS Maristes, formerly known as Champville Club SC, is a Lebanese basketball team from Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon. The team competes in the Lebanese Basketball League.
Kahraba Zouk is a Lebanese sports club most known for its basketball program. It is located at Zouk, Kesrouan, Lebanon. Kahraba Zouk basketball team is part of the Lebanese Basketball League 1st division and at times second division.
Ali Mahmoud, sometimes nicknamed Ali Mack, is a Lebanese-Canadian professional basketball player for Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL).
Basketball is one of the most popular sports in Lebanon. The Lebanese Basketball Federation FLB is a member of the Asian federation FIBA Asia and international federation FIBA and also a member of the Arab Basketball Federation.
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2011 was the 22nd staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Pasig, Philippines from May 28 to June 5, 2011. The event is co-organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and FIBA Asia.
Jalaa Sporting Club, also known as Jeunesse Sportivo Alep (Shabibeh), is a Syrian basketball club based in the city of Aleppo. They compete in the Syrian Basketball League, and have qualified for the Asian Champions Cup on four occasions, with its best finish in 2006 and 2007, where they finished second on both occasions.
Mehran Shahintab is an Iranian professional basketball coach. Currently, he is head coach of the Al Sadd Basketball Team.
The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup was the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia. It took place from 8 to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial scheduled date, in Lebanon. The Nouhad Nawfal Arena with a capacity of 8,000 seats hosted the tournament's matches.
Qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup were held to determine the participants in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Lebanon secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.
Majd Arbasha is a Syrian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Al Wahda Damascus of the Syrian Basketball League.
Ghassan Sarkis is a Lebanese-French basketball coach who currently manages Al-Shorta in the Iraqi Basketball Premier League. He became especially famous during his time coaching the Lebanese team Sagesse in its golden years of success of the 1990s and 2000s. He has also coached the Lebanon national basketball team.
Aida Bakhos is a Lebanese basketball forward player. She joined the Lebanon women's national basketball team in 2017, and played for the Homenetmen Antelias club in Beirut. She attended Lamar University until 2008.
