Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1999 |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | WABA member nations |
Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
Most recent champion(s) | Lebanon (5th title) |
Most titles | Iran (6 titles) |
The WABA Championship is an international basketball tournament which takes place every year between national men's teams from West Asia. The tournament is also known as the West Asian Basketball Championship.
The tournament is organised by the West Asia Basketball Association, a subzone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as the West Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Cup and FIBA Asia Challenge.
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1999 Details | Beirut | Syria | No playoffs | Lebanon | Jordan | No playoffs | Iran | ||
2000 Details | Beirut | Lebanon | No playoffs | Syria | Iraq | No playoffs | Iran | ||
2001 Details | Amman | Syria | No playoffs | Lebanon | Iran | No playoffs | Iraq | ||
2002 Details | / Amman / Tehran | Jordan | No playoffs | Iran | Iraq | No playoffs | Only Three Teams Competed | ||
2004 Details | Tehran | Iran | No playoffs | Syria | Jordan | No playoffs | Lebanon | ||
2005 Details | Beirut | Iran | No playoffs | Lebanon | Jordan | No playoffs | Yemen | ||
2008 Details | Amman | Lebanon | No playoffs | Jordan | Syria | No playoffs | Palestine | ||
2010 Details | Duhok | Iran | No playoffs | Iraq | Syria | No playoffs | Palestine | ||
2011 Details | Duhok | Iran | No playoffs | Jordan | Syria | No playoffs | Iraq | ||
2012 Details | Amman | Lebanon | No playoffs | Iran | Jordan | No playoffs | Syria | ||
2013 Details | Tehran | Iran | No playoffs | Lebanon | Jordan | No playoffs | Iraq | ||
2014 Details | Amman | Jordan | No playoffs | Iran | Syria | No playoffs | Iraq | ||
2015 Details | Amman | Lebanon | No playoffs | Jordan | Palestine | No playoffs | Syria | ||
2016 Details | Amman | Iran | No playoffs | Jordan | Iraq | No playoffs | Lebanon | ||
2017 Details | Amman | Lebanon | No playoffs | Iran | Jordan | No playoffs | Iraq |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Iran | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Lebanon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
3 | Jordan | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
4 | Syria | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
5 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Palestine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Nation | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Years |
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Iran | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 13 | ||
Iraq | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 13 | ||
Jordan | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 14 | |
Lebanon | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 11 | ||||
Palestine | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 6 | |||||||||
Syria | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 12 | |||
Yemen | 4th | 6th | 6th | 3 | ||||||||||||
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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