West Asia Basketball Association

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West Asia Basketball Association (WABA)
AbbreviationWABA
Formation1998
Type Regional sports federation
Region served
West Asia
Membership 7 national federations
Parent organization
 FIBA Asia
Affiliations FIBA
Website WABA

The West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) is a subzone of FIBA Asia, consisting of countries from West Asia. The WABA Champions Cup, a professional men's tournament, is a top level club competition run by the WABA.

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Members

Events

  1. West Asian Men's Basketball Championship (1999-2017)
  2. West Asian Women's Basketball Championship (2008-2025) [1]
  3. West Asian Men's Club Basketball Championship (1998-2019)
  4. West Asian Women's Club Basketball Championship (4th was held in 2016) [2] [3]
  5. West Asian Junior Basketball Championship (Men / Women) Since 2001 / 2014 [4] [5]
  6. West Asian Youth Basketball Championship (Men / Women) [6]
  7. West Asia Super League (Men) Since 2022
  8. West Asia Super League (Women) Proposed

National tournaments

WABA Championship

The WABA Championship is a tournament between the national men's basketball teams of the West Asian region. [7] It was first held in Beirut in 1999, [8] and the intention was to keep it once a year thereafter. Despite several years of intermittency, the tournament is now back to its annual format as intended. It serves as the West Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Cup and FIBA Asia Challenge.

YearHostFirst placeSecond placeThird place
1999 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2000 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
2001 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2002 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
2004 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2005 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2008 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria
2010 Flag of Iraq.svg Duhok Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria
2011 Flag of Iraq.svg Duhok Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria
2012 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2013 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2014 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria
2015 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
2016 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
2017 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Club tournaments

WABA Champions Cup

YearVenueChampionResultRunner-upThird place
1998 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi No playoffs Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Jazeera Flag of Iran.svg Zob Ahan
1999 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Jordan.svg Orthodox No playoffs Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Flag of Palestine.svg Al-Quds
2000 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Damascus, Syria Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Wahda No playoffs Flag of Iran.svg Zob Ahan Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2001 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Damascus, Syria Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Wahda No playoffs Flag of Jordan.svg Orthodox Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Ittihad
2002 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut, Lebanon Flag of Lebanon.svg Sagesse No playoffs Flag of Jordan.svg Orthodox Flag of Iraq (1991-2004).svg Al-Karkh
2003 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Flag of Iran.svg Sanam No playoffs Flag of Jordan.svg Arena Flag of Iran.svg Zob Ahan
2004 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Damascus, Syria Flag of Lebanon.svg Sagesse No playoffs Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Wahda Flag of Iran.svg Sanam
2005 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Lebanon.svg Sagesse No playoffs Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery Flag of Jordan.svg Fastlink
2006 No fixed venueNo championAborted Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery
Flag of Lebanon.svg Sagesse 		Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Jalaa
2007 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Aleppo, Syria Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery 82–79 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Jalaa Flag of Lebanon.svg Blue Stars
2008 Flag of Iran.svg Mahshahr, Iran Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 83–82 (OT) Flag of Iran.svg Saba Battery Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi
2009 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Iran.svg Mahram 96–85 Flag of Jordan.svg Zain Flag of Iran.svg Saba Mehr
2010 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Flag of Iran.svg Mahram No playoffs Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Jalaa Flag of Iran.svg Zob Ahan
2011 No fixed venue Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 3–2 Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Al-Jalaa Flag of Iran.svg Mahram
2012 No fixed venue Flag of Iran.svg Mahram 3–2 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi
2013 Flag of Iraq.svg Duhok, Iraq Flag of Lebanon.svg Champville No playoffs Flag of Iran.svg Foolad Mahan Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi
2014 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Flag of Iran.svg Mahram 90–73 Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi Flag of Jordan.svg ASU
2016 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi 70–68 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi Flag of Iran.svg Azad University
2017 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi 83–69 Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi Flag of Iran.svg Naft Abadan
2018 Flag of Lebanon.svg Beirut, Lebanon Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi No playoffs Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Riyadi Flag of Palestine.svg Sareyyet Ramallah
2019 Flag of Iraq.svg Baghdad, Iraq Flag of Iran.svg Chemidor No playoffs Flag of Iran.svg Petrochimi Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Baghdad

References

  1. ↑ "Iranian women's basketball team come fourth". Mehr News Agency. April 19, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Lebanon's Riyadi win West Asian women's basketball title". March 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "FUHAIS INTO WEST ASIAN SEMIS". Jordan Olympic Committee.
  4. ↑ "مروری بر سابقه تیم‌های ایران در بسکتبال جوانان آسیا / با 3 طلا 2 نقره و یک برنز تیم چهارم آسیا هستیم (از 1353 تا 1401) - خانه بسکتبال ایران". www.irbasketball.com. August 18, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Magiran | روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد (1385/12/23): بسکتبال جوانان غرب آسیا در ایران". www.magiran.com.
  6. ↑ "تاریخچه بسکتبال نوجوانان آسیا / با مروری بر مسابقه‌های زیر 16 ساله‌های غرب آسیا - خانه بسکتبال ایران". www.irbasketball.com. September 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ "WABA" . Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "West Asia Basketball Association WABA Championships" . Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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