2018 Arab Basketball Championship

2018 Arab Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
CityCairo
Dates7-16 November
Teams5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up Algeria
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Bahrain

2018 Arab Basketball Championship for Men was the 23rd edition of the Arab Basketball Championship, a men's basketball regional championship of Arab world that ended with Saudi Arabia being crowned winner. The tournament was hosted by Egypt for the ninth time and featured 5 teams.

Participating teams

Africa
Asia

Venues

Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls
Capacity: 16,900

Squads

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt (H) 4 4 0 299 253 +46 8 Semi-finals
2  Bahrain 4 2 2 318 293 +25 6
3  Algeria 4 2 2 304 322 −18 6
4  Saudi Arabia 4 1 3 290 304 −14 5
5  United Arab Emirates 4 1 3 286 325 −39 5
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
7 November 2018
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Egypt  69–62  Algeria
8 November 2018
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Bahrain  75–68  Saudi Arabia
8 November 2018
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Algeria  84–69  United Arab Emirates
9 November 2018
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Saudi Arabia  85–90  Algeria
9 November 2018
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Egypt  82–69  United Arab Emirates
10 November 2018
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Egypt  74–64  Bahrain
12 November 2018
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Algeria  68–99  Bahrain
12 November 2018
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Saudi Arabia  58–74  Egypt
13 November 2018
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Bahrain  80–83  United Arab Emirates

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 November
 
 
 Algeria74
 
16 November
 
 Bahrain66
 
 Algeria81
 
15 November
 
 Saudi Arabia85
 
 Egypt69
 
 
 Saudi Arabia70
 
Third place
 
 
16 November
 
 
 Bahrain72
 
 
 Egypt84

Semi-finals

15 November 2018
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Algeria  74–66  Bahrain
15 November 2018
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Egypt  69–70  Saudi Arabia

Third place match

16 November 2018
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Bahrain  72–84  Egypt

Final

16 November 2018
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Algeria  81–85  Saudi Arabia

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Saudi Arabia 3-3
 Algeria 3-3
 Egypt 5-1
4  Bahrain 2-4
5  United Arab Emirates 1-3
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