Arab Women's Basketball Championship

Arab Women's Basketball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2025 Arab Women's Basketball Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1983
No. of teams10
CountryABC Members
ContinentABC (Arab world)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Egypt (6th title)
Most titles Egypt (6 titles)

The Arab Women's Basketball Championship (Arabic: البطولة العربية لكرة السلة للسيدات) or simply AWBC is a regional basketball tournament which takes place every two years between women's national teams of the members of the Arab Basketball Confederation, representing the Arab world. The first edition was held in 1983 in Jordan.[1]

Statistics

Winners

Year Host Final Third-place game
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1983
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Jordan

Iraq

Somalia

Lebanon

Jordan
1986
Egypt
Not held (because the legal number was not complete) Not held (because the legal number was not complete)
1987
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Egypt

Algeria

Egypt

Palestine
1989
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Syria

Tunisia

Syria

Egypt

Algeria
1992
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Syria

Egypt

Tunisia

Syria

Lebanon
1994
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Egypt

Egypt

Tunisia

Algeria

Syria
1997
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Lebanon

Egypt

Tunisia

Lebanon

Jordan
1999
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Jordan

Tunisia

Egypt

Syria

Jordan
2000
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Algeria

Algeria

Lebanon

Egypt

Morocco
2003
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Jordan

Lebanon

Tunisia

Egypt

Syria
2011
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Qatar

Lebanon

Egypt

Jordan

Somalia
2017
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Egypt

Egypt

Tunisia

Jordan

Iraq
2023
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Egypt

Egypt
96–75
Morocco

Algeria
74–37
Kuwait
2025
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Egypt

Egypt
92–74
Tunisia

Jordan
71–67
Algeria

Titles by team

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Egypt 6 (1992, 1994*, 1997, 2017*, 2023*, 2025*) 3 (1987*, 1999, 2011) 3 (1989, 2000, 2003)
 Tunisia 2 (1989, 1999) 6 (1992, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2017, 2025)
 Lebanon 2 (2003, 2011) 1 (2000) 2 (1983, 1997*) 1 (1992)
 Algeria 2 (1987, 2000*) 2 (1994, 2023) 2 (1989, 2025)
 Iraq 1 (1983*) 1 (2017)
 Syria 1 (1989*) 2 (1992*, 1999) 2 (1994, 2003)
 Somalia 1 (1983) 1 (2011)
 Morocco 1 (2023) 1 (2000)
 Jordan 3 (2011, 2017, 2025) 3 (1983*, 1997, 1999*)
 Palestine 1 (1987)
 Kuwait 1 (2023)

* hosts.

See also

  • Arab Women's U18 Basketball Championship

References

  1. ^ "ناصر بشناق حقق لاعبا أروع الإنجازات لثلاث منتخبات". Al-Ghad. 25 July 2011.