Basketball in Lebanon

Basketball is the most popular sport 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

History

The first time basketball was played was in the mid of 1920's. The Lebanon national basketball team has qualified three consecutive times to the FIBA World Championship in 2002, 2006, 2010 the Lebanese national basketball team have won also the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup on its home court in 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup and he's ranked 24th in the world. The women national team is ranked 61st in the world and currently playing in the Level I in the FIBA Asia Championship for Women . The Lebanese u-19 national team reached the FIBA Under-19 World Championship one time in 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[1]


Participations and medals[2]
EVENT NAME PARTICIPATIONS GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Asian Championship for Men 9 0 3 0
World Championship for Men 3 0 0 0
European Championship for Men 2 0 0 0
FIBA Asia Borislav Stankovic Cup 1 0 0 0
FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers 1 0 0 0
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers 1 0 0 0
FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 1 0 0 0
WABA Men Championship 1 1 0 0


WOMEN

EVENT NAME PARTICIPATIONS GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Asian Championship for Women 3 0 0 0
FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division B 1 0 0 1
Francophonian Games 1 0 0 0
WABA Women's Championship 1 0 0 0

Lebanese Basketball League

Lebanon's basketball league is the Lebanese Basketball League and there is also a cup competition. The most successful Lebanese basketball clubs are Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut and Sagesse for men, having both won the most championships in the Lebanese Basketball League, also the Arab Club Championship, WABA Champions Cup and FIBA Asia Champions Cup and Antranik SC for women, having won the Lebanese Basketball League, Arab Women's Club Basketball Championship and the WABA Champions Cup.

Famous Lebanese Basketball Players

Famous Lebanese Basketball Coaches
  • Ghassan Sarkis
  • Fouad Abou Shacra
  • Joe Nebhan Moujaes

FIBA ASIA Champions Cup

Sagesse have won a record of 3 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. In addition, their rivals, Al Riyadi have won 2 FIBA Asia Champions Cups making a total of 5 cups for Lebanon.

See also

References
  1. FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007
  2. "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2020-06-27.


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