WABA Championship

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.

WABA Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1999
No. of teams7
CountryWABA member nations
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Lebanon (5th title)
Most titles Iran (6 titles)

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.

Summary

Year Host Final Third place game
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
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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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran64111
2 Lebanon5409
3 Jordan24612
4 Syria2248
5 Iraq0134
6 Palestine0011
7 Yemen0000
Totals (7 nations)15151545

Participating nations

Nation
1999

2000

2001


2002

2004

2005

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017
Years
 Iran 4th4th3rd2nd1st1st1st1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd13
 Iraq 5th3rd4th3rd5th5th2nd4th4th4th5th3rd4th13
 Jordan 3rd5th5th1st3rd3rd2nd2nd3rd3rd1st2nd2nd3rd14
 Lebanon 2nd1st2nd4th2nd1st1st2nd1st4th1st11
 Palestine 4th4th5th5th3rd6th6
 Syria 1st2nd1st2nd3rd3rd3rd4th3rd4th5th5th12
 Yemen 4th6th6th3
Total 555355444646556

References

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