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.
Members - Iranian Basketball Federation - Iraqi Basketball Association - Jordan Basketball Federation - Lebanese Basketball Federation - Palestinian Basketball Federation - Syrian Basketball Federation - Yemen Basketball Association
Events West Asian Men's Basketball Championship (1999–2017) West Asian Women's Basketball Championship (2008–2025) West Asian Men's Club Basketball Championship (1998–2019) West Asian Women's Club Basketball Championship (4th was held in 2016) West Asian Junior Basketball Championship (Men / Women) Since 2001 / 2014 West Asian Youth Basketball Championship (Men / Women) West Asia Super League (Men) Since 2022 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. It was first held in Beirut in 1999, 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.
Year Host First place Second place Third place 1999 Beirut 2000 Beirut 2001 Amman 2002 Tehran 2004 Tehran 2005 Tehran 2008 Amman 2010 Duhok 2011 Duhok 2012 Amman 2013 Tehran 2014 Amman 2015 Amman 2016 Amman 2017 Amman
Club tournaments WABA Champions Cup
YearVenueChampionResultRunner-upThird place1998 Amman, Jordan Al-RiyadiNo playoffs Al-Jazeera Zob Ahan1999 Amman, Jordan OrthodoxNo playoffs Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Quds2000 Damascus, Syria Al-WahdaNo playoffs Zob Ahan Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2001 Damascus, Syria Al-WahdaNo playoffs Orthodox Al-Ittihad2002 Beirut, Lebanon SagesseNo playoffs Orthodox Al-Karkh2003 Tehran, Iran SanamNo playoffs Arena Zob Ahan2004 Damascus, Syria SagesseNo playoffs Al-Wahda Sanam2005 Amman, Jordan SagesseNo playoffs Saba Battery Fastlink2006No fixed venueNo championAborted Saba Battery Sagesse Al-Jalaa2007 Aleppo, Syria Saba Battery82–79 Al-Jalaa Blue Stars2008 Mahshahr, Iran Al-Riyadi83–82 (OT) Saba Battery Petrochimi2009 Amman, Jordan Mahram96–85 Zain Saba Mehr2010 Tehran, Iran MahramNo playoffs Al-Jalaa Zob Ahan2011No fixed venue Al-Riyadi3–2 Al-Jalaa Mahram2012No fixed venue Mahram3–2 Al-Riyadi2013 Duhok, Iraq ChampvilleNo playoffs Foolad Mahan Petrochimi2014 Tehran, Iran Mahram90–73 Petrochimi ASU2016 Amman, Jordan Petrochimi70–68 Al-Riyadi Azad University2017 Amman, Jordan Al-Riyadi83–69 Petrochimi Naft Abadan2018 Beirut, Lebanon PetrochimiNo playoffs Al-Riyadi Sareyyet Ramallah2019 Baghdad, Iraq ChemidorNo playoffs Petrochimi Naft Baghdad
References
External links WABA Basketball Men