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WABA Championship

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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 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.

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

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Year Host Final Third place game
Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1999
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Syria
No playoffs
Lebanon

Jordan
No playoffs
Iran
2000
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Lebanon
No playoffs
Syria

Iraq
No playoffs
Iran
2001
Details
Jordan
Amman

Syria
No playoffs
Lebanon

Iran
No playoffs
Iraq
2002
Details
Jordan / Iran
Amman / Tehran

Jordan
No playoffs
Iran

Iraq
No playoffs Only Three Teams Competed
2004
Details
Iran
Tehran

Iran
No playoffs
Syria

Jordan
No playoffs
Lebanon
2005
Details
Lebanon
Beirut

Iran
No playoffs
Lebanon

Jordan
No playoffs
Yemen
2008
Details
Jordan
Amman

Lebanon
No playoffs
Jordan

Syria
No playoffs
Palestine
2010
Details
Iraq
Duhok

Iran
No playoffs
Iraq

Syria
No playoffs
Palestine
2011
Details
Iraq
Duhok

Iran
No playoffs
Jordan

Syria
No playoffs
Iraq
2012
Details
Jordan
Amman

Lebanon
No playoffs
Iran

Jordan
No playoffs
Syria
2013
Details
Iran
Tehran

Iran
No playoffs
Lebanon

Jordan
No playoffs
Iraq
2014
Details
Jordan
Amman

Jordan
No playoffs
Iran

Syria
No playoffs
Iraq
2015
Details
Jordan
Amman

Lebanon
No playoffs
Jordan

Palestine
No playoffs
Syria
2016
Details
Jordan
Amman

Iran
No playoffs
Jordan

Iraq
No playoffs
Lebanon
2017
Details
Jordan
Amman

Lebanon
No playoffs
Iran

Jordan
No playoffs
Iraq

Medal table

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

Participating nations

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Nation Lebanon
1999
Lebanon
2000
Jordan
2001
Jordan
Iran
2002
Iran
2004
Lebanon
2005
Jordan
2008
Iraq
2010
Iraq
2011
Jordan
2012
Iran
2013
Jordan
2014
Jordan
2015
Jordan
2016
Jordan
2017
Years
 Iran 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 13
 Iraq 5th 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 4th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 4th 13
 Jordan 3rd 5th 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 14
 Lebanon 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 4th 1st 11
 Palestine 4th 4th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 6
 Syria 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 12
 Yemen 4th 6th 6th 3
Total 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 6 5 5 6

References

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