Arab Club Championship | |
Organiser: | Arab Basketball Confederation |
Founded: | 1976 |
First: | 1978 |
Country: | ABC member associations |
Confed: | Arab world |
Teams: | 12–18 |
Champions: | Al-Arabi (1st title) |
Season: | 2024 |
Most Champs: | Al-Ittihad Alexandria (7 titles) |
Current: | 2024 Arab Club Basketball Championship |
The Arab Club Championship is an annual basketball tournament for Arab teams.[1] The competition is organised by the Arab Basketball Confederation (ABC). Each season is typically held in October and is held in one venue. The tournament typically features 16 to 18 teams.
Egyptian club Al-Ittihad Alexandria is the most successful club in the tournament's history, as the team has won a record 7 titles.
Team | Champion | Runner-up | Third | |
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Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 7 (1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019) | 1 (2024) | 3 (1992, 1999, 2010) | |
Al Riyadi | 5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) | 1 (2014) | ||
Gezira | 3 (1993, 2000, 2001) | 2 (1995, 2004) | 2 (2002, 2005) | |
Hekmeh BC | 2 (1998, 1999) | 3 (1996, 2008, 2009) | 1 (2000) | |
Al-Rasheed SC | 2 (1988, 1990) | |||
Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 2 (2015, 2016) | |||
Al-Ahly Benghazi | 2 (2012, 2013) | |||
Al Ahly Cairo | 1 (2021) | 4 (1991, 1999, 2000, 2022) | 2 (1995, 2001) | |
Beirut Club | 1 (2023) | 2 (2018,2019) | 1 (2022) | |
Kuwait | 1 (2022) | 1 (2021) | 1 (2008) | |
Stade Nabeulien | 1 (1997) | 1 (1993) | ||
Zain Club * | 1 (2008) | 1 (2005) | ||
OC Alger ** | 1 (1989) | 1 (1990) | ||
Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 1 (1992) | 1 (1991) | ||
Al Rayyan | 1 (2014) | |||
Jalaa SC | 1 (1978) | |||
Sharjah SC | 1 (2011) | |||
Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1 (2004) | |||
Homenetmen | 1 (2017) | |||
Al-Arabi | 1 (2024) |
* ex. Fastlink
** ex. IRB Alger
Rank | Nation | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Total | |
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1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 26 | ||
2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | ||
3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | ||
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Arab Club Championship since the 2015 season.
1st | Champions | |
2nd | Runners-up | |
3rd | Third place | |
4th | Fourth place | |
QF | Quarterfinalists | |
R16 | Round of 16 | |
GS | Group phase | |
TBD | To be determined |
Team | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | width=25 | 21 | width=25 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total seasons | Highest finish |
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MC Alger | 2nd | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | Runners-up | ||
NB Staoueli | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
USM Alger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
USM Blida | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
WA Boufarik | – | – | – | – | – | QF | R16 | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Ahli Manama | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Al-Muharraq | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | QF | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Riffa | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Manama Club | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Al-Jahra | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
Kuwait | – | – | – | – | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | – | 4 | Champions | ||
Kazma | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | 4th | 2 | Fourth place | ||
Al-Yarmouk | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Qadsia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | QF | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Beirut Club | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | QF | 3rd | 1st | – | 5 | Champions | ||
Al Riyadi | GS | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Dynamo Lebanon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Homenetmen Beirut | – | – | 1st | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | Champions | ||
Sagesse | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Al Bashaer | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Al Nizwa | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Ahli Sidab | – | – | – | GS | GS | – | – | – | – | 2 | Group stage | ||
Al-Seeb | GS | GS | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | GS | 4 | Round of 16 | ||
Al Ahly Cairo | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 2nd | 4th | – | 2 | Champions | ||
Al Ittihad Alexandria | – | – | – | 1st | 1st | 4th | QF | QF | 2nd | 6 | Champions | ||
Gezira | – | – | 3rd | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Sporting Alexandria | GS | GS | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 3 | Quarterfinals | ||
Smouha | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al Mena | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Al-Tilal | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Shaa'b Hadramaut | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | GS | 2 | Group stage | ||
Al-Wehda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
AS Salé | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 5 | Runners-up | ||
FAR Rabat | – | – | QF | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
FUS Rabat | – | – | GS | – | – | QF | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
MTB Majd Tanger | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
ES Sahel | 1st | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Champions | ||
Dalia Sportive de Grombalia | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Ezzahra Sports | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | 1 | Third place | ||
JS Menzah | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
US Monastir | 4th | – | – | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 2 | Third place | ||
Al-Fateh | GS | GS | GS | QF | – | GS | – | – | – | 5 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al Nassr | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | R16 | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Buraig | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Al Bureij | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Qalandia | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Al Bataeh | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | GS | 2 | Group stage | ||
Shabab Al Ahli | QF | – | GS | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
GS | – | – | – | – | GS | – | – | GS | 3 | Group stage | |||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | 1 | Quarterfinals | |||
Al-Ahly Benghazi | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Al Ahli Tripoli | QF | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | 1 | Group stage | |||
Al-Mina'a | – | GS | – | – | – | GS | – | – | – | 2 | Group stage | ||
Dijlah University | – | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Ittihad Aleppo | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | QF | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Shorta | QF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al-Ahi Doha | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | GS | – | 1 | Group stage | ||
Al-Arabi | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 1st | 2 | Champions | ||
Al-Gharafa | – | 3rd | QF | – | – | GS | R16 | – | QF | 5 | Third place | ||
Al Rayyan | QF | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | – | 2 | Quarterfinals | ||
Al Sadd | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
El Jaish | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | Fourth place | ||
Al-Wakrah | – | – | – | – | – | QF | – | – | – | 1 | Quarterfinals | ||
Qatar SC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | R16 | – | 1 | Round of 16 | ||
Alyounany | – | – | – | – | GS | GS | – | – | – | 2 | Group stage |
After each tournament, several individual awards are handed out including the best scorer, three-point scorer, most valuable player and best foreign player. The following players have won the MVP award:
Season | Player | Club | |
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2021 | Ehab Amin | Al Ahly | |
2023 | Sergio El Darwich | Beirut Club | |
2024 | Mustafa "Mosty" Ali | Al-Arabi | [5] |
Season | Player | Club | ||
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2023 | Ilias Aqboub | AS Salé | [6] | |
2024 | Mostafa Foda | Al-Arabi |
Season | Player | Club | ||
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2023 | Jean Marc Jarroush | Beirut Club | ||
2024 | Ahmed "Dola" Adel | Al Ittihad Alexandria |