West Asia Basketball Association

West Asia Basketball Association (WABA)

Abbreviation	WABA
Formation	1998
Type	Regional sports federation
Region served	West Asia
Membership	7 national federations
Parent organization	FIBA Asia
Affiliations	FIBA
Website	WABA

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

• Iran - Iranian Basketball Federation
• Iraq - Iraqi Basketball Association
• Jordan - Jordan Basketball Federation
• Lebanon - Lebanese Basketball Federation
• Palestine - Palestinian Basketball Federation
• Syria - Syrian Basketball Federation
• Yemen - Yemen Basketball Association

Events

1. West Asian Men's Basketball Championship (1999-2017)
2. West Asian Women's Basketball Championship
3. West Asian Men's Club Basketball Championship (1998-2019)
4. West Asian Women's Club Basketball Championship
5. West Asian Junior Basketball Championship (Men / Women)
6. West Asian Youth Basketball Championship (Men / Women)
7. West Asia Super League (2022-Ongoing) (Men / Women)

National tournaments

WABA Championship

Main article: 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	Syria	Lebanon	Jordan
2000	Beirut	Lebanon	Syria	Iraq
2001	Amman	Syria	Lebanon	Iran
2002	Tehran	Jordan	Iran	Iraq
2004	Tehran	Iran	Syria	Jordan
2005	Tehran	Iran	Lebanon	Jordan
2008	Amman	Lebanon	Jordan	Syria
2010	Duhok	Iran	Iraq	Syria
2011	Duhok	Iran	Jordan	Syria
2012	Amman	Lebanon	Iran	Jordan
2013	Tehran	Iran	Lebanon	Jordan
2014	Amman	Jordan	Iran	Syria
2015	Amman	Lebanon	Jordan	Palestine
2016	Amman	Iran	Jordan	Iraq
2017	Amman	Lebanon	Iran	Jordan

Club tournaments

WABA Champions Cup

Main article: WABA Champions Cup

Year	Venue	Champion	Result	Runner-up	Third place
1998	Amman, Jordan	Al-Riyadi	No playoffs	Al-Jazeera	Zob Ahan
1999	Amman, Jordan	Orthodox	No playoffs	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Quds
2000	Damascus, Syria	Al-Wahda	No playoffs	Zob Ahan	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
2001	Damascus, Syria	Al-Wahda	No playoffs	Orthodox	Al-Ittihad
2002	Beirut, Lebanon	Sagesse	No playoffs	Orthodox	Al-Karkh
2003	Tehran, Iran	Sanam	No playoffs	Arena	Zob Ahan
2004	Damascus, Syria	Sagesse	No playoffs	Al-Wahda	Sanam
2005	Amman, Jordan	Sagesse	No playoffs	Saba Battery	Fastlink
2006	No fixed venue	No champion	Aborted	Saba Battery Sagesse	Al-Jalaa
2007	Aleppo, Syria	Saba Battery	82–79	Al-Jalaa	Blue Stars
2008	Mahshahr, Iran	Al-Riyadi	83–82 (OT)	Saba Battery	Petrochimi
2009	Amman, Jordan	Mahram	96–85	Zain	Saba Mehr
2010	Tehran, Iran	Mahram	No playoffs	Al-Jalaa	Zob Ahan
2011	No fixed venue	Al-Riyadi	3–2	Al-Jalaa	Mahram
2012	No fixed venue	Mahram	3–2	Al-Riyadi
2013	Duhok, Iraq	Champville	No playoffs	Foolad Mahan	Petrochimi
2014	Tehran, Iran	Mahram	90–73	Petrochimi	ASU
2016	Amman, Jordan	Petrochimi	70–68	Al-Riyadi	Azad University
2017	Amman, Jordan	Al-Riyadi	83–69	Petrochimi	Naft Abadan
2018	Beirut, Lebanon	Petrochimi	No playoffs	Al-Riyadi	Sareyyet Ramallah
2019	Baghdad, Iraq	Chemidor	No playoffs	Petrochimi	Naft Baghdad

External links

• WABA Basketball Men