West Asia Basketball Association

West Asia
Basketball Association
Abbreviation WABA
Motto We Are Basketball
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 West Asia Basketball League, a professional league, is the top level of club competition run by the WABA.

Member nations

National tournaments

WABA Championship

Main article: WABA Championship

The WABA Championship is a tournament between the national teams of the West Asia region.[1] It was first held in Beirut in 1999,[2] and the intention was to keep it every year thereafter. Despite several years of intermittency, the tournament if now held again for several years annually as intended. It also is the main qualifying tournament by the West Asian nations for the FIBA Asia Championship.

Year Host First place Second place Third place
1999 Lebanon Beirut Template:Country data - Template:Country data - Template:Country data -
2000 Lebanon Beirut  Lebanon  Syria  Iraq
2001 Jordan Amman  Syria  Lebanon  Iran
2002 Iran Tehran  Jordan  Iran  Iraq
2004 Iran Tehran  Iran  Syria  Jordan
2005 Iran Tehran  Iran  Lebanon  Jordan
2008 Jordan Amman  Lebanon  Jordan  Syria
2010 Iraq Duhok  Iran  Iraq  Syria
2011 Iraq Duhok  Iran  Jordan  Syria
2012 Jordan Amman  Lebanon  Iran  Jordan
2013 Iran Tehran  Iran  Lebanon  Jordan
2014 Jordan Amman  Jordan  Iran  Syria
2015 Jordan Amman  Lebanon  Jordan  Palestine
2016 Jordan Amman  Iran  Jordan  Iraq

References

  1. ↑ "WABA". Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "West Asia Basketball Association WABA Championships". Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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