Arab Basketball Confederation
{{Infobox basketball association
|name = Arab Basketball Confederation
|Logo = Arab Basketball Confederation logo.png
|Region =
|Founded = 1956
|FIBA affiliation = FIBA Africa
FIBA Asia
|Website = {{URL|Arab.basketball}}
}}
The Arab Basketball Confederation ({{langx|ar|الاتحاد العربي لكرة السلة}}) or simply ABC is a basketball association for countries in the Arab world. It organises the Arab Basketball Championship for national teams in the men and women categories, as well as club championships.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-28 |title=تاريخ الإتحاد العربي لكره السله - ARAB BASKETBALL CONFEDERATION |url=https://www.arab.basketball/portal/en/279/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |language=en-US}}
History
It was founded in 1956 with nine founding members: Lebanon, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Egypt. The first president was Azer Ishak from Egypt and the headquarters were agreed to be Beirut in Lebanon. In 1975, the first Arab Basketball Championship for national teams was organised in Baghdad.
Presidents
- {{Flagicon|EGY}} Azer Ishak (1965–1974)
- Tony Khory (1974–1977)
- {{Flagicon|IRQ}} Akram Nagy (1977–1991)
- {{Flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Hassanein Omran (1991–2002)
- Telal Ben Badr Seaod (2003–2015)
- {{Flagicon|UAE}} Ismail Elkarakawy (2015–present)
Competitions
=For nations=
=For clubs=
=Related competition=
- Basketball at the Arab Games (men & women)
References
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{{ABC associations}}
{{Arabian Sports Federations}}
{{National members of the International Basketball Federation}}