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Syrian Basketball League#Women's league

{{short description|Basketball league}}

{{Infobox basketball league

| title = Syrian Basketball League

| logo =

| pixels = 150px

| caption =

| organiser = Syrian Basketball Federation

| country = Syria

| confed = FIBA Asia (Asia)

| last_season =

| upcoming_season =

| founded = {{Start date and age|1956}}

| first = 1956–1957

| motto =

| teams = 8

| levels = 1

| relegation = Division 2

| domest_cup = Syrian Basketball Cup

| supercup = Syrian Super Cup

| champions = Al Wahda (11th title)

| season = 2024

| most_champs = Jalaa SC (29 titles)

| folded =

| confed_cup = Basketball Champions League Asia
FIBA West Asia Super League
Arab Club Basketball Championship

| website = [http://www.syrbf.org/ www.syrbf.org]

| tv = Syria TV

| current = 2023–24 season

}}

The Syrian Basketball League ({{langx|ar|الدوري السوري لكرة السلة}}), officially Syriatel Basketbal League, is the top-tier professional men's basketball league in Syria. It is organized annually as a national championship with playoffs and a national cup by the Syrian Basketball Federation. Both Aleppo teams, Jalaa SC and Al-Ittihad SC, dominated the league until 1993.{{cite news|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Jalaa-Aleppo/5047?Page=5|title=Al Jalaa, History|work=asia-basket|access-date=20 December 2021}}

History

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Jalaa SC, previously known as Shabibeh, dominated the league from 1956 until 1978. Then another team from Aleppo, Al-Ittihad SC, took all the titles until 1993.{{cite news|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Ittihad-Aleppo/3415?Page=5|title=Al-Ittihad, History|work=asia-basket|access-date=20 December 2021}} Later on, Damascus clubs Al Wahda and Al-Jaish SC won some titles sporadically.{{cite news|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Wahda-Damascus/2694?Page=5|title=Al Wahda, History|work=asia-basket|access-date=20 December 2021}} In 2021, for the first time in SBL history, the league was won by a club from the city of Homs, Al-Karamah SC.{{cite news|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Karameh-Homs/5483?Page=5|title=Al-Karamah Homs, History|work=asia-basket|access-date=6 January 2022}}

Sponsorship

As of 2022, the league's main partners are Sinalco,[https://sinalco.com/worldwide/sy/en/products/sinalco-cola/ Sinalco Syria] Syriatel, Cham Wings Airlines, Sama TV and Syria TV.

Competition format

File:Syria League.jpg

The SBL is played by the international FIBA rules. Since 2020–21 the SBL season has a new format. In the regular season, all teams play each other first home and away.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=21376|title= Syrian Basketball League, season 2020-2021 |website=goalzz.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}

Based on the order in the first round, the top four teams play the playoff system.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=21376|title= Syrian Basketball League, season 2020-2021– Play-off|website=goalzz.com|access-date=15 January 2022}} The semi-final consists of a series played in the twice-to-beat format of the best team with the worst and the second with the third of four.

The final is played in the format of two advancing semi-finalists in a series of three winning matches in the best of five format.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=21376|title= Syrian Basketball League, season 2020-2021 Final|website=goalzz.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}

=Promotion and relegation=

The two worst teams relegate at the end of the season and the two best teams in Division 2 advance to the league.

Current clubs

2023–24 teams:{{cite web |title=Syrian Basketball League Teams |url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Syria/basketball-League-SBL-Teams.aspx |website=www.asia-basket.com |access-date=16 April 2025}}

{{Location map+|Syria|width=428|float=right|caption=Locations of teams in the Syrian Basketball League 2023–24|places=

{{Location map~|Syria|lat=34.733333|long=36.716667|label=Al-Karamah
Al-Wathba|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Syria|lat=33.513|long=36.292|label=Al-Jaish
Al-Wahda
|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Syria|lat=35.133333|long=36.75|label=Al-Nawair}}

{{Location map~|Syria|lat=36.216667|long=37.166667|label=Al-Ittihad
Al-Jalaa
Al-Hurriya|Al-Jalaa]]|position=bottom}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! City

! Venue

Jalaa SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Assad Sports Arena

Al-Ittihad SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena

Al-Hurriya SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Assad Sports Arena

Al-Jaish SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Al Wahda SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Al-Karamah SC

|Homs

|Ghazwan Abu Zaid Arena

Al-Wathba SC

|Homs

|Ghazwan Abu Zaid Arena

Al-Nawair SC

|Hama

|Naseh al-Wani Arena

Title holders

class="wikitable" style="width:680px;"

! width=80|Season!! width=100|Champion

align=center|1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79align=center|Jalaa SC
align=center|1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93align=center|Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|1993–94align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|1994–95align=center| Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|1995–96align=center| Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|1996–97align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|1997–98align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|1998–99align=center|Al Wahda
align=center|1999–00align=center| Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|2000–01align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|2001–02align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|2002–03align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|2003–04align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2004–05align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2005–06align=center| Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|2006–07align=center| Jalaa SC
align=center|2007–08align=center| Jalaa SC
align=center|2008–09align=center| Jalaa SC
align=center|2009–10align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2010–11align=center| Jalaa SC
align=center|2011–12align=center| Jalaa SC
align=center|{{strikethrough|2012–13}}style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|No Championship
align=center|2013–14align=center|Al Wahda
align=center|2014–15align=center|Al Wahda
align=center|2015–16align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2016–17align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2017–18align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|2018–19align=center| Al-Jaish SC
align=center|{{strikethrough|2019–20}}style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"|Season was suspended at the semi-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic in Syria
align=center|2020–21align=center| Al-Karamah SC
align=center|2021–22align=center| Al-Ittihad SC
align=center|2022–23align=center| Al Wahda
align=center|2023–24align=center| Al Wahda

Performances

=Finals=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
Season

! style="background:#FFFCAF;" | Champions

! Score

! style="background:#E5E5E5;" | Runners-up

style="text-align:center;"| 2003–04

|Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"|No play-offs

|Jalaa

style="text-align:center;"| 2004–05

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| No play-offs

| Jalaa

style="text-align:center;"| 2005–06

| Al-Ittihad

|style="text-align:center;"| No play-offs

| Jalaa

style="text-align:center;"| 2006–07

| Jalaa

|style="text-align:center;"| 2–0

| Al-Ittihad

style="text-align:center;"| 2007–08

| Jalaa

|style="text-align:center;"| No play-offs

| Al-Jaish

style="text-align:center;"| 2008–09

| Jalaa

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–0

| Al-Jaish

style="text-align:center;"| 2009–10

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| 2–1

| Jalaa

style="text-align:center;"| 2010–11

| Jalaa

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–0

| Al-Jaish

style="text-align:center;"| 2011–12

| Jalaa

|style="text-align:center;"| 2–0

|Al-Ittihad

bgcolor="#efefef"

|style="text-align:center;"| 2012–13

| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |No Championship

style="text-align:center;"| 2013–14

| Al-Wahda

|style="text-align:center;"| 1–0

| Al-Ittihad

style="text-align:center;"| 2014–15

| Al-Wahda

|style="text-align:center;"| 2–1

| Al-Ittihad

style="text-align:center;"| 2015–16

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–0

| Al-Karamah

style="text-align:center;"| 2016–17

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| No play-offs

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sort

—}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2017–18

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| No play-offs

|style="text-align:center;"| {{sort

—}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2018–19

| Al-Jaish

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–1

| Jalaa

bgcolor="#efefef"

|style="text-align:center;"| 2019–20

| colspan="8" style="text-align:center;" |No Championship

style="text-align:center;"| 2020–21

| Al-Karamah

|style="text-align:center;"| 2–1

| Al-Wahda

style="text-align:center;"|2021–22

| Al-Ittihad

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–0

| Al-Karamah

style="text-align:center;"| 2022–23

| Al-Wahda

|style="text-align:center;"| 3–0

| Al-Ittihad

style="text-align:center;"| 2023–24

| Al-Wahda

|style="text-align:center;"| 4–0

| Al-Karamah

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
style="width:15%;"| Club

! style="width:10%;"| Winners

! style="width:55%;"| Winning years

style="text-align:center;"|Jalaa SC

|style="text-align:center;"|28

| 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

style="text-align:center;"|Al-Ittihad SC

|style="text-align:center;"|19

| 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2022

style="text-align:center;"|Al Wahda

|style="text-align:center;"|11

| 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024

style="text-align:center;"|Al-Jaish SC

|style="text-align:center;"|7

| 2004, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

style="text-align:center;"|Al-Karamah SC

|style="text-align:center;"|1

| 2021

=Performance by city=

class="wikitable sortable"
width="120"| City

!width="10" | Winners

!width="150"| Club(s)

Aleppo

|47

|Jalaa SC, Al-Ittihad SC

Damascus

|18

|Al Wahda, Al-Jaish SC

Homs

|1

|Al-Karamah SC

Women's league

2021–22 teams:{{Cite web|url=https://www.asia-basket.com/Syria/basketball-Women-League.aspx?women=1|title=Women League (Season 2021-22)|website=asia-basket.com|access-date=6 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?c=23161|title= Syrian Women Basketball League|website=goalzz.com|access-date=14 January 2022}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! City

! Venue

Al-Jalaa SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Jalaa Arena

Al-Ittihad SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Assad Sports Arena

Ouroube SC

|Aleppo

|Al-Yarmouk Arena

Al-Thawra SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Al-Wahda SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Barada SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Qasioun SC

|Damascus

|Al-Fayhaa Arena

Tishreen SC

|Latakia

|Latakia Sports Arena

Muhardeh SC

|Muhardeh

|Muhardeh Arena

Al-Sahel SC

|Tartous

|Basel al-Assad Arena

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.syrbf.org/ Syrian Basketball Federation website]

{{Basketball in Syria}}

{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}

Basketball competitions in Syria

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Category:Women's basketball leagues in Asia

Category:Sports leagues established in 1956

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