West Asian Basketball League

West Asian Basketball League

Current season or competition: 2012 West Asian Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1998
No. of teams	10
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Al-Riyadi (2011)

The West Asian Basketball League (WABL), between 1998 and 2010 known as the WABA Champions Cup, is the West Asian club championship for basketball organized by West Asia Basketball Association, and takes place every year, It also serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.

Champions

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

Titles by team

Team	Champion	Runner-up	Third
Sagesse	3 (2002, 2004, 2005)	1 (2006)
Al-Riyadi Beirut	3 (1998, 2008, 2011)
Al-Wahda	2 (2000, 2001)	1 (2004)
Mahram Tehran	2 (2009, 2010)		1 (2011)
Saba Battery Tehran	1 (2007)	3 (2005, 2006, 2008)	1 (2009)
Orthodox	1 (1999)	2 (2001, 2002)
Sanam Tehran	1 (2003)		1 (2004)
Al-Jalaa Aleppo		3 (2007, 2010, 2011)	1 (2006)
Zob Ahan Isfahan		1 (2000)	3 (1998, 2003, 2010)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya		1 (1999)	1 (2000)
Zain		1 (2009)	1 (2005)
Al-Jazeera		1 (1998)
Arena		1 (2003)
Al-Quds			1 (1999)
Al-Ittihad			1 (2001)
Al-Karkh			1 (2002)
Blue Stars			1 (2007)
Petrochimi Bandar Imam			1 (2008)

Titles by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Lebanon	6	1	1	8
2	Iran	4	4	7	15
3	Syria	2	4	2	8
4	Jordan	1	5	1	7
5	Iraq	0	1	2	3
6	Palestine	0	0	1	1
Total		13	15	14	42

References

• WABA Champions Cup - Roll of Honor

External links

• www.asia-basket.com