Basketball in Lebanon

Basketball is the most popular sport in Lebanon. The Lebanese basketball federation FLB is a member of the Asian federation FIBA Asia and international federation FIBA and also a member of the Arab Basketball Federation

History

The first time basketball was played was in the mid of 1920's.The Lebanon national basketball team has qualified three consecutive times to the FIBA World Championship in 2002, 2006, 2010 the Lebanese national basketball team have won also the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup on its home court in 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup and he's ranked 24th in the world. The women national team is ranked 61st in the world and currently playing in the Level I in the FIBA Asia Championship for Women . The Lebanese u-19 national team reached the FIBA Under-19 World Championship one time in 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.^[1]

Lebanese Basketball League

Lebanon's basketball league is the Lebanese Basketball League and there is also a cup competition. The most successful Lebanese basketball clubs are Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut and Sagesse for men, having both won the most championships in the Lebanese Basketball League, also the Arab Club Championship, WABA Champions Cup and FIBA Asia Champions Cup and Antranik SC for women, having won the Lebanese Basketball League, Arab Women's Club Basketball Championship and the WABA Champions Cup.

Famous Lebanese Basketball Players

FIBA ASIA Champions Cup

Sagesse have won a record of 3 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in addition their rivals Riyadi have won a single FIBA Asia Champions Cup^[3] making a total of 4 cups for Lebanon

References

↑ FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2007
↑ http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/lebanons-fay-mary-prince-is-challenged-by-qatari-players-news-photo/136079540
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-17.

Basketball in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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