2018 Arab Basketball Championship

2018 Arab Basketball Championship for Men was the 23rd edition of the Arab Basketball Championship, a men's basketball regional championship of Arab world that ended with Saudi Arabia being crowned winner. The tournament was hosted by Egypt for the ninth time and featured 5 teams.

2018 Arab Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
CityCairo
Dates7-16 November
Teams5 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Algeria
Third place  Egypt
Fourth place Bahrain
← 2017
2022

Participating teams

Africa
Asia

Venues

Cairo
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls
Capacity: 16,900

Squads

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Egypt (H)440299253+468Semi-finals
2  Bahrain422318293+256
3  Algeria422304322−186
4  Saudi Arabia413290304−145
5  United Arab Emirates413286325−395
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
7 November 2018
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Egypt  69–62  Algeria
8 November 2018
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Bahrain  75–68  Saudi Arabia

9 November 2018
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Saudi Arabia  85–90  Algeria

10 November 2018
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Egypt  74–64  Bahrain

12 November 2018
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Algeria  68–99  Bahrain
12 November 2018
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Saudi Arabia  58–74  Egypt

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 November
 
 
 Algeria74
 
16 November
 
 Bahrain66
 
 Algeria81
 
15 November
 
 Saudi Arabia85
 
 Egypt69
 
 
 Saudi Arabia70
 
Third place
 
 
16 November
 
 
 Bahrain72
 
 
 Egypt84

Semi-finals

15 November 2018
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Algeria  74–66  Bahrain

15 November 2018
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Egypt  69–70  Saudi Arabia

Third place match

16 November 2018
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Bahrain  72–84  Egypt

Final

16 November 2018
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Algeria  81–85  Saudi Arabia

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
 Saudi Arabia3-3
 Algeria3-3
 Egypt5-1
4  Bahrain2-4
5  United Arab Emirates1-3