2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship

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2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship
أفضل لاعب في البطولة العربية للأندية لكرة السلة 2021
Tournament details
CountryEgypt
Dates29 September – 9 October 2021
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al Ahly (1st title)
Runner-upKuwait Kuwait
Third placeTunisia Ezzahra Sports
Fourth placeEgypt Al Ittihad Alexandria
Tournament statistics
MVPEgypt Ehab Amin (Al Ahly)
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The 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship (Arabic: أفضل لاعب في البطولة العربية للأندية لكرة السلة 2021) was the 33rd season of the Arab Club Basketball Championship. The tournament started on 29 September 2021 and ended on 9 October 2021. The entire tournament was held in Alexandria, Egypt, as all games were played in the Hall Al Ettehad Al Sakandary Club or in the Borj Al Arab Hall.[1]

Al Ittihad Alexandria was the defending champion. Al Ahly Cairo won its first Arab championship.[2]

Regular season[edit]

The draw for the groups was held 20 September 2021.[3]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria (H) 3 3 0 298 209 +89 6 Advance to playoffs
2 Morocco FUS Rabat 3 2 1 274 225 +49 5
3 Algeria USM Blida 3 1 2 241 247 −6 4
4 Iraq Al-Mina'a 3 0 3 177 303 −126 3
Source: Asia-Basket.com
(H) Hosts
29 September 2021
FUS Rabat Morocco 90–74 Algeria USM Blida
Al-Mina'a Iraq 46–115 Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria
1 October 2021
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 91–81 Morocco FUS Rabat
USM Blida Algeria 85–65 Iraq Al-Mina'a
4 October 2021
Al-Mina'a Iraq 66–103 Morocco FUS Rabat
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 92–82 Algeria USM Blida

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Ezzahra Sports 4 4 0 376 233 +143 8 Advance to playoffs
2 Qatar Al-Wakrah 4 3 1 283 255 +28 7
3 United Arab Emirates Sharjah 3 1 2 247 212 +35 4
4 Kuwait Al Yarmook 3 1 2 229 230 −1 4
5 Sudan Alyounany 3 0 3 182 387 −205 3
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2021. Source: Asia-Basket.com
29 September 2021
Ezzahra Sports Tunisia 112–36 Sudan Alyounany
Al Yarmook Kuwait 58–80 Qatar Al-Wakrah
30 September 2021
Alyounany Sudan 55–106 Kuwait Al Yarmook
Al-Wakrah Qatar 78–71 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
1 October 2021
Al-Wakrah Qatar 74–45 Sudan Alyounany
Sharjah United Arab Emirates 81–88 Tunisia Ezzahra Sports
3 October 2021
Alyounany Sudan 46–95 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
Al Yarmook Kuwait 65–95 Tunisia Ezzahra Sports
4 October 2021
Ezzahra Sports Tunisia 81–51 Qatar Al-Wakrah
Sharjah United Arab Emirates Kuwait Al Yarmook

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Egypt Al Ahly 3 3 0 274 195 +79 6 Advance to playoffs
2 Algeria WA Boufarik 3 2 1 225 209 +16 5
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 3 1 2 241 237 +4 4
4 Yemen Shaa'b Hadramaut 3 0 3 220 319 −99 3
Source: Asia-Basket.com
30 September 2021
Shaa'b Hadramaut Yemen 69–124 Egypt Al Ahly
WA Boufarik Algeria 75–70 Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
3 October 2021
Al-Fateh Saudi Arabia 94–80 Yemen Shaa'b Hadramaut
Al Ahly Egypt 68–49 Algeria WA Boufarik
4 October 2021
Shaa'b Hadramaut Yemen 71–101 Algeria WA Boufarik
Al-Fateh Saudi Arabia 77–82 Egypt Al Ahly

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kuwait Kuwait 4 4 0 391 309 +82 8 Advance to playoffs
2 Lebanon Beirut Club 4 3 1 350 314 +36 7
3 Qatar Al-Gharafa 4 1 3 322 354 −32 5
4 United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh 4 1 3 269 342 −73 5
5 Bahrain Manama 4 1 3 366 379 −13 5
Source: Asia-Basket.com
30 September 2021
Kuwait Kuwait 112–60 United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh
Al-Gharafa Qatar 125–113 Bahrain Manama
1 October 2021
Al Bataeh United Arab Emirates 69–88 Lebanon Beirut Club
Manama Bahrain 90–93 Kuwait Kuwait
2 October 2021
Beirut Club Lebanon 73–71 Qatar Al-Gharafa
Manama Bahrain 62–75 United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh
3 October 2021
Manama Bahrain 88–89 Lebanon Beirut Club
Kuwait Kuwait 90–69 Qatar Al-Gharafa
4 October 2021
Al-Gharafa Qatar 67–78 United Arab Emirates Al Bataeh
Beirut Club Lebanon 90–96 Kuwait Kuwait

Playoffs[edit]

The playoffs are played in a single-elimination format and began on 6 October and ended on 9 October 2022.[4]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 October
 
 
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria76
 
8 October
 
Qatar Al-Wakrah67
 
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria73
 
6 October
 
Egypt Al Ahly78
 
Egypt Al Ahly84
 
9 October
 
Lebanon Beirut Club82
 
Egypt Al Ahly78
 
6 October
 
Kuwait Kuwait66
 
Morocco FUS Rabat80
 
8 October
 
Tunisia Ezzahra Sports82
 
Tunisia Ezzahra Sports80
 
6 October
 
Kuwait Kuwait83 Third place
 
Kuwait Kuwait98
 
9 October
 
Algeria WA Boufarik77
 
Tunisia Ezzahra Sports78
 
 
Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria73
 

Final[edit]

9 October 2021 Al Ahly Egypt 78–66 Kuwait Kuwait Alexandria
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 13–13, 30–13, 15–3
Pts: Michael Thompson 21 Report Pts: Elmedin Kikanović 22

Individual awards[edit]

Category Player Team(s) Ref.
Most Valuable Player Ehab Amin Al Ahly [5]
Top Scorer Ziyed Channoufi Ezzahra Sports [6]
Best Three-point Shooter Alexander Algheis Kuwait
All-league Team Mido Taha Al Ittihad Alexandria
Jawahar Jawadi Ezzahra Sports
Ehab Amin Al Ahly
Ali Hadhoud Kuwait
Bebo Al Ittihad Alexandria

References[edit]

  1. ^ "33rd Arab Club Basketball Championship: Morocco's FUS Wins USM Blida of Algeria | MapNews". www.mapnews.ma. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (9 October 2021). "BASKETBALL: Al Ahly crowned Arab Cup champions for first time in history". KingFut. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Tunisia: Arab Club Basketball Championship - Ezzahra Sports Drawn in Group B". allAfrica.com. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Asian Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (4 April 2022). "BASKETBALL: Al Ahly extend Ehab Amin contract". KingFut. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Recently, he was a part of the Al Ahly squad winning the 2021 Arab Club Basketball Championship and he was also named the MVP of the Tournament.
  6. ^ "Best Players Awards in the 33th Arab Clubs Men Basketball Championship". Afrobasket.com. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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