The Qatari Basketball League () is the top-tier men's

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operating in

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

. The winning team obtains the participation right to the

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. The first official season took place in 1981/82. There is a second division and two domestic cup tournaments, the

Emir of Qatar Cup Emir of Qatar Cup (), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, ...

and the

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. In the 2012–13 season, the league expanded for the first time in its history, going from 8 to 12 teams with the newly entered clubs including

Lekhwiya Al-Duhail Sports Club (), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a Qatari sports club, best known for its football team, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the Duhail district in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Abdull ...

Al-Shamal Sports Club Al-Shamal Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club based in Madinat ash Shamal. Al-Shamal was founded in 1980. Its football team competes in the Qatar Stars League, the top tier of the national football league system. History Mohammed bin Ba ...

Umm Salal SC Umm Salal Sport Club () is a Qatari professional association football, football club based in Umm Salal, that competes in the Qatar Stars League, the highest tier of Football in Qatar, Qatari football. Previously called Al-Tadamun Sport Club, Umm ...

, and

Al-Khor Sports Club Al-Khor Sports Club () is a Qatari professional sports club based in the city of Al Khor. Al-Khor SC is best known for its football team, which competes in the Qatar Stars League from the 2024-25 season again after a short absence of 2 years in ...

Current clubs

''As of the 2023–24 season.''

Championship history

QBA - Roster of Champions
*1981–82: Al Arabi *1982–83: Al Arabi *1983–84: Al Arabi *1984–85: Al Arabi *1985–86: Al Arabi *1986–87:

Qatar SC Qatar Sports Club () is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour. They ...

*1987–88:

*1988–89:

*1989–90:

*1990–91:

*1991–92: Al Arabi *1992–93:

*1993–94: Al Arabi *1994–95:

*1995–96:

Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipalities of Qatar, municipality in Qatar. Its primary settlement is the Al Rayyan (city), city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Do ...

*1996–97:

*1997–98:

*1998–99:

*1999–00:

*2000–01: Al Ahli SC *2001–02:

*2002–03:

*2003–04:

*2004–05:

*2005–06:

*2006–07:

*2007–08: El Jaish *2008–09:

*2009–10:

*2010–11:

*2011–12:

*2012–13:

Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it i ...

*2013–14:

Al-Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Ar Rayyan, Al Rayyan municipality. The club is best known for its association football, football team, although it also has teams for other sports. The ...

*2014–15:

*2015–16:

*2016–17: El Jaish *2017–18: Al Arabi *2018–19:

Al-Shamal Al Shamal () is a municipality in Qatar. Its seat is Madinat ash Shamal and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar, although its population is barely over 7,000. The seat's name translates to "city of the north". Ras Rakan, the ...

*2019–20:

*2020–21:

*2021–22:

*2022–23:

*2023–24: Al Arabi *2024–25: Al Arabi

List of medal winners

Top-performing clubs

Total titles won by town or city

Domestic competitions

Qatar Crown Prince Cup

*1999–2000 : Al Ahli SC d.

*2000–01 : Al Ahli SC d.

*2001–02 :

*2002–03 :

*2003–04 :

*2004–05 :

*2005–06 :

d. Al Gharafa *2006–07 : Al Arabi d.

*2007–08 :

*2008–09 :

*2009–10 : El Jaish d. Al Gharafa *2010–11 : Al Gharafa d.

*2011–12 : Al Arabi d. El Jaish

Emir of Qatar Cup

*2000 :

d. Al Arabi *2001 :

Al Wakrah Al Wakrah () is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge touches the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital Doha is situated immediately north of the city. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassi ...

*2002 :

*2003 :

*2004 :

*2005 :

d. Al Arabi *2006 :

d. Al Arabi *2007 :

*2008 :

*2009 :

*2010 : Al Gharafa d.

*2011 : Al Gharafa d.

*2012 : Al Rayyan d. Al Sadd *2013 : Al Rayyan d. Al Sadd *2014 : Al Gharafa d. El Jaish *2015 : El Jaish d. Al Sadd *2016 : El Jaish d. Al Gharafa

References

External links

Asia Basket - Division ISporting Pulse - QBF
{{FIBA Asia associations Basketball in Qatar Basketball leagues in Asia Sports leagues in Qatar