Al Riyadi Club Beirut ( ar, نادي الرياضي بيروت, lit=Sporting Club Beirut) is a

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in Manara, a district in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

, Lebanon. Founded in 1934, the basketball team competes in the Lebanese Basketball League. The multi-sports club, which is mainly known for their basketball program, also plays ping-pong,

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, and other sports. Al Riyadi is the most titled Lebanese basketball club, with 29 league titles, two

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s and five Arab Club Championships.

Achievements

* Lebanese Basketball League **Winners (29): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21 *

Lebanese Basketball Cup Lebanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic * Lebanese people, people from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent * Lebanese Arabic, the colloquial form of Arabic spoken in Lebanon * Lebanese culture * Lebanese cuisine ...

**Winners (4): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2018–19 * Lebanese Basketball Supercup **Winners (2): 2011–12, 2018–19 *

**Winners (2):

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* Arab Club Basketball Championship ** Winners (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 * WABA Champions Cup **Winners (4):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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References

External links

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Lebanese Basketball Federation website
{{Lebanese Football Association Al Riyadi Club Beirut 1934 establishments in Lebanon Basketball teams established in 1934 Basketball teams in Lebanon Sport in Beirut

Achievements

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