The Lebanon women's national basketball team is the nationally controlled basketball team, administered by Lebanese Basketball Federation, that represents

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in international women's basketball tournaments.

History

Gold Medals at Pan-Arab games and Arab Championships

At the 2003 Arab Women's Basketball Championship, Lebanon women's team crowded champion in that tournament. The following year, the team won the 2004 Pan Arab Games basketball competition which was held in

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, their third title was achieved in 2011 Pan-Arab Games in

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Promotion to division A of FIBA Asia and the FIBA ban

Lebanon women's team have been promoted to the division A of

FIBA Women's Asia Cup The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 FIBA Oceania. It was known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship u ...

after finishing 2nd in division B of

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. The team played in the division A of

2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London. The tournament was held in Omura, Japan from August 21 to August 28. The champions ...

where they finished 5th in that tournament. In 2013,

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suspended the Lebanese Basketball Federation for four years because of political bickering between two clubs. That ban prevented the women's team from participating in the division A of

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making the team to be demoted back to division B after the ban is lifted in 2014.

Promotion back to division A of FIBA Asia (2020-present)

In over a decade, Lebanon women's team have been promoted back to division A after finishing 1st in the division B of 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup. In

2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup The 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the tournament, held from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Sydney, Australia. This was the first time Australia hosted this tournament. The top four teams qualified for the 2024 Women's Olympic Quali ...

division A, Lebanon women's team avoided the drop to division B. The victory on their last game against Chinese Taipei 75–73 secured their top flight status for 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

Tournament records

Asia Championship

Squad

Current roster

Roster for the

Past rosters

References

External links

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FIBA profile
{{FIBA Asia women's teams Basketball in Lebanon Women's national basketball teams

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