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

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. 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 and the Qatar Crown Prince Cup. 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 ( ar, نادي الدحيل الرياضي), 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 ...

Al-Shamal Sports Club Al-Shamal Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشمال الرياضي) is a Qatari multi-sports club based in Madinat ash Shamal. Al-Shamal was founded in 1980. Its football team currently competes in the Qatar Stars League. History The club was foun ...

Umm Salal SC Umm Salal Sport Club ( ar, نادي أم صلال الرياضي) is a Qatari professional football club based in Umm Salal, that competes in the Qatar Stars League, the highest tier of Qatari football. It used to be known as Al-Tadamun Sport Cl ...

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Al-Khor Sports Club Al-Khor Sports Club ( ar, نادي الخور الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club based in Al Khor, featuring teams in a number of sports including football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis and ...

Current clubs

''As of the 2021–22 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 *1987–88: Qatar SC *1988–89: Qatar SC *1989–90: Qatar SC *1990–91: Qatar SC *1991–92: Al Arabi *1992–93: Qatar SC *1993–94: Al Arabi *1994–95: Qatar SC *1995–96: Al-Rayyan *1996–97: Al-Rayyan *1997–98: Al-Rayyan *1998–99: Al-Rayyan *1999–2000: Al-Rayyan *2000–01: Al Ahli SC *2001–02: Al-Rayyan *2002–03: Al-Rayyan *2003–04: Al-Rayyan *2004–05: Al-Rayyan *2005–06: Al-Rayyan *2006–07: Al-Rayyan *2007–08: El Jaish *2008–09: Al-Rayyan *2009–10: Al-Rayyan *2010–11: Al-Rayyan *2011–12: Al-Rayyan *2012–13:

Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...

*2013–14:

Al-Gharafa SC Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was establ ...

*2014–15:Al Rayyan *2015–16: Al Rayyan *2016–17: El Jaish *2017–18: Al Arabi *2018–19: Al Shamal *2019–20: Al Shamal *2020–21: Al-Gharafa *2021–22: Al Sadd

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. Al-Rayyan *2000–01 : Al Ahli SC d.

*2001–02 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2002–03 : Qatar SC d. Al-Rayyan *2003–04 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2004–05 : Al-Rayyan d.

*2005–06 : Al-Rayyan d.

Al Gharafa Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multisports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. It was estab ...

*2006–07 : Al Arabi d.

*2007–08 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2008–09 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2009–10 : El Jaish d.

*2010–11 :

*2011–12 : Al Arabi d. El Jaish

Emir of Qatar Cup

*2000 : Al-Rayyan d. Al Arabi *2001 : Al-Rayyan d.

Al Wakrah Al Wakrah ( ar, الوكرة, al-Wakra) is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge is the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital Doha is situated to the city's immediate north. Governed by Sheikh ...

*2002 : Qatar SC d. Al-Rayyan *2003 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2004 :

d. Al-Rayyan *2005 : Al-Rayyan d. Al Arabi *2006 : Al-Rayyan d. Al Arabi *2007 : Qatar SC d.

*2008 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2009 : Al-Rayyan d. Qatar SC *2010 :

d. Al-Rayyan *2011 :

d. Al-Rayyan 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
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