The Arab Badminton Championships (Arabic: البطولة العربية للريشة الطائرة) is a regional badminton tournament organized by the Arab Badminton Federation (ABF) to crown the best badminton players and teams in the Arab world. The inaugural edition of the championships was hosted in 1996 in Damascus, Syria.[1][2] Syria also hosted the second edition of the championships in 1998.[3]
The first four editions of the championships featured only four events, the events being men's singles, women's singles, the men's team event and the women's team event.[4] Doubles events were later introduced in the fifth edition of the championships hosted in Amman, Jordan.[5][6][7]