Basketball is a part of the Islamic Solidarity Games since the 2005 edition.
At the 2005 and 2013 event, the tournament was held as a competition of "regular" 5 on 5 full court basketball. Since 2017, it has been played as a 3x3 basketball half court tournament.
Men's tournament edit
Summary edit
| Year | Hosts | Final Standing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| 5x5 basketball | |||||||||
| 2005 Details |
 Saudi Arabia(Mecca[a]) |
 Azerbaijan |
82–69 |  Algeria |
 Iran |
75–66 |  Tunisia | ||
| 2010 |  Iran(Tehran) |
Cancelled | |||||||
| 2013 Details |
 Indonesia(Palembang) |
 Turkey |
No playoffs |  Palestine |
 Indonesia |
No playoffs |  Kuwait | ||
| 3x3 basketball | |||||||||
| 2017 Details |
 Azerbaijan(Baku) |
Azerbaijan |
13–9 |  Qatar |
Turkey |
17–10 |  Turkmenistan | ||
| 2021 Details |
 Turkey(Konya) |
 Senegal |
21–16 | Azerbaijan |
Iran |
21–11 |  Suriname | ||
Medals per nation edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Palestine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Participating nations edit
| Nation | 2005 |
2013 |
2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria
|
2nd | ||
 Azerbaijan
|
1st | 1st | |
 Chad
|
9th | ||
 Indonesia
|
3rd | QF | |
 Iran
|
3rd | ||
 Ivory Coast
|
QF | ||
 Jordan
|
8th | GS | |
 Kuwait
|
12th | 4th | |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
14th | ||
 Libya
|
11th | ||
 Maldives
|
17th | ||
 Mali
|
QF | ||
 Morocco
|
5th | ||
 Pakistan
|
15th | GS | |
 Palestine
|
10th | 2nd | |
 Qatar
|
2nd | ||
 Saudi Arabia
|
6th | 5th | QF |
 Somalia
|
17th | ||
 Sudan
|
16th | ||
 Syria
|
7th | ||
 Tajikistan
|
17th | ||
 Tunisia
|
4th | ||
 Turkey
|
1st | 3rd | |
 Turkmenistan
|
4th | ||
 Yemen
|
13th |
Women's tournament edit
Summary edit
| Year | Hosts | Final Standing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||
| 5x5 basketball | ||||||||
| 2013 Details |
Indonesia (Palembang) |
Indonesia |
No playoffs |  Egypt |
Qatar |
No playoffs | ||
| 3x3 basketball | ||||||||
| 2017 Details |
Azerbaijan (Baku) |
Azerbaijan |
13–7 |  Mali |
Turkey |
13–9 | Turkmenistan | |
| 2021 Details |
Turkey (Konya) |
Azerbaijan |
21–6 | Mali |
Turkey |
14–10 |  Uzbekistan | |
Medals per nation edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Combined medal summary edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Qatar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Palestine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |