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Hekmeh or Al-Hikma or Club Sagesse is a Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

basketball club based in Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

. The basketball programme was established in 1992, as part of the historic Hekmeh

Hekmeh

Hekmeh SC, or Hekmeh Sports Club also known by its French synonym Sagesse or Club Sagesse or Club Sportif Sagesse is a multi-sports club in Lebanon....

club established in 1943 with mainly football (soccer) programme. The basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

team became far more popular than the initial football team, winning many Lebanese champioships, cups, as well as pan-Arab and pan-Asian titles.

Hekmeh Basketball History

Al-Hikma in classical Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

, El-Hekmeh in Lebanese dialect

Lebanese Arabic

Lebanese or Lebanese Arabic is a variety of Levantine Arabic, indigenous to and spoken primarily in Lebanon, with significant linguistic influences borrowed from other Middle Eastern and European languages, and is in some ways unique from other varieties of Arabic...

stands for "wisdom", thus also the French alternative name of the club, Sagesse (meaning wisdom in French

French language

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).

The historical Hekmeh

Hekmeh

Hekmeh SC, or Hekmeh Sports Club also known by its French synonym Sagesse or Club Sagesse or Club Sportif Sagesse is a multi-sports club in Lebanon....

club was founded in 1943 under the patronage of the late father Boulos Kik, supported by his excellency late Mgr. Jean Maroun.

The basketball operations was founded in 1992. It became one of the most successful Lebanese basketball clubs with 8 Lebanese League Championships, 3 Lebanese Basketball Cups, 2 Arab Club Championship

Arab Club Championship

The Arab Club Championship is an annual basketball tournament for Arab teams.The 2011 tournament was won by Sharjah, who defeated ASS Sale in the final.The 2008 event was won by Jordanian side Zain....

s, and 3 Asian Basketball Club Championship titles.

During its best years, and financed by the Lebanese media tycoon Antoine Choueiri

Antoine Choueiri

Antoine Choueiri was a Lebanese media executive. He was the founder of Choueiri Group, the Middle East’s largest media broker. He was born in Beirut in 1939 to a Maronite Christian family from Bcharre and married his wife Rose Salameh in 1961 which gave birth to two children...

, Hekmeh / Sagesse included on its rosters some of the most impactful player names including the Lebanese National Basketball Team members Elie Mechantaf

Elie Mechantaf

Elie Mechantaf is a retired Lebanese international basketball player. He started his basketball career in the Cypriot Basketball League, before becoming the captain of the Lebanese Hekmeh BC basketball club, a leading club of the Lebanese Basketball League for more than ten years, wining the...

and Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib , born January 1, 1979, is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League...

and National basketball coach Ghassan Sarkis.

Sagesse participated in the basketball world championship known as 1999 McDonald's Championship

1999 McDonald's Championship

The 1999 McDonald's Championship took place at the Fila Forum in Milan, Italy.-Preliminary round:Oualifying games14 October 1999-Final round:-Places 5-6:16 October 1999-Final standings:-External links:**...

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Classification in Lebanese Basketball League
Lebanese League Championships

1993-1994 Champions
1997-1998 Champions
1998-1999 Champions
1999-2000 Champions
2001-2002 Champions
2002-2003 Champions
2003-2004 Champions
2004-2005 Runner-up
2005-2006 Runner-up
2007-2008 Third
2008-2009 Third

Lebanese Cup
6 times: In 1998,1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003

Arab Basketball Cup (for clubs)
2 times: 1998 and 1999

Asian Basketball Cup (for clubs)
Cup for 3 times: 1999, 2000, 2004
Others: Third in 2005

West Asia Basketball Cup (for clubs)
3 times: 2002, 2005, 2006

International tournaments

2001: Damascus International Tournament (champions)
2002: Dubai International Tournament (champions)
2004: Damascus International Tournament (second)
2004: Dubai International Tournament (third)
2005: Al Jalaa International Tournament, Syria (second)

2011-12 Roster

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|Elie Mechantaf

Elie Mechantaf

|193cm
|F
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|24
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|Sabah Khoury

Sabah Khoury

Sabah Khoury is a Lebanese basketball player. Khoury, a member of the Lebanon national basketball team, played with the squad at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan as well as at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 in Greece...

(Captain)
|196cm
|SG

Shooting guard

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|14
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|Charbel Sokhen
|202cm
|F/C
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|55
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|Thomas Ammar
|197cm
|G/F
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|7
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|Mohammad Fahes
|198cm
|G/ F
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|1
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|Miguel Martinez
|190cm
|PG

Point guard

Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

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|50
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|Daniel Faris

Daniel Faris

Daniel Faris Daniel Faris Daniel Faris (born 2 May 1987 in (Greenbrae, California) is a Lebanese American basketball player. He is a six-foot-nine-inch tall power forward.Faris played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of New Mexico...

|206cm
|PF

Power forward (basketball)

Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

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|3
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|Joey Accaoui

Joey Accaoui

Joey Accaoui is a Lebanese-American basketball player born in Lincoln, RI. He is currently playing with Sagesse in the Lebanese Basketball League. Joey was a member of University of Vermont in the NCAA division I. He stands at 5feet 8inches and plays as a Point Guard.Accaoui previously attended St....

|172cm
|PG

Point guard

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|10
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|Jad Bitar
|204cm
|F/C
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|Head Coach ||

Tony Vujanic
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Faraj Aad
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|Director ||

Elie Mechantaf

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Notable players

Lebanese Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib

Fadi El Khatib , born January 1, 1979, is a Lebanese basketball player currently playing for Champville SC in the Lebanese Basketball League...

Rony Fahed

Rony Fahed is a professional Lebanese basketball player.He is also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team that participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship which took place in Japan in August and September 2006...

Sabah Khoury

Elie Mechantaf

Joe Vogel

For American author, see Joseph VogelJoseph Vogel is an American-Lebanese basketball player. Vogel attended Colorado State. Upon graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Draft...

Paul Khoury Brian Beshara Vicken Eskedjian Walid Domiaty Roy Samaha

Roy Samaha

Roy Nicolas Samaha is a Lebanese professional basketball center currently playing with Hekmeh of the Lebanese Basketball League...

Elie Stephan

Elie Stephan is a professional Lebanese basketball player who is currently a member of Lebanese Basketball League team Champville SC. He is also a member of Lebanon national basketball team as a Shooting Guard. He's 1.91 m tall .-External links:* at asia-basket.com* at FIBA.com...

Rodrigue Akl

Rodrigue Akl is a Lebanese basketball player with Anibal Zahle of the Lebanese Basketball League. He is a six-foot-three-inch tall point guard.-Club career:...

Bader Makki Daniel Faris

Daniel Faris

Ghaleb Rida

Ghaleb Rida or Ghaleb Reda ; is a professional Lebanese basketball player for Anibal and a member of Lebanon national basketball team as a shooting guard. He is tall.-Career:...

International Samaki Walker

Samaki Walker

Samaki Ijuma Walker is an American professional basketball power forward and center. Walker played college basketball at the University of Louisville and was drafted in 1996 by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played until 1999...

Jumaine Jones

Jumaine Lanard Jones is an American professional basketball forward. An NBA player from 1999 to 2007 drafted from the University of Georgia, he has played in the small forward and power forward positions...

Alpha Bangura

Alfath Belgasem is a Sierra Leone-Libyan basketball player who competed as a member of the Libya national basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009 and playing professionally for Anibal Zahle of the Lebanese Basketball League...

Tre Kelley Dermarr Johnson

DerMarr Johnson

DerMarr Miles Johnson is an American basketball player.Johnson was a consensus McDonald's, Parade Magazine and USA Today high school All-American as well as Parade's National High School Player of the Year as a senior in 1999...

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