Kuwait men's national basketball team

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Kuwait Kuwait
FIBA ranking69 Rise1[1]
Joined FIBA1959
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationKBA
CoachKhaled S M H H Yousef
Nickname(s)Al-Azraq (The Blues)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Championships
Appearances12
MedalsNone

The Kuwait national basketball team represents Kuwait in international basketball and is controlled by the Kuwait Basketball Association (Arabic: جمعية الكويتي لكرة السلة); the governing body for basketball in the country.

The team has qualified for more major international basketball tournaments than any other nation on the Arabian Peninsula.

Performance

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

World championships

yet to qualify

Asia Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1975 12 1975 ABC Championship Bangkok, Thailand
1983 4 1983 ABC Championship Hong Kong
1991 12 1991 ABC Championship Kobe, Japan
1993 9 1993 ABC Championship Jakarta, Indonesia
1995 11 1995 ABC Championship Seoul, South Korea
1999 6 1999 ABC Championship Fukuoka, Japan
2001 12 2001 ABC Championship Shanghai, China
2003 12 2003 ABC Championship Harbin, China
2005 13 2005 FIBA Asia Championship Doha, Qatar
2007 14 2007 FIBA Asia Championship Tokushima, Japan
2009 11 2009 FIBA Asia Championship Tianjin, China
2015 14 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Changsha, China
2017 To be determined 2017 FIBA Asia Championship To be determined

Roster

2015 FIBA Asia Championship squad.[2]

Template:FIBA roster header1 |- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Yousiff Borhamah | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 21 – (1994-08-02)August 2, 1994 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al-Arabi Basketball | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Mashari Abu Dhom | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1993-03-19)March 19, 1993 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al-Arabi Basketball | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | Hamad Hasan | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 18 – (1997-08-25)August 25, 1997 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Kuwait SC (basketball) | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:left;" | Abdulaziz Al-Hamidi | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 28 – (1987-09-16)September 16, 1987 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al Qadsia | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:left;" | Mashari Alshammari | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 20 – (1995-01-22)January 22, 1995 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al-Jahra SC | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 15 | style="text-align:left;" | Mohammad Marzouq | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 23 – (1992-05-25)May 25, 1992 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al-Shabab SC | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | style="text-align:left;" | Nasser Al Zafiri | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 26 – (1989-05-19)May 19, 1989 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al Qadsia | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | PF | style="text-align:center;" | 21 | style="text-align:left;" | Abdullah Alshammari | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 22 – (1993-08-18)August 18, 1993 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Al Qadsia | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 28 | style="text-align:left;" | Jum'a Abdel Rahman | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 28 – (1987-09-08)September 8, 1987 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Kuwait SC (basketball) | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | F | style="text-align:center;" | 30 | style="text-align:left;" | Abdullah AlSaeid | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 26 – (1988-11-27)November 27, 1988 | style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;" | Kuwait SC (basketball) | style="text-align:center;" | Kuwait |-

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Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 23, 2015

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Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Abdullah Alshammari Mohammad Marzouq
PF Abdullah AlSaeid Nasser Al Zafiri
SF Jum'a Abdel Rahman Abdulaziz Al-Hamidi
SG Mashari Abu Dhom Yousiff Borhamah
PG Hamad Hasan Mashari Alshammari

Past rosters

2014 Asian Games squad. Template:2014 Asian Games Kuwait men's basketball team roster

Head coach position

Kit

2015: Kuwait Airways[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b 2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Kuwait, FIBA.com, accessed 16 February 2016.

External links

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