Kuwait Sporting Club, shortly known as Kuwait SC, is a
Kuwaiti professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
club. The club competes in the
Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League
The Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Kuwait. The most decorated team in the league is Kuwait SC (basketball), Kuwait SC, who have won 7 titles.
Teams
*Al Kuwait SC (basketball), Al Kuwait SC
*A ...
. Kuwait SC has won the
Arab Club Basketball Championship
The Arab Club Championship is an annual basketball tournament for Arab teams. The competition is organised by the Arab Basketball Confederation (ABC). Each season is typically held in October and is held in one venue. The tournament typically featu ...
once, in
2022
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and is the first team from Kuwait to win an Arab title. The club has traditionally provided
Kuwait's national basketball team
The Kuwait national basketball team represents Kuwait in international basketball and is controlled by the Kuwait Basketball Association ( ar,
جمعية الكويتي لكرة السلة); the governing body for basketball in the country.
The ...
with key players.
2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Kuwait Roster
FIBA.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
Honours
National competitions
Kuwaiti Division 1 League
*Champions (7): 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
Kuwaiti Cup of Martyr Fahed al Ahmad
*Winners (1): 2004
Kuwaiti Federation Cup
*Winners (3): 2009, 2013, 2020
Kuwaiti SuperCup
*Winners (1): 2020
International competitions
Arab Clubs Championship
*Winners (1): 2022
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*Runners-up (1): 2021
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Notable players
* Jasmin Perković
Jasmin Perković (born 25 December 1980) is a Croatian basketball player, currently playing for Kvarner 2010 of the Croatian second-tier Prva muška liga. A veteran of more than two decades, he played in the EuroLeague, the Greek Basket League ...
* Elmedin Kikanović
Elmedin Kikanović (b. 2 September 1988) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He has also played for his country's national basketball team.
Professional career
Early career ...
* A.J. Slaughter
Anthony Darrell "A. J." Slaughter (born August 3, 1987) is an American-born naturalized Polish professional basketball player for CB Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup. He played college basketb ...
* James Feldeine
James Feldeine (born June 26, 1988) is an American-Dominican professional basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Quinnipiac University, before playing professionally in Spa ...
* Cady Lalanne
Cady Lalanne (born April 22, 1992) is a Haitian professional basketball player who plays for Kuwait SC. He played college basketball for the UMass Minutemen.
Early life
Lalanne, son of Bertha Lalanne, was born in Port-au-Prince, the capital city ...
* Marcus Georges-Hunt
Marcus Anthony Georges-Hunt (born March 28, 1994) is an American-U.S. Virgin Islander professional basketball player for Kuwait SC. He played college basketball for Georgia Tech.
High school career
Georges-Hunt attended North Clayton High School ...
See also
*Kuwait SC
Kuwait Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الكويت الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football, football club based in Kuwait City. The football team has won Kuwaiti Premier League 17 times. Kuwait SC also has over 50 trophies ...
References
External links
Asia-Basket.com Team Page
*http://www.asia-basket.com/Kuwait/news/455267/Coach-Vanja-Gusa-(EX-Kazma)-agreed-terms-with-Al-Kuwait-SC-!!-
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Basketball teams in Kuwait
Basketball teams established in 1960
Sport in Kuwait City