The Bahrain national basketball team, represents
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...
in international basketball competitions and is controlled by the
Bahrain Basketball Association
Basketball was introduced in Bahrain through schools’ matches at the early 1940s when the first game between Kuwait and Bahrain teams was played at the Industrial School grounds in Manama. In 1974 the Bahrain Basketball Association (BBA) was e ...
. ( ar, جمعية البحرين لكرة السلة)
FIBA Asia Championship
Performance
* best performance : ''10th''
* worst performance:
1991
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: ''15th''
Bahrain last played at the
FIBA Asia Championship
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
in
1999
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, where they finished 12th with a 2–5 record and victories over
Malaysia
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and
Hong Kong
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.
Bahrain qualified for the
FIBA Asia Championship 2009
The 2009 in sports, 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 i ...
in Tianjin, China by finishing fourth at the
2009 Gulf Cup. However, they withdrew before the tournament, opening up a spot for
Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
to compete in the tournament.
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
In 2000, Bahrain club
Al-Manama finished third in the
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
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, the only time that a Bahrain club medaled at the championship.
Competitions
FIBA Asia Cup
Team
Current roster
2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition:
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
(21 February)
Venue:
Khalifa Sport City
Khalifa or Khalifah (Arabic: خليفة) is a name or title which means "successor", "ruler" or "leader". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and others. Khalifa ...
,
Manama
Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...
Opposition:
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
(24 February)
Venue:
Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex,
Zouk Mikael
Zouk Mikael ( ar, زوق مكايل, also spelled Zuq Mikha'il or Zouk Mkayel) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics.
The ...
Past roster
References
External links
Bahrain Basketball BlogspotAsia-basket - Bahrain Men National TeamPresentation on Facebook27th FIBA Asia Championships 2013:Bahrain Team Details
{{National sports teams of Bahrain
Men's national basketball teams
Basketball in Bahrain
National sports teams of Bahrain
1975 establishments in Bahrain
National sports teams established in 1975