Wael Badr (born 1 December 1978) is an Egyptian retired
basketball
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player. He is a member of the
Egypt national basketball team
The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة).
Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement. In addition i ...
.
Badr signed with Al-Gezira for the 2009–10 season after spending the last several years with Al Zamalek in the Egyptian Super League.
National team career
Badr played with the
Egypt national basketball team
The Egyptian national basketball team is organized and run by the Egyptian Basketball Federation ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة السلة).
Winning the title of the EuroBasket 1949 is its most celebrated achievement. In addition i ...
and participated at
FIBA AfroBasket in
2007
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,
2009
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and
2013
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.
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at FIBA.com Badr averaged 10.6 PPG and 3.1 APG as one of the few consistent performers on the 2009 Egypt team that finished a disappointing tenth place; this was Egypt's worst ever finish in 19 appearances at the tournament and had some fans calling for a complete dismantling of the team.
Egyptian Basketball
at africabasket.com He also played in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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, his last tournament before retiring from national team duty.
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Egyptian men's basketball players
Point guards
Shooting guards
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Gezira basketball players
Alexandria Sporting Club players
People from Giza
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