The Kuwait national basketball team represents

Kuwait Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to Iraq–Kuwait ...

in international

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and is controlled by the

Kuwait Basketball Association The Kuwait Basketball Association () is the governing body of basketball in Kuwait. The association founded in 1957 (joined FIBA in 1959), represents basketball with public authorities as well as with national and international sports organizat ...

(); 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''

FIBA Asia Cup

Asian Games

*1951-70 : ''Did not qualify'' *1974 : 10th *1978 : 10th *1982 : 6th *1986 : 7th *1990-98 : ''Did not qualify'' *2002 : 10th *2006 : 17th *2010 : 13th *2014 : 9th *2018 : ''To be determined''

Pan Arab Games

*1953 : ? *1957 : ? *1961 : ? *1965 : ? *1976 : ? *1985 : ? *1992 : ? *1997 : ? *1999 : ? *2004 : ? *2007 : 5th *2011 : 6th

Islamic Solidarity Games

*2005 : 12th *2013 : 4th *2017 : ''To be determined'' Gulf Cup Champions: 1981, 1983, 1986

Roster

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FIBA, accessed 16 February 2016.

Depth chart

Past rosters

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squad.

Head Coach

* Mohammad Dhari (2013) *

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(2014) * Khaled Yousef (2015) *Flagicon Edi Dželalija (2017/2019) *

Adel Tlatli Mohamed Adel Tlatli (born 31 August 1958) is a Tunisian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of US Monastir of the Championnat Pro A and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He is a six-time national champion and a three-ti ...

(2019–)

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Sponsor

2015:

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References

External links

Official website

Asia-basket.com

at FIBA Archive {{National sports teams of Kuwait Men's national basketball teams

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