The Saudi Arabia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

. It is administered by the Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation. () Its biggest success has been the Bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Championship. The team last qualified for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup as host.

Competition records

Summer Olympics

FIBA Basketball World Cup

FIBA Asia Cup

Asian Games

*1951–74: ''Did not enter'' *1978: 12th *1982–86: ''Did not enter'' *1990: 9th *1994: 7th *1998–2010: ''Did not enter'' *2014: 13th *2018: ''Did not enter'' *2022: 6th *2026: ''To be determined'' *2030: ''To be determined'' *2034: ''Qualified as host''

Islamic Solidarity Games

*2005: 6th *2013: 5th ''Beginning with the 2017 event, regular basketball was replaced by

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Arab Basketball Championship

*1974–1975: ? *1978: *1981–1994: ? *1997: *1999–2005: ? *2007: *2008: 5th *2009: 7th *2010–2011 : ? *2015: 4th *2017: 4th *2018: *2022: ''Did not enter''

Pan Arab Games

*1953–1992: ? *1997: *1999–2004: ? *

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: 11th *2023: ''To be determined''

Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Due to the

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, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format. Venue: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall,

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

(28 November)
Opposition:

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(30 November)

Depth chart

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Opposition:

(20 February)
Venue:

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Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

(23 February)
Venue:

In February 2020, at the

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games, Khalid Abdel-Gabar averaged most minutes, points and assists for Saudi Arabia. 2018 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-qualifiers Squad: 2017 Arab Nations Basketball Championship Squad: 2012 Squad:

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Squad:

Head coach position

* Lofti Chikhaoui – 2011 * Nenad Krdzic – 2013 * Abdulrahim Akhtar – 2014 * Mensur Bajramovic – 2017 * Ali Alsanhani – 2018 السعودية تقلب الطاولة على فلسطين وتحقق انتصارًا ثمينًا
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– 2022

References

External links

Saudi Arabia Basketball Records at FIBA ArchiveAsia-basket - Saudi Arabia Men National TeamSaudi Basketball Federation
on Instagram

Videos

#FIBAAsia - Day 1: Saudi Arabia v Philippines (highlights)
Youtube.com video {{DEFAULTSORT:Saudi Arabia National Basketball Team Basketball teams established in 1964 1964 establishments in Saudi Arabia