Saudi Arabia national basketball team

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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
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FIBA ranking T-77 Decrease1[1]
Joined FIBA 1964
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation
Coach Abdulrahim Lal Akhtar
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Asian Championships
Appearances 8
Medals Bronze medal asia.svg Bronze: 1999
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Team colours
Light
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Dark jersey
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Team colours
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The Saudi Arabia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is administrated by the Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation.[2] (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية لكرة السلة الاتحاد‎‎)

Its biggest success has been the Bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Championship.[3] The team lastly qualified for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.

Current roster

2014 Asian Games Squad:

Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team - 2014 Asian Games roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
C 4 Al-Marwani, Mohammed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1989-07-24)July 24, 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
PF 5 Fallatah, Mohammed Ismail Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1990-05-23)May 23, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al Wehda Mecca Saudi Arabia
PG 6 Almuwallad, Marzouq Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-08-06)August 6, 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Al Ansar Medina Saudi Arabia
PG 7 Kabe, Jaber Nasser Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1985-09-03)September 3, 1985 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia
SF 8 Almuhanna, Turki Hassan Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1988-03-11)March 11, 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Al Hilal Riyadh Saudi Arabia
PF 9 Alhwsawi, Mustafa (C) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1983-05-04)May 4, 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Al Ansar Medina Saudi Arabia
C 10 Shuri, Rashad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1983-02-18)February 18, 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Al Wehda Mecca Saudi Arabia
PG 11 Alsager, Mohammed Fahad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1985-10-19)October 19, 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Al Fateh Al Hasa Saudi Arabia
C 12 Walibi, Khalid Mohammed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1993-10-05)October 5, 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Hilal Riyadh Saudi Arabia
SF 13 Altaher, Abdullah Fahad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1991-11-29)November 29, 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Al Fateh Al Hasa Saudi Arabia
SG 14 Almuwallad, Ayman Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1988-04-01)April 1, 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ansar Medina
PG 15 Belal, Fahad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1991-04-30)April 30, 1991 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ohud Medina Saudi Arabia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 19, 2014

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Mohammed Al-Marwani Rashad Shuri Khalid Mohammed Walibi
PF Ayman Almuwallad Mohammed Ismail Fallatah
SF Mustafa Alhwsawi Turki Hassan Almuhanna
SG Jaber Kabe Fahad Belal Abdullah Fahad Altaher
PG Marzouq Almuwallad Mohammed Fahad Alsager

Past rosters

2012 Squad:

Saudi Arabia National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club
C 4 Al-Marwani, Mohammed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia
PG 5 Al-Muwallad, Marzouq Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-08-06)6 August 1992 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
PG 6 Al-Sager, Mohammed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Al Fateh Saudi Arabia
SG 7 Kabe, Jaber Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia
F/C 8 Samater, Ahmed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Al Hilal Saudi Arabia
F 9 Al-Hawify, Mohammad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1977-12-26)26 December 1977 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Al Ahli Saudi Arabia
G 10 Al-Dawsari, Faisal Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1990-08-19)19 August 1990 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Al Hilal Saudi Arabia
C 11 Al-Fotawi, Hashem Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1978-09-07)7 September 1978 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Al Ansar Saudi Arabia
F 12 Gassas, Fawaz Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1977-10-01)1 October 1977 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Al Ahli Saudi Arabia
F/C 13 Al-Hosawi, Ahmed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1984-06-23)23 June 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Al Ansar Saudi Arabia
G 14 Belal, Fahad Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ohud Medina Saudi Arabia
F 15 Al-Mutairi, Mohammed Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Al Arabi Saudi Arabia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

Performance at FIBA World championships

yet to qualify

Performance at FIBA Asia championships

Year Position Tournament Host
1989 7 1989 ABC Championship Beijing, China
1991 9 1991 ABC Championship Kobe, Japan
1993 6 1993 ABC Championship Jakarta, Indonesia
1995 6 1995 ABC Championship Seoul, South Korea
1997 4 1997 ABC Championship Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1999 3rd 1999 ABC Championship Fukuoka, Japan
2005 8 2005 FIBA Asia Championship Doha, Qatar
2013 13 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Manila, Philippines
2017 TBD 2017 FIBA Asia Championship TBD

Performance at Pan Arab Games

  • 1953 : ?
  • 1957 : ?
  • 1961 : ?
  • 1965 : ?
  • 1976 : ?
  • 1985 : ?
  • 1992 : ?
  • 1997 : 1st
  • 1999 : ?
  • 2004 : ?
  • 2007 : 8th
  • 2011 : 11th
  • 2016 : TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ FIBA National Federations – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fiba.com, accessed 23 February 2011.
  3. ↑ 1999 Asian Championship for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM, FIBA.com, Retrieved 30 September 2015.

External links

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