The Saudi Arabia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 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 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.

Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team

Competition records

Summer Olympics

yet to qualify

FIBA World championships

yet to qualify

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 3x3 basketball.

Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team

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

Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team

Pan Arab Games

1953–1992: ? 1997: 1999–2004: ? 2007: 8th 2011: 11th 2023: To be determined

Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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, Doha

Opposition: Iran (28 November) Opposition: Qatar (30 November)

Depth chart

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Qatar (20 February) Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Opposition: Syria (23 February) Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

In February 2020, at the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification games, Khalid Abdel-Gabar averaged most minutes, points and assists for Saudi Arabia.

2018 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-qualifiers Squad:

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2017 Arab Nations Basketball Championship Squad:

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2012 Squad:

2014 Asian Games Squad:

Head coach position

Lofti Chikhaoui – 2011

Nenad Krdzic – 2013

Abdulrahim Akhtar – 2014

Mensur Bajramovic – 2017

Ali Alsanhani – 2018

Johan Roijakkers – 2022

See also

Saudi Arabia national under-19 basketball team

Saudi Arabia national under-17 basketball team

Saudi Arabia national 3x3 team

Saudi Arabia women's national basketball team

References

External links

Saudi Arabia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Asia-basket - Saudi Arabia Men National Team

Saudi Basketball Federation on Instagram

Videos

#FIBAAsia - Day 1: Saudi Arabia v Philippines (highlights) Youtube.com video

Basketball teams established in 1964

1964 establishments in Saudi Arabia