Saudi Arabia national basketball team

Saudi Arabia المملكة العربية السعودية
FIBA ranking	T-69 3
Joined FIBA	1964
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation
Coach	Lofti Chikhaoui
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Asian Championships
Appearances	8
Medals	Bronze: 1999
Uniforms
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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.^[1] (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية لكرة السلة الاتحاد‎)

Its biggest success has been the Bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Championship. 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 5.0 !C 4 Al-Marwani, Mohammed 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-07-24)July 24, 1989 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Al-Ittihad KSA ! 4.0 !PF 5 Fallatah, Mohammed Ismail 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-05-23)May 23, 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Al Wehda Mecca KSA ! 1.0 !PG 6 Almuwallad, Marzouq 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-08-06)August 6, 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Al Ansar Medina KSA ! 1.0 !PG 7 Kabe, Jaber Nasser 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1985-09-03)September 3, 1985 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Al-Ittihad KSA ! 3.0 !SF 8 Almuhanna, Turki Hassan 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-03-11)March 11, 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Al Hilal Riyadh KSA ! 4.0 !PF 9 Alhwsawi, Mustafa (C) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-05-04)May 4, 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Al Ansar Medina KSA ! 5.0 !C 10 Shuri, Rashad 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1983-02-18)February 18, 1983 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Al Wehda Mecca KSA ! 1.0 !PG 11 Alsager, Mohammed Fahad 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1985-10-19)October 19, 1985 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Al Fateh Al Hasa KSA ! 5.0 !C 12 Walibi, Khalid Mohammed 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1993-10-05)October 5, 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Al Hilal Riyadh KSA ! 3.0 !SF 13 Altaher, Abdullah Fahad 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1991-11-29)November 29, 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Al Fateh Al Hasa KSA ! 2.0 !SG 14 Almuwallad, Ayman 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1988-04-01)April 1, 1988 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Al Ansar Medina 1.0 !PG 15 Belal, Fahad 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1991-04-30)April 30, 1991 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Ohud Medina KSA !	Head coach Abdulrahim Lal Akhtar Assistant coach(es) Yousef Mohammed Alosaimi Abdullah Adel Alameen Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on September 19, 2014

2012 Squad

Saudi Arabia National Basketball Team roster Players Coaches Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club 5.0 !C 4 Al-Marwani, Mohammed 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Al Ittihad KSA ! 1.0 !PG 5 Al-Muwallad, Marzouq 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1992-08-06)6 August 1992 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 1.0 !PG 6 Al-Sager, Mohammed 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Al Fateh KSA ! 2.0 !SG 7 Kabe, Jaber 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1985-09-03)3 September 1985 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Al Ittihad KSA ! 4.5 !F/C 8 Samater, Ahmed 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Al Hilal KSA ! 3.5 !F 9 Al-Hawify, Mohammad 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1977-12-26)26 December 1977 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Al Ahli KSA ! 1.5 !G 10 Al-Dawsari, Faisal 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1990-08-19)19 August 1990 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Al Hilal KSA ! 5.0 !C 11 Al-Fotawi, Hashem 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1978-09-07)7 September 1978 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Al Ansar KSA ! 3.5 !F 12 Gassas, Fawaz 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1977-10-01)1 October 1977 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Al Ahli KSA ! 4.5 !F/C 13 Al-Hosawi, Ahmed 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1984-06-23)23 June 1984 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Al Ansar KSA ! 1.5 !G 14 Belal, Fahad 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Ohud Medina KSA ! 3.5 !F 15 Al-Mutairi, Mohammed 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Al Arabi KSA ! Head coach Lofti Chikhaoui Assistant coach Ghassan Al-Yenbawi Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Depth chart Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive C Ahmed Al-Hosawi Mohammed Al-Marwani PF Ahmed Samater Hashem Al-Fotawi SF Fahad Belal Fawaz Gassas Mohammad Al-Hawify SG Jaber Kabe Mohammed Al-Mutairi PG Mohammed Al-Sager Marzouq Al-Muwallad Faisal Al-Dawsari 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 03 ! 1999 ABC Championship Fukuoka, Japan 2005 8 2005 FIBA Asia Championship Doha, Qatar 2013 13 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Manila, Philippines Performance at Pan Arab Games 1953 : ? 1957 : ? 1961 : ? 1965 : ? 1976 : ? 1985 : ? 1992 : ? 1997 : 01 ! 1999 : ? 2004 : ? 2007 : 8th 2011 : 11th External links Saudi Arabia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive Asia-basket - Saudi Arabia Men National Team References ↑ FIBA National Federations – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fiba.com, accessed 23 February 2011. International men's basketball FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings Africa FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16 Americas FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16 Asia FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16 Europe FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Oceania FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16 Other tournaments Acropolis Tournament Adecco Cup Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball FIBA Asia Cup FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games TBF International Under-16 Tournament William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey) Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held. National basketball teams of Asia (FIBA Asia) Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen