The Qatar national basketball team represents Qatar in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Qatar Basketball Federation. ()FIBA National Federations – Qatar, FIBA, accessed 16 June 2013. The team won two bronze medals at the Asian Basketball Championship and belongs to the major contenders among Arab nations. Qatar will host the 2027 World Cup.
Competitions
FIBA Basketball World Cup
YearPosition 1950 Not a FIBA member 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 Did not enter 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 Did not qualify 2006 21st place 5 0 5 2010 Did not qualify 2014 2019 2023 2027 Qualified as host 2031 To be determinedTotal 2/21 5 0 5
FIBA Asia Cup
YearPosition 1960Not a FIBA member 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979did not enter 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 16th place 7 1 6 1993did not enter 1995 1997 1999 2001 5th place 7 4 3 2003 3rd place 8 6 2 2005 3rd place 8 7 1 2007 7th place 8 5 3 2009 6th place 9 4 5 2011 16th place 5 0 5 2013 6th place 8 5 3 2015 7th place 9 4 5 2017 13th place 3 0 3 2022did not qualify 202513th place3032029To be determinedTotal 11/31 75 36 39
Asian Games
1978 – 14th 2002 – 9th 2006 – 2010 – 5th 2014 – 6th 2018 – 9th 2022 – 11th 2026 – 10th
Arab Nations Championship
1974–1997 – ? 1999 – 2000–2005 – ? 2007 – 5th 2010 – ? 2011 – 2015–2023 – ?
Pan Arab Games
1953–2004 – ? 2007 – 2011 –
Team Current roster Roster for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
Past rosters 2017 FIBA Asia Cup Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
2015 FIBA Asia Championship 2015 FIBA Asia Championship squad:
2014 Asian Games 2014 Asian Games squad:
2013 FIBA Asia Championship 2013 FIBA Asia Championship squad:
Head coach: Thomas WismanAnts coach quits to take job abroad | The Journal Gazette
#PosNameHeightTeam 4 Guard Mansour El Hadary 5 ft 9 Al Arabi 5 Forward Jarvis Hayes 6 ft 7 Elizur Ashkelon 6 Guard Saad Abdulrahman Ali 6 ft 4 Al Sadd 7 Guard Daoud Musa 6 ft 4 Al Sadd 8 Forward Khalid Suliman 6 ft 6 Al Sadd 9 Forward Ali Turki Ali 6 ft 7 El Jaish 10 Center Yasseen Ismail 6 ft 8 Al Rayyan 11 Forward Erfan Ali Saeed 6 ft 6 Al Rayyan 12 Center Mohammed Saleem Abdulla 6 ft 9 Al Rayyan 13 Center Mohammed Yousuf 6 ft 8 El Jaish 14 Forward Malek Saleem 6 ft 4 Al Rayyan 15 Forward Baker Ahmad Mohammed 6 ft 7 El Jaish
2006 FIBA World Championship 2006 FIBA World Championship squad:
Head coach: Joseph Stiebing
#PosNameYear BornTeam 4 Guard Khalid Masoud Al Nasr 1980 Al Arabi 5 Guard Malek Saleem Abdullah 1985 Al Rayyan 6 Guard Saad Abdulrahman Ali 1985 Al Sadd 7 Guard Daoud Musa 1982 Qatar Club 8 Forward Khalid Suliman 1987 Al Sadd 9 Forward Ali Turki 1982 Al Jaysh 10 Forward Baker Ahmad Mohammed 1986 Al Rayyan 11 Forward Erfan Ali Saeed 1983 Al Rayyan 12 Center Mohammed Saleem Abdulla 1982 Al Rayyan 13 Forward Hammam Ismail 1983 Free agent 14 Center Hashim Zaidan 1980 Al-Ahli 15 Center Omer Abdelqader 1983 Al Rayyan
Notable players Other current notable players from Qatar:
Head coach history Joseph Stiebing – 2003–2006 Kent Davison – 2006 Joey Stiebing 2006–2007 Eric Gardow – 2007–2008 Kosay Hatem – 2011 / Thomas Wisman – 2012–2013 Vassilis Fragkias – 2014–2017 Kosay Hatem – 2017 Panayiotis Yiannaras – 2018–2020 Miodrag Perišić – 2020–2023 Thanasis Skourtopoulos – 2023–2024 Hakan Demir – 2024–
See also Qatar women's national basketball team Qatar men's national under-19 basketball team Qatar men's national under-16 basketball team Qatar men's national 3x3 team
References
External links
FIBA profile Qatar Basketball Records at FIBA Archive Asia-basket Presentation on Facebook
Videos Qatar v Korea – Group F – Game Highlights – 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Youtube.com video