The Kuwait national basketball team represents Kuwait in international basketball and is controlled by the Kuwait Basketball Association (); the governing body for basketball in the country.
The team has qualified for more major international basketball tournaments than any other nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
Performance
Summer Olympics yet to qualify
World championships yet to qualify
FIBA Asia Cup
YearPosition 1960Did not enter 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 12th place 9 2 7 1977Did not enter 1979 1981 1983 4th place 6 2 4 1985Did not enter 1987 1989 1991 12th place 8 3 5 1993 10th place 7 4 3 1995 11th place 8 4 4 1997Did not enter 1999 6th place 7 3 4 2001 12th place 5 1 4 2003 12th place 7 3 4 2005 13th place 7 3 4 2007 14th place 7 1 6 2009 11th place 8 2 6 2011Did not enter 2013 2015 14th place 5 1 4 2017Did not enter 2022 2025Did not qualify2029To be determinedTotal 12/31 84 29 55
Asian Games
1951-70 : Did not qualify 1974 : 10th 1978 : 10th 1982 : 6th 1986 : 7th 1990-98 : Did not qualify 2002 : 10th 2006 : 17th 2010 : 13th 2014 : 9th 2018 : To be determined
Pan Arab Games
1953 : ? 1957 : ? 1961 : ? 1965 : ? 1976 : ? 1985 : ? 1992 : ? 1997 : ? 1999 : ? 2004 : ? 2007 : 5th 2011 : 6th
Islamic Solidarity Games
2005 : 12th 2013 : 4th 2017 : To be determined
Gulf Cup Champions: 1981, 1983, 1986
Roster 2015 FIBA Asia Championship squad.2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Kuwait, FIBA, accessed 16 February 2016.
Depth chart
Past rosters 2014 Asian Games squad.
Head coach Mohammad Dhari (2013) Mensur Bajramović (2014) Curro Segura (2014) Khaled Yousef (2015) Edi Dželalija (2018–2019) Adel Tlatli (2019–)
Kit
Sponsor 2015: Kuwait Airways
See also Kuwait national under-19 basketball team Kuwait national under-17 basketball team Kuwait women's national basketball team
References
External links Official website FIBA profile Asia-basket.com Kuwait Basketball Records at FIBA Archive