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.FIBA National Federations – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fiba.com, accessed 23 February 2011. ()
Its biggest success has been the Bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Championship.1999 Asian Championship for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM, FIBA.com, Retrieved 30 September 2015. The team last qualified for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup as host.
Competition records Summer Olympics
YearPosition 1936 Not a IOC member 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 Did not enter 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 Did not qualify 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 To be determinedTotal 0/22 0 0 0
FIBA Basketball World Cup
YearPosition 1950 Not a FIBA member 1954 1959 1963 1967 Did not enter 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Did not qualify 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 2023 2027 To be determined 2031Total 0/21 0 0 0
FIBA Asia Cup
YearPosition 1960Not a FIBA member 1963 1965did not enter 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 7th place 734 1991 9th place 862 1993 6th place 743 1995 6th place 844 1997 4th place 743 1999 3rd place 853 2001 Withdrew 2003 2005 8th place 826 2007 Withdrew 2009did not enter 2011did not qualify 2013 13th place413 2015 did not qualify 2017 202214th place303 202510th place4222029To be determinedTotal10/31643133
Asian Games
YearRankPldWL 1951Did not enter 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 197812th place 9 2 7 1982Did not enter 1986 19909th place 3 1 2 19947th place 5 1 4 1998Did not enter 2002 2006 2010Did not enter 201413th place 3 2 1 2018Did not enter 20226th place 7 4 3 2026 8th place 4 1 3 Total 6/20 31 11 20
Islamic Solidarity Games
2005 – 6th 2013 – 5th Beginning with the 2017 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
Arab Basketball Championship
1978 – 1997 – 2007 – 2008 – 5th 2009 – 7th 2015 – 4th 2017 – 4th 2018 –
Pan Arab Games
1997 – 2007 – 8th 2011 – 11th Beginning with the 2023 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
Team Current roster Roster for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
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.Saudi Arabia National Team.., Asia-Basket.com, retrieved 2 June 2020.
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 السعودية تقلب الطاولة على فلسطين وتحقق انتصارًا ثمينًا alayam.com, 13 September 2018. Accessed 29 May 2020. Johan Roijakkers – 2022–2023 Ricard Casas – 2025–
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 FIBA profile Saudi Arabia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive Asia-basket – Saudi Arabia Men National Team
Videos #FIBAAsia – Day 1: Saudi Arabia v Philippines (highlights) Youtube.com video