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Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| country | Saudi Arabia | |
| nickname | Falcons | |
| fiba_zone | FIBA Asia | |
| national_fed | Saudi Basketball Federation | |
| coach | Ricard Casas | |
| joined_fiba | 1964 | |
| logo | Saudi Basketball Federation NEW.jpeg | |
| logo_width | 170px | |
| fiba_ranking | ||
| zone_championship | FIBA Asia Cup | |
| zone_appearances | 10 | |
| zone_medals | [[File:Bronze medal asia.svg | 16px]] Bronze: (1999) |
| a_body | 006400 | |
| a_pattern_b | _basketballwhiteborder | |
| a_shorts | 006400 | |
| a_pattern_s | _white stripes | |
| h_body | 006400 | |
| h_pattern_b | _basketballblankborder | |
| h_shorts | 006400 | |
| h_pattern_s | _sides_on_white |
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 2025 FIBA Asia Cup as host.
Competition records
Summer Olympics
Main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 0/22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Germany 1936 | Not a IOC member | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 1948 | |||||||||||||
| FIN 1952 | |||||||||||||
| AUS 1956 | |||||||||||||
| ITA 1960 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1964 | |||||||||||||
| MEX 1968 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| West Germany 1972 | |||||||||||||
| CAN 1976 | |||||||||||||
| Soviet Union 1980 | |||||||||||||
| USA 1984 | |||||||||||||
| KOR 1988 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| USA 1996 | |||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 | |||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2008 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 2012 | |||||||||||||
| BRA 2016 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 | |||||||||||||
| FRA 2024 | |||||||||||||
| USA 2028 | To be determined |
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Main article: FIBA Basketball World Cup
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG 1950 | Not a FIBA member | ||||||||||||
| BRA 1954 | |||||||||||||
| CHI 1959 | |||||||||||||
| BRA 1963 | |||||||||||||
| URU 1967 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| YUG 1970 | |||||||||||||
| PUR 1974 | |||||||||||||
| PHI 1978 | |||||||||||||
| COL 1982 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 1986 | |||||||||||||
| ARG 1990 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| CAN 1994 | |||||||||||||
| GRE 1998 | |||||||||||||
| USA 2002 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 2006 | |||||||||||||
| TUR 2010 | |||||||||||||
| ESP 2014 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2019 | |||||||||||||
| PHI JPN INA 2023 | |||||||||||||
| QAT 2027 | To be determined |
FIBA Asia Cup
Main article: FIBA Asia Cup
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Total | 10/31 | 64 | 31 | 33 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI 1960 | Not a FIBA member | ||||||||||||
| ROC 1963 | |||||||||||||
| MAS 1965 | did not enter | ||||||||||||
| KOR 1967 | |||||||||||||
| THA 1969 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1971 | |||||||||||||
| PHI 1973 | |||||||||||||
| THA 1975 | |||||||||||||
| MAS 1977 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1979 | |||||||||||||
| IND 1981 | |||||||||||||
| HKG 1983 | |||||||||||||
| MAS 1985 | |||||||||||||
| THA 1987 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 1989 | 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| JPN 1991 | 9th place | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| INA 1993 | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| KOR 1995 | 6th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| KSA 1997 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| JPN 1999 | 3rd place | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| CHN 2001 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2003 | |||||||||||||
| QAT 2005 | 8th place | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| JPN 2007 | Withdrew | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2009 | did not enter | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2011 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| PHI 2013 | 13th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| CHN 2015 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| LIB 2017 | |||||||||||||
| INA 2022 | 14th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| KSA 2025 | 10th place | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Asian Games
| Year | Rank | Pld | W | L | Total | 5/18 | 27 | 10 | 17 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND 1951 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||
| PHI 1954 | |||||||||||||
| JPN 1958 | |||||||||||||
| INA 1962 | |||||||||||||
| THA 1966 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| THA 1970 | |||||||||||||
| IRI 1974 | |||||||||||||
| THA 1978 | 12th place | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| IND 1982 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| KOR 1986 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 1990 | 9th place | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| JPN 1994 | 7th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| THA 1998 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| KOR 2002 | |||||||||||||
| QAT 2006 | |||||||||||||
| CHN 2010 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| KOR 2014 | 13th place | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| INA 2018 | did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| CHN 2022 | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
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.
- ESP Ricard Casas
- ESP Jordi Guardia
- LIB Krikor Krikorian
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 5 August 2025
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
- KSA Ali Alsanhani
- KSA Khaldoun Almowallad
- KSA Yahya Almutawa
- (C) Team captain
- (NP) Naturalized player
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 20 February 2020 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:{{FIBA roster header|nat=n | team = Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team – 2017 Arab Nations Championship
- KSA Ali Alsanhani
- KSA Khaldoun Almowallad
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 1 January 2017
2017 Arab Nations Basketball Championship Squad:
- BIH Mensur Bajramovic
- KSA Yousef Alosaimi
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 1 January 2017
2012 Squad:
- Lofti Chikhaoui
- Ghassan Al-Yenbawi
- (C) Team captain
- Club field describes current pro club 2014 Asian Games Squad:
- KSA Abdulrahim Lal Akhtar
- KSA Yousef Mohammed Alosaimi
- KSA Abdullah Adel Alameen
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 19 September 2014
- Source: incheon2014ag.org
Head coach position
- KSA Lofti Chikhaoui – 2011
- SER Nenad Krdzic – 2013
- KSA Abdulrahim Akhtar – 2014
- BIH Mensur Bajramovic – 2017
- KSA Ali Alsanhani – 2018
- NED Johan Roijakkers – 2022–2023
- ESP Ricard Casas – 2025–
References
References
- (April 2025)
- [https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid//sid/2459/tid/0/_/1999_FIBA_Asia_Championship/index.html 1999 Asian Championship for Men. ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM]{{dead link. (April 2025)
- "Team roster: Saudi Arabia".
- "Saudi Arabia at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers".
- [https://www.asia-basket.com/Saudi-Arabia/basketball-National-Team.aspx Saudi Arabia National Team..], Asia-Basket.com, retrieved 2 June 2020.
- (March 2025). "2014 Asian Games Basketball Men – Saudi Arabia Team Roster". The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee.
- [https://www.alayam.com/alayam/sports/751827/News.html السعودية تقلب الطاولة على فلسطين وتحقق انتصارًا ثمينًا] alayam.com, 13 September 2018. Accessed 29 May 2020. {{in lang. ar
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