Saudi Arabia men's national basketball team



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. (اتحاد المملكة العربية السعودية لكرة السلة)

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.

Asian Games

 * 1951–74: Did not enter
 * 1978: 12th
 * 1982–86: Did not enter
 * 1990: 9th
 * 1994: 7th
 * 1998–2010: Did not enter
 * 2014: 13th
 * 2018: Did not enter
 * 2022: 6th
 * 2026: To be determined
 * 2030: To be determined
 * 2034: Qualified as host

Islamic Solidarity Games
Beginning with the 2017 event, regular basketball was replaced by 3x3 basketball.
 * 2005: 6th
 * 2013: 5th

Arab Basketball Championship

 * 1974–1975: ?
 * 1978:
 * 1981–1994: ?
 * 1997:
 * 1999–2005: ?
 * 2007:
 * 2008: 5th
 * 2009: 7th
 * 2010–2011 : ?
 * 2015: 4th
 * 2017: 4th
 * 2018:
 * 2022: Did not enter

Pan Arab Games

 * 1953–1992: ?
 * 1997:
 * 1999–2004: ?
 * 2007: 8th
 * 2011: 11th
 * 2023: To be determined

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at a single venue under a bubble format.

Venue: Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall, Doha

Opposition: Iran (28 November) Opposition: Qatar (30 November)

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.

2018 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-qualifiers Squad:

2017 Arab Nations Basketball Championship Squad:

2012 Squad:

2014 Asian Games Squad:

Head coach position

 * Lofti Chikhaoui – 2011
 * Nenad Krdzic – 2013
 * Abdulrahim Akhtar – 2014
 * 🇧🇦 Mensur Bajramovic – 2017
 * Ali Alsanhani – 2018
 * Johan Roijakkers – 2022

Videos

 * #FIBAAsia - Day 1: Saudi Arabia v Philippines (highlights) Youtube.com video