# Kuwait men's national basketball team

The Kuwait national basketball team represents Kuwait in international basketball and is controlled by the Kuwait Basketball Association (Arabic: جمعية الكويتي لكرة السلة); 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

| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1969 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1971 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1975 | 12th place | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1979 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1981 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1983 | 4th place | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1987 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1989 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | 12th place | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 1993 | 10th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 1995 | 11th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did 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 |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | 14th place | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 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

## Roster

2015 FIBA Asia Championship squad.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
| C | Abdullah Alshammari | Mohammad Marzouq |
| PF | Abdullah AlSaeid | Nasser Al Zafiri |
| SF | Jum'a Abdel Rahman | Abdulaziz Al-Hamidi |
| SG | Mashari Abu Dhom | Yousiff Borhamah |
| PG | Hamad Hasan | Mashari Alshammari |

## Past rosters

2014 Asian Games squad.

## Head Coach

* Mohammad Dhari (2013)
* Mensur Bajramović (2014)
* Khaled Yousef (2015)
* Flagicon Edi Dželalija (2017/2019)
* Adel Tlatli (2019–)

## Kit
### Sponsor

2015: Kuwait Airways