Saudi Arabia national basketball team
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The Saudi Arabia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is administrated by the Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation. Its last qualification to the FIBA Asia Championship
FIBA Asia Championship
The FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...

 dates back to 2005.

Its biggest success has been the Bronze medal at the 1999 Asian Championship.

Current roster

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Head coach
Assistant coach
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Legend:
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

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Depth Chart

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!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:white"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


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or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...

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! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Ali Al Maghribi || Aiman Al Madani || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Yahia Ibrahim || Fahad Al Qonisi || Nassir Abo Jalas || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Khaled Fallatah || Ahmed Almukhtar || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#C0C0C0" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Ahmed Fallatah || Jaber Kabe || || style="background:#C0C0C0" |
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Performance at Asian championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1989 7 1989 ABC Championship  Beijing, China
1991 9 1991 ABC Championship  Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

, Japan
1993 6 1993 ABC Championship  Jakarta
Jakarta
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, Indonesia
1995 6 1995 ABC Championship  Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, South Korea
1997 4 1997 ABC Championship  Riyadh
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...

, Saudi Arabia
1999 1999 ABC Championship  Fukuoka
Fukuoka
Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

, Japan
2005 8 2005 FIBA Asia Championship  Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, Qatar



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