Qatar men's national basketball team

Qatar
FIBA ranking	103 1 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1977
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	QBF
Coach	Thanasis Skourtopoulos
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	None
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances	10
Medals	Bronze: (2003, 2005)
Asian Games
Appearances	7
Medals	Silver: (2006)
Home	Away

The Qatar national basketball team (

Asian Basketball Championship

and belongs to the major contenders among Arab nations.

Competitions

Erfan Saeed

has been a member of Team Qatar for more than a decade.

FIBA Basketball World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1950	Not a FIBA member
1954
1959
1963
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982	Did not enter
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Did not qualify
2006	21st place	5	0	5
2010	Did not qualify
2014
2019
2023
2027	Qualified as host
Total	2/20	5	0	5

FIBA Asia Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
1960	Not a FIBA member
1963
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979	did not enter
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991	16th place	7	1	6
1993	did not enter
1995
1997
1999
2001	5th place	7	4	3
2003	3rd place	8	6	2
2005	3rd place	8	7	1
2007	7th place	8	5	3
2009	6th place	9	4	5
2011	16th place	5	0	5
2013	6th place	8	5	3
2015	7th place	9	4	5
2017	13th place	3	0	3
2022	did not qualify
2025	to be determined
Total	10/31	72	36	36

Asian Games

1978 : 14th
2002 : 9th
2006 :
2010 : 5th
2014 : 6th
2018 : 9th

Arab Nations Championship

1974-1997 : ?
1999 :
2000-2005 : ?
2007 : 5th
2010 : ?
2011 :
2015-2022 : ?

Pan Arab Games

1953-2004 : ?
2007
:
2011
:

Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Due to the Amos Alexandre riots of 2020 and a snowstorm, the FIBA Executive Committee decided that for the 2020 November window games will be held at Germany under a bubble format.^[4]

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

Opposition: Syria (28 November)
Opposition: Saudi Arabia (30 November)^[5]

Qatar national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	0	Moustafa Fouda	23 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Al Sadd
G	4	Abdulrahman Saad	24 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Al-Gharafa SC
PF	5	Seydou Ndoye	21 – (1999-05-10)10 May 1999	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al Ahli SC
F	6	Nedim Muslic	22 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al-Gharafa SC
G	7	Faisal Abuissa	21 – (1999-01-25)25 January 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Sadd
PF	11	Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem	24 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Rayyan
C	12	Meho Haracic	22 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	Al-Rayyan
C	18	Mohammed Yousuf	38 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Qatar SC
SG	20	Ahmad Yousif Al-Darwish	30 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al-Wakrah SC
G	23	Babacar Dieng	23 – (1997-09-17)17 September 1997	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al Sadd
PF	33	Erfan Ali Saeed	36 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Wakrah SC
F	44	Faris Avdic	23 – (1997-01-27)27 January 1997	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Shamal SC

Head coach

Miodrag Perišić

Assistant coach(es)

Hashim Zaidan

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 28 November 2020

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Saudi Arabia (20 February)
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Opposition: Iran (23 February)
Venue: Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran^[5]

Qatar national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	0	Moustafa Fouda	22 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Al Sadd
SG	1	Mohamed Hasaan A Mohamed	28 – (1991-08-03)3 August 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al-Rayyan
PG	3	Mohamed Abdelaziz	24 – (1995-11-23)23 November 1995	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al-Rayyan
G	4	Abdulrahman Saad	23 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Al-Gharafa SC
G	7	Faisal Abuissa	21 – (1999-01-25)25 January 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Sadd
PF	11	Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem	23 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Rayyan
C	12	Meho Haracic	21 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	Al-Rayyan
C	18	Mohammed Yousuf	37 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Qatar SC
G	23	Babacar Dieng	22 – (1997-09-17)17 September 1997	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al Sadd
G	25	Khaled Mohamed Abdelbaset	22 – (1997-06-10)10 June 1997	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al-Arabi SC
C	33	Emir Mujkic	22 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Al-Wakrah SC
F	44	Faris Avdic	23 – (1997-01-27)27 January 1997	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Shamal SC

Head coach

Miodrag Perišić

Assistant coach(es)

Hashim Zaidan

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 20 February 2020

2017 FIBA Asia Cup

Roster for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.^[6]

Qatar men's national basketball team – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Abdulrahman Saad	21 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Al Gharafa Doha
G/F	5	Ahmad Al-Darwish	27 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Wakrah
PG	6	Mansour El Hadary	27 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	El Jaish
G/F	9	Hassan Mohamed	26 – (1991-08-03)3 August 1991	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
G	10	Abdulrahman Al-Muftah	22 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al-Ahli
PF	11	Erfan Ali	33 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	El Jaish
PF	12	Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem	21 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
F/C	13	Mohammed Yousuf	34 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	El Jaish
C	15	Omer Abdelqader	33 – (1983-10-01)1 October 1983	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al Gharafa Doha
PG	16	Mohamed Abdelaziz	21 – (1995-11-23)23 November 1995	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
C	42	Nasser Al-Rayes	22 – (1994-09-06)6 September 1994	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Caltech Beavers

Head coach

Kousay Hatem Khalaf

Assistant coach(es)

Yaser Abdelrehim Abdelwahab Mohamed

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 8 August 2017

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge squad:^[7]

Qatar men's national basketball team – 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad	20 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Gharafa Doha
SG	5	Malek Saleem Abdullah	31 – (1985-05-13)13 May 1985	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
G	6	Boney Harold Watson	38 – (1978-03-26)26 March 1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al-Wakrah Sport Club (basketball)
SG	7	Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Muftah	21 – (1994-10-30)30 October 1994	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Qatar SC
F	8	Yassin Mahdi Taha	24 – (1992-01-01)1 January 1992	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Qatar SC
SG	9	Mohamed Hassan A Mohamed	25 – (1991-08-03)3 August 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
F	10	Abduallah Shaher Matalkeh	25 – (1991-03-08)8 March 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
F	11	Erfan Ali	32 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
C	12	Abdelrahman Yehia Abdelhaleem	20 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Doha
C	13	Mohd Yousuf Mohamed	34 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	El Jaish SC (basketball)
C	14	Khalid Abdalla Adam	23 – (1993-02-27)27 February 1993	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al-Shamal Sports Club
G	15	Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdelkawy	20 – (1995-11-23)23 November 1995	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Al Rayyan Doha

Head coach

Vassilis Fragkias

Assistant coach(es)

Georgios Bitzanis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 9 September 2016

2015 FIBA Asia Championship

2015 FIBA Asia Championship squad:

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	Abdelrahman Yehia Abdelhaleem	19 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
PG	5	Trey Johnson	31 – (1984-08-30)30 August 1984	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Marinos de Anzoátegui
SG	6	Saad Abdulrahman Ali	30 – (1985-05-02)2 May 1985	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
G/F	7	Daoud Musa	33 – (1982-02-02)2 February 1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
SF	8	Khalid Suliman	28 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
SG	9	Mohamed Hasaan A Mohamed	24 – (1991-08-03)3 August 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
G	10	Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad	19 – (1996-07-02)2 July 1996	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al Gharafa Doha
PF	11	Erfan Ali	31 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
C	12	Mohamed Saleem Abdulla	29 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
C	13	Mohd Yousuf Mohamed	33 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	El Jaish SC (basketball)
F	14	Abduallah Shaher Matalkeh	24 – (1991-03-08)8 March 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
C	15	Khalid Abdalla Adam	22 – (1993-02-27)27 February 1993	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Al Gharafa Doha

Head coach

Vassilis Fragkias

Assistant coach(es)

Georgios Bitzanis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 19 September 2014

2014 Asian Games

2014 Asian Games squad:

Qatar men's national basketball team – 2014 Asian Games roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Boney Harold Watson	36 – (1978-03-26)26 March 1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
PG	5	Mansour Atif El Hadary	24 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)
SG	6	Mohamed Hasaan A Mohamed	24 – (1991-08-03)3 August 1991	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
G/F	7	Daoud Musa	32 – (1982-02-02)2 February 1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
SF	8	Khalid Suliman	27 – (1987-02-07)7 February 1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
SF	9	Baker Ahmad Mohamed	28 – (1986-08-11)11 August 1986	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	El Jaish SC
PF	10	Yasseen Ismail (C)	34 – (1980-08-12)12 August 1980	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
PF	11	Erfan Ali	30 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Sadd Basketball Team
PF	12	Mohammed Seleem Abdulla	32 – (1982-07-17)17 July 1982	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al Rayyan Basketball Team
C	13	Mohd Yousuf Mohamed	32 – (1982-09-09)9 September 1982	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	El Jaish SC
F	14	Ahmad Yousif Al Darwish	24 – (1990-04-12)12 April 1990	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Al-Wakrah SC (basketball)
PF	15	Omer Abdelqader	30 – (1983-10-01)1 October 1983	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Al-Gharafa Sports Club

Head coach

Vassilis Fragkias

Assistant coach(es)

Georgios Bitzanis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 19 September 2014
Source: incheon2014ag.org^[8]

2013 FIBA Asia Championship

2013 FIBA Asia Championship squad:

Head coach: Thomas Wisman^[9]

#	Pos	Name	Height	Team
4	Guard	Mansour El Hadary	5 ft 9	Al Arabi
5	Forward	Jarvis Hayes	6 ft 7	Elizur Ashkelon
6	Guard	Saad Abdulrahman Ali	6 ft 4	Al Sadd
7	Guard	Daoud Musa	6 ft 4	Al Sadd
8	Forward	Khalid Suliman	6 ft 6	Al Sadd
9	Forward	Ali Turki Ali	6 ft 7	El Jaish
10	Center	Yasseen Ismail	6 ft 8	Al Rayyan
11	Forward	Erfan Ali Saeed	6 ft 6	Al Rayyan
12	Center	Mohammed Saleem Abdulla	6 ft 9	Al Rayyan
13	Center	Mohammed Yousuf	6 ft 8	El Jaish
14	Forward	Malek Saleem	6 ft 4	Al Rayyan
15	Forward	Baker Ahmad Mohammed	6 ft 7	El Jaish

2006 FIBA World Championship

2006 FIBA World Championship squad:

Head coach: Joseph Stiebing

#	Pos	Name	Year Born	Team
4	Guard	Khalid Masoud Al Nasr	1980	Al Arabi
5	Guard	Malek Saleem Abdullah	1985	Al Rayyan
6	Guard	Saad Abdulrahman Ali	1985	Al Sadd
7	Guard	Daoud Musa	1982	Qatar Club
8	Forward	Khalid Suliman	1987	Al Sadd
9	Forward	Ali Turki	1982	Al Jaysh
10	Forward	Baker Ahmad Mohammed	1986	Al Rayyan
11	Forward	Erfan Ali Saeed	1983	Al Rayyan
12	Center	Mohammed Saleem Abdulla	1982	Al Rayyan
13	Forward	Hammam Ismail	1983	Free agent
14	Center	Hashim Zaidan	1980	Al-Ahli
15	Center	Omer Abdelqader	1983	Al Rayyan

Notable players

Other current notable players from Qatar:

Qatar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club	Ctr.
G		Trey Johnson	32 – (1984-08-30)30 August 1984	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Free agent

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age on 15 April 2017

Head coach history

Joseph Stiebing – 2003–2006
Kent Davison – 2006
Joseph Stiebing – 2007
Eric Gardow - 2007-2008
Kosay Hatem – 2011
/ Thomas Wisman – 2012–13
Vassilis Fragkias – 2014^[10]–2017
Kosay Hatem – 2017
Panayiotis Yiannaras – 2018–2020
Miodrag Perišić – 2020–present

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "نبذة تاريخية - الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة". Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ FIBA National Federations – Qatar, FIBA, accessed 16 June 2013.
^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed". FIBA. 25 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Qatar at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.
^ 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster
^ Qatar – FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA. Accessed 13 February 2017.
^ "2014 Asian Games Basketball Men – Qatar Team Roster". The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ants coach quits to take job abroad | The Journal Gazette Archived 21 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Qatar National Team Coach Vassilis Fragkias settled the final Formation of the 17th Asian Games Players". Qatar Basketball Federation. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

External links

Videos

Qatar v Korea - Group F - Game Highlights - 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Youtube.com video

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] "نبذة تاريخية - الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة". Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[3] FIBA National Federations – Qatar, FIBA, accessed 16 June 2013.

[4] "FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers November window host cities confirmed". FIBA. 25 October 2020.

[FIBA2021-5] "Qatar at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball.

[6] 2017 FIBA Asia Cup roster

[7] Qatar – FIBA Asia Challenge 2016, FIBA. Accessed 13 February 2017.

[8] "2014 Asian Games Basketball Men – Qatar Team Roster". The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] Ants coach quits to take job abroad | The Journal Gazette Archived 21 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[10] "Qatar National Team Coach Vassilis Fragkias settled the final Formation of the 17th Asian Games Players". Qatar Basketball Federation. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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Competitions

FIBA Basketball World Cup

FIBA Asia Cup

Asian Games

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Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

2017 FIBA Asia Cup

2016 FIBA Asia Challenge

2015 FIBA Asia Championship

2014 Asian Games

2013 FIBA Asia Championship

2006 FIBA World Championship

Notable players

Head coach history

See also

References

External links

Videos