14 Players Named in Basketball Squad Ahead of Asia Cup Qualifiers

The Kuwait Basketball Federation announced the roster for the national senior team in preparation for the second window of the preliminary qualifiers for the 2029 FIBA Asia Cup, which will take place from the 24th to the 30th of this month at the Nihad Nofal Hall in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. The Blue Team will play three matches during this window in Lebanon: they will face Kazakhstan on the 27th to open the fixtures, play Palestine the following day, and then take on Sri Lanka on the 30th.

In the first window, the Blue Team played four matches, defeating Oman in the opener, losing to the United Arab Emirates in the second round, regaining victory against Nepal in the third round, and then suffering a loss to Bahrain in the fourth round.

Greek national team coach Vassilis Bratsiakos, along with his assistants Khaled Al-Qallaf and Yahya Al-Bahr, selected a 14-player squad to represent the Blue Team in the upcoming qualifiers. The players are Ahmed Al-Balushi, Turki Hamoud, Ahmed Al-Fudairi, Imran Jawhar, Adam Asad, Mohammed Adnan, Sahw Al-Sahw, Adel Al-Saeed, Faisal Al-Husseini, Abdulaziz Al-Qattan, Abdul Latif Faraj, Ali Al-Hadhoud, Abdulaziz Al-Humaidi, and Abdulmohsen Murtada Al-Mousawi.

The Blue Team is preparing to depart for the Bahraini capital, Manama, which will host their training camp starting on the 13th of this month. During the camp, the national team will play two friendly matches against Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates before heading to Beirut to compete in the qualifiers.