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Nickname | The Brigadiers (العميد) |
Leagues | Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League |
Founded | 20 October 1960 |
Location | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Team colors | Red, Blue, White, Black |
Chairman | Khalid Al Ghanim |
Head coach | Peter Schomers |
Kuwait Sporting Club, shortly known as Kuwait SC or Kuwait Club, is a Kuwaiti professional basketball club. The club competes in the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League, which it has won fourteen times. [1] Kuwait SC has won the Arab Club Basketball Championship once, in 2022 and is the first team from Kuwait to win an Arab title. [2] The club has traditionally provided Kuwait's national basketball team with key players.
Kuwait Club were the runners-up in the 2022–23 West Asia Super League, and have won the Gulf League subdivision title two times (2023 and 2024). [3] [4]
Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup
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