Kuwait men's national wheelchair basketball team

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Wheelchair Basketball Asia Oceania Championship 2013

The Kuwait Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Kuwait in international competitions for men as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. They are part of the Kuwait Disabled Sport Club. [1]

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Current roster

The team's current roster for the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is:

Head coach:

#Name Class.
4 Almutairi 1.5
5 Mohammad 3.5
6 Algharib 3.0
7 Alfailakawi 3.0
8-
9 Alfadhli 1.5
10 Nasir 4.0
11 Jamal 4.5
12 Abdullah 4.0
13 Aldousari 1.0
14 Aladwani 1.5
15 Ajeel 1.0

Competitions

The Kuwait team has not competed at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship or at the Summer Paralympics.

Other

YearPositionWL
Flag of Kuwait.svg 2013 [2]

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References

  1. "KUNA : Kuwait hosts W. Asia wheelchair basketball union meeting Saturday - Sports - 15/11/2013".
  2. "Kuwait rout Bahrain in wheelchair basketball tourney". Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2015.