Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1957 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | Kuwait |
Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
Most recent champion(s) | Kuwait SC (14th title) (2022–23) |
Most titles | Kuwait SC (14 titles) |
Feeder to | Basketball Champions League Asia FIBA West Asia Super League Arab Club Basketball Championship |
Official website | www |
The Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Kuwait. The most decorated team in the league is Kuwait SC, who have won fourteen national titles. [1]
The following teams have won the Division 1 championship: [2]
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Finals score | Third place | Ref. |
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2011–12 | Kazma | Kuwait SC | 2–1 | – | |
2012–13 | Kuwait SC (8) | Qadsia | League standings | Kazma | |
2013–14 | Kuwait SC (9) | Qadsia | 3–0 | – | |
2014–15 | Kuwait SC (10) | Qadsia | 2–1 | – | |
2015–16 | Qadsia (1) | Kuwait SC | Round-robin | Kazma | |
2019–20 | Kuwait SC (11) | Qadsia | Kazma | ||
2020–21 | Kuwait SC (12) | Kazma | 83–61 | Qadsia | |
2021–22 | Kuwait SC (13) | Kazma | 3–0 | Al-Jahra | |
2022–23 | Kuwait SC (14) | Kazma | 104–85 | Qadsia | [3] |
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