Kazma Sporting Club (Arabic: ادي كاظمة الرياضي), also known as simply Kazma, is a Kuwaiti professional basketball team based in Kuwait City. It plays in the Kuwaiti Division 1, the national top-flight league. The home arena of Kazma is the Shaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex.[1]

Kazma
Kazma logo
LeagueKuwaiti Division I Basketball League
West Asia Super League
Founded31 August 1964
ArenaShaikh Saad Alabdullah Sport Hall Complex
LocationKuwait City, Kuwait

Founded in 1964, the club has been the runner-up in the Arab Club Basketball Championship in 1990 and finished in the third place of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup twice (1990 and 1991). Kazma was also one of the eighteen teams for the inaugural West Asia Super League in 2022–23.[2]

Honour

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Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League (10)

  • Champion: 1968, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2012

Kuwaiti Basketball Association Cup (3)

  • Winner: 1969, 1988, 2016
    • Second: 2011, 2013, 2024
    • Bronze: 2010, 2012

Kuwaiti Basketball Super Cup (0)

  • Second: 2022

Arab Club Basketball Championship

  •   Silver (1): 1990

ABC Championship / Asian Basketball Championship

Players

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Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Kazma SC roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 3   Mohsen, Abdulaziz 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-03-21)21 March 1991
PG 5   Albaloushi, Ahmad 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-04-05)5 April 1990
PF 9   Fadhel, Abdulaziz 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1988-03-26)26 March 1988
F 12   Alhamidi, Abdulaziz 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1987-09-16)16 September 1987
PF 15   Aljuma'h, Abdulrahman 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1987-09-08)8 September 1987
C 21   Marzouq, Mohammad 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1992-05-25)25 May 1992
F 34   Borhamah, Yousiff 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994
PG 77   Alfares, Hamad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (1999-08-24)24 August 1999
C 92   Almezeiel, Bassel 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1999-06-02)2 June 1999
  Alali, Hamad 24 – (2000-11-07)7 November 2000
  Albader, Abdullah 29 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995
G   Albaghdadi, Abdulaziz 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-03-18)18 March 1998
G   Albuloushi, Yousef 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2004-11-15)15 November 2004
SG   Alomani, Khalifah 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2004-06-27)27 June 2004
  Khader, Abdallah 23 – (2001-05-09)9 May 2001
C   Matar, Matar 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2004-01-13)13 January 2004
Head coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: 16 November 2023

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the FIBA WASL Gulf teams: Kazma". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ "West Asia Super League (WASL) draw date confirmed". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 October 2022.