The Qatar Basketball Federation ( ar, الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة) is the

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

. The federation was founded in 1964 and joined

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in 1977 and

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in 1979. It represents basketball with public authorities as well as with national and international sports organizations and as such with Qatar in international competitions. It also defends the moral and material interests of Basketball in Qatar. It is affiliated with

and

. The federation also organizes the

Qatar national basketball team The Qatar national basketball team represents Qatar in international basketball competitions. It is administrated by the Qatar Basketball Federation. ( ar, الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة) The team won two bronze medals at the As ...

and the

Qatar women's national basketball team The Qatar women's national basketball team represents Qatar in international competitions. It is administrated by the Qatar Basketball Federation. ( ar, الاتحاد القطري لكرة السلة)Qatari Basketball League The Qatari Basketball League () is the top-tier men's basketball league operating in Qatar. The winning team obtains the participation right to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. The first official season took place in 1981/82. There is a second divis ...

References

Official website of Qatar Basketball Federation
1964 establishments in Qatar Basketball in Qatar Basketball governing bodies in Asia Sports organizations established in 1964 {{sport-org-stub