Singapore men's national basketball team
| FIBA ranking | 128  3 (15 August 2024)[1] | |||
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| Joined FIBA | 1963 | |||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Asia | |||
| National federation | Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) | |||
| Coach | Hsu Tung Ching | |||
| Olympic Games | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (1956) | |||
| Medals | None | |||
| FIBA World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | None | |||
| FIBA Asia Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 17 | |||
| Medals | None | |||
| SEABA Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 7 | |||
| Medals |  Bronze: 2001, 2013, 2015 | |||
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Medal record | ||||
The Singapore men's national basketball team is the national team for Singapore in basketball. It is managed by the Basketball Association of Singapore, formerly the Singapore Amateur Basketball Association (SABA).[2]
At the Asian Basketball Championship, the country had its greatest success between 1971 and 1993 when it qualified for 12 straight events. Since 2001, the team has been one of the contenders at the Southeast Asian Basketball Championship. There, the team has won two bronze medals to date.
In 1956, the team qualified for the Summer Olympics where it finished ahead of Asian rivals South Korea and Thailand.
History
[edit]On 5 June 2009, a "quiet revolution" took place in Singapore national men's basketball team. The team previously representing Singapore was replaced by young talents of the likes of Wei Jian Hong, Steven Khoo, Desmond Oh and Wei Long Wong, with only two senior players from the old squad retained: Pathman Matialakan and Michael Wong.[3] Most of the national team players now play for the Singapore Slingers, the island's only professional basketball club.
2011 Southeast Asian Games
[edit]The Singapore Men's National team left for the 2011 SEA Games having had the best preparation for a major tournament in the past 5 years.[4] On 30 September to 1 October 2011, represented by most of the national team players, the Singapore Slingers was invited for the inaugural Cable Beach Invitational at Broome, Australia, where they played the Perth Wildcats and the Indonesia national basketball team.[5] On 5 October 2011, the National team proceeded to play the Perth Redbacks of the Australian SBL.[6] From 25 to 31 October 2011, the team competed in the 4th China-Asean Invitational Tournament, of which they finished 3rd overall in the competition.[7]
After disappointing close losses to Malaysia and Indonesia,[8] the team finished 5th at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[9][10]
Performances
[edit]Summer Olympics
[edit]| Summer Olympic Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Tournament | Position | PLD | W | L | |||
 Melbourne 1956 |
1956 Summer Olympics | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||
FIBA Asia Cup
[edit]| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1960 |
Part of Malaya | |||
 1963 |
7th place | 10 | 3 | 7 |
 1965 |
9th place | 7 | 1 | 6 |
 1967 |
10th place | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 1969 |
did not enter | |||
 1971 |
8th place | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 1973 |
10th place | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 1975 |
7th place | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 1977 |
11th place | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 1979 |
10th place | 8 | 3 | 5 |
 1981 |
11th place | 7 | 2 | 5 |
 1983 |
14th place | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 1985 |
12th place | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 1987 |
11th place | 7 | 2 | 5 |
 1989 |
11th place | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 1991 |
10th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
 1993 |
16th place | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1995 |
did not enter | |||
 1997
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| 1999 |
did not qualify | |||
| 2001 |
14th place | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 |
did not enter | |||
 2005 |
did not qualify | |||
| 2007
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| 2009
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| 2011
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| 2013
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| 2015 |
15th place | 5 | 1 | 4 |
 2017 |
did not qualify | |||
| 2022
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| 2025
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| Total | 17/31 | 127 | 36 | 91 |
Southeast Asian Championship
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SEA Games
[edit]- 1977: 4th
- 1979:
- 1981: 4th
- 1983: 4th
- 1989: 4th
- 1991: 4th
- 1995: 5th
- 2001: 5th
- 2003: 4th
- 2011: 5th
- 2013:
- 2015:
- 2017: 4th
- 2019: 5th
- 2021: 6th
- 2023: 7th
Team
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Roster at the 2019 SEA Games.
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Past rosters
[edit]Roster for the 2017 SEABA Championship.
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Head coaches
[edit]
Lee Liak Meng (1978)- Chan Kwok Hung (1979)
- Chan Wah Kwee and Ong Koon Huat (1980 to 1986)
Nic Jorge (1983) - Advisor Coach- Eddie Ng Hang Kee (1987-1991, 2001–2003)
- Beng Siang Neo (2006, 2009–2013)
- So Kwang Loong (2014)
- Beng Siang Neo (2015)
- Neo Nam Kheng[11] (2016)
Frank Arsego[12] (2016–2018)- Hsu Tung Ching[13] (2018–2019)
Kit
[edit]Manufacturer
[edit]See also
[edit]- Singapore women's national basketball team
- Singapore national under-19 basketball team
- Singapore national under-17 basketball team
- National Basketball League
References
[edit]- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Basketball Association of Singapore". Bas.org.sg. 16 October 1994. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Red Sports. Always Game. | Red Sports – Telling the Singapore Sports Story". Redsports.sg. 5 June 2009.
- ^ "SEA Games Thoughts From Around the Region". ASEAN Basketball League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Cable Beach Invitational". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
- ^ "Redbacks Win Over Singapore National Team – Perth Basketball Association – FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Red Sports. Always Game. | Red Sports – Telling the Singapore Sports Story". Redsports.sg. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "26th SEA Games – Tournament Re-cap". ASEAN Basketball League. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Singapore Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Asia-Basket.
- ^ "Singapore Wallop Vietnam 91–48 to Finish 5th at SEA Games (Box Score)". Jumpshot.sg. 19 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Australian Arsego is new national basketball coach". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
Former Singapore Slingers coach Frank Arsego will take over the national men's basketball team next month [June 2016].", "At the Seaba Stankovic Cup in Thailand from May 22 to 27, assistant coach Neo Nam Kheng will lead the national cagers on the court [as head coach]...
- ^ Lee, David (19 May 2016). "New national coach wants to improve standard of basketball in Singapore". AsiaOne. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Singapore will use speed to overcome size concerns". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2018.
- ^ 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Singapore Archived 26 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, FIBA.com, Retrieved 4 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- FIBA profile
- Asia-Basket.com
- Archived records of Singapore team participations