Singapore men's national basketball team explained

Country:Singapore
Joined Fiba:1963
Fiba Zone:FIBA Asia
National Fed:Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS)
Zone Championship:FIBA Asia Cup
Coach:Hsu Tung Ching
Wc Appearances:None
Oly Appearances:1 (1956)
Oly Medals:None
Zone Appearances:17
Zone Medals:None
Zone Championship2:SEABA Championship
Zone Appearances2:7
Zone Medals2: Bronze: 2001, 2013, 2015
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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).[1]

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

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.[2] Most of the national team players now play for the Singapore Slingers, the island's only professional basketball club.

2011 Southeast Asian Games

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.[3] 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.[4] On 5 October 2011, the National team proceeded to play the Perth Redbacks of the Australian SBL.[5] 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.[6]

After disappointing close losses to Malaysia and Indonesia,[7] the team finished 5th at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.[8] [9]

Performances

Summer Olympics

See main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics.

FIBA Asia Cup

See main article: FIBA Asia Cup.

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1960Part of Malaya
19637th place 10 3 7
19659th place 7 1 6
196710th place 9 0 9
1969did not enter
19718th place 8 1 7
197310th place 10 3 7
19757th place 9 6 3
197711th place 9 4 5
197910th place 8 3 5
198111th place 7 2 5
198314th place 5 1 4
198512th place 6 1 5
198711th place 7 2 5
198911th place 7 4 3
199110th place 8 4 4
199316th place 6 0 6
1995did not enter
1997
1999did not qualify
200114th place 6 0 6
2003did not enter
2005did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
201515th place 5 1 4
2017did not qualify
2022
2025
Total17/31 127 36 91

Southeast Asian Championship

4th

5th

4th

4th

SEA Games

4th

4th

4th

4th

4th

5th

5th

4th

5th

4th

5th

6th

7th

Team

Current roster

Roster at the 2019 SEA Games.

Past rosters

Roster for the 2017 SEABA Championship.

Head coaches

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Kappa[13]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Basketball Association of Singapore . Bas.org.sg . 16 October 1994 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305192322/http://bas.org.sg/history.html . 5 March 2012 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Red Sports. Always Game. | Red Sports – Telling the Singapore Sports Story . Redsports.sg . 5 June 2009.
  3. Web site: SEA Games Thoughts From Around the Region . ASEAN Basketball League . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715021421/http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6788/sea-games-thoughts-from-around-the-region . 15 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Cable Beach Invitational. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317103012/http://broome.wa.au/events/cable-beach-invitational . 17 March 2012 .
  5. Web site: Redbacks Win Over Singapore National Team – Perth Basketball Association – FOX SPORTS PULSE . Sportingpulse.com . 30 October 2011.
  6. Web site: Red Sports. Always Game. | Red Sports – Telling the Singapore Sports Story . Redsports.sg . 3 November 2011 . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111207123709/http://redsports.sg/2011/11/03/singapore-basketball-china-asean-invitational/ . 7 December 2011 . live . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: 26th SEA Games – Tournament Re-cap . ASEAN Basketball League . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212649/http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/detail/6790/26th-sea-games-tournament-re-cap . 14 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Singapore Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings . Asia-Basket .
  9. Web site: Singapore Wallop Vietnam 91–48 to Finish 5th at SEA Games (Box Score) . Jumpshot.sg . 19 November 2011 . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503011952/http://www.jumpshot.sg/2011/11/19/singapore-wallop-vietnam-91-48-to-finish-5th-at-sea-games-box-score/ . 3 May 2012 . live . dmy-all .
  10. News: Australian Arsego is new national basketball coach. 26 May 2016. The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co.. 19 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].... https://web.archive.org/web/20160522201519/http://www.tnp.sg/sports/all-other-sports/australian-arsego-new-national-basketball-coach. 22 May 2016. live. dmy-all.
  11. News: Lee. David. New national coach wants to improve standard of basketball in Singapore. 19 May 2016. AsiaOne. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.. 19 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160522182307/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/new-national-coach-wants-improve-standard-basketball-singapore. 22 May 2016. live. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Singapore will use speed to overcome size concerns . fiba.basketball.
  13. https://www.fiba.basketball/asia/2015/Singapore 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Singapore