| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Color1: | CC0000 |
| Color2: | fc3 |
| Fiba Zone: | FIBA Asia |
| Joined Fiba: | 1959 |
| National Fed: | Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF) |
| Zone Championship: | FIBA Asia Cup |
| Zone Appearances: | 7 |
| Zone Medals: | None |
| Oly Appearances: | None |
| Wc Appearances: | None |
| Coach: | Tharindu Fernando |
| H Body: | CC0000 |
| H Shorts: | CC0000 |
| H Pattern B: | _basketballblankborder |
| H Pattern S: | _sides_on_white |
| A Body: | CC0000 |
| A Shorts: | CC0000 |
| A Pattern B: | _basketballwhiteborder |
| A Pattern S: | _white stripes |
The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administered by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF).[1] Until 1972 it was known as Ceylon national basketball team.
The team qualified for the Asian Basketball Championship 7 times and was among Asia's 12 top basketball teams in 1981.
Basketball was first introduced to Sri Lanka in 1917 by an American, Walter Cammak. Ten years later in 1927, Ananda College was the first school to introduce basketball in Sri Lanka, causing other schools to follow. In 1958, the Ceylon Basketball Federation (CBF) was established and was consequently admitted into FIBA in 1959. Sri Lanka joined the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) in 1962, and has participated in most ABC competitions since.
Opposition: Jordan (21 February)
Venue: Prince Hamza, Amman
Opposition: Palestine (24 February)
Venue: Arab American University, Jenin[2]
At the 2017 SABA Championship:[3] (Bronze medal squad)
Yet to Qualify
| FIBA World Cup Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||
| did not enter | |||||||||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
See main article: FIBA Asia Cup.
| width=125 | Year | width=120 | Position | width=35 | width=35 | width=35 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | |||||||||
| 1960 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1963 | |||||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||
 1967 | |||||||||
 1969 | |||||||||
 1971 | |||||||||
As  Sri Lanka | |||||||||
| 1973 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1975 | 13th place | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| 1977 | 14th place | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| 1979 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1981 | 12th place | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
 1983 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1985 | 15th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 1987 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1989 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 18th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 1993 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1995 | 19th place | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1997 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||
| 2001 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2005 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2009 | 16th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2013 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||
| Total | 7/31 | 46 | 0 | 46 | |||||
See also: Basketball at the Asian Games.
See also: Basketball at the South Asian Games.
See also: SABA Championship.
See also: Basketball at the Lusophony Games. Never Participated
See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games. Never Participated
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At 2009 FIBA Asia Championship:
Head coach: Ajit Kuruppu
| width=5% | width=5% | Pos | width=22% | Name | width=26% | Club | width=22% | Date of Birth | width=16% | Height | |
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| 4 | G | Sampath Bank | August 6, 2009 | ||||||||
| 5 | G | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 6 | F | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 7 | G | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 8 | G | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 9 | F | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 10 | G | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 11 | C | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 12 | C | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 13 | F | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 14 | F | August 6, 2009 | |||||||||
| 15 | C | August 6, 2009 |