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Singapore men's national basketball team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Singapore women's national basketball team.

Singapore Singapore
FIBA ranking128 Steady (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1963
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationBasketball Association of Singapore (BAS)
CoachHsu Tung Ching
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (1956)
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances17
MedalsNone
SEABA Championship
Appearances7
Medals Bronze: 2001, 2013, 2015
Medal record
SEABA Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Manila Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Medan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Team

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

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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

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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

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Summer Olympics

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Main article: Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Summer Olympic Record
Year Tournament Position PLD W L
Australia Melbourne 1956 1956 Summer Olympics 13 7 2 5

FIBA Asia Cup

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Main article: FIBA Asia Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Philippines 1960 Part of Malaya
Taiwan 1963 7th place 10 3 7
Malaysia 1965 9th place 7 1 6
South Korea 1967 10th place 9 0 9
Thailand 1969 did not enter
Japan 1971 8th place 8 1 7
Philippines 1973 10th place 10 3 7
Thailand 1975 7th place 9 6 3
Malaysia 1977 11th place 9 4 5
Japan 1979 10th place 8 3 5
India 1981 11th place 7 2 5
Hong Kong 1983 14th place 5 1 4
Malaysia 1985 12th place 6 1 5
Thailand 1987 11th place 7 2 5
China 1989 11th place 7 4 3
Japan 1991 10th place 8 4 4
Indonesia 1993 16th place 6 0 6
South Korea 1995 did not enter
Saudi Arabia 1997
Japan 1999 did not qualify
China 2001 14th place 6 0 6
China 2003 did not enter
Qatar 2005 did not qualify
Japan 2007
China 2009
China 2011
Philippines 2013
China 2015 15th place 5 1 4
Lebanon 2017 did not qualify
Indonesia 2022
Saudi Arabia 2025
Total 17/31 127 36 91

Southeast Asian Championship

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The Singapore team that won bronze at the 2015 SEA Games

SEA Games

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Team

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Current roster

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Roster at the 2019 SEA Games.

Singapore National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
C 0 V Lavin Raj 19 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore
G 2 Isaac Jui Kwang Low 25 – (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) ''Unattached'' Singapore
G 5 Wei Long Wong 31 – (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
G/F 7 Xing Yuan Han 23 – (1996-05-31)31 May 1996 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore
G 9 Vignesh Rengarajan 21 – (1998-11-08)8 November 1998 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Siglap Basketball Club Singapore
G/F 10 Leon Kwek 23 – (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SAFSA Singapore
G 11 Larry Liew 26 – (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
F 22 Kelvin Lim 23 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) SBPHK Hornets Singapore
C 23 Delvin Goh 24 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Siglap Basketball Club Singapore
G 24 Qing Huang Toh 24 – (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
G 30 Zhong Han Wong 22 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
F 83 Chase Tan 29 – (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) SBPHK Hornets Singapore
Head coach

Hsu Tung Ching

Assistant coach(es)
Koh Meng Koon
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

Past rosters

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Roster for the 2017 SEABA Championship.

Singapore National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
G 01 Jun Yuan Lim 19 – (1997-01-15)15 January 1997 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Siglap Basketball Club Singapore
G 04 Jonathan Cheok 20 – (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Siglap Basketball Club Singapore
G 05 Wei Long Wong 28 – (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
G/F 09 John Ng 22 – (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore
F 10 Leon Kwek 20 – (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
G 11 Larry Liew 23 – (1993-05-07)7 May 1993 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
F 14 Lyon Chia 20 – (1996-12-07)7 December 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Xin Hua Sports Club Singapore
F 17 Han Bin Ng 27 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Adroit Sports Association Singapore
C 23 Delvin Goh 21 – (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) SAFSA Singapore
C 26 Justin Lim 22 – (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Siglap Basketball Club Singapore
C 34 V Lavin Raj 16 – (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Kai Xuan Singapore
F 83 Chase Tan 26 – (1990-04-01)1 April 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) SBPHK Hornets Singapore
Head coach

Australia Frank Arsego

Assistant coach(es)
Joe So, Neo Nam Kheng
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

Head coaches

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Kit

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Manufacturer

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2015: Kappa[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Basketball Association of Singapore". Bas.org.sg. 16 October 1994. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Red Sports. Always Game. | Red Sports – Telling the Singapore Sports Story". Redsports.sg. 5 June 2009.
  4. ^ "SEA Games Thoughts From Around the Region". ASEAN Basketball League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Cable Beach Invitational". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Redbacks Win Over Singapore National Team – Perth Basketball Association – FOX SPORTS PULSE". Sportingpulse.com. 30 October 2011.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "26th SEA Games – Tournament Re-cap". ASEAN Basketball League. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Singapore Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings". Asia-Basket.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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]...
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Singapore will use speed to overcome size concerns". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2018.
  14. ^ 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Singapore Archived 26 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, FIBA.com, Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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