Singapore national basketball team

Singapore
FIBA ranking	T-82 [1]
Joined FIBA	1963
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS)
Coach	Frank Arsego
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (1956)
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Asia Championship
Appearances	17
Medals	None
South East Asian Championship
Appearances	7
Medals	(3): 2001, 2013, 2015
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Singapore national basketball team is the national basketball team of Singapore. It is managed by the Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS), formerly the Singapore Amateur Basketball Association (SABA).^[2]

At the Asian Basketball Championship, the country had its prime time 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 won two bronze medals to date.

In 1956, the team even qualified for the Summer Olympics where it left behind its competition from South Korea and Thailand.

Recent Developments

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 the only 2 exceptions of senior players 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

The Singapore Men's National team leaves 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 Indonesian National Team.^[5] On 5 October 2011, the National team proceeded to play the Perth Redbacks of the Australian SBL.^[6] From 25–31 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

Summer Olympics

Asia Championship

Southeast Asian Championship

• 2001 : 03 !
• 2005 : 4th
• 2007 : 5th
• 2009 : 4th
• 2011 : 4th
• 2013 : 03 !
• 2015 : 03 !

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.

Singapore basketball national team - Bronze medalists at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

Singapore National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club 3.5 !F 04 Lim, Wai Sian 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1989-11-02)2 November 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.0 !PG 05 Tan, Isaac 7000900000000000000♠9 – (2002-04-22)22 April 2002 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Singapore Slingers SIN ! 2.5 !G/F 06 Ng, Hanbin 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1989-01-13)13 January 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Singapore Slingers SIN ! 2.5 !G/F 07 Wu, Qingde 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 08 Oh, Desmond 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Singapore Slingers SIN ! 2.0 !SG 09 Koh, Gary Kok Siang 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.0 !SG 13 Koh, Meng Koon 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1978-09-10)10 September 1978 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 1.5 !G 11 Wong, Michael Soon Yuh 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1979-01-26)26 January 1979 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 3.5 !F 12 Lim, Sheng Yu 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1990-12-07)7 December 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Singapore Slingers SIN ! 1.0 !PG 10 Karki, Shagun 7001130000000000000♠13 – (1998-05-22)22 May 1998 1.49 m (4 ft 11 in) Singapore Slingers SIN ! 5.0 !C 14 Goh, Delvin Kok Chiang 7001160000000000000♠16 – (1995-02-04)4 February 1995 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 5.0 !C 15 Matialakan, Pathman 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1980-06-01)1 June 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Singapore Slingers SIN !	Head coach Neo Beng Siang Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club

Depth chart

Head coach position

• Beng Siang Neo (2006, 2009)
• 
• So Kwang Loong (2014)
• Beng Siang Neo (2015)
• Neo Nam Kheng^[11] (2016)
• Frank Arsego^[12](2016–)

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Kappa ^[13]

See also

• Singapore women's national basketball team
• Singapore national under-19 basketball team
• Singapore national under-17 basketball team
• Singapore national 3x3 team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Asia-Basket.com
• Archived records of Singapore team participations

National sports teams of Singapore
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