The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administered by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF).FIBA National Federations – Sri Lanka, fiba.com, accessed 24 July 2013. 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.
History 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.
Team Current roster 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification Opposition: Jordan (21 February) Venue: Prince Hamza, Amman Opposition: Palestine (24 February) Venue: Arab American University, Jenin
Competitions
Summer Olympics Yet to Qualify
World Championships FIBA World Cup RecordYearPosition 1950 – 1974 did not enter 1978 – 2023 did not qualify 2027 2031To be determinedTotal 0/21 0 0 0
FIBA Asia Cup
YearPosition As 1960Did not enter 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 As 1973Did not enter 1975 13th place 9 0 9 1977 14th place 9 0 9 1979Did not enter 1981 12th place 7 0 7 1983Did not enter 1985 15th place 5 0 5 1987Did not enter 1989 1991 18th place 5 0 5 1993Did not enter 1995 19th place 6 0 6 1997Did not enter 1999 2001 2003Did not qualify 2005Did not enter 2007Did not qualify 2009 16th place 5 0 5 2011Did not qualify 2013Did not enter 2015Did not qualify 2017 2022 20252029To be determinedTotal 7/31 46 0 46
Asian Games
1966 : 10th 2018 : Did not Participate
South Asian Games
1995-2010 : ? 2019 :
FIBA South Asia Championship
2014 : 2015 : 2017 : 2018 : 2021 :
Lusophony Games
Never Participated
Commonwealth Games
Never Participated
Head coach position Ajit Kuruppu (2013) Prasanna Jaysinghe (2017) Susil Shantha Udukumburage (2021)
See also Sri Lanka national under-19 basketball team Sri Lanka national 3x3 team Sri Lanka women's national basketball team
References
External links Sri Lanka Basketball Federation Sri Lanka Basketball Records at FIBA Archive History of Basketball in Sri Lanka - asia-basket.com Presentation on Facebook Sri Lanka Basketball - on ThePapare.com Presentation on Twitter