The Cambodia national basketball team represents Cambodia in international basketball competitions and is managed by the Cambodian Basketball Federation (CBF). At the 2023 SEA Games, Cambodia had its best performance ever, which has been the subject of controversy due to their inclusion of multiple naturalized players on their roster.
History Cambodia’s modern basketball revival builds on earlier international experience, including notable matches in the 1960s. The Cambodia men’s national basketball team faced strong international opposition, most notably the Brazil men’s national basketball team during the GANEFO Games 1963, where Cambodia impressed observers by putting up strong resistance despite defeat which ended 70:81.
Cambodian club and city teams also played friendly matches against visiting foreign clubs and Soviet teams during this period, helping to develop domestic basketball through international exposure during the 1960s.
In August 1966, the France national basketball team toured Cambodia for two matches in Phnom Penh. In the first match on 13 August 1966, Cambodia lost to France by a score of 47–60. The next day, Cambodia lost to France again with a score of 50–73.
Cambodia participated in its first FIBA-sanctioned event in the 21st century when it entered the SEABA qualifiers for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup in 2018.
Results Summer Olympics yet to qualify
FIBA Basketball World Cup yet to qualify
FIBA Asia Cup
FIBA Asia CupYearPosition 1960Did not enter 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999Did not qualify 2001Did not enter 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2022Did not qualify 2025Did not enter2029Total0/32000
Asian Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Asian GamesYearPositionPldWL 1951 Did not participate 1954 7th place 3 0 3 1958 7th place 6 2 4 1962 7th place 4 2 2 1966 Did not participate 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Total 3/20 13 4 9
SEABA Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place SEABA ChampionshipYearPositionPldWL 1994 8th place – – – 1996 5th place – – – 1998 7th place 4 1 3 2001 Did not participate 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Total 3/12 -
Southeast Asian Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Southeast Asian Games RecordYearPositionPldWL 1977 Did not participate 1979 ? 1981 Did not participate 1983 1985 1987 ? 1989 Did not participate 1991 1993 ? 1995 Did not participate 1997 1999 ? 2001 Did not participate 2003 2005 Not held 2007 5th place 4 0 4 2009 Not held 2011 7th place 4 1 3 2013 6th place 6 1 5 2015 5 2 3 2017 7th place 5 1 4 2019 4 1 3 2021 6th place 6 0 6 2023 2nd place 5 4 1 2025 Did not participate Total 8/22 39 10 29
Team Team for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games:
Past Rosters
Team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games:, p. 33-34, seagames2015.com. Retrieved 6 Jan 2016.
Team for the 2017 Southeast Asian Games:
Team for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games:
Head coach position Om Tox – 196?-196? Otar Korkia – 1968-1970 Austin Koledoye – 2009–2017 Ed Scollan – 2019 Harry Savaya – 2023–present
3x3 Team For the first time in history, Cambodia featured both a "regular" 5x5 basketball team and a 3x3 basketball team at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.
See also Cambodia women's national basketball team Cambodia national under-18 basketball team
References
External links Cambodia Basketball Federation at fiba.com Rank at fiba.com Cambodian team on Asia-basket.com Cambodia National Basketball Team 2015 - Facebook account Cambodia Basketball Federation - Facebook account Basketball Mens Singapore vs Cambodia (Day 6) | 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 Youtube.com video