The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

in international competitions. It is administrated by the

Sri Lanka Basketball Federation The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is the governing body of basketball in Sri Lanka. It is associated with FIBA and FIBA Asia, as well as the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (IOC code: SRI) is t ...

(SLBF). Until 1972 it was known as Ceylon national basketball team. The team qualified for the

Asian Basketball Championship The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...

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 ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colo ...

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 The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...

in 1959. Sri Lanka joined the

Asian Basketball Confederation FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations. Member associations Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams * FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also include ...

(ABC) in 1962, and has participated in most ABC competitions since.

Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition:

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

(21 February)
Venue:

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Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...

Opposition: Palestine (24 February)
Venue: Arab American University, Jenin

Past roster

At the 2017 SABA Championship:Sri Lanka national team
asia-basket.com, Accessed 27 July 2017. (Bronze medal squad)

Competitions

Summer Olympics

''Yet to Qualify''

World championships

''Yet to Qualify''

FIBA Asia Cup

Asian Games

*1966 : 10th *2018 : ''Did not Participate''

South Asian Games

*1995-2010 : ? *2019 :

FIBA South Asia Championship

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Lusophony Games

''Never Participated''

Commonwealth Games

''Never Participated''

Head coach position

* Ajit Kuruppu - 2013 * Prasanna Jaysinghe - 2017

Past Rosters

:''Scroll down to see more.''

2009 FIBA Asia Championship The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, Chi ...

: Head coach: Ajit Kuruppu

References

External links

Sri Lanka Basketball FederationHistory of Basketball in Sri Lanka
- asia-basket.com
Presentation on FacebookSri Lanka Basketball
- on ThePapare.com
Presentation on Twitter
{{Sri Lanka National Teams Men's national basketball teams 1959 establishments in Ceylon Basketball teams established in 1959