Sri Lanka men's national basketball team


The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administrated by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation. 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 was established and was consequently admitted into FIBA in 1959. Sri Lanka joined the Asian Basketball Confederation in 1962, and has participated in most ABC competitions since.

Team

Current roster

2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Opposition: Jordan
Venue: Prince Hamza, Amman
Opposition: Palestine
Venue: Arab American University, Jenin

Past roster

At the 2017 SABA Championship:

Competitions

Summer Olympics

Yet to Qualify

World championships

Yet to Qualify

FIBA Asia Championship

YearPositionTournamentHost
197513th1975 ABC ChampionshipBangkok, Thailand
197714th1977 ABC ChampionshipKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1979–1979 ABC ChampionshipNagoya, Japan
198112th1981 ABC ChampionshipCalcutta, India
1983–1983 ABC ChampionshipHong Kong
198515th1985 ABC ChampionshipKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1987–1987 ABC ChampionshipBangkok, Thailand
1989–1989 ABC ChampionshipBeijing, China
199118th1991 ABC ChampionshipKobe, Japan
1993–1993 ABC ChampionshipJakarta, Indonesia
199519th1995 ABC ChampionshipSeoul, South Korea
1997–1997 ABC ChampionshipRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
1999–1999 ABC ChampionshipFukuoka, Japan
2001–2001 ABC ChampionshipShanghai, China
2003–2003 ABC ChampionshipHarbin, China
2005–2005 FIBA Asia ChampionshipDoha, Qatar
2007–2007 FIBA Asia ChampionshipTokushima, Japan
200916th2009 FIBA Asia ChampionshipTianjin, China
2011–2011 FIBA Asia ChampionshipWuhan, China
2013–2013 FIBA Asia ChampionshipPhilippines
2015–2015 FIBA Asia ChampionshipChangsha, China
2017–2017 FIBA Asia CupZouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
2020TBD2020 FIBA Asia CupTBD

Asian Games

Never Participated

Commonwealth Games

Never Participated

Head coach position


At 2009 FIBA Asia Championship:
Head coach: Ajit Kuruppu
#PosNameClubDate of BirthHeight
4GThissara Chathuranga Sampath Bank
5GDuke Rajapakse Dialog Telecom
6FRoshan Randima Delmege
7GHendahewa Yasarathna Dialog Telecom
8GPrageeth Pushpakumara NTB
9FChamath Danawansa Sampath Bank
10GShanaka Perera Delmege
11CMithila Abeysekara Sampath Bank
12CSidath Senanayake HNB
13FJagath Kulatunga David Pieris
14FRoshan Fernando HNB
15CJayakody Serasinghe DFCC