# Sri Lanka men's national basketball team

The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administered by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF). 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 Record :
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Squad |
| 1950 – 1974 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1978 – 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 0/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### FIBA Asia Cup

| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| As Ceylon |||||
| 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1963 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1965 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1967 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1969 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1971 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| As Sri Lanka |||||
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1975 | 13th place | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1977 | 14th place | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1979 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1981 | 12th place | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1983 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1985 | 15th place | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1987 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1989 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1991 | 18th place | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1995 | 19th place | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1999 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2001 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2005 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2009 | 16th place | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 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)