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Wikipedia - 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.
Sri Lanka har deltatt i en rekke internasjonale turneringer, inkludert FIBA Asia Cup og FIBA Asia Challenge. Laget har også deltatt i Commonwealth Games.
Sri Lankas beste prestasjon kom i 2006 FIBA Asia Challenge, hvor de endte på femteplass. Laget har også vunnet to medaljer i South Asian Games, en sølvmedalje i 2006 og en bronsemedalje i 2010.
Nåværende landslagstrener er Ajith Kuruppu. Lagets kaptein er Mohamed Sheriff.