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Thailand national basketball team

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FIBA ranking
  
81 2

Appearances
  
1 (1956)

Appearances
  
None

Location
  
Thailand

FIBA zone
  
FIBA Asia

Medals
  
None

Coach
  
Tim Lewis

Joined FIBA
  
1953

National federation
  
Basketball Sport Association of Thailand (BSAT)

The Thailand men's national basketball team represents Thailand in international competitions. The governing body of the team is the Basketball Sport Association of Thailand (BSAT) (Thai: สมาคมบาสเกตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย).

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Team Thailand's most noteworthy achievement was the silver medal at the 1966 Asian Games. It was also one of the few countries from Southeast Asia ever to qualify for the Men's Basketball Tournament at the Summer Olympics.

Apart from its medal at the Asian Games, its best years were 1963 and 1964 when it finished in the top four of the Asian Basketball Championship.

In 2013, the team became champion at the 2013 Southeast Asian Championship.

At Southeast Asian Championship

  • 1994 : 02 !
  • 1996 : did not participate
  • 1998 : 02 !
  • 2001 : 02 !
  • 2003 : 03 !
  • 2005 : 03 !
  • 2007 : 4th
  • 2009 : did not participate
  • 2011 : did not participate
  • 2013 : 01 !
  • 2015 : did not participate
  • 2017 : TBD
  • Current roster

    Roster at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.

    References

    Thailand national basketball team Wikipedia