At the Asian Basketball Championship, the country had its greatest success between 1971 and 1993 when it qualified for 12 straight events.
Since 2001, the team has been one of the contenders at the Southeast Asian Basketball Championship. There, the team has won two bronze medals to date.
On 5 June 2009, a "quiet revolution" took place in Singapore national men's basketball team. The team previously representing Singapore was replaced by young talents of the likes of Wei Jian Hong, Steven Khoo, Desmond Oh and Wei Long Wong, with only two senior players from the old squad retained: Pathman Matialakan and Michael Wong.[3] Most of the national team players now play for the Singapore Slingers, the island's only professional basketball club.
2011 Southeast Asian Games
The Singapore Men's National team left for the 2011 SEA Games having had the best preparation for a major tournament in the past 5 years.[4] On 30 September to 1 October 2011, represented by most of the national team players, the Singapore Slingers was invited for the inaugural Cable Beach Invitational at Broome, Australia, where they played the Perth Wildcats and the Indonesia national basketball team.[5] On 5 October 2011, the National team proceeded to play the Perth Redbacks of the Australian SBL.[6] From 25 to 31 October 2011, the team competed in the 4th China-Asean Invitational Tournament, of which they finished 3rd overall in the competition.[7]
^"Australian Arsego is new national basketball coach". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016. Former Singapore Slingers coach Frank Arsego will take over the national men's basketball team next month [June 2016].", "At the Seaba Stankovic Cup in Thailand from May 22 to 27, assistant coach Neo Nam Kheng will lead the national cagers on the court [as head coach]...
