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Sri Lanka National Basketball Team
The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administrated 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Basketball Federation
The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is the governing body of basketball in Sri Lanka. It is associated with FIBA and FIBA Asia, as well as the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (IOC code: SRI) is the National Olympic Committee representing Sri Lanka. It is also the body responsible for Sri Lanka's representation at the Commonwealth Games. See also *Sri Lanka at the Olympics *Sri .... References Basketball in Sri Lanka Basketball governing bodies in Asia Sports governing bodies in Sri Lanka Sports organizations established in 1958 {{Sport-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 ABC Championship
The 1977 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Final round Classification 7th–14th * ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.'' Championship Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1977 Asia Championship, 1977 1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ... B B November 1977 sports events in Asia December 1977 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 ABC Championship
The 1975 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that the Chinese national team participated in the tournament, as Taiwan previously competed instead of the Chinese mainland. However, China dominated the competition with a perfect record, with no team even coming close to beating them. Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round * ''The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.'' Classification 7th–13th Championship Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1975 Asia Championship, 1975 1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 ABC Championship
The 1973 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Manila, Philippines. Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round Classification 7th–12th Championship Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1973 1973 in Asian basketball 1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ... International basketball competitions hosted by the Philippines 1973 in Philippine basketball December 1973 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 ABC Championship
The 1971 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ..., Japan. Results Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1971 Asia Championship, 1971 1971 B B ABC ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 ABC Championship ...
The 1969 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Ten Asian teams participated in the competition but Laos played under special invitation and the games did not count in the championship standings. Results Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1969 Asia Championship, 1969 1969 B B ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 ABC Championship
The 1967 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed .... Results Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1967 Asia Championship, 1967 1967 Basketball 1967 B ABC Championship ABC Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 ABC Championship ...
The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round Classification 7th–10th Championship Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Championship 1965 Asia Championship, 1960 1965 B B ABC Championship ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 ABC Championship
The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round. The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record. This meant that they had to play in a play-off to decide the champion which was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title defeating Taiwan, 99–71. Third was South Korea who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament. Preliminary round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 ABC Championship
The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time. In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third. Preliminary round Final round * ''The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.'' Final standing Awards References Resultsarchive.fiba.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc 1960 in Asian basketball 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagath Kulathunga
Jagath is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Jagath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan Army general * Jagath Balasuriya, Sri Lankan politician * Jagath Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan musician * Bandula Jagath, Sri Lankan cricketer * A. P. Jagath Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan politician *Jagath Chamila Jagath Chamila Fernando ( si, ජගත් චමිල: born 6 June 1972) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. He made his film debut in 1992 in the Sinhalese film ''Guru Gedara'', portraying a child. In 2013, he won the aw ..., Sri Lankan actor {{given name, type=both Sinhalese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |