Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

was among the sports contested at the

2023 SEA Games , UNGEGN: ''Keila Rôs Knŏng Sântĕphéap'') , nations = 11 , athletes = 6,210 , events = 580 in 36 sports , opening = 5 May 2023 , closing = 17 May 2023 , opened_by = Hun Sen , closed_by = Hun Sen , tor ...

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

. The tournaments did not follow

FIBA eligibility rules As the governing body of basketball, FIBA is responsible for maintaining and implementing the rules that determine whether a basketball player is eligible to represent a particular country in officially recognized international competitions. Any pl ...

; players only had to have citizenship of the country they sought to represent their national team in the games. This meant that every national team could field as many naturalized players or dual citizens as they wanted regardless of whether or not they had acquired their passport by the age of 16 as per FIBA rules.

Participating nations

Medalists

Medal table

References

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