The men's

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

tournament at the

2017 Southeast Asian Games Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanes ...

was held in

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

at the

MABA Stadium The Malaysian Basketball Association (MABA) Stadium (Malay: ''Stadium Bola Keranjang Malaysia'') is an indoor arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy con ...

from 20 to 26 August. The Philippines successfully defended its championship for the record twelfth consecutive time. Indonesia settled for the silver medal for the second consecutive time, while Thailand again placed in the podium (with the last podium finish in 2013) after winning the bronze medal.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the men's basketball competitions:

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 8 July 2017, 10:00

MST The Master of Studies or Master in Studies (M.St. or MSt; ) is a postgraduate degree at the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of St Andrews, the Australian National University, University of Dublin and the University of Ne ...

(

UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...

), at the Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel,

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

. The 9 teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The teams were seeded into five pots based on their performances in the previous Southeast Asian Games, except Laos, who are debuting in this year's competition.

Participating nations

* * * * * * * * *

Competition format

*The preliminary round will be composed of two groups of either four or five teams each. Each team will play the teams within their group. The top two teams per group will advance to the knockout round. The other teams qualify to the classification round. *Classification round: **5th place: Third place teams play for fifth place. **7th place: Fourth place teams play for seventh place. **8th place: Fifth place team in Group B play for eighth place against the loser of the 7th place match. *The knockout round is a single-elimination tournament, with a consolation game for the semifinals losers. In the knockout round, the winner of the third place game wins the bronze medal; the loser in the final is awarded the silver medal, while the winner wins the gold medal.

Results

''All times are

Malaysia Standard Time Malaysian Standard Time (MST; ms, Waktu Piawai Malaysia, WPM) or Malaysian Time (MYT) is the standard time used in Malaysia. It is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The local mean time in Kuala Lumpur was originally GMT+06:46:4 ...

(

)''

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification round

;7th-9th place bracket

7th place match

8th – 9th place match

5th – 6th place match

Knockout round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Southeast Asian Games

Men A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chrom ...