Basketball
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contests at the
2013 SEA Games
The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (, ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Naypyidaw, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 ...
were held from 8 December to 16 December 2013. This edition of the tournament featured both men's and women's tournaments. All matches took place at Zayyar Thiri Indoor Stadium in
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's ...
.
Both men's and women's tournaments were in a
round robin format; the team with the best record wins the gold medal. With a game to spare, the
Philippines
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successfully defended the title for the men's competition.
Thailand
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also defended their title as they win the women's division.
Setting
All games took place at the Zayyar Thiri Indoor Stadium (near
Zayarthiri Stadium
Zayarthiri Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators. Having been completed in 2012, it is used mostly for football and athletics competitions. It also hosted men's football tournament for the ...
) located in
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's ...
. The stadium's capacity is about 3,000 with a dimension of 91,809 square feet.
Competition format
*The team has less than two players available to play on the court.
**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed.
In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application:
# Results of the games involving the tied teams (head-to-head records)
#
Goal average
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of the games involving the tied teams
#
Goal average
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of all of the games played
# Points scored
# Drawing of lots
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Medal summary
Medal tally
Medal winners
References
{{Basketball at the Southeast Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Events at the 2013 SEA Games
International basketball competitions hosted by Myanmar