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India
FIBA ranking 78 Decrease 2 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA 1936
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Basketball Federation of India
Coach Scott Flemming
Nickname(s) Indian Cagers [2]
Olympic Games
Appearances 1
Medals None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Medals None
Asian Games
Appearances 6
Medals None
Asia Cup
Appearances 26
Medals None
South Asian Games
Appearances 5
Medals Gold (1987, 1991, 1995, 2019) Silver (2010)
Home jersey Team colours Home Away jersey Team colours Away
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Cup 0 0 0 Lusofonia Games 1 0 0 Asian Games 0 0 0 Asia Cup 0 0 0 South Asian Games 4 1 0 South Asian Championship 6 0 0 Total 11 1 0 Lusofonia Games Gold medal – first place 2014 Goa South Asian Games Gold medal – first place 1987 Calcutta Gold medal – first place 1991 Colombo Gold medal – first place 1995 Madras Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu Silver medal – second place 2010 Dhaka South Asian Championship Gold medal – first place 2002 India Gold medal – first place 2014 Nepal Gold medal – first place 2015 India Gold medal – first place 2016 India Gold medal – first place 2017 Maldives Gold medal – first place 2021 Bangladesh

The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.[3]

A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia,[4] India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 26 times and is placed in the top five in appearances in this tournament. Further, India's basketball team won four gold medals and one silver medal at the South Asian Games and is the most successful team in the South Asian region. India have also won the SABA Championship six times.[5] Team India celebrated its victory at the 2014 Lusofonia Games after they finished the tournament with a 4–0 record as they beat 11–time African Champions Angola in the final.[6]

Its most famous moment came at the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup with the win against home favorites and most successful Asian team China by seven points.[3][7] This win has been labelled as the biggest basketball win in the nation's history.[8]

India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the Asian Games in the 1951 edition and the Asian Championships at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.[9][10]

Plagued by a lack of popularity and support for basketball at home, at times, India faded into oblivion and only had a handful of successful performances.[11] Its most noteworthy tournament appearance was at the 1980 Summer Olympics when the team got its chance to represent Asia due to the cancellations of some teams who took part in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.[12] A few of the world's top basketball powers at that time (such as the United States and Canada) withdrew from the tournament. India finished 12th out of 12 in the Olympics after getting knocked out in the preliminary round by losing all three of their matches and then losing all five of their matches in the Classification round.[13]

While the results did not go India's way one game in particular caught the attention of basketball fans worldwide. India played against the Australian Team, one of the world's top basketball teams. India, which was made up solely of voluntary basketball players competed against the elite team of Australia for almost the whole game until it finally ceded to the Boomers 75–93 after leading at halftime 41–37.[14]

Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide attention as he was amongst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there.[15] The late 90s saw the emergence of Sozhasingarayer Robinson, the first Indian basketball player who gained considerable international attention. Robinson led India to a surprising victory over South Korea, one of Asia's top teams.[16] In 2005, however, Robinson complained that the structure and support for basketball in India was still mediocre and government officials did not do enough to support the sport. As a protest, he retired from the national team.[17]

At the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship India was coached by former Sacramento Kings head coach Kenny Natt.[18] In 2012, former NBA D-League and U.S. college coach, Scott Flemming, took over the team.[19]Under his supervision, the team won the South Asia Championship in 2014. India had two wins and finished 3 places higher (11th) in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship than in 2011.[20] In 2014, the Young Cagers (as team India is often nicknamed) won the Lusofonia games with wins over Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Angola in the gold medal game. This was Team India's first title ever in a non-Asian competition. In the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup India pulled off the biggest win in their 80-year history by defeating China on their home court 65–58. The establishment of a professional league was a major step in continuing this recent success the Indian team had experienced.[21][22] India continued their dominance in South Asia by winning further South Asian Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.[23][24][25]

Summer Olympics
Year Host city Position
1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 12th
Year Rank M W L PF PA PD
Philippines 1960 did not enter
Taiwan 1963
Malaysia 1965 7th place 7 4 3 491 542 -51
South Korea 1967 6th place 9 5 4 709 797 -88
Thailand 1969 5th place 8 4 4 748 720 +28
Japan 1971 6th place 8 3 5 563 632 -69
Philippines 1973 6th place 10 3 7 744 902 -158
Thailand 1975 4th place 8 5 3 754 728 +26
Malaysia 1977 7th place 9 7 2 957 776 +181
Japan 1979 5th place 7 3 4 539 604 -65
India 1981 5th place 7 3 4 521 511 +10
Hong Kong 1983 6th place 5 2 3 298 310 -12
Malaysia 1985 10th place 6 3 3 585 459 +126
Thailand 1987 6th place 7 2 5 518 608 -90
China 1989 6th place 6 2 4 472 520 -48
Japan 1991 13th place 7 2 5 575 596 -21
Indonesia 1993 did not enter
South Korea 1995 13th place 8 4 4 537 558 -21
Saudi Arabia 1997 11th place 6 3 3 433 409 +24
Japan 1999 did not enter
China 2001 8th place 6 1 5 406 508 -102
China 2003 8th place 7 2 5 551 678 -127
Qatar 2005 12th place 7 3 4 545 578 -33
Japan 2007 15th place 7 2 5 468 627 -159
China 2009 13th place 5 2 3 371 415 -44
China 2011 14th place 5 1 4 283 310 -27
Philippines 2013 11th place 8 2 6 532 641 -109
China 2015 8th place 9 3 6 669 789 -120
Lebanon 2017 14th place 3 0 3 186 249 -63
Indonesia 2022 16th place 3 0 3 169 305 -136
Saudi Arabia 2025 to be determined
Total 26/30 178 71 107 13,624 14,772 -1,148
Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1951 India New Delhi, India 4th
1970 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 6th
1982 India New Delhi, India 8th
2006 Qatar Doha, Qatar 17th
2010 China Guangzhou, China 11th
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 9th
FIBA Asia Challenge
Year Host city Position
2004 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan 6th
2008 Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait 5th
2012 Japan Tokyo, Japan 9th
2014 China Wuhan, China 7th
2016 Iran Tehran, Iran 7th
SABA Championship
Year Host city Position
2002 India Guwahati, India 1st
2014 Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal 1st
2015 India Bengaluru, India 1st
2016 India Bengaluru, India 1st
2017 Maldives Male, Maldives 1st
2021 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 1st
Commonwealth Games
Year Host city Position
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 8th
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 8th
South Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1987 India Kolkata, India 1st
1991 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka 1st
1995 India Chennai, India 1st
2010 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 2nd
2019 Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal 1st
Lusofonia Games
Year Host city Position
2014 India Goa, India 1st
William Jones Cup
Year Host city Position
2016 Taiwan New Taipei, Taiwan 9th
2017 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan 10th

Intercontinental

Continental

Note: The following list may not be complete

Results and fixtures

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Win Loss Fixture

Roster for the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers in February 2024.[53]

India men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 1 Sahaij Sekhon 22 – (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Chandigarh India F 3 Amarendra Nayak 20 – (2003-03-21)21 March 2003 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Chandigarh India PG 7 Muin Bek Hafeez 27 – (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Indian Bank India SG 8 Kanwar Gurbaz Singh Sandhu 24 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Punjab India G 9 Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (C) 32 – (1991-09-13)13 September 1991 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) ONGC India C 10 Amritpal Singh 33 – (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Punjab Police India C 12 Princepal Singh 23 – (2001-01-03)3 January 2001 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Punjab India C 15 Palpreet Singh Brar 30 – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Indian Railways India SF 19 Pranav Prince 20 – (2003-06-19)19 June 2003 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Kerala India PG 24 Baladhaneshwar Poiyamozhi 24 – (1999-12-07)7 December 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Tamil Nadu India SG 34 Vaisakh Karimbingal Manoj 21 – (2002-07-19)19 July 2002 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Kerala India PG 77 Arvind Kumar Muthu Krishnan 23 – (2000-03-16)16 March 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Tamil Nadu India Head coach Serbia Veselin Matić Assistant coach(es) India Santosh Pondicherry Somasundaram India Pradeep Tomar Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes lastclub before the tournament Age – describes ageon 23 February 2024

1980 Olympic Games: finished 12th among 12 teams[54][55]

Baldev Singh, Ajmer Singh, Parvez Diniar, Dilip Gurumurthy, Harbhajan Singh, Jorawar Singh, Amarnath Nagarajan, Pramdiph Singh, Paramjit Singh, Radhey Shyam, Hanuman Singh, Tarlok Singh Sandhu (Coach:Makolath Rajan)

2001 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 14 teams[56]

Vinay Kumaryadan, J.Murli, B.J. Jadeja, Mohit Bhandari, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Austin Almeida, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Suresh Ranot, M.S. Sabeer Ahamed, Des Raj (Coach: Keshav Kumar Chansoria)

2003 Asian Championship: finished 8th among 16 teams[57]

Sambhaji Kadam, Gagnesh Kumar, Mihir Pandey, S. Gopinath, S.Sridhar, Parmindar Singh, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Snehpal Singh, Des Raj

2005 Asian Championship: finished 12th among 16 teams[58]

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Mihir Pandey, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Yadwinder Singh, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Riyaz Uddin, Talwinderjit Singh, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Jay Prakash Singh)

2007 Asian Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams[59]

Sambhaji Kadam, Shiv Kumar, Ravikumar Krishnasamy, Anoop Mukkanniyil, Roshan Thankachan Padavetiyil, Rajanna Sanjay Raj, Muraleekrishna Ravindran, Trideep Rai, Dilawar Singh, Riyaz Uddin, Lokesh Yodav, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2009 Asian Championship: finished 13th among 16 teams[60]

Sambhaji Kadam, Talwinderjit Singh, Hareesh Koroth, Harpalsinh Vaghela, Sunil Kumar Rathee, Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Prakash Mishra, Vineeth Revi Mathew, Abhilek Paul, Jayram Jat, Dinesh Comibatore, Jagdeep Singh (Coach: Aleksandar Bucan)

2011 Asian Championship: finished 14th among 16 teams[61]

2013 Asian Championship: finished 11th among 15 teams[62]

2014 Asian Games: finished 12th among 16 teams[63]

2015 FIBA Asia Championship

finished 8th among 16 qualified teams in Asia [64]

2017 FIBA Asia Cup[65]

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification[66]

2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification[67]

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