India national basketball team

India national basketball team

India FIBA Ranking Joined FIBA FIBA Zone 58th 1936 FIBA Asia IND

National Federation Basketball Federation of India Coach Kenny Natt Olympic Games Appearances Medals 1 None World Championships Appearances Medals None None

FIBA Asia Championship Appearances Medals 22 None Uniforms Light Dark

The India men's national basketball team represents India in international men's basketball. It is controlled by Basketball Federation of India.[1] Affiliated into FIBA since 1936, India has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. Throughout its history, Team India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship 22 times and is placed in the top-5 in appearances in this tournament.[2]

History
1965-1975
India appeared at the international stage for the first time ever at the 1965 Asian Basketball Championship where it started out as moderately competitive. In the following years, India became a regular at the event and had their most successful tournament in 1975 when the team even reached the final four.[3]

1980-2010
1980 Olympics (Soviet Union) 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. 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. 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

India national basketball team 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. 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 Aussies 75-93 after leading at halftime 41-37.[4] Many Indian players also made headlines while in the Soviet Union as well. Ajmer Singh gained worldwide attention as he was amogst the top 10 shooters there and became the 10th best pivot player in the tournament there. 1990-2010 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.[5] Later, he became the first Indian player ever to get a contract offer from another continent when he signed for Negar sang Sharekord in Iran. 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.[6]

2010-present
Despite the immense loss that the absence of Robinson brought to India, there have been steady improvements in the past. The National Basketball Association in America has long recognized the increased importance of the Indian market worldwide and has supported the development of Indian basketball and its national team. At the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship India were coached by former Sacramento Kings of the NBA head coach Kenny Natt.[7] Further, for the first time ever, India had its own strength and conditioning coach. Even though the team lost most games, its performance against Lebanon, which had made it to the final four at the previous tournament, superseded expectations.[8] Officials still work towards the goal that India will eventually become truly competitive at an international level. The establishment of a professional league has been recognized as a major step to make this goal come true. In 2011, plans for the establishment thereof were officially agreed upon.

Roster
2011 Team Roster roster Players
Pos. C # 4 Name Singh, Amjyot Age - DOB 20 - January 27, 1992 Ht. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Club Club nat.

Punjab Police (Amateur) IMG Academy Tamil Nadu (Amateur) Indian Railways (Amateur) Gujarat (Amateur) Indian Railways (Amateur) Punjab Police (Amateur) Services (Amateur)

C G G

5 6 7

Bhamara, Satnam Singh Koroth, Hareesh Mishra, Prakash

16 - October 12, 1995

7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)

27 - November 12, 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 29 - August 5, 1982 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)

C G

8 9

Shah, Dishant Vipul Bhriguvanshi, Vishesh

20 - January 3, 1992

6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

20 - September 13, 1991 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

10 Singh, Amitpal

28 - January 28, 1984

6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

11 Garewal, Narender Kumar 29 - April 20, 1983

6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

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29 - July 4, 1983 25 - October 26, 1986 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Uttarakhand (Amateur) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

F SG

12 Rai, Trideep 13 Singh, Talwinderjit

Punjab Police (Amateur) Indian Railways (Amateur) Punjab Police (Amateur)

14 Singh, Yadwinder

25 - December 30, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

15 Singh, Jagdeep

19 - January 10, 1993

6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Coaches Head coach Kenny Natt

Assistant coach(es) Rajinder Singh Pawan Kumer Zak Penwell

Legend (C) Captain Club denotes current pro club

Competitive record
Olympic Games
Year 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 Preliminary Round 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 12th 8 0 8 Round Position Did not enter Pld W L

Did not qualify

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Total Preliminary Round 1/17 8 0 8

FIBA World Championship

Year 1950 1954 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Total 0 Titles 0/16 0 0 0 Round Position Pld W L

Did not qualify

Performances
Olympic Games record
1980: 12

FIBA World Championship record

yet to qualify

FIBA Asia championship

best performance: 1975 : 4th worst performance: 2007 : 15th

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

best performance: 2007 : 7th worst performance: 2003 : 9th' Since 2003, the majority of Indias national basketball players compete under the team name Young Cagers at the annual Asian Club Championships.[9]

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References
www.jumpsportsindia.com
[1] http:/ / www. fiba. com/ pages/ eng/ fc/ FIBA/ fibaStru/ nfLeag/ nfProf. asp?nationalFederationNumber=301 FIBA.com National Federations & Leagues [2] http:/ / www. fiba. com/ pages/ eng/ fc/ FIBA/ fibaStru/ nfLeag/ nfProf. asp?nationalFederationNumber=301 FIBA.com National Federations & Leagues [3] http:/ / archive. fiba. com/ pages/ eng/ fa/ event/ p/ cid/ / sid/ 2447/ _/ 1975_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/ index. html FIBA: 1975 Asian Championship for men, fiba.com, accessed 17 October 201. [4] http:/ / archive. fiba. com/ pages/ eng/ fa/ game/ p/ gid/ 10/ grid/ X/ rid/ 727/ sid/ 2940/ tid/ 301/ _/ 1980_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/ statistic. html FIBA: 1980 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men, archives.fiba.com, accessed 17 October 2011. [5] http:/ / www. taiwanhoops. com/ 2004/ 11/ stankovic-cup-day-4-robinsons-36-leads. html Taiwan Hoops - Stankovic Cup Day 4 Robinsons 36 leads India upset Korea, 81-76 , taiwanhoops.com, written November 24, 2004, accessed 13 October 2011. [6] http:/ / www. hindu. com/ 2007/ 12/ 04/ stories/ 2007120411292200. htm The Hindu - Sport / Basketball : Robinson not to play for India, TN, Hindu.com, written 4 Dec 2007, accessed 15 October 2011. [7] http:/ / timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ sports/ more-sports/ interviews/ Im-here-to-create-a-superstar-says-Indias-NBA-coach-Kenny-Natt/ articleshow/ 8853690. cms The Times of India Sports - I'm here to create a superstar, says India's NBA coach Kenny Natt, timesofindia.com, written 14 June 2011, accessed 21 October 2011. [8] http:/ / wuhan2011. fibaasia. net/ ScheduleResults. aspx 26th FIBA Asia Championship : Schedule & Results, fibaasia.net, accessed 21 October 2011. [9] (http:/ / www. fibaasia. net/ championshipcup. php?PHPSESSID=ed5cd5c51a9daca24fccf1a1b91c10c6)

External links
Official Website (http://www.indiabasketball.org/)

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