Basketball at the SEA Games

Last updated December 23, 2025

The sport of basketball has been played, for both men and women, at the SEA Games since 1977. Starting in 2019, the 3x3 version of the game was played, in addition to the usual 5-on-5 full strength teams.

Men's tournaments

5-on-5

Year	Host	Gold medal match			Bronze medal match
Year	Host	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	No playoffs	Malaysia	Thailand	No playoffs	Singapore
1979 Details	Jakarta	Malaysia		Philippines	Singapore		Indonesia
1981 Details	Manila	Philippines	91–74	Malaysia	Thailand	99–90	Singapore
1983 Details	Singapore	Philippines	No playoffs	Malaysia	Thailand	No playoffs	Singapore
1985 Details	Bangkok	Philippines		Malaysia	Thailand
1987 Details	Jakarta	Philippines		Malaysia	Thailand		Indonesia
1989 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	No playoffs	Philippines	Thailand	No playoffs	Singapore
1991 Details	Quezon City	Philippines	77–72	Thailand	Malaysia	103–80	Singapore
1993 Details	Singapore	Philippines	71–66	Thailand	Indonesia
1995 Details	Chiang Mai	Philippines	108–89	Thailand	Malaysia		Indonesia
1997 Details	Jakarta	Philippines	96–86	Malaysia	Thailand	68–57	Indonesia
1999 Details	Bandar Seri Begawan	Philippines	89–69	Thailand	Indonesia	71–48	Malaysia
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	No playoffs	Indonesia	Malaysia	No playoffs	Thailand
2003 Details	Ho Chi Minh City	Philippines	No playoffs	Thailand	Malaysia	No playoffs	Singapore
2005	Antipolo	Not held - Philippines, the host country, was suspended by FIBA.
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima	Philippines	No playoffs	Indonesia	Malaysia	No playoffs	Thailand
2009	Vientiane	Not held - Laos, the host country, reduced the number of sports due to lack of facilities.
2011 Details	Jakarta	Philippines	85–57	Thailand	Indonesia	78–54	Malaysia
2013 Details	Naypyidaw	Philippines	No playoffs	Thailand	Singapore	No playoffs	Malaysia
2015 Details	Singapore	Philippines	72–64	Indonesia	Singapore	54–49	Thailand
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	94–55	Indonesia	Thailand	65–55	Singapore
2019 Details	Pasay	Philippines	115–81	Thailand	Vietnam	86–71	Indonesia
2021 Details	Hanoi	Indonesia	No playoffs	Philippines	Thailand	No playoffs	Vietnam
2023 Details	Phnom Penh	Philippines	80–69	Cambodia	Thailand	83–69	Indonesia
2025 Details	Bangkok	Philippines	70–64	Thailand	Indonesia	80–68	Malaysia

Medal summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)	20	3	0	23
2	Malaysia (MAS)	2	6	5	13
3	Indonesia (INA)	1	4	4	9
4	Thailand (THA)	0	9	10	19
5	Cambodia (CAM)	0	1	0	1
6	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	3	3
7	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		23	23	23	69

Participating nations

Since the 1997 SEA Games.

Team	1997	1999	2001	2003	2007	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025
Brunei		6th
Cambodia		7th			5th	7th	6th	6th	7th	7th	7th	2nd
Timor-Leste								9th
Laos									8th			8th
Indonesia	4th	3rd	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd	5th	2nd	2nd	4th	1st	4th	3rd
Malaysia	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	5th	5th	6th	5th	5th	4th
Myanmar						8th	7th	8th	9th	8th			7th
Philippines	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st
Singapore		5th	5th	4th		5th	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	6th
Thailand	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd
Vietnam			6th	6th		6th		7th	6th	3rd	4th	6th	5th
Nations	4	7	6	6	5	8	7	9	9	8	7	8	7

3x3

Year	Host	Gold medal match			Bronze medal match
Year	Host	Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists	Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
2019 Details	San Juan	Philippines	21–9	Indonesia	Vietnam	21–17	Thailand
2021 Details	Hanoi	Thailand	21–19	Vietnam	Philippines	14–10	Indonesia
2023 Details	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	20–15	Philippines	Thailand	21–13	Vietnam
2025 Details	Bangkok	Thailand	21–18	Singapore	Malaysia	21–19	Philippines

Medal summary

Women's tournaments

5-on-5

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand	Singapore
1979 Details	Jakarta	Malaysia	Thailand	Indonesia
1981 Details	Manila	Malaysia	Philippines	Thailand
1983 Details	Singapore	Malaysia	Philippines	Singapore
1985 Details	Bangkok	Malaysia	Philippines	Singapore
1987 Details	Jakarta	Malaysia	Thailand	Philippines
1989 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand	Malaysia	Indonesia
1991 Details	Quezon City	Thailand	Indonesia	Malaysia
1993 Details	Singapore	Malaysia	Thailand	Philippines
1995 Details	Chiang Mai	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
1997 Details	Jakarta	Malaysia	Thailand	Indonesia
1999	Bandar Seri Begawan	Not held
2001 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand	Philippines
2003 Details	Ho Chi Minh City	Malaysia	Singapore	Philippines
2005	Quezon City	Not held - Philippines, the host country, was suspended by FIBA.
2007 Details	Nakhon Ratchasima	Malaysia	Thailand	Philippines
2009	Vientiane	Not held - Laos, the host country, reduced the number of sports due to lack of facilities.
2011 Details	Jakarta	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
2013 Details	Naypyidaw	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
2015 Details	Singapore	Malaysia	Indonesia	Thailand
2017 Details	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand	Indonesia
2019 Details	Pasay	Philippines	Thailand	Indonesia
2021 Details	Hanoi	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia
2023 Details	Phnom Penh	Indonesia	Philippines	Malaysia
2025 Details	Bangkok	Philippines	Thailand	Indonesia

Medal summary

3x3

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2019 Details	San Juan	Philippines	Thailand	Malaysia
2021 Details	Hanoi	Thailand	Vietnam	Indonesia
2023 Details	Phnom Penh	Vietnam	Philippines	Indonesia
2025 Details	Bangkok	Indonesia	Thailand	Malaysia

Medal summary

Combined medal summary


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)	25	12	6	43
2	Malaysia (MAS)	15	7	14	36
3	Thailand (THA)	8	21	13	42
4	Indonesia (INA)	3	8	12	23
5	Vietnam (VIE)	1	2	2	5
6	Cambodia (CAM)	1	1	0	2
7	Singapore (SIN)	0	2	6	8
Totals (7 entries)		53	53	53	159

Note

* The 2005 men's basketball tournaments were originally scheduled to be held at the Ynares Center in Antipolo Province of Rizal, while the women's tournaments were to be held at the Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City. Both Final Games were to be held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

References

↑ Alinea, Eddie (August 26, 2017). "Pinoys keen to keep SEAG basketball supremacy". Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.

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[1] Alinea, Eddie (August 26, 2017). "Pinoys keen to keep SEAG basketball supremacy". Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.

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Basketball at the SEA Games

Contents

Men's tournaments

5-on-5

Medal summary

Participating nations

3x3

Medal summary

Women's tournaments

5-on-5

Medal summary

3x3

Medal summary

Combined medal summary

Note

See also

References