Name list contributed by reader Lock Lock.
Singapore’s youth basketballers will take part in the 1st FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Asia Under-16 Championships. The boys’ tournament will be held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, from November 19 to November 27, while the girls’ competition will be played in Pune, India, from November 30 to December 6.
The two teams that reach the final of each competition will be slated to compete in next year’s FIBA World Under-17 Championship.
Boys Team
Team In Charge: Mr Yeo Yew Yong
Head Coach: Mr Ong Yao Kwang
Assistant Coach: Mr Choo Chuan Ling
Players:
Low Wenqiang Russel, 16 (Presbyterian High School)
Su Mingrong Jabez, 16 (Catholic High School)
Larry Liew Hua Sen, 16 (North Vista Secondary School)
Ng Wei Xiang, 16 (Unity Secondary School)
Hibshamir bin Ibrahim, 15 (New Town Secondary School)
Brandon Lim Zi Yi, 15 (Dunman High School)
Tan Jun Wei, 15 (Anglican High School)
David Soo Zheng Jie, 15 (Unity Secondary School)
Peter Soo Zheng Yi, 15 (Unity Secondary School)
Goh Kok Chiang Delvin, 14 (Unity Secondary School)
Low Weng Hon Remus, 15 (Unity Secondary School)
Poh Wei Hao (Not taking part), 16 (Naval Base Secondary School)
1st FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
| Date | Time | Group | White | Pts | Dark | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 19 Nov | 0700 | A | Korea | 101 | Singapore | 33 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 0900 | B | Kazakhstan | 63 | Bahrain | 54 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 1100 | C | China | 109 | Saudi Arabia | 29 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 1300 | D | C. Taipei | 74 | Iran | 87 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 1500 | A | India | 31 | Jordan | 57 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 1700 | C | Syria | 53 | Kuwait | 52 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 1900 | B | Japan | 59 | Philippines | 63 |
| Thu 19 Nov | 2115 | D | Malaysia | 80 | Thailand | 44 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 0800 | A | Saudi Arabia | 40 | India | 55 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 1000 | B | Bahrain | 85 | Japan | 84 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 1200 | C | Kuwait | 50 | Korea | 91 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 1400 | D | Thailand | 36 | Iran | 71 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 1600 | B | Philippines | 76 | Kazakhstan | 50 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 1800 | C | Singapore | 58 | Syria | 71 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 2000 | D | Malaysia | 78 | C. Taipei | 114 |
| Fri 20 Nov | 2200 | A | Jordan | 44 | China | 117 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 0800 | B | Bahrain | 45 | Philippines | 62 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 1000 | A | Jordan | 59 | Saudi Arabia | 36 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 1200 | C | Kuwait | 45 | Singapore | 61 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 1400 | D | C. Taipei | 92 | Thailand | 34 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 1600 | D | Iran | 97 | Malaysia | 52 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 1800 | C | Korea | 103 | Syria | 61 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 2000 | A | China | 121 | India | 47 |
| Sat 21 Nov | 2200 | B | Japan | 78 | Kazakhstan | 66 |
| QUARTER-FINALS | ||||||
| Sun 22 Nov | 2000 | I | China | 108 | Taipei | 61 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 2200 | I | Japan | 56 | Korea | 93 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 1600 | I | Korea | 51 | China | 121 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 1800 | I | Taipei | 75 | Japan | 67 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 2000 | I | China | 115 | Japan | 65 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 2200 | I | Korea | 71 | Taipei | 39 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 2200 | II | Jordan | 51 | Iran | 70 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 1800 | II | Philippines | 71 | Syria | 57 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 2000 | II | Syria | 70 | Jordan | 77 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 2200 | II | Iran | 76 | Philippines | 70 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 1600 | II | Jordan | 45 | Philippines | 60 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 1800 | II | Syria | 58 | Iran | 69 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 0800 | III | India | 52 | Thailand | 55 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 1000 | III | Bahrain | 64 | Singapore | 58 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 1200 | III | Singapore | 51 | India | 65 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 1400 | III | Thailand | 60 | Bahrain | 80 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 0800 | III | India | 58 | Bahrain | 40 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 1000 | III | Singapore | 92 | Thailand | 52 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 1200 | IV | Saudi Arabia | 77 | Malaysia | 84 |
| Sun 22 Nov | 1400 | IV | Kazakhstan | 63 | Kuwait | 66 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 0800 | IV | Kuwait | 60 | Saudi Arabia | 40 |
| Mon 23 Nov | 1000 | IV | Malaysia | 59 | Kazakhstan | 75 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 1200 | IV | Saudi Arabia | 38 | Kazakhstan | 64 |
| Tue 24 Nov | 1400 | IV | Kuwait | 53 | Malaysia | 73 |
| SEMI-FINALS | ||||||
| Thu 26 Nov | 1800 | China | 85 | Philippines | 66 | |
| Thu 26 Nov | 2000 | Iran | 81 | Korea | 82 | |
| CLASSIFICATION | ||||||
| Thu 26 Nov | 1400 | Taipei | 75 | Syria | 50 | |
| Thu 26 Nov | 1600 | Jordan | 57 | Japan | 100 | |
| Thu 26 Nov | 1000 | Playing for 15th | Thailand | 61 | Saudi Arabia | 72 |
| Thu 26 Nov | 1200 | Playing for 13th | Singapore | 60 | Kuwait | 66 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 1000 | Playing for 11th | Bahrain | 73 | Malaysia | 83 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 1200 | Playing for 9th | India | 49 | Kazakhstan | 59 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 1400 | Playing for 7th | Syria | 87 | Jordan | 51 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 1600 | Playing for 5th | Taipei | 71 | Japan | 66 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 1800 | Playing for 3rd | Philippines | 73 | Iran | 83 |
| Fri 27 Nov | 200 | Playing for 1st | China | 104 | Korea | 69 |
Girls’ competition groupings:
Group A: China, C. Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, Singapore
Group B: Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka
P.S. If you have any details on the squad or fixture list of the Women’s team, please leave it in the comments section and we will update the post accordingly. Thanks.
GO SINGAPORE!!!!! NATION IS ROOTING FOR THESE BOYS!!!!!
People can be student / athletes ….prime example is David Robinson at the tough (academically and physically) US Naval Academy.
There are some schools in the Philippines that are very strict in academics and still beat the other schools. The Ateneo Eagles (college) and Eaglets (high school) captured the UAAP crowns.
Ateneo’s Jet Nieto was a very good layer but chose to finish med school and is now a dotor. Chris Tiu was at the toughest course and was an exchange student to a top Paris University.
But there are other athletes who have basketball as their only way out of poverty.
Gordon and Jake you are both right.
got jabez sure win.
i think their target would be the first round
Wow, looks like a who’s who of the B Div boys scene this year with the exception of Delvin from USS. All the best to all the boys ok. I firmly believe the exposure to similar age group players from the other countries will do wonders for them.
What’s the team’s target? 2nd round? Quarters?
It’s not a reason for losing, us losing is entirely understandable, I’m just mentioning in regard to the months of preparation before such competitions. Yeah, they’ll be mini camps, but not long chain of friendlies. Lessons are the priority when you have a outside of curriculam activity clashing with academics.
I’m not implying that the Filippinoes don’t go to school, I had a feeling you would say that. It’s just that, it’s not really a focus here. In the Philippines, the youths play to become professionals, over here, training to be a professional is being frowned upon, the sports culture is not yet instilled into the population. In some other countries, the curriculam is more flexible to allow more sports participation (and many other things). That is why when locals go overseas to study for their degree, some of them like the slower lifestyle better so much they stayed there. Some of my friends are actually residing in Australia now (leaving Singapore)
@gordon, what do you expect from a team that was just recently put up with kids 16 yrs. old in bellow without prior preparation and then suddenly sent out for an international tournament. how do you think they will fair out. the last time singapore sent a youth squad for for an international competetion was in the ABC Under-18 Championship 2000, they had a 0-7 win-loss record, and they were dead last out of 16 nations… their handlers are just going to crush this kids confidence/dreams of being basketballers if they retain such record…
don’t take me wrong gordon, but this days people really have to study and finish a degree to live a full life… we filipinos also must study, the heck every human being has to study, it’s only up to the person to juggle his time to be competetive in both academics and sports. to be able to juggle your time is a making of a good individual… don’t tell me singaporeans study more than the japanese, koreans, taiwanese and the iranians do… its all about dedication and time allotment… that reason is so lame, or are you implying that filipinos don’t go to school…
@Jake It’s part and parcel of being a Singaporean, studies is the main priority. Most of our young players have to juggle being a full time student and school players. Even if they had wanted to, they would not have enough time to prepare. (only time being the holidays).
the Philippines under 16 team recently won the second Nokia Pilipinas Youth Invitational Basketball Championship in Cebu,they beat under 16 teams Japan, 77-59, and Chinese-Taipei, 87-55, before rallying from 16-points down to beat Iran, 89-83. they were able to beat the Iranian team again in the finals 77-57. this is in preparation for the FIBA Asia Under-16 championships in Malaysia… to be competetive they started practicing as early as June. the Singapore team should also have undergone thesame exposure to fair well in the tournament.
Singapore vs Korea for fiba asia will be at 7am on 19 Nov, China vs Saudi Arabia will replace the 11am slot. opening ceremony will be at 2045hrs on 19 Nov
Go Singapore!!!!! We can take this!!!!
lol where is sherwin and kang liang.should replace other players for them.they are good
got russell wont get trash already.he damn pro.
Why is weihao not playing? What problems?
AHS Kang Liang and sherwin will be going there as reserve. i heard there was a replacement for kang liang. But a fine was impose to SG by FIBA about few hundred? i think 700us dollars thus SG didnt want to fork out the money just to replace the name. But personally i think kang liang can really help in the team with the short of points guard position.
Theres more 15 yrs old players cause the competion is actually for the under 15 squad but they are lack of experience.Thats why BAS decided to add in some 16 yrs old players.Wei Hao not taking part due to last minute problems.It was after the names were submitted.You cant replace the players.
Well, so much for the faith you had in the players shortlisted and most importantly SINGAPORE.
What kind of selection is it? Being Under 16, there should be more players aged 16 than 15. Also, almost half the Team is from Unity Secondary School which seems unbalanced. The non-taking part player is depriving others an opportunity. Hope the Team will not be crushed like the recent Girls’ Team with the Malaysian Team held at SBA Centre.