SEA Games 2023 Basketball: Indonesian Men's Team In One Group With Thailand

The player of the Basketball National Team, Putra Yudha Saputera, dribbled against the Australian SouthernDistrictstrades. (Between/HO-Perbasi)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian men's basketball national team (5x5) was in Group A with Thailand in the 2023 SEA Games preliminary round which officially took place on May 5-17.

In an official Instagram account on Monday, the Central Board of the Indonesian Basketball Association (PP Perbasi) announced that the Red and White squad will also face Singapore and host Cambodia in the group phase other than Thailand.

Meanwhile, Group B is inhabited by strong teams from the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Myanmar.

The 5x5 basketball sport at the 2023 SEA Games is scheduled to take place at the Morodok Techo Indoor Sports Center, Phnom Penh, from May 6-16.

The Red and White Squad will appear as the defending champion after the XXXI/2021 SEA GAMES in Vietnam which took place last year in history by winning the first gold during its participation in Southeast Asia's biggest sporting event.

At that time, Indonesia defeated the Philippines, which dominated 16 editions of the SEA Games with a score of 85-81.

The Red and White Squad continues to prepare for the Cambodian SEA Games by conducting a national training camp in Australia as well as a trial match against the Australian Basketball League or NBL1 team on April 4-24.

A total of 15 players were brought to Kangaroo Country under coach Milos Pejic. Those who left were Andakara Prastawa, Widyanta Putra Teja, Yudha Saputera, Jerome Anthony Bean, and Muhamad Arighi.

In addition, there are also Saudale animation, Althof Dwira Satrio, M. Sandy Ibrahim Aziz, Juan Laurent Kokodiputra, Dame Diagne, Ramot Gemilang Etc., Vincent Kosasih,estery Prosper, Kelvin Sanjaya, and Julian Chalias.