Bangladesh men's national basketball team

Bangladesh
FIBA ranking140 Steady (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1978
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationBangladesh Basketball Federation (BBF)
NicknameBBF
FIBA World Cup
Appearances0
FIBA Asia Cup
Appearances4
MedalsNone
South Asian Games
Appearances1
Medals Bronze: 2010
SABA Championship
Appearances8
Medals Gold: 2013

Silver: 2002, 2014, 2017, 2018

Bronze: 2021
First international
 Bangladesh 73–114 Hong Kong 
(Nagoya, Japan; 30 November 1979)
Biggest win
 Bangladesh 90–80 Sri Lanka 
(Malé, Maldives; 20 May 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Bangladesh 71–171 Malaysia 
(Nagoya, Japan; 5 December 1979)

The Bangladesh national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Bangladesh. It is administered by the Bangladesh Basketball Federation. The team's top achievement to date was the bronze medal at the 2010 South Asian Games.

Olympic Games and World Championship record

Bangladesh has never qualified for Basketball at the Summer Olympics or the FIBA World Championship.

Asian Championship record

Bangladesh won their 1st international Championship in 2013, winning the FIBA Asia SABA Championship.

Bangladesh has yet to prove it can compete against Asia's basketball elite. The team still waits for its first victory at the FIBA Asia Championship. Its best finish was 13th in 1979.

Past rosters

Bangladesh men's national basketball team – 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 12 Mithun Kumar Biswas 31 – (1989-10-01)October 1, 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 7 Md Shamsuzzaman Khan 26 – (1994-07-25)July 25, 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF Mithun Sarkar 36 – (1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 6 Md Shahanur Rahman 22 – (1998-09-28)September 28, 1998 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PG 10 Md Naimur Rahman 27 – (1994-02-14)February 14, 1994 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
SG 8 Md Tareq Aziz 28 – (1993-01-06)January 6, 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 23 Saiful Islam 24 – (1996-12-08)December 8, 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 11 Md Masud Rana 23 – (1997-10-10)October 10, 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 13 Md Abdul Alim 30 – (1991-02-24)February 24, 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 24 Md Mamunur Rahman 24 – (1996-08-03)August 3, 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
F 14 Md Rofikuzzaman 22 – (1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PG 9 Mohammad Raniur Rahman 26 – (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Head coach
  • Bangladesh Wasif Ali
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bangladesh Ranjit Chandra Das
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 12 May 2021

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2021

15 November 2021 Bangladesh  56–67  Sri Lanka Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
10:00 BST (UTC+6) Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 15–16, 15–11, 11–26
[Boxscore]
17 November 2021 Bangladesh  86–65  Maldives Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
11:00 BST (UTC+6) Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 19–15, 16–21, 26–19
[Boxscore]
19 November 2021 India  106–41  Bangladesh Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
10:00 BST (UTC+6) Scoring by quarter: 33–11, 26–15, 28–6, 19–9
[Boxscore]

Competitions history

Olympic Games

Basketball at the Olympic Games records
Host Round Position GP W L
Nazi Germany 1936 Part of Pakistan Pakistan
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972 Did not qualify
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 To be determined
Total 0/21 0 Title 0 0 0

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup records
Host/Year Round Position GP Won Lost
Argentina 1950 Did not participate/Part of Pakistan Pakistan
Brazil 1954
Chile 1959
Brazil 1963
Uruguay 1967
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1970
Puerto Rico 1974 Did not qualify
Philippines 1978
Colombia 1982
Spain 1986
Argentina 1990
Canada 1994
Greece 1998
United States 2002
Japan 2006
Turkey 2010
Spain 2014
China 2019
Indonesia Japan Philippines 2023
Qatar 2027 Withdrew
Total 0/19 0 Title 0 0 0

FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Cup records
Host/Year Round Position GP Won Lost
Philippines 1960 Did not participate Part of  Pakistan
Taiwan 1963
Malaysia 1965
South Korea 1967
Thailand 1969
Japan 1971
Philippines 1973 Not a FIBA member
Thailand 1975
Malaysia 1977
Japan 1979 Group stage 13th place 8 0 8
India 1981 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1983
Malaysia 1985
Thailand 1987
China 1989 Group stage 15th place 6 0 6
Japan 1991 Did not enter
Indonesia 1993 Group stage 18th place 5 0 5
South Korea 1995 Did not enter
Saudi Arabia 1997 Group stage 15th place 6 0 6
Japan 1999 Did not enter
China 2001
China 2003 Did not qualify
Qatar 2005
Japan 2007 Did not enter
China 2009
China 2011 Did not qualify
Philippines 2013 Did not enter
China 2015 Did not qualify
Lebanon 2017
Indonesia 2022
Saudi Arabia 2025
Total 4/31 0 Title 25 0 25

FIBA Asia Cup qualification

FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers records
Host/Year Round Position GP Won Lost
Bangladesh 2022 DNQ 5/5 8 3 5
Palestine 2025 Withdrew
Total 2/2 0 Title 8 3 5

SABA Championship

SABA Championship records
Host/Year Round Position GP Won Lost
India 2002 Runners-up 2/7 The full data of the tournament have not been found
India 2013 Champion 1/7 The full data of the tournament have not been found
Nepal 2014 Runners-up 2/5 4 3 1
India 2015 Round robin 4/6 5 2 3
India 2016 Round robin 4/4 3 1 2
Maldives 2017 Runner-up 2/5 4 3 1
Bangladesh 2021 Round robin 3/4 3 1 2
Total 7/7 1 Title 19 10 9

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games records
Host/Year Round Position GP Won Lost
Saudi Arabia 2005 Did not participate
Iran 2010 Tournament did not held
Indonesia 2013 Did not participate
Azerbaijan 2017
Turkey 2021
Saudi Arabia 2025
Total 0/5 0 Title 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.