Singapore U 16 girls basketball team win first medal at regional youth level in over a decade

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SINGAPORE – Starved of success for some time, Singapore basketball received a shot in the arm when the national Under-16 girls’ team won a silver medal in the South-east Asia Basketball Association (Seaba) qualifiers for the Fiba U-16 Women’s Asia Cup on May 18.

The Republic placed second out of five teams during the five-day tournament in Hanoi, Vietnam, the first time that a South-east Asian qualifying competition was held for the continental event.

They finished behind Indonesia, who won all four matches to clinch the sole qualification spot for the Fiba U-16 Women’s Asia Cup that will be held in Malaysia in September.

The last time Singapore won a medal in a regional youth basketball tournament was back in 2014, when the U-18 girls’ team bagged a silver at the Seaba U-18 Championship, the inaugural edition which saw only three teams taking part.

At the Thanh Tri Gymnasium last week, the Republic opened their campaign with a 71-61 defeat by Thailand, before beating Malaysia 63-46. After losing 81-51 to Indonesia, they bounced back with a 64-33 victory over Vietnam.

While Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand had identical records of two wins and two losses each, the Republic finished ahead of the other two teams based on their points’ difference in matches involving the three sides.

The team’s coach, Desmond Oh, a former national basketballer who had also played for the Singapore Slingers, said: “It’s actually a very, very good tournament for the girls, And I’m very proud of them for achieving a silver medal (with) the tremendous effort they put in.”

In preparation for this tournament, the girls juggled training with school work and National School Games (NSG) fixtures for two months.

They faced further challenges in Hanoi, when coach Oh, 38, had to return to Singapore ahead of the

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