Southeast Asia Basketball Association

The Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) is a subzone of FIBA Asia consisting of countries from Southeast Asia. The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), a professional league, is the top level of club competition run by the SEABA.

Southeast Asia Basketball
Association (SEABA)

The SEABA logo
Map of Southeast Asia showing SEABA's 10 national federations
Abbreviation	SEABA
Type	Regional sports federation
Region served	Southeast Asia
Membership	10 national associations
Secretary General	Koh Koon Teck
President	Henry B. Nguyen
Parent organization	FIBA Asia
Affiliations	FIBA
Website	FIBA Asia
Formerly called	ABC SEABA

Member associations

Current members

•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  Indonesia
•  Laos
•  Malaysia
•  Myanmar
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  Vietnam

Former member

•  Timor-Leste – moved to FIBA Oceania in August 2015^[1]

National team tournaments

SEABA Championship

Main article: SEABA Championship

The SEABA Championship is a tournament between national teams. It was first held in Segamat in 1994, and every two years thereafter. The fourth edition, which was held in Manila in 2001, changed the year of the subzone qualifiers in odd-numbered years, beginning that same year; and directly it became the main qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Championship.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
1994	Segamat	Malaysia	Thailand	Indonesia
1996	Surabaya	Indonesia	Philippines	Unknown1
1998	Manila	Philippines	Thailand	Malaysia
2001	Manila	Philippines	Thailand	Singapore
2003	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	Malaysia	Thailand
2005	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Indonesia	Thailand
2007	Ratchaburi	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia
2009	Medan	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia
2011	Jakarta	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia
2013	Medan	Thailand	Malaysia	Singapore
2015	Singapore	Philippines	Malaysia	Singapore
2017	Quezon City	Philippines	Indonesia	Thailand

1. ^ A 3rd Place Match took place between Malaysia and Thailand but the result is unknown.

SEABA Cup

Main article: SEABA Cup

The SEABA Cup is the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Challenge, and is held in even-numbered years.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
2012	Chiang Mai	Philippines	Indonesia	Thailand
2014	Batam	Singapore	Indonesia	Malaysia
2016	Bangkok	Philippines	Thailand	Singapore

SEABA Championship for Women

Main article: SEABA Championship for Women

The SEABA Championship for Women is a tournament between national teams.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
1995	Surat Thani	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
1997	Bangkok	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
1999	Genting	Malaysia	Thailand	Philippines
2002	Phuket	Thailand	Malaysia	Philippines
2004	Singapore	Singapore	Thailand	Malaysia
2007	Phuket	Thailand	Philippines	Malaysia
2010	Manila	Philippines	Thailand	Malaysia
2014	Semarang	Malaysia	Indonesia	Singapore
2016	Malacca City	Philippines	Malaysia	Singapore

SEABA Under-18 Championship

Main article: SEABA Under-18 Championship

The SEABA Under-18 Championship is a tournament between national teams. The highest placers go to the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
1996	Santa Cruz	Philippines	Singapore	Malaysia
1998	Bangkok	Philippines	Malaysia
2002	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Thailand	Indonesia
2004	Lucena	Philippines	Singapore	Thailand
2006	Segamat	Malaysia	Singapore	Thailand
2008	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	Malaysia	Thailand
2010	Yangon	Philippines	Malaysia	Thailand
2012	Singapore	Philippines	Indonesia	Singapore
2014	Tawau	Philippines	Malaysia	Indonesia
2016	Medan	Philippines	Thailand	Indonesia
2024[2]	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia

SEABA Under-16 Championship

Main article: SEABA Under-16 Championship

The SEABA Under-16 Championship is a tournament between national teams. The highest placers go to the FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
2011	Banting	Philippines	Malaysia	Indonesia
2013	Yogyakarta	Philippines	Thailand	Malaysia
2015	Cagayan de Oro	Philippines	Malaysia	Indonesia
2017	Quezon City	Philippines	Malaysia	Thailand
2023	Surabaya	Philippines	Malaysia	Indonesia
2025	San Fernando	Philippines	Indonesia	Malaysia

SEABA Under-18 Championship for Women

Main article: SEABA Under-18 Championship for Women

The SEABA Under-18 Championship for Women is a tournament between national teams. The highest placers go to the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
2014	Semarang	Malaysia	Singapore	Indonesia
2024[3]	Ratchaburi	Philippines	Thailand	Indonesia

SEABA Under-16 Championship for Women

Main article: SEABA Under-16 Championship for Women

The SEABA Under-16 Championship for Women is a tournament between national teams. The highest placers go to the FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women.

Year	Host	First place	Second place	Third place
2025[4]	Hanoi	Indonesia	Singapore	Malaysia

Professional club tournaments

The ASEAN Basketball League is a tournament among professional club teams. The winner goes to the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. Formerly, from 2000 until 2008, SEABA held a club tournament known as SEABA Champions Cup.

SEABA Champions Cup

Year	Host	First place	Score	Second place		Third place
2000	Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia	Belle Corporation	69–64	Mahaka Satria Muda		Petronas Basketball Team
2002	Cebu City, Philippines	M. Lhuillier-Guardo	117–114 (OT)	Spring Cooking Oil		Petronas Basketball Team
2007	Jakarta, Indonesia	Harbour Centre	85–67	Satria Muda BritAma		Petronas Basketball Team
2008	Jakarta, Indonesia	Satria Muda BritAma	No playoffs	Harbour Centre		Malaysia National Basketball League Selection
2018	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Mono Vampire	No playoffs	Pelita Jaya		Red Baron

ASEAN Basketball League

Main article: ASEAN Basketball League

Season	First place	Result	Second place	Third place
2009–10	Philippine Patriots1	3–0	Satria Muda BritAma	Singapore Slingers
2010–11	Chang Thailand Slammers1	2–0	AirAsia Philippine Patriots	Westports KL Dragons
2012	Indonesia Warriors	2–0	San Miguel Beermen1	AirAsia Philippine Patriots
2013	San Miguel Beermen1	3–0	Indonesia Warriors	Westports Malaysia Dragons
2014	Hi-Tech Bangkok City	2–0	Westports Malaysia Dragons1	Singapore Slingers
2015–16	Westports Malaysia Dragons1	3–2	Singapore Slingers	Hi-Tech Bangkok City
2016–17	Eastern1	3–1	Singapore Slingers	Alab Pilipinas
2017–18	San Miguel Alab Pilipinas	3–2	Mono Vampire	Chong Son Kung Fu1
2018–19	CLS Knights Indonesia	3–2	Singapore Slingers	Eastern
2019–20	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia.
2020–21	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia.
2021–22
2023	Hong Kong Eastern	2–1	Saigon Heat1	NS Matrix

1. ^ Finished regular season with the best win–loss record.

See also

• ABL 3x3 International Champions Cup