27th SEA Games Basketball: Thailand and Philippines off to flying start

Cambodia vs Philippines at SEA Games Basketball

The 27th edition of South East Asian (SEA) Games 2013 has started at Myanmar and basketball one of the major sports of the event. The basketball event has started with 7 countries participating in the men’s event and 5 countries in the women’s event.

Thailand and Philippines are off to a flying start by winning the first three matches of the men’s category in basketball.

Following are the participating teams:

Men’s

Cambodia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand

Women’s

Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Thailand

The competition is held in league format with the participating teams playing with each other once and the team that accumulates the most point winning the gold medal.

Below are the results of the matches played until 12 December 2013

Men’s

Thailand 69-59 Singapore
Indonesia 53-61 Malaysia
Cambodia 58-73 Malaysia
Singapore 75-88 Philippines
Indonesia 83-40 Myanmar
Philippines 107-57 Cambodia
Malaysia 67-71 Singapore
Thailand 75-59 Indonesia
Cambodia 67-80 Thailand
Indonesia 48-62 Singapore
Myanmar 43-118 Philippines

Women’s

Myanmar 39-104 Indonesia
Malaysia 59-65 Philippines
Philippines 36-75 Thailand
Myanmar 32-95 Malaysia