Saigon Heat

Saigon Heat
2024 Saigon Heat season
Saigon Heat logo
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
ArenaCIS Arena
Capacity1,300
LocationHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Team coloursRed, Yellow, Black
     
PresidentConnor Nguyen
Head coachMatthew Van Pelt
Websitesaigonheat.com
Active teams of Saigon Heat
ABL (formerly) VBA

The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. This is the first professional basketball team based in Vietnam.[1]

The Heat currently plays in the VBA, Vietnam's first professional basketball league.[2]

  1. ^ "SSA Saigon Heat Joins the AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League". ABL News. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011.
  2. ^ Hodge, Harry (4 March 2016). "Vietnam is getting a pro basketball league". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.