2017 SABA Championship

2017 SABA Championship
	6th South Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Maldives
Dates	19–23 May
Teams	5 (from 8 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	India (5th title)
	< 2016

The 2017 SABA Championship is the 6th SABA Championship, and the qualifying event in the SABA sub-zone, one of the FIBA Asia's subzone for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The games were held from 19 to 23 May in Malé, Maldives. India successfully defended their SABA crown after sweeping the whole tournament. With this win, they qualified for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and the first round of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers. ^[1]The tournament followed a single round robin format.^[2]

This tournaments marked the first time the Maldives hosted an international basketball tournament. Aside from the hosts, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh participated in the tournament.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (C, Q)	4	4	0	404	218	+186	8	Qualified to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers ^[4]
2	Bangladesh	4	3	1	323	340	−17	7
3	Sri Lanka	4	1	3	285	312	−27	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Nepal	4	1	3	236	306	−70	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Maldives (H)	4	1	3	222	294	−72	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1 2 3 Considering these teams have 1–1 records against each other;
When the quotient system is used, Sri Lanka win the bronze medal as they have an average of 0.913 against 0.771 of Nepal and 0.755 of Maldives.

Results

All times are in Maldivian Time (UTC+05:00)

19 May 2017
17:00

Report

Bangladesh	76–66	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–18, 23–20, 14–14