SABA Championship

SABA Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2021 SABA Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2002
Country	SABA member nations
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	India (6th title)
Most titles	India (6 titles)

The SABA Championship is a basketball tournament for national teams organized by the South Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as a qualifier for various FIBA Asia events such as the FIBA Asia Championship and the FIBA Asia Cup.^[1][2]

Starting immediately at the end of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, a new qualification format for 2021 FIBA Asia Cup, and for every continental championships thereafter, has been introduced, wherein home and away games will be done during the pre-qualifiers in order to determine the participants for the main qualifiers that will battle for the 16 berths of the continental championships.^[3]

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third-place game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002 Details	Guwahati		India	No playoffs	Bangladesh			No playoffs
2013 Details	Dhaka		Bangladesh	No playoffs	Pakistan		Nepal	No playoffs	Maldives
2014 Details	Kathmandu		India	No playoffs	Bangladesh		Sri Lanka	No playoffs	Nepal
2015 Details	Bengaluru		India	No playoffs	Sri Lanka		Nepal	No playoffs	Bangladesh
2016 Details	Bengaluru		India	No playoffs	Maldives		Nepal	No playoffs	Bangladesh
2017 Details	Malé		India	No playoffs	Bangladesh		Sri Lanka	No playoffs	Nepal
2018 Details	Dhaka		Sri Lanka	No playoffs	Bangladesh		Maldives	No playoffs	Bhutan
2021 Details	Dhaka		India	No playoffs	Sri Lanka		Bangladesh	No playoffs	Maldives

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	6	0	0	6
2	Bangladesh	1	4	1	6
3	Sri Lanka	1	2	2	5
4	Nepal	0	1	2	3
5	Maldives	0	1	1	2
6	Pakistan	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	9	6	23

See also

• SABA Women's Championship
• South Asian Games

References

1. "SABA Championship 2015 to be held in India". BasketballSansar. 15 June 2015.
2. "SABA decides India will host the 4th SABA Championship / Qualifying Round 2015". Basketball Federation of India. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
3. "Road to FIBA Basketball World Cup China 2019 and FIBA Asia Cup 2021" (PDF).