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]

SABA Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021 SABA Championship
SportBasketball
Founded2002
CountrySABA member nations
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 India (6th title)
Most titles India (6 titles)

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

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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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  India6006
2  Bangladesh1416
3  Sri Lanka1225
4    Nepal0123
5  Maldives0112
6  Pakistan0101
Totals (6 entries)89623

See also

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References

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  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).