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International basketball competition
2017 SABA Championship
6th South Asian Basketball Championship
Official logo of the 2017 SABA Championship
Tournament details
Host country Maldives
Dates19–23 May
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
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. The tournament followed a single round robin format.

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.

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
2  Bangladesh 4 3 1 323 340 −17 7
3  Sri Lanka 4 1 3 285 312 −27 5
4    Nepal 4 1 3 236 306 −70 5
5  Maldives (H) 4 1 3 222 294 −72 5
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) Champions; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
19 May 2017
21:00
Report
India  84–42  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 24–12, 22–13, 16–14
Pts: Am. Singh 25 Pts: Zilaal 12
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
20 May 2017
17:00
Report
Bangladesh  90–80  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 25–18, 24–20, 16–14
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
20 May 2017
21:00
Report
Nepal    61–59  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–20, 20–13, 12–10
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017
17:00
Report
Sri Lanka  61–88  India
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–27, 15–16, 12–22
Pts: Perera 18 Pts: Am. Singh 28
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017
21:00
Report
Maldives  52–86  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 8–29, 9–19, 26–26
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017
17:00
Report
India  142–71  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 36–9, 32–20, 45–13, 29–29
Pts: Am. Singh 22 Pts: Biswas 25
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017
21:00
Report
Sri Lanka  81–65    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–15, 16–9, 23–21
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017
17:00
Report
Nepal    44–90  India
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 7–20, 13–45, 18–19
Pts: Shrestha 9 Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017
21:00
Report
Maldives  69–63  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 23–22, 12–17, 13–13
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé

Final rankings

Qualified for:
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bangladesh
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sri Lanka
4th    Nepal
5th  Maldives

References

  1. "India aiming for SABA Championship 5-peat". FIBA. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. "India open with a win on Day 1 of the 5th SABA Championship 2017". Basketball Federation of India. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. "Basketball: Teams participating in SABA Championship arrives". vNews. Island Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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