2017 SABA Championship

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2017 SABA Championship
6th South Asian Basketball Championship
File:2017 SABA Championship logo.png
Official logo of the 2017 SABA Championship
Tournament details
Host country Maldives
Dates19–23 May
Teams5 (from 8 federations)
Venue1 (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.[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

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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[a]
4 Error creating thumbnail:    Nepal 4 1 3 236 306 −70 5[a]
5  Maldives (H) 4 1 3 222 294 −72 5[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2017. Source: [citation needed]
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. ^ a b c 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

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

19 May 2017
17:00
Bangladesh  76–66 Error creating thumbnail:    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–18, 23–20, 14–14
19 May 2017
21:00
India  84–42  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 24–12, 22–13, 16–14
Pts: Am. Singh 25 Pts: Zilaal 12
20 May 2017
17:00
Bangladesh  90–80  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 25–18, 24–20, 16–14
20 May 2017
21:00
Nepal   Error creating thumbnail: 61–59  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–20, 20–13, 12–10
21 May 2017
17:00
Sri Lanka  61–88  India
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–27, 15–16, 12–22
Pts: Perera 18 Pts: Am. Singh 28
21 May 2017
21:00
Maldives  52–86  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 8–29, 9–19, 26–26
22 May 2017
17:00
India  142–71  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 36–9, 32–20, 45–13, 29–29
Pts: Am. Singh 22 Pts: Biswas 25
22 May 2017
21:00
Sri Lanka  81–65 Error creating thumbnail:    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–15, 16–9, 23–21
23 May 2017
17:00
Nepal   Error creating thumbnail: 44–90  India
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 7–20, 13–45, 18–19
Pts: Shrestha 9 Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22
23 May 2017
21:00
Maldives  69–63  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 23–22, 12–17, 13–13

Final rankings

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

References

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