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

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1India (C, Q)440404218+1868Qualified to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers
2Bangladesh431323340−177
3Sri Lanka413285312−275
4Nepal413236306−705
5Maldives (H)413222294−725

Results

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

19 May 2017 17:00
Bangladesh76–66Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–18, 23–20, 14–14
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
19 May 2017 21:00
India84–42Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 24–12, 22–13, 16–14
Pts: Am. Singh 25Pts: Zilaal 12
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
20 May 2017 17:00
Bangladesh90–80Sri 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
Nepal61–59Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–20, 20–13, 12–10
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017 17:00
Sri Lanka61–88India
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–27, 15–16, 12–22
Pts: Perera 18Pts: Am. Singh 28
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017 21:00
Maldives52–86Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 8–29, 9–19, 26–26
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017 17:00
India142–71Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 36–9, 32–20, 45–13, 29–29
Pts: Am. Singh 22Pts: Biswas 25
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017 21:00
Sri Lanka81–65Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–15, 16–9, 23–21
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017 17:00
Nepal44–90India
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 7–20, 13–45, 18–19
Pts: Shrestha 9Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017 21:00
Maldives69–63Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 23–22, 12–17, 13–13
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé

Final rankings

Qualified for: 2017 FIBA Asia Cup Round 1 of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers
RankTeam
India
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
4thNepal
5thMaldives