The 2021 SABA Championship was the 8th SABA Championship, and also known as Bangabandhu 6th South Asian Basketball Championship. The games were held from 15 to 19 November in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Aside from the host country, other confirmed participants are from India, Sri Lanka and Maldives.

India swept the tournament en route to their sixth overall subzone title and their first title after four years. Defending champions Sri Lanka finished second, followed by the hosts Bangladesh and Maldives.

FIBA rankings

Here are the FIBA rankings of the participating teams prior to the start of the tournament (rankings as of 9 August 2021):

India - 78th (World Rank), 14th (Asian Rank) Sri Lanka - 132nd (World Rank), 28th (Asian Rank) Maldives - 142nd (World Rank), 31st (Asian Rank) Bangladesh - 146th (World Rank), 33rd (Asian Rank)

Standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1India330308120+1886
2Sri Lanka321192215−235Qualified to 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers
3Bangladesh (H)312183238−554
4Maldives303141251−1103

Results

All times are in Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00)

15 November 2021 10:00
[Boxscore]
Bangladesh56–67Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 15–16, 15–11, 11–26
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
16 November 2021 10:00
[Boxscore]
India88–31Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 28–7, 17–11, 17–6
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
17 November 2021 09:00
[Boxscore]
Sri Lanka48–114India
Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 15–28, 2–31, 14–25
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
17 November 2021 11:00
[Boxscore]
Bangladesh86–65Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 19–15, 16–21, 26–19
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
18 November 2021 10:00
[Boxscore]
Maldives45–77Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 15–22, 9–17, 13–17
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka
19 November 2021 10:00
[Boxscore]
India106–41Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 33–11, 26–15, 28–6, 19–9
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Dhaka

Final rankings

RankTeam
India
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
4Maldives

Awards

2021 SABA champions
India Sixth title