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2015 SABA Championship
4th South Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	3–5 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (3rd title)
PPG (Team)	India (110.4)
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The 2015 SABA Championship was the 4th SABA Championship, and the qualifying event in the SABA subzone, one of the FIBA Asia's subzone for the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. The games were held from 3 July to 5 July in Bengaluru, India. The tournament was originally set to be hosted in Bangladesh.^[1]^[2]^[3]

India successfully defended their title by sweeping the entire tournament. Winning their third overall SABA Championship title, they also got the only slot for South Asia subzone en route to the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.^[4] Sri Lanka finished second and Nepal ended third, wherein they improved their finishes in this edition compared to their positions in the 2014 SABA Championship.

On 13 June, the Indian Ministry of Sports called for all basketball tournaments in India including the SABA Championship to be put on hold following a leadership dispute at the Indian Basketball Federation.^[5] By 28 June, the faction led by K. Govindraj, which has been approved by FIBA, secured a court order from the Karnataka High Court to host the tournament as planned.^[6]

Venue[edit]

The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium is set to host the games.^[5]

Bengaluru
Kanteerava Indoor Stadium	Kanteerava 2015 SABA Championship (India)
Capacity: 4,000

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (C, H, Q)	5	5	0	552	220	+332	10	Qualification to 2015 FIBA Asia Championship
2	Sri Lanka	5	4	1	392	347	+45	9
3	Nepal	5	2	3	332	370	−38	7^[a]
4	Bangladesh	5	2	3	334	424	−90	7^[b]
5	Maldives	5	2	3	348	419	−71	7^[c]
6	Bhutan	5	0	5	292	470	−178	5

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:

^ 1–1 head-to-head, 1.06 goal average vs. Bangladesh and Maldives

^ 1–1 head-to-head, 0.99 goal average vs. Nepal and Maldives

^ 1–1 head-to-head, 0.95 goal average vs. Nepal and Bangladesh

Results[edit]

3 July 2015
8:00

Bangladesh	76–65	Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 17–11, 15–15, 22–30
Pts: Sarkan24

Nepal	37–90	India
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 10–21, 10–23, 7–17
Pts: Mathema10 Rebs: Maharjan6 Asts: Pradhan3		Pts: Grewal17 Rebs: Arvind10 Asts: P. Singh3

Sri Lanka	100–57	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 18–13, 31–9, 20–21
Pts: Udumalagala28		Pts: Wangchuk28

India	122–39	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 29–4, 30–8, 36–8, 27–19
Pts: Arvind19 Rebs: Pethani11 Asts: Akhilan8		Pts: Sarkan12 Rebs: Aziz6 Asts: Mohammad, Aziz2