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| 5th South Asian Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 6–8 July |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer |  Pradhan (17.0) |
| Top rebounds | Joshi (7.0) |
| Top assists | Bhriguvanshi (5.0) |
| PPG (Team) | India (90.7) |
| RPG (Team) | India (34.3) |
| APG (Team) | India (21.0) |
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The 2016 SABA Championship was the 5th SABA Championship, and the qualifying event in the SABA subzone, one of the FIBA Asia's subzone for the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. The games were held from 6 July to 8 July in Bengaluru, India.
India successfully defended their title by sweeping the tournament, 3–0, winning the subzone title and the subzone's lone spot for the main tournament.[1]
After a three-way tie for the second spot, Maldives notched their first podium finish by winning the point differential against third-place Nepal and fourth-place Bangladesh.
The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium was set to host the games for the second successive year.
| Bengaluru | |
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| Kanteerava Indoor Stadium |   Kanteerava 2016 SABA Championship (India) |
| Capacity: 4,000 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India (C, H, Q)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 128 | +144 | 6 | Qualification to 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge |
| 2 |  Maldives
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3 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 208 | −46 | 4[a] | |
| 3 | Nepal
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3 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 208 | −22 | 4[b] | |
| 4 |  Bangladesh
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3 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 234 | −76 | 4[c] |
6 July 2016 |
| India |
81–53 | Nepal |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 17–21, 21–8, 20–20 | ||
| Pts: Bhriguvanshi11 Rebs: Singh, Pethani5 Asts: Bhriguvanshi4 |
Pts: Pradhan13 Rebs: S. Shrestha, Maharjan, A. Shrestha5 Asts: Sonam, Singh1 | |
6 July 2016 |
| Bangladesh |
50–68 | Maldives |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 14–9, 9–21, 15–24 | ||
| Pts: M. A. Rahman10 Rebs: M. A. Rahman7 Asts: Biswas3 |
Pts: Rashad, Zabeer14 Rebs: Zilaal4 Asts: Zilaal, Shareef3 | |
7 July 2016 |
| Nepal |
71–73 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 13–11, 20–21, 22–23 | ||
| Pts: Pradhan26 Rebs: Maharjan8 Asts: Sonam 4 |
Pts: Biswas, M. A. Rahman22 Rebs: M. A. Rahman10 Asts: Khan, Biswas2 | |
7 July 2016 |
| Maldives |
40–96 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–23, 9–28, 19–23, 7–22 | ||
| Pts: Yoosuf9 Rebs: Rashad, Abdulla, Shareef4 Asts: Fazlee, Abdulla, Zabeer1 |
Pts: Shahi15 Rebs: Aravind10 Asts: Bhriguvanshi7 | |
8 July 2016 |
| Maldives |
54–62 | Nepal |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 18–17, 11–13, 11–19 | ||
| Pts: Latheef, Zilaal10 Rebs: Zabeer7 Asts: Zabeer3 |
Pts: A. Shrestha, Singh15 Rebs: Joshi12 Asts: Sonam 3 | |
8 July 2016 |
| India |
95–35 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–13, 24–8, 19–8, 16–6 | ||
| Pts: Bhriguvanshi16 Rebs: Aravind7 Asts: Shahi15 |
Pts: Biswas8 Rebs: Hossian, M. A. Rahman2 Asts: Khan3 | |
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India
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Maldives
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Nepal
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| 4 | Bangladesh
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| 2016 SABA champions |
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 India Fourth title |
