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| 6th South Asian Basketball Championship | |
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Official logo of the 2017 SABA Championship
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Maldives |
| Dates | 19–23 May |
| Teams | 5 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (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]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | India (C, Q)
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4 | 4 | 0 | 404 | 218 | +186 | 8 | Qualified to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers[4] |
| 2 |  Bangladesh
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4 | 3 | 1 | 323 | 340 | −17 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka
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4 | 1 | 3 | 285 | 312 | −27 | 5[a] | |
| 4 |  Nepal
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4 | 1 | 3 | 236 | 306 | −70 | 5[a] | |
| 5 | Maldives (H)
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4 | 1 | 3 | 222 | 294 | −72 | 5[a] |
All times are in Maldivian Time (UTC+05:00)
19 May 2017 |
| Bangladesh |
76–66 | Nepal |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–18, 23–20, 14–14 | ||
19 May 2017 |
| India |
84–42 | Maldives |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 24–12, 22–13, 16–14 | ||
| Pts: Am. Singh25 | Pts: Zilaal12 | |
20 May 2017 |
| Bangladesh |
90–80 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 25–18, 24–20, 16–14 | ||
20 May 2017 |
| Nepal |
61–59 | Maldives |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–20, 20–13, 12–10 | ||
21 May 2017 |
| Sri Lanka |
61–88 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–27, 15–16, 12–22 | ||
| Pts: Perera18 | Pts: Am. Singh28 | |
21 May 2017 |
| Maldives |
52–86 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 8–29, 9–19, 26–26 | ||
22 May 2017 |
| India |
142–71 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–9, 32–20, 45–13, 29–29 | ||
| Pts: Am. Singh22 | Pts: Biswas25 | |
22 May 2017 |
| Sri Lanka |
81–65 | Nepal |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–15, 16–9, 23–21 | ||
23 May 2017 |
| Nepal |
44–90 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 7–20, 13–45, 18–19 | ||
| Pts: Shrestha9 | Pts: Bhriguvanshi22 | |
23 May 2017 |
| Maldives |
69–63 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 23–22, 12–17, 13–13 | ||
| Qualified for: |
| Rank | Team |
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India
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Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka
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| 4th | Nepal
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| 5th | Maldives
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