2015 SABA Championship

4th South Asian Basketball Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

India

Dates

3–5 July

Teams

6 (from 8 federations)

Venues

1 (in 1 host city)

Champions

India (3rd title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points		India (110.4)

< 2014

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

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

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	PAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sri Lanka	5	4	1	392	347	+45	9
3	Nepal	5	2	3	332	370	−38	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bangladesh	5	2	3	334	424	−90	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Maldives	5	2	3	348	419	−71	7^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	India (H)	5	5	0	552	220	+332	10

Source:
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
(H) Host.
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

3 July 2015
8:00

Bangladesh	76–65	Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 17–11, 15–15, 22–30
Pts: Sarkan 24

Nepal	37–90	India
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 10–21, 10–23, 7–17
Pts: Mathema 10 Rebs: Maharjan 6 Asts: Pradhan 3		Pts: Grewal 17 Rebs: Arvind 10 Asts: P. Singh 3

Sri Lanka	100–57	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 18–13, 31–9, 20–21
Pts: Udumalagala 28		Pts: Wangchuk 28

India	122–39	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 29–4, 30–8, 36–8, 27–19
Pts: Arvind 19 Rebs: Pethani 11 Asts: Akhilan 8		Pts: Sarkan 12 Rebs: Aziz 6 Asts: Mohammad, Aziz 2

Sri Lanka	92–66	Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 17–17, 25–22, 31–15
Pts: Udumalagala 28		Pts: Aushan 28

India	119–52	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 39–6, 20–20, 33–16, 26–10
Pts: G. Singh 20		Pts: Dorji 14

Bangladesh	63–80	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 14–15, 16–23, 12–22
Pts: Biswas 20 Rebs: Biswas 13 Asts: Biswas 3		Pts: Udumalagala 26 Rebs: Ahamed 11 Asts: Dhanawansa, Sooriyaarachchi 4

India	128–48	Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 28–8, 39–10, 34–16, 27–14
Pts: Venkatesh 26		Pts: Latheef 14

Sri Lanka	76–68	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 18–17, 22–15, 18–14
Pts: Sooriyaarachchi 16		Pts: Singh 14

Sri Lanka	44–93	India
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 13–24, 10–29, 8–18
Pts: Udumalagala 13 Rebs: De Croos 6 Asts: Sooriyaarachchi 3		Pts: Annadurai 22 Rebs: Annadurai 13 Asts: J. Singh, Annadurai 4

2015 SABA Championship

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