2016 SABA Women's Championship

2016 SABA Championship
for Women

1st South Asian Women's Basketball Championship
2016 SABA Women's Championship Official Logo
Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	29 March–2 April
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sri Lanka (1st title)
PPG (Team)	Sri Lanka (81.4)
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The 2016 SABA Women's Championship was the 1st SABA Women's Championship. The tournament was held from 29 March to 2 April in Kathmandu, Nepal. ^{[1] [2]} Five (5) teams are reported to join the women's maiden tournament for SABA subzone, one of FIBA Asia's subzone. India, Pakistan and Afghanistan were reportedly not seeing action in the five-day competition. ^[3]

Sri Lanka won their first ever subzone championship by thrashing hosts Nepal in the final game, 75–49. ^{[4] [5]} Maldives scored their second successive international win against Bhutan in the penultimate day of the tournament, 69–46, to bag the bronze medal. ^[6]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Final Result
1	Sri Lanka	4	4	0	407	130	+277	8	Gold medal
2	Nepal (H)	4	3	1	308	169	+139	7	Silver medal
3	Maldives	4	2	2	206	256	−50	6	Bronze medal
4	Bhutan	4	1	3	178	300	−122	5
5	Bangladesh	4	0	4	94	338	−244	4

Source: Arko Network
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) Hosts

Results

All times are in Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45)

29 March 13:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Sri Lanka	105–39	Maldives
Scoring by quarter:27–10, 22–8, 22–12, 34–9
Pts: Silva 25

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

29 March 16:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Nepal	92–26	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter:20–10, 20–3, 31–4, 21–9
Pts: Sn. Shrestha 25 Rebs: Sn. Shrestha 21

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

30 March 14:00

Match Report

Bhutan	31–112	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 6–31, 11–28, 12–31, 2–22

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

30 March 16:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Maldives	36–77	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 0–22, 13–19, 6–24, 17–12

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

31 March 14:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Bangladesh	28–62	Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 6–11, 10–20, 8–14

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

31 March 16:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Bhutan	32–90	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 8–34, 7–16, 10–16

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

1 April 14:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Sri Lanka	115–11	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter:23–4, 22–3, 28–3, 42–2
Pts: Ekanayake 15

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

1 April 16:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Maldives	69–46	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter:19–11, 16–6, 12–21, 22–8
Pts: Ubailhalla 18

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

2 April 14:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Bangladesh	29–69	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 2–18, 8–19, 12–21, 7–13

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

2 April 16:00

Match Report [ usurped ]

Nepal	49–75	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 13–20, 16–17, 9–23

Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Sri Lanka
	Nepal
	Maldives
4	Bhutan
5	Bangladesh

Awards

2016 SABA Women's champions
Sri Lanka First title

References

1. "1st SABA Women's Championship: Five teams participating in the tournament". BasketballSansar.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
2. "1st Women's SABA Championships begins March 29 in Kathmandu". arkonetwork.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
3. "Women's basketball team ready for first int'l competition". KuenselOnline.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
4. "1st South Asian Women's Basketball: Sri Lanka defeat Nepal for gold medal". BasketballSansar.com. 2 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
5. "Sri Lanka won the first Women's SABA Championship". adaderana.lk. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
6. "Women's SABA Championships 2016: Maldives grabs third place". arkonetwork.com. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.