2016 SABA Women's Championship

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]

2016 SABA Championship
for Women
1st South Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationNepal
Dates29 March–2 April
Teams5 
(from 8 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Sri Lanka
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points  Sri Lanka (81.4)

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:
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.

Results

All times are in Nepal Standard Time (UTC+05:45)[7]

29 March
13:00
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
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
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
Maldives  36–77    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 0–22, 13–19, 6–24, 17–12
Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu
31 March
14:00
Bangladesh  28–62  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 6–11, 10–20, 8–14
Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu
31 March
16:00
Bhutan  32–90    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 8–34, 7–16, 10–16
Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu
1 April
14:00
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
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
Bangladesh  29–69  Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 2–18, 8–19, 12–21, 7–13
Dasarath Rangasala Covered Hall, Kathmandu
2 April
16:00
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 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.
  7. "Women's SABA Championships 2016 Fixtures and Results". arkonetwork.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
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