2016 SABA Championship
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| 5th South Asian Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | India | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 6–8 July | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 4 (from 8 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 India (4th title)
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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.
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.
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