SABA Women's Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 SABA Women's Championship | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Country | SABA member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) | India (1st title) |
| Most titles | Sri Lanka (2 titles) |
The SABA Women's Championship is a basketball tournament for women's national teams organized by the South Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia.
Following the disappointment of not able to play basketball at the 2016 South Asian Games, the newly created tournament marks the beginning of another step in basketball development for South Asia region.[1] India are the current champions by defending their title in the 2025 edition.[2]
Summary
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2016 Details |
Kathmandu |
Sri Lanka |
No playoffs | Nepal |
Maldives |
No playoffs | Bhutan | ||
| 2022 Details |
Malé |
Sri Lanka |
No playoffs | Nepal |
Maldives |
No playoffs | Bhutan | ||
| 2025 Details |
New Delhi |
India |
107–32 | Maldives |
Nepal |
No playoffs | |||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Nepal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participating nations
| Nation | 2016 |
2022 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 5th | — | — | 1 |
| Bhutan | 4th | 4th | — | 2 |
| India | — | — | 1st | 1 |
| Maldives | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 |
| Nepal | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 1st | 1st | — | 2 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 3 |
See also
- SABA Championship
- FIBA Women's Asia Cup
- Basketball at the Asian Games
- Basketball at the South Asian Games
- SAFF Women's Championship
- CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League
References
- ^ "1st Women's SABA Championships begins March 29 in Kathmandu". arkonetwork.com. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ^ "Sri Lanka claim second successive SABA Championship". The Papare. 25 September 2022.