SABA Championship
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The SABA Championship is a basketball tournament for national teams organized by the South Asia Basketball Association, a sub-zone of the FIBA Asia. It serves as a qualifier for various FIBA Asia events such as the FIBA Asia Championship and the FIBA Asia Cup.[1][2]
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 SABA Championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2002 |
Country | SABA member nations |
Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
Most recent champion(s) | India (6th title) |
Most titles | India (6 titles) |
Starting immediately at the end of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, a new qualification format for 2021 FIBA Asia Cup, and for every continental championships thereafter, has been introduced, wherein home and away games will be done during the pre-qualifiers in order to determine the participants for the main qualifiers that will battle for the 16 berths of the continental championships.[3]