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| 5th South Asian Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 6–8 July |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer |  Pradhan (17.0) |
| Top rebounds | Joshi (7.0) |
| Top assists | Bhriguvanshi (5.0) |
| PPG (Team) | India (90.7) |
| RPG (Team) | India (34.3) |
| APG (Team) | India (21.0) |
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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.[1]
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.
- ^ "India three-peat as SABA Champs and qualify to the FIBA Asia Challenge". Ekalavyas. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2015.