Hosts Bangladesh shine on Day 1 of the SABA 3X3 Basketball Championship

Nepal and Srilanka before the start of the match

Hosts Bangladesh shone on Day 1 of the 1st SABA 3×3 Men’s Basketball championship here at Dhaka, Bangladesh. They beat Bhutan 22-9 in the opening match of the championship in the Dhanmondi Indoor Basketball Court. Bangladesh also defeated Sri Lanka 20-9 and saw off Nepal 20-18 in the last match of the opening day.

Below are the results of first day of the championship:

Game #1 Bangladesh 22-9 BhutanGame #2 Nepal 15-17 Sri LankaGame #3 Maldives 14-12 BhutanGame #4 Bangladesh 20-9 Sri LankaGame #5 Nepal 18-10 MaldivesGame #6 Sri Lanka 21-4 BhutanGame #7 Bangladesh 20-18 Nepal

Day 2 of the championship on 16th April 2014 will see the following matches:

Game #8 Sri Lanka VS MaldivesGame #9 Nepal VS BhutanGame #10 Bangladesh VS Maldives

The South Asian Basketball Association (SABA), a FIBA Asia affiliate, is the organizer of the first ever 3×3 SABA sub-zonal competition. Five countries – hosts Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are participating in the championship.