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'''Indian National Basketball Championship for Women''' is a professional basketball tournament in [[India]] for women. This tournament is held by the [[Basketball Federation of India]]. The 61st Championship was held in [[New Delhi]] in 2011.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/sports/61st-national-basketball-championship-from-tuesday_677046.html 61 Indian National Basketball Championship for Women]</ref>{{needs update|date=August 2019}} 23 states teams participated in this tournament.<br />
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==History==<br />
At the 2019 event, [[Indian Railways]] team staved off [[Kerala]] 68-55.<ref name="Gopalakrishnan">[https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/70th-national-championship-punjab-men-railways-women-champions 70th National Basketball Championship: Punjab men and Railways women repeat as champions] Gopalakrishnan R ([[Sportskeeda]]), 1 April 2020. Accessed 13 August 2021.</ref> <br />
Led by the new [[India women's national basketball team|national team]] player [[Shireen Limaye]], Railways won their third straight title. [[Madhya Pradesh]] also secured a rare podium finish by beating [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in the bronze medal game.<ref name="Gopalakrishnan"/><br />
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In the semifinals, Kerala ousted Punjab 73-62 while Railways absolutely decimated [[Madhya Pradesh]] 106-37 to reach the finals.<ref name="Gopalakrishnan"/><br />
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==Teams==<br />
The participating teams are:<br />
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;Upper Pool<br />
# [[Andhra Pradesh women's basketball team|Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
# [[Chhattisgarh women's basketball team|Chhattisgarh]]<br />
# [[Delhi women's basketball team|Delhi]]<br />
# [[Railways women's basketball team|Railways]]<br />
# [[Karnataka women's basketball team|Karnataka]]<br />
# [[Kerala women's basketball team|Kerala]]<br />
# [[Maharashtra women's basketball team|Maharashtra]]<br />
# [[Punjab women's basketball team|Punjab]]<br />
# [[Tamil Nadu women's basketball team|Tamil Nadu]]<br />
# [[Uttar Pradesh women's basketball team|Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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;Lower Pool<br />
# [[Bihar women's basketball team|Bihar]]<br />
# [[Chandigarh women's basketball team|Chandigarh]]<br />
# [[Gujarat women's basketball team|Gujarat]]<br />
# [[Haryana women's basketball team|Haryana]]<br />
# [[Himachal Pradesh women's basketball team|Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
# [[Jammu and Kashmir women's basketball team|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
# [[Jharkhand women's basketball team|Jharkhand]]<br />
# [[Madhya Pradesh women's basketball team|Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
# [[Odisha women's basketball team|Odisha]]<br />
# [[Puducherry women's basketball team|Puducherry]]<br />
# [[Rajasthan women's basketball team|Rajasthan]]<br />
# [[Uttarakhand women's basketball team|Uttarakhand]]<br />
# [[West Bengal women's basketball team|West Bengal]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[National Basketball Championship (men)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.indiabasketball.org/eventRecruitment.php Events and Recruitment (Basketball federation of India site)]<br />
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{{Women's professional basketball leagues}}<br />
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