India women's national basketball team

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For the men's team, see India men's national basketball team. For 3x3 women's team, see India women's national 3x3 team.

India
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FIBA rankingTemplate:FIBA Women's World Rankings
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationBasketball Federation of India
CoachBaskar Sappaniambalam
Nickname(s)Indian Cagers
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asia Cup
Appearances21
MedalsNone
Asian Games
Appearances5
MedalsNone
South Asian Championship
Appearances1
Medals (2025)
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Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
SABA Championship 1 0 0
Lusofonia Games 0 0 1
South Asian Games 1 0 0
Total 2 0 1
Lusofonia Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Goa
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu
SABA Championship
Gold medal – first place 2025 New Delhi

The India women's national basketball team represents India in international women's basketball. It is governed by the Basketball Federation of India.[1] At the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, India was promoted to Division A after beating Kazakhstan 75–73 in the Final.[2]

Performance record[edit | edit source]

Asia Cup[edit | edit source]

Main article: FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Year Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
Malaysia 1970 10th 9 0 9 402 906 −504
Hong Kong 1980 7th 5 2 3 323 360 −37
Japan 1982 9th 4 0 4 191 306 −115
China 1984 7th 6 2 4 376 458 −82
Malaysia 1986 7th 6 2 4 391 483 −92
Hong Kong 1988 8th 8 1 7 444 736 −292
Singapore 1990 7th 5 4 1 262 296 −34
South Korea 1992 6th 6 1 5 299 603 −304
Thailand 1997 9th 4 3 1 293 216 77
Thailand 2001 8th 5 3 2 452 388 64
Japan 2004 7th 3 2 1 236 217 19
China 2005 10th 5 3 2 383 315 68
South Korea 2007 7th 6 6 0 568 342 226
India 2009 6th 6 1 5 371 553 –182
Japan 2011 6th 6 1 5 307 461 –154
Thailand 2013 5th 6 2 4 334 493 –159
China 2015 6th 6 0 6 314 593 –279
India 2017 9th 5 5 0 427 311 116
India 2019 8th 4 0 4 225 379 –154
Jordan 2021 8th 4 0 4 234 426 –192
China 2025 13th 5 3 2 381 376 5
Total 21/31 114 41 73 7,213 9,218 -2,005

Asian Games[edit | edit source]

Main article: Basketball at the Asian Games
Year Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
India 1982 5th 4 0 4 203 449 -246
China 2010 7th 3 0 3 137 267 -130
South Korea 2014 6th 3 1 2 152 188 -36
Indonesia 2018 9th 4 0 4 242 336 -94
China 2022 6th 4 2 2 244 315 -71
Total 5/13 18 3 15 978 1,555 -577

Commonwealth Games[edit | edit source]

Main article: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games
Year Host Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 6th 5 2 3 285 379 –94
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 8th 3 0 3 184 241 –57
Total 2/2 8 2 6 469 620 -151

South Asian Championship[edit | edit source]

Main article: SABA Women's Championship
Year Host Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
2016 Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal Did not participate
2022 Maldives Malé, Maldives
2025 India New Delhi, India 1st 2 2 2 226 57 169

South Asian Games[edit | edit source]

Main article: Basketball at the South Asian Games
Year Host Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
2019[3] Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal 1st 4 4 0 553 156 397
2027 Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan TBD

Lusofonia Games[edit | edit source]

Main article: Basketball at the Lusofonia Games
Year Host Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
2014 India Goa, India 3rd 3 1 2 214 203 11

William Jones Cup[edit | edit source]

Main article: William Jones Cup
Year Rank Played Won Lost PF PA PD
Taiwan 2011 4th 4 1 3 235 325 -90
Taiwan 2017 6th 5 0 5 245 416 -171
Taiwan 2018 6th 5 0 5 232 509 -277
Total 3/41 14 1 13 712 1250 -538

Results and fixtures[edit | edit source]

  Win   Loss   Fixture

2025[edit | edit source]

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Team[edit | edit source]

2025 roster[edit | edit source]

Roster for the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Div B.[4]

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Past rosters[edit | edit source]

2025 SABA Women's Championship

2025 SABA Women's Championship

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2022 Asian Games

2022 Asian Games

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2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

Roster for the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[5][6]

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2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State[7]
4 FORWARD Akanksha Singh 1982 168 Delhi
5 CENTER Kiranjit Kaur 1988 182 Punjab
6 CENTER Geethu Anna Jose 1985 185 Railways
7 GUARD Anitha Pauldurai 1985 170 Railways
8 GUARD Pushpa 1989 173 Railways
9 GUARD Sonika olhyan 1989 168 Delhi
10 FORWARD Kritika Laxman 1990 175 Karnataka
11 FORWARD Smriti 1991 175 Railways
12 FORWARD Shireen Limaye 1996 175 Maharashtra
13 FORWARD Raspreet Sidhu 1989 168 Delhi
14 GUARD Prashanti Singh 1984 173 Delhi
15 FORWARD Kokila 1990 168 Tamil Nadu

Coaching Staff

  • India Pete Guadet – Head Coach women team 2011
  • Abdul Hamid Khan – Asstt. Coach
  • Trainer – Zack

2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State[8]
4 FORWARD Akanksha Singh 1989 174 Delhi
5 CENTER Kiranjit Kaur 1988 182 Punjab
6 CENTER Geethu Anna Jose 1985 185 Railways
7 GUARD Varun Bahl 1985 170 Slums
8 GUARD Pratima Singh 1990 173 Delhi
9 GUARD Sonika olhyan 1989 168 Delhi
10 FORWARD Kritika Laxman 1990 175 Karnataka
11 GUARD Anju Lakra 1983 164 Railways
12 GUARD Harjeet Kaur 1986 186 Delhi
13 FORWARD Raspreet Sidhu 1989 168 Delhi
14 GUARD Prashanti Singh 1984 173 Delhi
15 FORWARD Shiba Maggon 1976 173 Delhi

Coaching Staff

  • India Jay Prakash Singh – Head Coach women team 2009

2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

The following is the Indian women squad that participated in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women in Korea.[9]

Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State
4 FORWARD Divya Singh 1982 174 Delhi
5 CENTER Kiranjit Kaur 1988 182 Punjab
6 CENTER Geethu Anna Jose 1985 185 Railways
7 GUARD Anitha Pauldurai 1985 170 Railways
8 GUARD Manisha Kaprekar 1979 170 Railways
9 GUARD Akanksha Singh 1989 168 Delhi
10 FORWARD Rashmi Channegowda 1986 176 Maharashtra
11 GUARD Anju Lakra 1983 164 Railways
12 GUARD Bharti Netam 1986 165 Chhattisgarh
13 FORWARD Raspreet Sidhu 1989 168 Delhi
14 GUARD Prashanti Singh 1984 173 Delhi
15 FORWARD Seema Singh 1983 176 Railways

Coaching staff

Former players[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "India pip Kazakhstan in Asia Cup".
  2. ↑ "Which teams will be fighting for promotion at FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division B?". FIBA. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "South Asian Games 2019: India wins gold in all formats and categories of basketball event".
  4. ↑ "India". FIBA. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sister act out to help India survive in top tier at FIBA Women's Asia Cup". FIBA. 15 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Team Roster India". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "2011 Roster".
  8. ↑ "2009 Roster".
  9. ↑ Indian Women National Team 2007 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Shireen Vijay Limaye".

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