India women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national basketball team.

India
FIBA ranking77 Increase 2 (26 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationBasketball Federation of India
CoachBaskar Sappaniambalam
Nickname(s)Indian Cagers
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
MedalsNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
MedalsNone
Asia Cup
Appearances20
MedalsNone
Asian Games
Appearances5
MedalsNone
South Asian Games
Appearances1
MedalsGold 2019
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Cup 0 0 0
Lusofonia Games 0 0 1
Asian Games 0 0 0
Asia Cup 0 0 0
South Asian Games 1 0 0
South Asian Championship 0 0 0
Total 1 0 1
Lusofonia Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Goa
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu

The India women's national basketball team is the national women's national basketball team representing India at the international level.

At the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, India was promoted to Division A after beating Kazakhstan 75–73 in the Final.[2][3]

Tournament record

Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Cup
Year Host city Position
1970 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10th
1980 Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong 7th
1982 Japan Tokyo, Japan 9th
1984 China Shanghai, China 7th
1986 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th
1988 Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong 8th
1990 Singapore Singapore, Singapore 7th
1992 South Korea Seoul, South Korea 6th
1997 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 9th
2001 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 8th
2004 Japan Sendai, Japan 7th
2005 China Qinhuangdao, China 10th
2007 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 7th
2009 India Chennai, India 6th
2011 Japan Omura, Japan 6th
2013 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 5th
2015 China Wuhan, China 6th
2017 India Bengaluru, India 9th
2019 India Bengaluru, India 8th
2021 Jordan Amman, Jordan 8th

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year Host city Position
1982 India New Delhi, India 5th
2010 China Guangzhou, China 7th
2014 South Korea Incheon, South Korea 6th
2018 Indonesia Jakarta - Palembang, Indonesia 9th
2022 China Hangzhou, China 6th

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games
Year Host city Position
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 8th
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 8th

South Asian Games

South Asian Games
Year Host city Position
2019 Nepal Kathmandu, Nepal 1st

Lusofonia Games

Lusofonia Games
Year Host city Position
2014 India Goa, India 3rd

Other tournaments

William Jones Cup

William Jones Cup
Year Host city Position
2011 Taiwan New Taipei, Taiwan 4th
2017 Taiwan Changhua, Taiwan 6th
2018 Taiwan New Taipei, Taiwan 6th

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss   Fixture

2023

27 September India  66–46  Indonesia Shaoxing
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–11, 9–11, 28–10
Results Arena: Shaoxing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
29 September Mongolia  62–68  India Shaoxing
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 15–20, 13–16, 18–13
Results Arena: Shaoxing Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
1 October China  111–53  India Hangzhou
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 38–7, 20–19, 32–13, 21–14
Results Arena: Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
2 October India  57–96  North Korea Hangzhou
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 6–26, 17–22, 14–22
Report Arena: Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium

Team

2023 roster

Roster for the Basketball at the 2022 Asian Games.[4]

India women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 8 Pushpa Senthil Kumar 22 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Indian Railways India
C 9 Anmolpreet Kaur 23 – (1999-11-24)24 November 1999 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Yamanashi Queenbees Japan
F 11 Sreekala Rani 22 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kerala India
F 12 Manmeet Kaur 17 – (2005-11-11)11 November 2005 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Punjab India
C 14 Shireen Limaye (C) 28 – (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Indian Railways India
C 15 Poonam Chaturvedi 28 – (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Indian Railways India
G 16 Sahana Shivamogga Mohan 21 – (2002-08-17)17 August 2002 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Karnataka India
F 18 Bhandavya Mahesha 25 – (1998-04-18)18 April 1998 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Karnataka India
G 19 Madhu Kumari 28 – (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Indian Railways India
G 20 Kavitha Jose 27 – (1996-01-10)10 January 1996 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Kerala SEB India
F 21 Sruthy Rathinavel 21 – (2001-10-27)27 October 2001 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Tamil Nadu India
F 24 Sanjana Ramesh 22 – (2001-04-12)12 April 2001 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Northern Arizona Lumberjacks United States
Head coach
  • India Baskar Sappaniambalam
Assistant coach(es)
  • India Meenalatha Mohan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 September 2023

Past rosters

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

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

India women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 4 Vaishnavi Yadav 19 – (2001-10-10)10 October 2001 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Uttar Pradesh India
SG 5 Shruthi Arvind 25 – (1996-02-21)21 February 1996 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Railways India
C 6 Stephy Nixon 29 – (1992-06-06)6 June 1992 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) KSEB India
PF 8 Sathiya Senthil 24 – (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Railways India
PF 10 Navaneetha Pattemane 27 – (1994-07-28)28 July 1994 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Railways India
SF 11 Sreekala Rani 20 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Kerala India
C 13 Anumaria Chenganamattathil 20 – (2001-05-15)15 May 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kerala India
F 14 Shireen Limaye 26 – (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Railways India
SF 16 Sahana Shivamogga 19 – (2002-08-17)17 August 2002 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Karnataka India
SG 18 Pushpa Senthil 20 – (2001-09-18)18 September 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Railways India
PG 19 Madhu Kamari 26 – (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Railways India
PG 25 Nishanthi Masilamani 21 – (1999-10-14)14 October 1999 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Railways India
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • India Meenalatha Mohan
  • India Hiranya Murthy
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 September 2021
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.[7]

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

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
2009 Asian Indoor Games

The Indian women's squad for 2009 Asian Indoor Games.[9][10]

Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State
GUARD Anitha Pauldurai 1985 170 Railways
CENTER Geethu Anna Jose 1985 185 Railways
GUARD Prashanti Singh 1984 173 Delhi
FORWARD Raspreet Sidhu 1989 168 Delhi

Coaching staff

  • India Keshav Kumar Chansoria – Head Coach women team
2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State[11]
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

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  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. ^ "India pip Kazakhstan in Asia Cup".
  4. ^ "India Basketball at Asian Games: Team, Schedule, Medal Chances". The Bridge. 25 September 2023.
  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. ^ Indian Women National Team 2007 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "2009 Roster".
  9. ^ Indian Contingent 3rd Asian Indoor Games – Vietnam Archived 8 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ Indian Women Basketball Team – 3rd Indoor Asian Games.
  11. ^ "2011 Roster".