India women's national basketball team

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

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

India
FIBA ranking67 Decrease 10 (21 August 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1936
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationBasketball Federation of India
CoachZoran Višić
Nickname(s)Young Cagers
Sleeping Giants
Asia Cup
Appearances20
MedalsNone
Asian Games
Appearances4
MedalsNone
South Asian Games
Appearances1
MedalsGold Gold: 2019
Medal record
Lusofonia Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 Goa
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Kathmandu

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

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

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

Team

2021 roster

Roster for the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[3][4]

India women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
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

Past rosters
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.[5]

Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State
4FORWARDDivya Singh1982174Delhi
5CENTERKiranjit Kaur1988182Punjab
6CENTERGeethu Anna Jose1985185Railways
7GUARDAnitha Pauldurai1985170Railways
8GUARDManisha Kaprekar1979170Railways
9GUARDAkanksha Singh1989168Delhi
10FORWARDRashmi Channegowda1986176Maharashtra
11GUARDAnju Lakra1983164Railways
12GUARDBharti Netam1986165Chhattisgarh
13FORWARDRaspreet Sidhu1989168Delhi
14GUARDPrashanti Singh1984173Delhi
15FORWARDSeema Singh1983176Railways

Coaching staff

2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State
4FORWARDAkanksha Singh1989174Delhi
5CENTERKiranjit Kaur1988182Punjab
6CENTERGeethu Anna Jose1985185Railways
7GUARDVarun Bahl1985170Slums
8GUARDPratima Singh1990173Delhi
9GUARDSonika olhyan1989168Delhi
10FORWARDKritika Laxman1990175Karnataka
11GUARDAnju Lakra1983164Railways
12GUARDHarjeet Kaur1986186Delhi
13FORWARDRaspreet Sidhu1989168Delhi
14GUARDPrashanti Singh1984173Delhi
15FORWARDShiba Maggon1976173Delhi

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.[6][7]

Jersey number Position Name Year of birth Height (cm) State
GUARDAnitha Pauldurai1985170Railways
CENTERGeethu Anna Jose1985185Railways
GUARDPrashanti Singh1984173Delhi
FORWARDRaspreet Sidhu1989168Delhi

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
4FORWARDAkanksha Singh1982168Delhi
5CENTERKiranjit Kaur1988182Punjab
6CENTERGeethu Anna Jose1985185Railways
7GUARDAnitha Pauldurai1985170Railways
8GUARDPushpa1989173Railways
9GUARDSonika olhyan1989168Delhi
10FORWARDKritika Laxman1990175Karnataka
11FORWARDSmriti1991175Railways
12FORWARDShireen Limaye1996175Maharashtra
13FORWARDRaspreet Sidhu1989168Delhi
14GUARDPrashanti Singh1984173Delhi
15FORWARDKokila1990168Tamil 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. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  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. "Sister act out to help India survive in top tier at FIBA Women's Asia Cup". FIBA. 15 September 2021.
  4. "Team Roster India". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. Indian Women National Team 2007 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. Indian Contingent 3rd Asian Indoor Games – Vietnam Archived 8 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. Indian Women Basketball Team – 3rd Indoor Asian Games.
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