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Four Malayalis Stephy Nixon (KSEB)  Sreekala R (Mar Ivanios College,Trivandrum) Anumaria CS (Assumption College Changancherry )  and Sruthy Aravind from Indian Railways find their name in the final List  for the 29th edition of the  FIBA Women's Asia Cup  tournament to be  held in Amman, Jordan from 27 September to 3 October 2021. The team left for Amman today  ( 15th Sept from Bangalore )

 The tournament was originally set to be hosted by India, It serves as the Asian and Oceanian qualification for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Australia, where the top four teams qualify for one of the qualifying tournaments.

The teams that will be competing are Japan, Australia, China, Korea, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand, Philippines and India

India is playing their first match against Japan the Olympic silver medalists who came to Amman  with  multiple player changes , four vital players will step back onto the court. Saki Hayashi, Himawari Akaho, Saori Miyazaki and Monica Okoye all return in the wake of their heroic exploits in the Japanese capitalin.

Team was trained by Zoran Vassic from Serbaia Assisted by Sreenivasa Murthy from Bangalore and Meena latha from Tamil Nadu

Last edition FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2019 Division A saw Japan claim their fourth straight title, building up momentum for a run to a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Japan will be back in action along with the best teams in the region  for the 2021 edition of the Women’s Asia Cup in Amman, Jordan which will be held from September 27 to October 3..

Japan won their fourth consecutive Women’s Asia Cup over China in an exciting title game, 71-68. Australia also claimed 3rd place in a win over Korea.

FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2019 Final Standings

1. Japan
2. China
3. Australia
4. Korea
5. New Zealand
6. Chinese Taipei
7. Philippines
8. India

All teams will be returning from Women’s Asia Cup 2019 Division A as Division B was not staged in 2019.

Women’s Asia Cup 2021 Division B will be played between 7-13 November 2021 also in Amman, Jordan.

Japan, China, Australia and Korea recently participated in the Tokyo Olympics and showcased their talents to the world. Japan made a historic-run all the way to the gold medal game, ending up with the country's first medal in Olympics basketball. China and Australia both made it to the Quarter-Finals, marking the first-time ever that three teams from the Women's Asia Cup all advanced to that stage. Though Korea weren't able to make their way past the Group Phase, they put up valiant efforts against powerhouses like Spain and Serbia.

The squad:
Shireen Limaye (captain), Madhu Kumari, Sruthi Arvind, S. Pushpa, P.U. Navaneetha, S. Sathiya, M. Nishanthi, (All Indian Railways ), Sreekala Rani, Anumaria, Stephy Nixon (All from Kerala) , Vaishnavi Yadav (UP) S.M. Sahana(Karnataka)

Head Coach: Zoran Visic

Coaches: Srinivas Murthy and M. Meenalatha

Physiotherapist: Ahana Puranik

Accompanying referee: R. Rakesh