DESCRIPTION:
* A 12-member Indian team, which includes Sitamani Tudu of Odisha, will participated in this biennial event, accompanied by five officials.
* Air Asia will be sponsoring the Indian team.
* Seven-time Asian Championship player Anitha Paul Durai will lead the Indian team.
* Altogether 12 teams are expected to participate in this championship and are divided into two Levels. Level 1 features the top six teams, while level 2 features the remaining six.
* League matches are conducted within each level and the two bottom placed teams from Level 1 play qualifying matches against the two top placed teams from Level 2.
* The winning teams from these qualifying matches qualify to Level 1 for the next edition of this event while the losing two teams are relegated to Level 2.
* Simultaneously, the top four Level 1 teams go through to the semi-finals, followed by the finals.
* A bronze medal match is also played between the losing semi-finalists to determine the third and fourth placed teams.
* The winning team qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while the second and third placed teams go through to the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
* Women Asian Championship was introduced in 1965.
* South Korea won the inaugural edition and leads the gold medal tally overall (12 Golds), followed by China (11 Golds) and Japan (2 Golds).
* India first participated at this event in 1970, and has competed 16 times in total.
* The Indian women tasted their best success at the last edition in 2013 by finishing fifth.
* They had finished sixth in 1992, 2009 and 2011.
TEAM INDIA: Anitha Paul Durai (Captain), Anjana Prasannan Geetha, Stephy Nixon, Poojamol KS, Smruthi Radhakrishnan, Kavita Akula, Jeena PS, Shireen Limaye, Bhandavya HM, Apporva Muralinath, Rajapriyadarshini Rajaganapathi, Sitamani Tudu.
Officials & Support Staff: Rajendar Manthani (Team Manager), Radha Krishna Reddy (Team Physio), Francisco Garcia (Coach), Aparna Ghosh (Assistant Coach), Snehal Bendke, Rajnarayan Patro (both Referees).
RESULTS:
August 29: Chinese Taipei (Y Wei 20, S Peng 12, Y Lin 11) bt India (Poojamol Subhashmon 17, Anitha Paul Durai 8, B Mahesha 8, J Skaria 8) 92-61 (22-11, 15-14, 29-18, 26-18).
August 30: Japan (Mio Shinokazi 25, Mika Kurihara 19, Al Mitani 16) bt India (Bhandavya HM 6, Stephy Nixon 5) 131-31 (32-9, 31-12, 25-6, 43-4).
August 31: China (S Gao 18, S Huang 13, W Lu 11) bt India (Poojamol Subhashmon 10, Jeena Skaria 10, Shireen Limaye 6) 102-39 (29-4, 18-11, 35-20, 20-4).
September 1: Thailand (Naphat Kruatiwa 21, Thidaporn Maihom 19, K Phetsaenkha 9) beat India (Jeena Skaria 21, Anitha Paul Durai 14, Bhandavya Mahesha 10) 65-63 (21-14, 14-17, 13-17, 17-15).