India names squad for FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 - SABA Qualifiers; check squad, schedule

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Published at :June 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM

Modified at :June 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM

(Courtesy : BFI)

Both the men’s and women’s tournament at FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 – SABA Qualifiers will be played from June 12 to 15.

The U16 Indian men’s and women’s basketball teams are slated to play the FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 SABA Qualifiers from June 12 to 15. Other than India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and hosts Maldives will compete for two spots in the FIBA Asia Cup. The tournament will be held at the Social Center Indoor Hall in Maldives.

The men’s team finished ninth in the previous edition of the FIBA U16 Asia Cup in 2022 with a record of 2-2, this was also their best performance in the tournament history as they finished fifth. The team was group with champions Australia, Lebanon and Sri Lanka and Qatar.

For the women’s team, they did not participate in 2023 due to administrative issues. They had finished fifth in Division A in 2022 after a 0-4 record, with defeats coming against Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The team has played five out of six times in Division A in Asia Cup appearances.

Indian women’s basketball team played Division B in 2017 where they achieved promotion to Division A on home turf. The team then missed the 2023 edition due to administrative issues and will return to action in this edition.

Winners of the SABA qualifiers will go on to play the FIBA Asia Cup 2025.

India men’s team for FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 SABA Qualifiers

Name	State	Position
Ansh Tomar	Uttar Pradesh	Centre
Siddharth Mann	Delhi	Centre
Tohid Shaikh	Madhya Pradesh	Centre
Vishal V	Tamil Nadu	Forward
Shekhar Rathee	Haryana	Forward
Arman Matoria	Rajasthan	Forward
Mohammed Race Khan	Rajasthan	Forward
Sujesh R	Tamil Nadu	Forward
Krishna Sunerya	Madhya Pradesh	Forward
Madhavendra Singh	Gujarat	Forward
Ayush Kumar	Uttar Pradesh	Guard
Mohammed Sani Gouri	Delhi	Guard

Staff: Ram Kumar – Head Coach, A Suresh – Coach, V Sagar Jain – Coach

India women’s team for FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 SABA Qualifiers

Name	State	Position
Mahek Sharma	Karnataka	Centre
Dinal Viththani	Gujarat	Centre
Angelina Arun George	Tamil Nadu	Centre
Tishmeet Kaur	Punjab	Centre
Viha Reddy Jonnalagadda	Telangana	Forward
Reva Kulkarni	Maharashtra	Forward
Shravani Shivanna	Karnataka	Forward
Divya Rangari	Chhattisgarh	Forward
Saanvi Kolhishetty	Telangana	Guard
Nethra Birudavolu	Telangana	Guard
Aditi Subramanian	Karnataka	Guard/Forward
Vaishnavi Pardesi	Maharashtra	Guard/Forward

Staff: Anitha Paul Durai – Head Coach, Saloni – Coach, Uma Kant Singh – Coach

India men’s team schedule for FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025

Date	Gender	Time	Match
Thursday, June 12	Men’s	12:00	India (IND) vs Bangladesh (BAN)
Friday, June 13	Men’s	17:30	Maldives (MDV) vs India (IND)
Saturday, June 14	Men’s	12:00	India (IND) vs Sri Lanka (SRI)

India women’s team schedule for FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025

Date	Gender	Time	Match
Thursday, June 12	Women’s	14:30	India (IND) vs Sri Lanka (SRI)
Friday, June 13	Women’s	10:00	Bangladesh (BAN) vs India (IND)
Saturday, June 14	Women’s	17:30	India (IND) vs Maldives (MDV)

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