# Bengaluru to host FIBA Women’s Basketball League Asia in October 2026-08-16T22:20:31+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Bengaluru will host the third edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball League Asia (WBL Asia) from October 20 to 25 at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, FIBA Asia and Karnataka Olympic Association president K Govindaraj confirmed. This is the first time the women's club competition will be held in India. Top teams from China, Korea, Japan and Chinese Taipei are expected to participate. The tournament was previously held in Chengdu and Dongguan, China. Separately, the Karnataka State Basketball Association felicitated the state's medal winners from recent national competitions. Karnataka's boys' team, which won gold at the 76th Junior National Basketball Championship, received a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. Silver medallists received Rs 5 lakh, bronze medallists got Rs 3 lakh, and the 3x3 women's team was awarded Rs 2 lakh. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bengaluru, FIBA, K Govindaraj Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-to-host-fiba-womens-basketball-league-asia-in-october/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengaluru-to-host-fiba-womens-basketball-league-asia-in-october/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/