The 2025 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 13–16, 2025, in

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, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25

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season. The top-seeded

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defeated the two-time defending champion

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85–66 to claim the program's third national championship.

Host

The tournament was hosted by the

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at the school's Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre and

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. It was also held concurrently with the 2025 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship, hence the necessity for two venues, which is also the first time in U Sports history that both tournaments were hosted by one school in the same year. This was the first time that UBC has hosted the tournament.

Participating teams

The seeding for teams was announced on March 9, 2025, with the

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being awarded the at-large berth.

Championship bracket

Consolation bracket

References

External links

Tournament Website
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