The NAIA Division II women's basketball championship is the former

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held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's

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among its Division II members in the

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. The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2019, after which the NAIA consolidated its two divisions, returning to the single national championship for men's and women's basketball that it held between 1981 and 1991. The last separate Division II tournament was scheduled for 2020, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the

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, thus making the 2019 the last completed event. Over its twenty-eight year history, the tournament was played in three cities and at four venues. Unlike the NCAA's annual basketball tournaments, where games are played at an assortment of regional sites over the course of several weeks, all NAIA tournament games were played at a single, centralized arena.NAIA Women's DII History
/ref> Northwestern College had the most national titles with five. Morningside College, the 2015 champion, had the second most national titles with four. Northwestern also had the most tournament championship game appearances, with six.

Results

Champions

* Division I titles are not included in this list. Schools in ''italics'' are no longer in the NAIA. * Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.

References

{{National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA women's basketball championships

Results

Champions

See also

References