| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament | |
| Optional Subheader: | Conference basketball championship |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Format: | Single-elimination tournament |
| Years: | 1975–present |
| Current Champion: | Fayetteville State (5th) |
| Most Championships: | Shaw (11) |
| Website: | CIAA women's basketball |
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The tournament has been held annually since 1975. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the CIAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.[1]
Shaw have been the most successful team at the CIAA tournament, with eleven championships.
| Year | Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Norfolk State (1) | |
| 1976 | Shaw (1) | |
| 1977 | Norfolk State (2) | |
| 1978 | St. Augustine's (1) | |
| 1979 | Fayetteville State (1) | |
| 1980 | Virginia State (1) | |
| 1981 | Virginia State (2) | |
| 1982 | Virginia Union (1) | |
| 1983 | Norfolk State (3) | |
| 1984 | North Carolina Central (1) | |
| 1985 | Hampton (1) | |
| 1986 | Norfolk State (4) | |
| 1987 | Hampton (2) | |
| 1988 | Virginia State (3) | |
| 1989 | Shaw (2) | |
| 1990 | Virginia State (4) | |
| 1991 | Norfolk State (5) | |
| 1992 | Norfolk State (6) | |
| 1993 | Norfolk State (7) | |
| 1994 | Hampton (3) | |
| 1995 | Norfolk State (8) | |
| 1996 | Norfolk State (9) | |
| 1997 | Bowie State (1) | |
| 1998 | Bowie State (2) | |
| 1999 | Bowie State (3) | |
| 2000 | Livingstone (1) | |
| 2001 | Fayetteville State (2) | |
| 2002 | Virginia State (5) | |
| 2003 | Shaw (3) | |
| 2004 | Shaw (4) | |
| 2005 | Shaw (5) | |
| 2006 | Shaw (6) | |
| 2007 | North Carolina Central (2) | |
| 2008 | Shaw (7) | |
| 2009 | Johnson C. Smith (1) | |
| 2010 | Fayetteville State (3) | |
| 2011 | Shaw (8) | |
| 2012 | Shaw (9) | |
| 2013 | Shaw (10) | |
| 2014 | Shaw (11) | |
| 2015 | Virginia State (6) | |
| 2016 | Virginia Union (2) | |
| 2017 | Johnson C. Smith (2) | |
| 2018 | Virginia Union (3) | |
| 2019 | Virginia Union (4) | |
| 2020 | Fayetteville State (4) | |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2022 | Lincoln (PA) (1) | |
| 2023 | Elizabeth City State (1) | |
| 2024 | Fayetteville State (5) | |
| School | Titles | class=unsortable | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw | 11 | 1976, 1989, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | |
| Norfolk State | 9 | 1975, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996 | |
| Virginia State | 6 | 1980, 1981, 1988, 1990, 2002, 2015 | |
| Fayetteville State | 5 | 1979, 2001, 2010, 2020, 2024 | |
| Virginia Union | 4 | 1982, 2016, 2018, 2019 | |
| Bowie State | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 | |
| Hampton | 3 | 1985, 1987, 1994 | |
| North Carolina Central | 2 | 1984, 2007 | |
| Johnson C. Smith | 2 | 2009, 2017 | |
| Elizabeth City State | 1 | 2023 | |
| Lincoln (PA) | 1 | 2022 | |
| Livingstone | 1 | 2000 | |
| St. Augustine's | 1 | 1978 |