Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. Formed in 1996, the league started play in 1997. Creation of this league was announced at a press conference with Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes. Penny Toler was the first woman to score a point in the league, and Lisa Leslie was the first one to make a dunk basket.

The WNBA started with eight teams its first season. They added two more in 1998,two more in 1999 and four in 2000. The teams and league were collectively owned by the NBA. After the 2002 season the NBA sold the WNBA teams either to their NBA counterparts or a third party. This lead to two teams moving and two teams folding before the 2003 season.

2003 teams:

Eastern Conference
Charlotte Sting
Cleveland Rockers
Connecticut Sun
Detroit Shock
Indiana Fever
New York Liberty
Washington Mystics

Western Conference
Houston Comets
Los Angeles Sparks
Minnesota Lynx
Phoenix Mercury
Sacramento Monarchs
San Antonio Silver Stars
Seattle Storm

Defunct Teams
Miami Sol
Portland Fire

Table of contents

1 WNBA Championship Game 2 WNBA Championship Series Best of 3 Games 3 WNBA Presidents 3.1 External Links

WNBA Championship Game

• 1997 Houston Comets 65-51 New York Liberty

WNBA Championship Series Best of 3 Games

• 1998 Houston Comets 2-1 Phoenix Mercury
• 1999 Houston Comets 2-1 New York Liberty
• 2000 Houston Comets 2-0 New York Liberty
• 2001 Los Angeles Sparks 2-0 Charlotte Sting
• 2002 Los Angeles Sparks 2-0 New York Liberty
• 2003 Detroit Shock 2-1 Los Angeles Sparks

WNBA Presidents

• Val Ackerman...........1997-

See also : Coco and Kelly Miller, Burge sisters, Amanda Levens, Pat Summitt, National Basketball Association, Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, Women's Pro Basketball League, American Basketball League 1996-98

External Links

Official website