Women’s National Basketball Association

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basketball league professional sports league women's sports league

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is the premier professional women’s basketball league in the United States, featuring top female players from around the world.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Women's National Basketball Association 27
WNBA 59
WNBA players 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball league ⓘ
professional sports league ⓘ
women's sports league ⓘ
abbreviation Women’s National Basketball Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WNBA
broadcastPartner ABC ⓘ
CBS Sports ⓘ
surface form: CBS Sports Network

ESPN ⓘ
NBA TV ⓘ
championship WNBA Finals ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
draftsFrom NCAA women’s basketball ⓘ
surface form: NCAA women's basketball

international women's basketball leagues ⓘ
firstSeason 1997 ⓘ
foundedBy National Basketball Association ⓘ
gender women ⓘ
governingBody National Basketball Association ⓘ
hasAllStarEvent WNBA All-Star Game ⓘ
hasAward WNBA All-Star Game MVP ⓘ
WNBA Coach of the Year ⓘ
surface form: WNBA Coach of the Year Award

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award ⓘ
WNBA Finals MVP Award ⓘ
WNBA Most Improved Player Award ⓘ
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award ⓘ
hasDraft WNBA Draft ⓘ
hasTeam Atlanta Dream ⓘ
Chicago Sky ⓘ
Connecticut Sun ⓘ
Dallas Wings ⓘ
Indiana Fever ⓘ
Las Vegas Aces ⓘ
Los Angeles Sparks ⓘ
Minnesota Lynx ⓘ
New York Liberty ⓘ
Phoenix Mercury ⓘ
Seattle Storm ⓘ
Washington Mystics ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1996 ⓘ
mostChampionshipsTeam Houston Comets ⓘ
Las Vegas Aces ⓘ
Minnesota Lynx ⓘ
Seattle Storm ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.wnba.com ⓘ
organizer National Basketball Association ⓘ
seasonPeriod summer ⓘ
seasonStructure playoffs ⓘ
regular season ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

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KeyArena → leagueOfTenant → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Emma Meesseman → leagueParticipatedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Sue Bird → leagueParticipatedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Dawn Staley → leaguePlayedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's National Basketball Association
Rebecca Lobo → leaguePlayedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Gainbridge Fieldhouse → leagueTenant → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Philips Arena → leagueTenant → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Eric Thibault → notableLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's National Basketball Association
United States women's national basketball team → notableLeagueOfPlayers → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
BSE Global → operatesInLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Monumental Sports & Entertainment → ownsMajorFranchiseIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Eastern Conference → partOf → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Conference (WNBA)
Mike Thibault → partOf → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Michelle Marciniak → participantIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women’s National Basketball Association season
Kia Vaughn → playedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Vicky Bullett → playedIn → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Jayne Appel → playedInLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's National Basketball Association
Aliyah Boston → playsInLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's National Basketball Association
Cappie Pondexter → playsInLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Essence Carson → playsInLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award → presentedBy → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
WNBA Rookie of the Year Award → presentedBy → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
National Basketball Association → relatedLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Crypto.com Arena → tenantLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
Gund Arena → tenantLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA
Staples Center → tenantLeague → Women’s National Basketball Association ⓘ
this entity surface form: WNBA