Eastern Conference

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WNBA conference sports conference

The Eastern Conference is one of the two primary competitive divisions in the WNBA, grouping together teams based in the eastern region of the United States.

Aliases (2)

Eastern Conference (WNBA) ×35
Eastern Conference (no divisions era) ×1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WNBA conference → sports conference →
competitionLevel	professional →
competitionType	regular season grouping →
confersTitle	Eastern Conference champion (in applicable seasons) →
country	United States →
establishedBy	Women’s National Basketball Association →
genderCategory	women →
governingBody	WNBA →
hasDivision	none →
hasTeam	Atlanta Dream → Chicago Sky → Connecticut Sun → Indiana Fever → New York Liberty → Washington Mystics →
languageOfOperation	English →
league	WNBA →
mediaCoverage	national sports television networks in the United States →
numberOfTeams	6 →
organizesGamesFor	Atlanta Dream → Chicago Sky → Connecticut Sun → Indiana Fever → New York Liberty → Washington Mystics →
parallelConference	Western Conference (WNBA) →
partOf	Women’s National Basketball Association →
playoffRole	determines playoff qualification and seeding (historically) →
professionalLeagueTier	top tier of women’s professional basketball in the United States →
region	Eastern United States →
seasonFormatRole	organizes regular-season schedule structure →
sport	basketball →
teamLocationCriterion	teams based in the eastern region of the United States →
usesRulesOf	WNBA basketball rules →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlanta Dream → Chicago Sky → New York Liberty → Washington Mystics → Westchester Knicks →	conference
New York Liberty → Washington Mystics ("Eastern Conference (no divisions era)") →	division
Erik Spoelstra →	conferenceCoachedIn
New York Liberty →	hasWonConferenceTitle