Eastern Conference (pre-2016 WNBA alignment)
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The Eastern Conference (pre-2016 WNBA alignment) was one of the league’s two conferences, grouping together teams primarily from the eastern United States before the WNBA’s 2016 realignment.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Conference (WNBA) | 3 |
| WNBA Eastern Conference | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WNBA conference
ⓘ
sports league conference ⓘ |
| alignmentBasis | geography ⓘ |
| championshipPath | Eastern Conference champion advanced to WNBA Finals ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | women’s professional ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| geographicFocus | eastern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | WNBA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivisionStructure | no ⓘ |
| leagueLevel | major professional ⓘ |
| numberOfConferencesInLeague | 2 ⓘ |
| partOf | Women’s National Basketball Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playoffQualificationDetail | top teams in the Eastern Conference qualified for the WNBA playoffs ⓘ |
| playoffQualificationMethod | conference-based seeding ⓘ |
| playoffStructure | separate Eastern and Western Conference playoff brackets ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | group WNBA teams into an eastern conference for standings and playoffs prior to 2016 ⓘ |
| realignedIn | 2016 ⓘ |
| realignmentType | WNBA conference and playoff format change ⓘ |
| sisterConference | Western Conference (pre-2016 WNBA alignment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| statusAfter2016 | conference retained for scheduling but no longer used for playoff seeding ⓘ |
| timePeriod | before 2016 WNBA realignment ⓘ |
| usedInCompetition |
WNBA playoffs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WNBA regular season ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WNBA Eastern Conference
this entity surface form:
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
subject surface form:
Western Conference (WNBA)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Conference (WNBA)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Conference (WNBA)