AIAW women’s basketball championship

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college basketball tournament national championship women’s basketball competition

The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college basketball tournament → national championship → women’s basketball competition →
competitionType	postseason tournament →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
dissolved	1982 →
endYear	1982 →
era	pre-NCAA women’s basketball era →
format	single-elimination tournament →
gender	women →
governingBody	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women →
governingBodyDissolved	1982 →
historicalRole	pioneered national competition structure for women’s college basketball in the U.S. →
inception	1972 →
level	college →
notableChampion	Delta State University women’s basketball team → Immaculata College women’s basketball team → Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team → Old Dominion Monarchs women’s basketball team → UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team →
organizer	Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women →
participantType	college women’s basketball teams →
precededBy	AIAW women’s basketball championship → surface form: "CIAW women’s basketball championship"
relatedOrganization	National Collegiate Athletic Association →
replacedBy	NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament → surface form: "NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament" NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament → NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament →
scope	national →
significance	premier national collegiate women’s basketball tournament before NCAA sponsorship →
sport	basketball →
startYear	1972 →

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Immaculata College women’s basketball team → competition → AIAW women’s basketball championship →

this entity surface form: "Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships"

AIAW women’s basketball championship → precededBy → AIAW women’s basketball championship →

this entity surface form: "CIAW women’s basketball championship"

NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament → replaced → AIAW women’s basketball championship →

this entity surface form: "AIAW Division II women’s basketball championship"

NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament → replaces → AIAW women’s basketball championship →