Women's National Basketball League

The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is the main women's professional basketball league in Australia. It currently has ten teams. The league was started in 1981.  It is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League (NBL). The regular season is played from October to March.  The Grand Final is in either late February or early March.

Some WNBL teams have NBL counterparts. The Adelaide Lightning, West Coast Waves, and Sydney Flames are the only current teams to play sharing the market with an NBL team.

Teams
The WNBL currently has 10 teams.

 WNBL Team City Arena Colours Joined WNBL Head Coach Women's National Basketball League Adelaide Lightning Adelaide, SA Adelaide Arena Red, Yellow, Black, White 1992 Peter Buckle Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, ACT AIS Training Hall Blue, White, Red 1981 Phil Brown Bendigo Spirit Bendigo, VIC Schweppes Centre Sky Blue, Gold, White 2007 Bernie Harrower Bulleen Boomers Bulleen, VIC Veneto Club Blue, Gold 1984 Tom Maher Canberra Capitals Canberra, ACT AIS Arena Light Blue, White, Gold 1986 Carrie Graf Dandenong Rangers Dandenong, VIC Dandenong Basketball Stadium Bottle Green, Gold 1992 Mark Wright Logan Thunder Logan, QLD Logan Metro Purple, Burgundy, Gold 2008 Olaf Lange Sydney Flames Sydney, NSW Sydney University Blue, Gold, White 1989 Karen Dalton Townsville Fire Townsville, QLD Townsville RSL Stadium Black, Red, Orange 2001 Chris Lucas West Coast Waves Perth, WA WA Basketball Centre Green, Yellow, Black 1990 David Herbert

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