2024–25 WNBL season

2024–25 WNBL season
LeagueWomen's National Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration30 October 2024 – 8 March 2025
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ESPN
9Go!
9Now
Regular season
Finals
WNBL seasons
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 WNBL season is the 45th season of the competition since its establishment in 1981.[1] The Southside Flyers are the defending champions.[2]

Cygnett remains as the WNBL's naming rights partner for this season, after signing a three-year deal in September 2022.[3] In August 2024, the season structure was confirmed to again feature an 84-game regular season, with a best-of-three Semi-Final & Grand Final series' to follow.[4] All games were confirmed to again be broadcast via 9Now and ESPN, for the third consecutive season.[5] This season will see the WNBL's return to free-to-air television for the first time since 2019, with the addition of one game broadcast weekly on 9Go!.

Player movement

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Ladder

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# 2024–25 WNBL Championship ladder
Team W L PCT GP
1 Townsville Fire 1 0 100.0 1
2 Sydney Flames 1 0 100.0 1
3 Perth Lynx 1 0 100.0 1
4 Bendigo Spirit 1 0 100.0 1
5 Adelaide Lightning 0 1 0.0 1
6 Southside Flyers 0 1 0.0 1
7 Canberra Capitals 0 1 0.0 1
8 Geelong United 0 1 0.0 1

Regular season

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Round 1

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30 October 2024 Geelong United 58–84 Townsville Fire Geelong Arena, Geelong
7:00 PM (AEDT) Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 17–24, 9–23, 15–13
ESPN Pts: Froling 15
Rebs: Froling, Jones 7
Asts: Jones 4
Box Score Pts: Froling 17
Rebs: Froling 9
Asts: Three players 4
Attendance: 1,006
2 November 2024 Bendigo Spirit 84–70 Adelaide Lightning Red Energy Arena, Bendigo
7:30 PM (AEDT) Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 20–22, 17–18, 19–7
9Now Pts: Whitcomb 27
Rebs: Tolo 14
Asts: Burton, Wilson 7
Box Score Pts: Dean 23
Rebs: Turner 17
Asts: Dean 4
Attendance: 619
2 November 2024 Perth Lynx 94–79 Southside Flyers Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth
7:00 PM (AWST) Scoring by quarter: 31–27, 26–18, 29–12, 8–22
9Now Pts: Maley 22
Rebs: Maley 12
Asts: Wilson 8
Box Score Pts: Kunek 22
Rebs: Kunek 11
Asts: Rocci 8
Attendance: 812
3 November 2024 Sydney Flames 102–85 Canberra Capitals Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
2:00 PM (AEDT) Scoring by quarter: 35–21, 24–23, 22–18, 21–23
9Go! Pts: Ruef 25
Rebs: George 11
Asts: Swain 9
Box Score Pts: Munger 24
Rebs: Melbourne 6
Asts: Melbourne 4
Attendance: 3,457

Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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7 December 2024 Sydney Flames vs. Perth Lynx Quaycentre, Sydney
7:30 PM (AEDT)
9Now

Round 7

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Round 8

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23 December 2024 Perth Lynx vs. Geelong United HBF Stadium, Perth
7:30 PM (AWST)
9Now

Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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12 January 2025 Bendigo Spirit vs. Sydney Flames Mildura Sporting Precinct, Mildura
3:00 PM (AEDT)
9Now

Round 12

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19 January 2025 Bendigo Spirit vs. Geelong United TBC
4:00 PM (AEDT)
9Now

Round 13

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25 January 2025 Sydney Flames vs. Perth Lynx Quaycentre, Sydney
5:30 PM (AEDT)
9Now

Round 14

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Round 15

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Finals

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Semi Finals Grand Final
      
1  
4  
 
 
3  
2  

Awards

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Player of the Round

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Round # Player Ref.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16

Postseason Awards

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Award Winner Position Team
Most Valuable Player
Grand Final MVP
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Woman of the Year
Breakout Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Leading Scorer Award
Leading Rebounder Award
Golden Hands Award
Cygnett Community Award
All-WNBL First Team
All-WNBL Second Team

Team captains and coaches

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Team[6] Captain Coach
Adelaide Lightning Stephanie Talbot Natalie Hurst
Bendigo Spirit Kelsey Griffin Kennedy Kereama
Canberra Capitals Jade Melbourne Paul Goriss
Geelong United Keely Froling Chris Lucas
Perth Lynx[7] Amy Atwell / Anneli Maley (co) Ryan Petrik
Southside Flyers Rebecca Cole Kristi Harrower
Sydney Flames[8] Cayla George Guy Molloy
Townsville Fire[9] Alicia Froling, Lauren Mansfield, Courtney Woods (group) Shannon Seebohm

References

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  1. ^ "Home | WNBL". WNBL.
  2. ^ "WNBL24 Southside Flyers Cygnett WNBL Champions". wnbl.basketball.
  3. ^ "WNBL ANNOUNCE NAMING RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP WITH CYGNETT". wnbl.basketball.
  4. ^ "WNBL 24/25 Key Dates". wnbl.basketball.
  5. ^ "WNBL GETS READY TO GO". wnbl.basketball.
  6. ^ "Cygnett WNBL 22-23 season launch". wnbl.basketball.
  7. ^ "Perth Lynx Instagram". instagram.com. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Flames announce George as WNBL25 captain". wnbl.basketball. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Townsville Fire Announce Leadership Group for 2024/25 Season". wnbl.basketball. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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