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Women's National Basketball Association
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 WNBA season
SportBasketball
FoundedApril 22, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04-22)
FounderDavid Stern
Inaugural season1997
CommissionerCathy Engelbert
No. of teams12
CountryUnited States
HeadquartersNew York City
Most recent
champion(s)		Las Vegas Aces
(2nd title)
Most titlesHouston Comets
Minnesota Lynx
Seattle Storm
(4 titles each)
Official websiteWNBA.com

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league for women. It was made in April 22, 1996. The league first held games in June 1997. The WNBA has twelve teams in the United States.[1]

The games have four 10-minute quarters. There is also a 24-second shot clock. Each team is allowed to have 12 players, and must have at least 11 on the roster. Due to a strict salary cap, many teams only carry 11 players on their rosters. The ball used for WNBA games is 1 inch (2.54 cm) smaller in circumference and 2.5 ounces (70 g) lighter than the ball used for all adult men's full-court basketball (including the National Basketball Association, the top professional basketball league for men in the United States). The WNBA ball is the same size used for all adult women's full-court play.[a] The ball also has alternating white and orange panels, unlike the all-orange NBA ball.[b]

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ The ball used in 3x3, the internationally sanctioned three-on-three half-court game, is the same circumference as the women's ball, but the same mass as the men's ball.
  2. ↑ Except in the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament that has been played since the 2021 season; that ball instead has alternating white and black panels.

References

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  1. ↑ "History of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

Other websites

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