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A Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) ou (Associação Nacional de Basquetebol Feminino) é a liga profissional de basquete feminino dos Estados Unidos. Atualmente é composta por 12 times. A liga foi fundada em 1996 como uma contrapartida a National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league based in the United States. It is composed of 12 teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997.
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Women's basketball began in the fall of 1892 at Smith College. Senda Berenson, recently hired as a young "physical culture" director at Smith, taught basketball to her students, hoping the activity would improve their physical health. While for men, basketball was designed as an indoor addition to existing team sports such as baseball and football,...
The popularity of women's basketball grew steadily around the world for decades. By the 1970s, the sport had attracted the notice of the International Olympic Committee, which added women's basketball as an official sport of the Olympic Games in 1976; the men had debuted in 1936. Throughout the 1970s, funding for (and interest in) women's basketbal...
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly with five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop. The rules for women's basketball are almost identical to the rules for men's basketball. The most noticeable difference is in the c...
Women's basketball is governed internationally by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Since 1953 FIBA has hosted a world championship tournament for women, currently known as the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. The event, renamed from "FIBA World Championship for Women" after its 2014 edition, is currently held in even-numbered non-S...
University
Berenson's freshmen played the sophomore class in the first women's collegiate basketball game held on 22 March 1893. University of California and Miss Head's School, had played the first women's extramural game in 1892. Also in 1893, Mount Holyoke and Sophie Newcomb College, coached by Clara Gregory Baer (the inventor of Newcomb ball) women began playing basketball. By 1895, the game had spread to colleges across the country, including Wellesley, Vassar and Bryn Mawr. The first intercollegia...
Professional leagues
There have been professional leagues established in numerous countries.
Africa
AfroBasket Women is the women's basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially under the auspices of FIBA, the basketball sport governing body, and the African zone thereof. The tournament also serves to qualify teams for participation in the quadrennial FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and the Olympic basketball tournament.
Asia
The Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) is a professional women's basketballleague established in 2002. The Women's Hong Kong Basketball Association is the highest women's professional club basketball competition in Hong Kong. The Indian National Basketball Championship for Women is a professional basketball tournament in Indiafor women The Women's Japan Basketball League is a premier women's basketball league in Japan. The Lebanese Basketball League or FLB League is the top-tier pr...
Europe
The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the dominant league in Europe (largely because it is the main attraction of the WNBA players during the off-season). Other notable leagues are the Italian Serie A1, the Spanish Liga Femenina and the Turkish Super League.
Documentaries
1. Off the Rez — A 2011 documentary for TLC about the journey of future WNBA player Shoni Schimmel from the Oregon Indian reservation where she was raised to Portland in high school, and ultimately to the University of Louisville. 2. She Got Game is based on the high school basketball success of Brigid Touey Humphrey[citation needed] 3. Training Rules— A 2009 documentary examining how women's collegiate sports, caught in a web of homophobic practices, collude in the destruction of the lives a...
Theatrical releases
1. Believe in Me 2. Double Teamed 3. Love & Basketball 4. The Heart of the Game 5. The Mighty Macs 6. The St. Tammany Miracle 7. Salaam Dunk 8. The Winning Season 9. Woman Basketball Player No. 5
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.
Há 1 dia · Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), American women’s professional basketball league that began play in 1997. It was created by the NBA Board of Governors as a women’s analogue to the NBA, and in the early 21st century the WNBA became the most successful American women’s professional sports league ever.
14 de mai. de 2024 · Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) champions, winners of the annual playoff basketball tournament that is held after every Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) season. Each WNBA playoff field consists of the 8 teams in the 12-team league with the best regular-season records,
