About the WNBA Championship
Created in 1996, the Houston Comets were the first-ever champions of the WNBA in 1997 they went on to win the first four championships with Cynthia Cooper who is considered by many the best-ever female basketball player picking up the MVP in all four finals.
Whilst the teams are split into two conferences, to make the post-season you have to finish in the top eight of the overall league meaning the conference standings mean nothing.
There are three rounds in the playoffs, a best-of-three round one with the four teams advancing to the best-of-five semi-finals and then the best-of-five final to crown the champions.
Here are the past ten winners of the WNBA Championship:
Year | Winning team | Series Score | Losing team | Finals MVP |
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2023 | Las Vegas Aces | 3-1 | New York Liberty | A'ja Wilson |
2022 | Las Vegas Aces | 3-1 | Connecticut Sun | Chelsea Gray |
2021 | Chicago Sky | 3-1 | Phoenix Mercury | Kahleah Copper |
2020 | Seattle Storm | 3-0 | Las Vegas Aces | Breanna Stewart |
2019 | Washington Mystics | 3-2 | Connecticut Sun | Emma Meesseman |
2018 | Seattle Storm | 3-0 | Washington Mystics | Breanna Stewart |
2017 | Minnesota Lynx | 3-2 | Los Angeles Sparks | Sylvia Fowles |
2016 | Los Angeles Sparks | 3-2 | Minnesota Lynx | Candace Parker |
2015 | Minnesota Lynx | 3-2 | Indiana Fever | Sylvia Fowles |
2014 | Phoenix Mercury | 3-0 | Chicago Sky | Diana Taurasi |
Using the WNBA Championship Betting Tips
During the regular season of the WNBA and the playoffs, you can find WNBA predictions on our main Basketball Tips page, It is also worth following our Best Basketball Tipsters throughout the season for their picks.
So if you are looking for women's basketball picks against the spread, Moneyline picks or game total picks head over to either of those pages. Here, you can find our tipster's prediction for the outright WNBA Championship winner.
Each outcome will show how many of our tipsters have picked that team as well as the percentage of tips for it, whilst any comments left by our tipsters can also be displayed here, this is the reasoning to support their picks.
To place a bet on a pick, use the 'Add' to betslip option, you can then see which bookmaker is offering the best odds, selecting this bookmaker will transfer your pick to their site, where you can place your bet.
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