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List of WNBL champions

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The WNBL Grand Final is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball League.

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Season	Champions		Runners-Up		Format	Result	Finals MVP	Ref.
Season	Team	Coach	Team	Coach	Format	Result	Finals MVP	Ref.
1981	St Kilda Saints	Bill Palmer	North Adelaide Rockets	Kay McFarlane	Single game	77–58
1982	St Kilda Saints (2)	Bill Palmer	Bankstown Bruins	Robbie Cadee		63–56
1983	Nunawading Spectres	Tom Maher	St Kilda Saints	Bill Palmer		70–46
1984	Nunawading Spectres (2)	Tom Maher	West Adelaide Bearcats	Ted Powell		78–65
1985	Coburg Cougars		Noarlunga Tigers	Jim Madigan		73–71	Karin Maar
1986	Nunawading Spectres (3)	Tom Maher	Australian Institute of Sport	Adrian Hurley		62–51	Shelley Gorman
1987	Nunawading Spectres (4)	Tom Maher	Coburg Cougars			67–59	Tracey Browning
1988	Nunawading Spectres (5)	Tom Maher	North Adelaide Rockets	Kay McFarlane		71–43	Shelley Gorman (2)
1989	Nunawading Spectres (6)	Tom Maher	Hobart Islanders	Danny Adams		80–69	Samantha Thornton
1990	North Adelaide Rockets	Mark Molitor	Hobart Islanders	Danny Adams		72–57	Donna Brown
1991	Hobart Islanders	Jim Pappas	Nunawading Spectres	Lori Chizik		67–64	Robyn Maher
1992	Perth Breakers	Tom Maher	Dandenong Rangers	Alex Palazzolo		58–54	Tanya Fisher
1993	Sydney Flames	Carrie Graf	Perth Breakers	Guy Molloy		65–64	Annie Burgess
1994	Adelaide Lightning	Jan Stirling	Melbourne Tigers	Ray Tomlinson		84–77	Rachael Sporn
1995	Adelaide Lightning (2)	Jan Stirling	Melbourne Tigers	Ray Tomlinson		50–43	Rachael Sporn (2)
1996	Adelaide Lightning (3)	Jan Stirling	Sydney Flames	Carrie Graf		80–65	Michelle Brogan
1997	Sydney Flames (2)	Bill Tomlinson	Adelaide Lightning	Jan Stirling		61–56	Trisha Fallon
1998	Adelaide Lightning (4)	Jan Stirling	Sydney Flames	Murray Wardle		67–56	Jo Hill
1998–99	Australian Institute of Sport	Phil Brown	Perth Breakers	Murray Treseder		88–79	Kristen Veal
1999–00	Canberra Capitals	Carrie Graf	Adelaide Lightning	Jan Stirling		67–50	Kristen Veal (2)
2000–01	Sydney Panthers (3)	Karen Dalton	Canberra Capitals	Carrie Graf		67–50	Annie Burgess (2)
2001–02	Canberra Capitals (2)	Carrie Graf	Sydney Panthers	Karen Dalton		75–69	Lauren Jackson
2002–03	Canberra Capitals (3)	Tom Maher	Sydney Panthers	Karen Dalton		69–67	Lauren Jackson (2)
2003–04	Dandenong Rangers	Gary Fox	Sydney Uni Flames	Karen Dalton		63–53	Emily McInerny	^[1]
2004–05	Dandenong Rangers (2)	Gary Fox	Sydney Uni Flames	Karen Dalton		52–47	Jacinta Hamilton	^[2]
2005–06	Canberra Capitals (4)	Carrie Graf	Dandenong Rangers	Gary Fox		68–55	Lauren Jackson (3)	^[3]
2006–07	Canberra Capitals (5)	Carrie Graf	Sydney Uni Flames	Karen Dalton		73–59	Tracey Beatty
2007–08	Adelaide Lightning (5)	Vicki Valk	Sydney Uni Flames	Karen Dalton		92–82	Renae Camino
2008–09	Canberra Capitals (6)	Carrie Graf	Bulleen Boomers	Cheryl Chambers		61–58	Natalie Hurst	^[4]
2009–10	Canberra Capitals (7)	Carrie Graf	Bulleen Boomers	Tom Maher		75–70	Lauren Jackson (4)	^[5]
2010–11	Bulleen Boomers	Tom Maher	Canberra Capitals	Carrie Graf		103–78	Sharin Milner	^[6]
2011–12	Dandenong Rangers (3)	Mark Wright	Bulleen Boomers	Tom Maher		94–70	Kathleen MacLeod	^[7]
2012–13	Bendigo Spirit	Bernie Harrower	Townsville Fire	Chris Lucas		71–57	Kelsey Griffin
2013–14	Bendigo Spirit (2)	Bernie Harrower	Townsville Fire	Chris Lucas		94–83	Kelsey Griffin (2)	^[8]
2014–15	Townsville Fire	Chris Lucas	Bendigo Spirit	Bernie Harrower		75–65	Mia Newley	^[9]
2015–16	Townsville Fire (2)	Chris Lucas	Perth Lynx	Andy Stewart	Best-of-three	2–0	Micaela Cocks	^[10]
2016–17	Sydney Uni Flames (4)	Cheryl Chambers	Dandenong Rangers	Larissa Anderson		2–0	Leilani Mitchell	^[11]
2017–18	Townsville Fire (3)	Claudia Brassard	Melbourne Boomers	Guy Molloy		2–1	Suzy Batkovic	^[12]
2018–19	Canberra Capitals (8)	Paul Goriss	Adelaide Lightning	Chris Lucas		2–1	Kelsey Griffin (3)	^[13]
2019–20	Canberra Capitals (9)	Paul Goriss	Southside Flyers	Cheryl Chambers		2–0	Olivia Époupa	^[14]
2020	Southside Flyers (4)	Cheryl Chambers	Townsville Fire	Shannon Seebohm	Single game	99–82	Leilani Mitchell (2)	^[15]
2021–22	Melbourne Boomers (2)	Guy Molloy	Perth Lynx	Ryan Petrik	Best-of-three	2–1	Lindsay Allen	^[16]
2022–23	Townsville Fire (4)	Shannon Seebohm	Southside Flyers	Cheryl Chambers		2–0	Tianna Hawkins
2023–24	Southside Flyers (5)	Cheryl Chambers	Perth Lynx	Ryan Petrik		2–1	Mercedes Russell

Team	Win	Loss	Finals	Years Won	Years Lost
Canberra Capitals	9	2	11	2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2020	2001, 2011
Adelaide Lightning	5	3	8	1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008	1997, 2000, 2019
Sydney Uni Flames	4	8	12	1993, 1997, 2001, 2017	1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Southside Flyers	4	4	8	2004, 2005, 2012, 2021	1992, 2006, 2017, 2020
Townsville Fire	4	3	7	2015, 2016, 2018, 2023	2013, 2014, 2021
Bendigo Spirit	2	1	3	2013, 2014	2015
Melbourne Boomers	2	4	6	2011, 2022	2009, 2010, 2012, 2018
Perth Lynx	1	4	5	1992	1993, 1999, 2016, 2022

List_of_WNBL_champions

List of WNBL champions

Champions

Results by team

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