What is Women's National Basketball Association?
{{Infobox sports league | title = Women's National Basketball Association | current_season = 2025 WNBA season | logo = [[File:WNBA logo.png | thumb | right]] | pixels = | sport = Basketball | founded = {{start date and age|1996|04|22|mf=yes}} | founder = [[David Stern]] | commissioner = Cathy Engelbert | inaugural = 1997 | teams = 13 | country = United States | headquarters = [[New York City]] | continent = | champion = | champions = [[New York Liberty]]<br>(1st title) | champ_season = | most_champs = [[Houston Comets]]<br>[[Minnesota Lynx]]<br>[[Seattle Storm]]<br>(4 titles each) | most successful club = | website = [https://www.wnba.com/ WNBA.com] }} The '''Women's National Basketball Association''' (WNBA) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional]] [[basketball]] league for women. It was made in April 22, 1996. The [[Sports league|league]] first held games in June 1997. The WNBA had 12 [[team]]s, all in the United States, in its most recent 2024 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the WNBA|url=https://www.wnba.com/about_us/historyof_wnba.html|access-date=2023-04-28|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA|language=en}}</ref> A thirteenth U.S. team will join in 2025, and two more teams, one each in the U.S. and Canada, will start play in 2026. 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.{{efn|The ball used in 3x3, the i