Women's National Basketball League (Philippines)

The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is an amateur women's basketball league in the Philippines.

Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 WNBL-Philippines season
SportBasketball
Founded2019
Inaugural season2019
PresidentCelso "Soy" Mercado
CommissionerMaria Theresa Magno
No. of teams8
Country Philippines
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		PSI Lady Air Defenders
(1st title)
Most titlesPSI Lady Air Defenders
(1 title)
TV partner(s)Solar Sports

It is organized by the National Basketball League (NBL) which also maintains a men's league.

History

The National Basketball League (NBL) which maintains a men's league decided to organize a women's league as well to support the program of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Philippines' national governing body for basketball.[1][2]

The WNBL inaugural season began on April 7, 2019 and featured seven teams; Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, Taguig Lady Generals, Pampanga Delta Amazons, and the Cleon and Clyde Lady Snipers.[3] Air Force won the inaugural title.[4]

For the 2020 season, the league was planning to go professional with reports saying that a formal application has been submitted to the Games and Amusements Board. However such plan was deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Teams

Current teams
Team Locality Head Coach
AAI Holdings Bicol Lady Tigers Naga City, Camarines Sur
La Salle Lady Archers Manila
Laguna Lady Pistons Santa Rosa, Laguna
Pampanga Delta Amazons San Fernando, Pampanga
Parañaque Lady Aces Parañaque,
Metro Manila
Philippine Air Force Lady Air Defenders - PSI N/A
Philippine Navy Lady Sailors
- Go For Gold		 N/A
Quezon City Lady Defenders Quezon City,
Metro Manila
Taguig Lady Generals Taguig,
Metro Manila

Defunct Teams
  • Cleon and Clyde Lady Snipers
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References
  1. Women's basketball breaks through glass ceiling through WNBL, ABS-CBN Sports, April 5, 2019
  2. NBL women’s league fires off this weekend, Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Business World Online, April 5, 2019
  3. "Parañaque ousts Laguna in inaugural WNBL opener". Rappler. April 7, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. Li, Matthew (July 27, 2020). "Sources: WNBL looks to go pro". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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