Eastern Conference (WNBA)

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League WNBA Inaugural season 1997 Most recent Eastern Conference champion(s) Indiana Fever		Sport Basketball No. of teams 6
Most Eastern Conference titles Tie: New York Liberty, Detroit Shock (4)

The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association is made up of six teams.

The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. All in-conference playoff series are best-of-three.

Former teams

Defunct

Charlotte Sting (1997–2006)

Cleveland Rockers (1997–2003)

Miami Sol (2000–2002)

Changed to Western Conference

Houston Comets

Relocated

Orlando Miracle to Connecticut Sun (2003)

Detroit Shock to Tulsa Shock (West) (2009)

Eastern Conference champions

1997: Houston Comets, New York Liberty

1998: No Eastern team moved on to Finals due to playoff setup.

1999: New York Liberty

2000: New York Liberty

2001: Charlotte Sting

2002: New York Liberty

2003: Detroit Shock

2004: Connecticut Sun

2005: Connecticut Sun

2006: Detroit Shock

2007: Detroit Shock

2008: Detroit Shock

2009: Indiana Fever

2010: Atlanta Dream

2011: Atlanta Dream

2012: Indiana Fever

2013: Atlanta Dream

2014: Chicago Sky

2015: Indiana Fever

WNBA Champions in bold

Conference championship count

4: Detroit Shock

4: New York Liberty

3: Atlanta Dream

3: Indiana Fever

2: Connecticut Sun

1: Chicago Sky

1: Charlotte Sting

1: Houston Comets (changed to Western Conference in 1998)

2016 Season

Notes

# – Playoff seed e – Eliminated from playoffs

2015 Season

Notes

x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoffs

1997 Season

References

Eastern Conference (WNBA) Wikipedia

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