Western Conference (WNBA)

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League WNBA Inaugural season 1997 Most recent Western Conference champion(s) Los Angeles Sparks		Sport Basketball No. of teams 6
Most Western Conference titles Tie: Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx (4)

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

The Western 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 Eastern Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. All in-conference playoff series are best-of-three.

Former teams

Defunct

Houston Comets (1997–2008)

Portland Fire (2000–2002)

Sacramento Monarchs (1997–2009)

Relocated

Utah Starzz to San Antonio Silver Stars (2003)

Detroit Shock (East) to Tulsa Shock (2010)

Tulsa Shock to Dallas Wings (2016)

Western Conference champions

1997: No Western team moved on to Finals due to playoff setup.

1998: Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury

1999: Houston Comets

2000: Houston Comets

2001: Los Angeles Sparks

2002: Los Angeles Sparks

2003: Los Angeles Sparks

2004: Seattle Storm

2005: Sacramento Monarchs

2006: Sacramento Monarchs

2007: Phoenix Mercury

2008: San Antonio Silver Stars

2009: Phoenix Mercury

2010: Seattle Storm

2011: Minnesota Lynx

2012: Minnesota Lynx

2013: Minnesota Lynx

2014: Phoenix Mercury

2015: Minnesota Lynx

WNBA Champions in bold

Conference Championship count

4: Phoenix Mercury

4: Minnesota Lynx

3: Houston Comets (Played in Eastern Conference in 1997)

3: Los Angeles Sparks

2: Seattle Storm

2: Sacramento Monarchs

1: San Antonio Stars

2016 Season

Notes

# – Playoff seed e – Eliminated from playoffs

1997 season

References

Western Conference (WNBA) Wikipedia

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