The Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) has six basketball teams in it.[1]
Team | City/Area | Arena | Colors | Joined WNBA | Head coach |
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Atlanta Dream | College Park, Georgia | Gateway Center Arena | Sky blue, red, white | 2008 | Tanisha Wright |
Chicago Sky | Chicago, Illinois | Wintrust Arena | Sky blue, yellow, white | 2006 | James Wade |
Connecticut Sun | Uncasville, Connecticut | Mohegan Sun Arena | Navy blue, red, gold, white | 1999* | Curt Miller |
Indiana Fever | Indianapolis, Indiana | Hinkle Fieldhouse[a] | Navy blue, gold, red, white | 2000 | Carlos Knox |
New York Liberty | Brooklyn, New York | Barclays Center | Black, green, orange, white | 1997 | Sandy Brondello |
Washington Mystics | Washington, D.C. | Entertainment and Sports Arena | Navy, gray, white, red | 1998 | Mike Thibault |
The WNBA gave conference championship awards to the winners of the Conference Finals in the playoffs. They did this from 1998 to 2015 Conference championships were not awarded in the WNBA's first season (1997). The WNBA stopped doing this in 2016.[2][3]