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On 10 May 2024, reports emerged that the WNBA and Kilmer Group were negotiating for a Toronto-based expansion franchise. [3] [4] The WNBA officially announced the creation of the franchise on May 23. [5] [6] The team will become the 14th in the WNBA and the first to be based outside the United States. The team will be owned by Kilmer Sports ...
Toronto has been awarded the WNBA’s first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to begin play in 2026. Larry Tanenbaum-led Kilmer Sports Ventures is paying $115 ...
What are the announced WNBA expansion teams? Just three of the WNBA's original teams when the league started in 1997 remain heading into 2025 – the New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks and ...
The Valkyries are the W's 13th team, and Toronto is the 14th. Engelbert has said she wants the league to grow to 16 teams by 2028, so two more teams will likely be added in the next few years ...
About WNBA Toronto: In May 2024, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced its expansion into Canada by awarding Toronto an expansion team, the league’s first outside the United States. The new team, which will be owned and operated by Kilmer Sports Ventures, will begin play in the 2026 season as the WNBA’s 14th franchise.
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) expansion draft is an event hosted by the WNBA as needed that allows expansion teams to select from a pool of existing WNBA players to build their debut rosters. Pre-existing WNBA teams are allowed to protect six players on their current rosters from being drafted.
An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also hope that the expansion of their competition will grow the popularity of the sport generally.
The WNBA is planning on adding an expansion franchise in Toronto, according to Canadian news outlet and CNN newsgathering partner CBC.. CBC, citing four people with knowledge of the deal but who ...