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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 ...
Golden State Valkyries: Announced in 2023 with an expansion draft held on Dec. 6, 2024, the newest team will start playing when the 2025 WNBA season begins. Owned by Joe Lacob, Peter Guber and the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Below is a list of current WNBA team rosters. Eastern Conference. Atlanta Dream. Atlanta Dream roster. Players ... Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent
The number of WNBA teams has varied since the league's original eight in 1997 due to expansions and later contractions; the first expansion teams were added in 1998 and were followed by two more rounds of additions that brought the total to 16 teams in 2000. Following the change in NBA ownership in 2002, the WNBA lost two teams.
Toronto will be the WNBA's 14th team, following the Golden State franchise that will enter the league in 2025. Per the CBC, the new Toronto team would not play at Scotiabank Arena. Instead, they ...