The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league in the United States. It is currently composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July (except in Olympic years) and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to hold a midseason tournament, the Commissioner's Cup, starting in the 2020 season were placed on hold until 2021. Initially, regular-season Cup games were to be played through early July, followed by a final match in August. The pandemic also led to the entire 2020 season being held without fans at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and normally play in the same arena: Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and
La Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) es una liga profesional de baloncesto en los Estados Unidos. Actualmente está compuesta por doce equipos. La liga se fundó el 22 de abril de 1996, como la contraparte femenina de la National Basketball Association (NBA), y la liga comenzó en 1997. La temporada regular se juega de mayo a septiembre, con el juego All Star jugado a mediados de la temporada en julio (excepto en los años olímpicos) y las Finales de la WNBA a finales de septiembre hasta el comienzo de octubre. Debido a la pandemia COVID-19, los planes de celebrar un torneo de mediana temporada, la Copa del Comisario, a partir de la temporada de 2020 se colocaron en pausa hasta 2021. Inicialmente, los juegos de la Copa regular se jugaron a principios de julio, seguido de un mismo partido final en agosto. La pandemia también llevó a que toda la temporada de 2020 se celebre sin fans en la IMG Academy en Bradon, Florida.