On April 26th, 1996, a women's professional basketball league with the slogan "We Got Next" was held in North WNBA.
The United States was born, as a subsidiary of NBA, located in new york. Most of the leaders have worked in NBA, and the first season of professional league was in the summer of 1997. As a result, many firsts were born one after another: Fan Aimin, the first president of ——WNBA; Swope-the first ——WNBA signing player; Cooper-the first MVP;; Comet-the first champion team; Leslie-the first player to win MVP in the regular season, all-star game and finals in a single season.
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Relying on the advanced marketing of NBA, WNBA has blossomed under the strong basketball culture background in the United States, which not only occupies the resource advantage in marketing, but also maintains a good exposure in visual media. NBC, ESPN and Lifetime TV are all its cooperative alliances. According to the official survey, the ratio of male to female viewers in WNBA is about 3: 7, and the ratio of male to female TV viewers is about 5: 5. More importantly, WNBA has a strong appeal among teenagers, and has made good achievements in image building and commercial promotion.
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WNBA started from eight teams, and then gradually expanded to 16 teams, and now there are 12 teams. The east includes: Atlanta Dream, Connecticut Sunshine, new york Freedom, Washington Mystery Man, Chicago Sky, and Indiana Mania; The west includes: Los Angeles Spark, Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Bobcats, Seattle Storm, Tulsa Vibration and San Antonio Silver Star.
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1On July 4th, 999, in Madison Square Garden, new york, the first All-Star Game of WNBA blew the whistle in front of 18649 spectators. Sportsmanship, teamwork and fanaticism have become the characteristics of WNBA.