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 The WNBA Playoffs is a best-of-three elimination tournament between eight teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), ultimately deciding the final two teams who will play in the WNBA Finals.
[edit] Current formatFollowing the WNBA regular season, four teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to four. Regular season records determine the seedings of the teams in each conference. The team with the best record receives seed one, the team with the next best record receives seed two, and so on. These seedings are used to create a bracket that determines the match-ups throughout the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs, or Conference Semi-Finals, consists of two match-ups in each conference based on the seedings (1-4 and 2-3). The two winners advance to the second round, or Conference Finals, with a match-up between the 1-4 and 2-3 winners. At the conclusion of the Conference Finals, the winners of these series advance to the WNBA Finals. The Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals are each best-of-three series. Series are played in a 1-2 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage (better record) hosts games 2 and 3, while their opponent hosts game 1. The WNBA Finals are a best-of-five series played in a 2-2-1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5 while their opponent hosts games 3 and 4.
[edit] Playoff series history[edit] 2009 SeasonMain article: 2009 WNBA Playoffs Further information: 2009 WNBA season and 2009 WNBA Finals There are 13 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference are seeded one to four. The first two rounds of the playoffs are played a best-of-three series, with the finals being best-of-five.
[edit] 2008 SeasonMain article: 2008 WNBA Playoffs Further information: 2008 WNBA season and 2008 WNBA Finals There were 14 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. The first two rounds of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series, with the finals being best-of-five.
[edit] 2007 SeasonFurther information: 2007 WNBA season and 2007 WNBA Finals There were 13 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. The first two rounds of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series, with the finals being best-of-five.
[edit] 2006 SeasonFurther information: 2006 WNBA season There were 14 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. The first two rounds of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series, with the finals being best-of-five.
[edit] 2005 SeasonFurther information: 2005 WNBA season There were 13 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. The first two rounds of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series, with the finals being switched to best-of-five.
[edit] 2004 SeasonFurther information: 2004 WNBA season There were 13 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 2003 SeasonFurther information: 2003 WNBA season There were 14 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 2002 SeasonFurther information: 2002 WNBA season There were 16 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 2001 SeasonFurther information: 2001 WNBA season There were 16 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 2000 SeasonFurther information: 2000 WNBA season There were 16 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 1999 SeasonFurther information: 1999 WNBA season There were 12 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the three teams with the best record in each conference were seeded one to three. The top seeded team in each conference got a bye for the first round.
[edit] 1998 SeasonFurther information: 1998 WNBA season There were 10 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Houston was switched to the Western Conference in 1997 so two Western Conference teams matched up in the WNBA Finals. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
[edit] 1997 SeasonFurther information: 1997 WNBA season This was the first year of existence for the WNBA. There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Houston was in the Eastern Conference in 1997 so two Eastern Conference teams matched up in the WNBA Finals. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-one series.
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