The Western Conference of the WNBA is made up of six teams.

The Western Conference playoffs is divided into two playoff rounds, The Conference Semi-Finals and The Conference Finals with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Eastern Conference champion in the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. All in-conference playoff series are best-of-three.

Contents 1 Current Western Conference 1.1 Former Teams 2 Western Conference Champions 3 Conference Championship Count 4 All-Time Conference Standings 4.1 2010 Season 4.2 2009 Season 4.3 2008 Season 4.4 2007 Season 4.5 2006 Season 4.6 2005 Season 4.7 2004 Season 4.8 2003 Season 4.9 2002 Season 4.10 2001 Season 4.11 2000 Season 4.12 1999 Season 4.13 1998 Season 4.14 1997 Season

[edit] Current Western Conference

Team	City/Area	Arena	Colors	Joined WNBA	Head Coach
Los Angeles Sparks	Los Angeles, CA	Staples Center	Purple, Gold	1997
Minnesota Lynx	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center	Blue, Green, Silver	1999	Jennifer Gillom
Phoenix Mercury	Phoenix, AZ	US Airways Center	Purple, Red, Chartreuse	1997	Corey Gaines
San Antonio Silver Stars	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center	Black, Silver	1997*	Dan Hughes
Seattle Storm	Seattle, WA	KeyArena	Green, Red, Gold	2000	Brian Agler
Tulsa Shock	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center	TBD	1998*	Nolan Richardson

[edit] Former Teams

Defunct

• Houston Comets (1997-2008)
• Portland Fire (2000-2002)
• Sacramento Monarchs (1997-2009)

Relocated

• Utah Starzz to San Antonio Silver Stars (2003)
• Detroit Shock (East) to Tulsa Shock (2009)

[edit] Western Conference Champions

• 1997: No Western team moved on to finals due to playoff setup.
• 1998: Houston Comets, Phoenix Mercury
• 1999: Houston Comets
• 2000: Houston Comets
• 2001: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2002: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2003: Los Angeles Sparks
• 2004: Seattle Storm
• 2005: Sacramento Monarchs
• 2006: Sacramento Monarchs
• 2007: Phoenix Mercury
• 2008: San Antonio Silver Stars
• 2009: Phoenix Mercury

WNBA Champions in bold

[edit] Conference Championship Count

• 3: Houston Comets (changed from Eastern Conference in 1998)
• 3: Los Angeles Sparks
• 3: Phoenix Mercury
• 2: Sacramento Monarchs
• 1: San Antonio Silver Stars
• 1: Seattle Storm

[edit] All-Time Conference Standings

[edit] 2010 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	0	0	.000	0-0	-
Minnesota Lynx x	0	0	.000	0-0	0.0
Phoenix Mercury x	0	0	.000	0-0	0.0
San Antonio Silver Stars x	0	0	.000	0-0	0.0
Seattle Storm o	0	0	.000	0-0	0.0
Tulsa Shock o	0	0	.000	0-0	0.0

[edit] 2009 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	13-7	-
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	13-7	3.0
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	11-9	5.0
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	10-10	8.0
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	7-13	9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	6-14	11.0

[edit] 2008 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
San Antonio Silver Stars x	24	10	.706	10-10	-
Seattle Storm x	22	12	.647	13-7	2.0
Los Angeles Sparks x	20	14	.588	12-8	4.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	9-11	6.0
Houston Comets o	17	17	.500	10-10	7.0
Minnesota Lynx o	16	18	.471	8-12	8.0
Phoenix Mercury o	16	18	.471	8-12	8.0

[edit] 2007 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.706	17-5	-
San Antonio Silver Stars x	20	14	.588	13-9	3.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	15	.559	12-10	4.0
Seattle Storm x	17	17	.500	11-11	6.0
Houston Comets o	13	21	.382	10-12	10.0
Minnesota Lynx o	10	24	.294	8-14	13.0
Los Angeles Sparks o	10	24	.294	6-16	13.0

[edit] 2006 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	15-5	-
Sacramento Monarchs x	21	13	.618	10-10	4.0
Houston Comets x	18	16	.529	11-9	7.0
Seattle Storm x	18	16	.529	10-10	7.0
Phoenix Mercury o	18	16	.529	8-12	7.0
San Antonio Silver Stars o	13	21	.382	10-10	12.0
Minnesota Lynx o	10	24	.294	6-14	15.0

[edit] 2005 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Sacramento Monarchs x	25	9	.735	17-5	-
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	13-9	5.0
Houston Comets x	19	15	.559	11-11	6.0
Los Angeles Sparks x	17	17	.500	12-10	8.0
Phoenix Mercury o	16	18	.471	12-10	9.0
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9-13	11.0
San Antonio Silver Stars o	7	27	.206	3-19	18.0

[edit] 2004 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	9	.735	16-6	-
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	13-9	5.0
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	12-10	7.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	18	16	.529	12-10	7.0
Phoenix Mercury o	17	17	.500	11-11	8.0
Houston Comets o	13	21	.282	7-15	12.0
San Antonio Silver Stars o	9	25	.265	6-16	16.0

[edit] 2003 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	17-7	-
Houston Comets x	20	14	.588	14-10	4.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	15	.559	13-11	5.0
Minnesota Lynx x	18	16	.529	14-10	6.0
Seattle Storm o	18	16	.529	11-13	6.0
San Antonio Silver Stars o	12	22	.353	10-14	12.0
Phoenix Mercury o	8	26	.235	5-19	16.0

[edit] 2002 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	25	7	.781	17-4	-
Houston Comets x	24	8	.750	16-5	1.0
Utah Starzz x	20	12	.625	12-9	5.0
Seattle Storm x	17	15	.531	10-11	8.0
Portland Fire o	16	16	.500	8-13	9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	14	18	.438	8-13	11.0
Phoenix Mercury o	11	21	.344	7-14	14.0
Minnesota Lynx o	10	22	.313	6-15	15.0

[edit] 2001 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	28	4	.875	19-2	-
Sacramento Monarchs x	20	12	.625	13-8	8.0
Utah Starzz x	19	13	.594	11-10	9.0
Houston Comets x	19	13	.594	13-8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury o	13	19	.406	8-13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx o	12	20	.375	9-12	16.0
Portland Fire o	11	21	.344	5-16	17.0
Seattle Storm o	10	22	.313	6-15	18.0

[edit] 2000 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	28	4	.875	17-4	-
Houston Comets x	27	5	.844	17-4	1.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	21	11	.656	13-8	7.0
Phoenix Mercury x	20	12	.625	11-10	8.0
Utah Starzz o	18	14	.563	13-8	10.0
Minnesota Lynx o	15	17	.469	5-16	13.0
Portland Fire o	10	22	.313	4-17	18.0
Seattle Storm o	6	26	.188	4-17	22.0

[edit] 1999 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets x	26	6	.813	16-4	-
Los Angeles Sparks x	20	12	.625	12-8	6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x	19	13	.594	9-11	7.0
Phoenix Mercury o	15	17	.469	7-13	11.0
Minnesota Lynx o	15	17	.469	8-12	11.0
Utah Starzz o	15	17	.469	8-12	11.0

[edit] 1998 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets x	27	3	.900	15-1	-
Phoenix Mercury x	19	11	.633	10-6	8.0
Los Angeles Sparks o	12	18	.400	6-10	15.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	8	22	.267	5-11	19.0
Utah Starzz o	8	22	.267	4-12	19.0

[edit] 1997 Season

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Phoenix Mercury x	16	12	.571		-
Los Angeles Sparks o	14	14	.500		2.0
Sacramento Monarchs o	10	18	.357		6.0
Utah Starzz o	7	21	.250		9.0

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