2016–17 WNBL season | |
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League | Women's National Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 7 October 2016 – March 2017 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Sydney Uni Flames |
Season MVP | Suzy Batkovic Fire |
Top scorer | Sami Whitcomb Lynx |
Finals | |
Champions | Sydney Uni Flames |
Runners-up | Dandenong Rangers |
Finals MVP | Leilani Mitchell Flames |
The 2016–17 WNBL season is the 37th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. The regular season begins on October 7, 2016 when the Sydney Uni Flames host the Perth Lynx and is scheduled to conclude on February 19, 2017. Townsville Fire were the two-time defending champions, but they were defeated by the Sydney Uni Flames in the Semifinals. The Flames would go on to take home their fourth WNBL title, their first in sixteen years, after defeating the Dandenong Rangers in the final.