2025 WNBL Finals
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| Dates | 22 February – 9 March | |||||||||
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| Season | 2024–25 | |||||||||
| Teams | 4 | |||||||||
| MVP | Sami Whitcomb (BEN) | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Perth Lynx Sydney Flames | |||||||||
| Matches played | 6 | |||||||||
| Attendance | 15,168 (2,528 per match) | |||||||||
| All statistics correct as of 16 March 2025. | ||||||||||
The 2025 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2024–25 season.[1] The Southside Flyers were the defending champions,[2] but they failed to qualify for Finals this season. The Bendigo Spirit won their third championship title after defeating Townsville, 2–0 in the Grand Final series.[3][4] Sami Whitcomb was named Grand Final MVP and in doing so, Whitcomb became the first player since Lauren Jackson in 2003 to sweep a WNBL Championship, Season MVP, Finals MVP & Leading Scorer Award all in one season.
The WNBL Finals schedule was confirmed 18 February 2025,[5] followed by the Grand Finals series schedule announced 28 February 2025.[6]
Finals appearances
- The Bendigo Spirit qualified for Finals for the first time since 2015, breaking a nine-season long drought from the WNBL Finals.
- The Perth Lynx qualified for Finals for the fourth consecutive season.
- The Townsville Fire qualified for Finals for the third consecutive season.
- The Sydney Flames qualified for Finals for the first time since 2018, breaking a six-season long drought from the WNBL Finals.
- The Canberra Capitals missed Finals for the third consecutive season.
- The Adelaide Lightning missed Finals for the third consecutive season.
- The Geelong United missed Finals for the first time since 2017 (previously competing as the Melbourne Boomers, prior to the teams licence transfer and relocation).
- The Southside Flyers missed Finals for the first time since 2022.
Standings
| # | 2024–25 WNBL Championship ladder | ||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | GP | |||||
| 1 | Bendigo Spirit | 18 | 3 | 85.7 | 21 | ||||
| 2 | Perth Lynx | 16 | 5 | 76.1 | 21 | ||||
| 3 | Townsville Fire | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | 21 | ||||
| 4 | Sydney Flames | 8 | 13 | 38.0 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Canberra Capitals | 8 | 13 | 38.0 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Adelaide Lightning | 7 | 14 | 33.3 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Geelong United | 6 | 15 | 28.5 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Southside Flyers | 6 | 15 | 28.5 | 21 | ||||
Bracket
| Semi Finals | Grand Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Bendigo Spirit | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Sydney Flames | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Bendigo Spirit | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Townsville Fire | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Townsville Fire | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Perth Lynx | 0 | |||||||
