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The Women's Japan Basketball League (Japanese: 一般社団法人バスケットボール女子日本リーグ) is the premier women's basketball league in Japan.There are currently 14 teams playing in the league, with all of the teams being from cities in the main Japanese island of Honshu.
The second women's professional league to be created in the United States was the Women's Basketball Association. The league played three seasons (from 1993 to 1995) with plans to play as a 12-team league in 1997 but disbanded before 1997 season.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal, the nation's first Olympic basketball medal (for men or women) and became the first Asian team to reach the podium in women's basketball since China in 1992. [3] The Japanese, which were coached by Tom Hovasse, excelled in an 87–71 win over France in the semi-finals before coming short ...
Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started. Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), 1978–1981 Ladies Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), 1980–81; formed as a rival league to the WBL when the WBL began to experience financial problems.
Mai Yamamoto (山本麻衣, Yamamoto Mai, born October 23, 1999) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Toyota Antelopes of the Women's Japan Basketball League. [2] She also plays for Japan women's national 3x3 team .
Unrivaled, the women’s 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, will pay a minimum six-figure salary and offer the highest average salary in U.S. women’s ...
Mamiko Tanaka (田中 真美子, Tanaka Mamiko, born 11 December 1996) is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She played four seasons for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women's Japan Basketball League from 2019 to 2023. She represented Japan at the international youth and collegiate level.
Unrivaled will also offer big salaries to players, with each player receiving a minimum of $100,000 for the season.The total payout for the league will be around $3 million. The six-figure ...