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1997 WNBA Draft

First player selection draft in league history
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10 properties
Instance of
WNBA draft
Country
United States[3]
Followed by
1998 WNBA Draft[4]
Located in
Secaucus
Competition class
women's basketball[8]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Secaucus[2]
Organizer
Women's National Basketball Association[7]
Point in time
1997[5]
Significant person
Tina Thompson[9]
Sport
basketball[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1997 WNBA Draft de WNBA Draft 1997 fr Draft WNBA 1997 ru Драфт ВНБА 1997 года tr 1997 WNBA Seçmeleri
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Competition class 1
women's basketball
Country 1
United States
Followed by 1
1998 WNBA Draft
Followed by (predecessor) 1
1998 WNBA Draft
Instance of 1
WNBA draft
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Secaucus
Organizer 1
Women's National Basketball Association
Significant person 1
Tina Thompson
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

1997 WNBA Draft is a WNBA draft[1].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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