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1997 WNBA season

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Summary

1997 WNBA season is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (803 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Houston Comets[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Edition number: 1[5]
  • Start time: June 21, 1997[6]
  • End time: August 30, 1997[7]
  • Point in time: 1997[8]
  • Sport: basketball[9]
  • Organizer: Women's National Basketball Association[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1997 WNBA season[11]
  • Number of participants: 8[12]
  • Competition class: women's basketball[13]
  • Subject has role: first iteration[14]
  • Sports season of league or competition: Women's National Basketball Association[15]

Why It Matters

1997 WNBA season has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

FAQs

What awards did 1997 WNBA season receive?

Honors received include Houston Comets[3].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4h ago · TheaAlvaro · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Organizer → Women's National Basketball Association
    Edition number → 1
    Sports season of league or competition → Women's National Basketball Association
    Winner → Houston Comets
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edition number: 1"
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