2017 WNBL Finals

2017 WNBL finals

Team Coach Wins Sydney Uni Flames Cheryl Chambers 2 Dandenong Rangers Larissa Anderson 0
Dates	February 25 – March 17
MVP	Leilani Mitchell Flames

The 2017 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2016–17 season.[1] The Sydney Uni Flames defeated the Dandenong Rangers 2–0, to win their fourth WNBL Championship title.

Playoff qualifying

#	WNBL Championship Ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Sydney Uni Flames	18	6	75.00	24
2	Dandenong Rangers	15	9	62.50	24
3	Perth Lynx	15	9	62.50	24
4	Townsville Fire	14	10	58.33	24
5	Canberra Capitals	13	11	54.17	24
6	Bendigo Spirit	13	11	54.17	24
7	Melbourne Boomers	5	19	20.83	24
8	Adelaide Lightning	3	21	12.50	24

Bracket

	Semifinals					Grand Final
	1	Sydney Uni Flames	2
	4	Townsville Fire	0
						1	Sydney Uni Flames	2
						2	Dandenong Rangers	0
	3	Perth Lynx	1
	2	Dandenong Rangers	2

Finals

Semifinals

(1) Sydney Uni Flames vs. (4) Townsville Fire

25 February 2017

Boxscore

Sydney Uni Flames	111–69	Townsville Fire
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 27–21, 38–14, 21–18
Pts: Wilson 27 Rebs: Hamson 10 Asts: Snell 5		Pts: Batkovic 18 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: Batkovic 5

Brydens Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales

3 March 2017

Boxscore

Townsville Fire	61–76	Sydney Uni Flames
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 11–16, 24–18, 13–21
Pts: Murray 16 Rebs: Batkovic 17 Asts: Wilson 4		Pts: Tupaea 18 Rebs: Tupaea 10 Asts: Mitchell 7
Sydney win series, 2–0

Townsville RSL Stadium, Townsville, Queensland

(2) Dandenong Rangers vs. (3) Perth Lynx

25 February 2017

Boxscore

Dandenong Rangers	73–66	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 25–9, 16–17, 12–26
Pts: Cumming 25 Rebs: Blicavs 8 Asts: Clydesdale 5		Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Whitcomb 13 Asts: Edmondson, Lavey 3

Dandenong Stadium, Dandenong, Victoria

3 March 2017

Boxscore

Perth Lynx	91–71	Dandenong Rangers
Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 18–15, 15–24, 28–10
Pts: Whitcomb 41 Rebs: Whitcomb 9 Asts: Whitcomb 4		Pts: Cumming 30 Rebs: Kennedy 9 Asts: Clydesdale 5

Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia

5 March 2017

Boxscore

Dandenong Rangers	81–63	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 15–17, 19–25, 21–9
Pts: Cumming 22 Rebs: Kennedy 8 Asts: Cumming 4		Pts: Whitcomb 20 Rebs: Mijović 7 Asts: Lavey 5
Dandenong win series, 2–1

Dandenong Stadium, Dandenong, Victoria

Grand Final

(1) Sydney Uni Flames vs. (2) Dandenong Rangers

11 March 2017

Boxscore

Sydney Uni Flames	91–82	Dandenong Rangers
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 20–26, 23–20, 22–14
Pts: Wilson 22 Rebs: Hamson 8 Asts: Mitchell 6		Pts: Blicavs 25 Rebs: Blicavs 8 Asts: Cumming, Todhunter 6

Brydens Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales

17 March 2017

Boxscore

Dandenong Rangers	62–75	Sydney Uni Flames
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 15–22, 11–20, 14–17
Pts: Cumming 17 Rebs: Blicavs, Novosel 6 Asts: Novosel 3		Pts: Mitchell, Snell 15 Rebs: Snell 11 Asts: Mitchell 4
Sydney win series, 2–0

Dandenong Stadium, Dandenong, Victoria

Rosters

2016–17 Sydney Uni Flames roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Nicholson, Lauren 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 4 Tupaea, Tahlia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) C 5 Hamson, Jennifer 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) G 6 Mitchell, Leilani 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) G 7 Wilson, Alex 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) F 10 Greaves, Shanae 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 11 Boag, Carly 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 12 Snell, Belinda (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) F 14 McSpadden, Lara 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) G 15 Walmsley, Susannah 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) F 31 Taylor, Asia 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 44 Graham, Sarah 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Head coach Cheryl Chambers Assistant coach(es) Darren Allie Karen Dalton Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 27 November 2016

2016–17 Dandenong Rangers roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 5 Clydesdale, Aimie 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 6 Antoniadou, Rachel 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) G 7 Whatman, Briahna 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) G 8 Cumming, Stephanie (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) C 9 Kennedy, Jacinta 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) F 10 Bibby, Chloe 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) C 11 Scherf, Lauren 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G 14 Todhunter, Amelia 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) F 15 Blicavs, Sara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 21 Novosel, Natalie 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G/F 22 Fadljevic, Rosemary 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) F 33 Malott, Ally 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Head coach Larissa Anderson Assistant coach(es) James Anderson Michelle Brogan John White Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 27 November 2016

References

1. "MEDIA GUIDE - WNBL". wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2017-02-14.