The upcoming season, named the 2020-21 Chemist Warehouse WNBL Season, will go ahead and is planned to comprise of the full 21-round competition for the league’s eight teams.
The opening round is currently scheduled to start on the 20-21 of November, 2020 with the final round ending on the 2-6 of March, 2021. The Semi-Finals Series is due to occur from the 12-21 of March, 2021 and the Grand Final Series is set to be played from the 25-31 of March, 2021.
The competition is slated to start six weeks later than normal in an effort to align the season’s start with the expected state and federal governments’ COVID-19 return to play guidelines for elite sport and public movement between states and territories.
These guidelines should allow for fans to attend games in person later on in the 2020-21 season. While there’s no information, this is not expected to occur before Christmas. This could be subject to change.
A competition with no crowds would have a major financial impact on all WNBL clubs. Basketball Australia has stated though that the current league minimum player payment for Australian players would…
