2025 WNBL Finals

The 2025 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2024–25 season.^[1] The Southside Flyers were the defending champions,^[2] but they failed to qualify for Finals this season. The Bendigo Spirit won their third championship title after defeating Townsville, 2–0 in the Grand Final series.^[3][4] Sami Whitcomb was named Grand Final MVP and in doing so, Whitcomb became the first player since Lauren Jackson in 2003 to sweep a WNBL Championship, Season MVP, Finals MVP & Leading Scorer Award all in one season.

The WNBL Finals schedule was confirmed 18 February 2025,^[5] followed by the Grand Finals series schedule announced 28 February 2025.^[6]

• The Bendigo Spirit qualified for Finals for the first time since 2015, breaking a nine-season long drought from the WNBL Finals.
• The Perth Lynx qualified for Finals for the fourth consecutive season.
• The Townsville Fire qualified for Finals for the third consecutive season.
• The Sydney Flames qualified for Finals for the first time since 2018, breaking a six-season long drought from the WNBL Finals.
• The Canberra Capitals missed Finals for the third consecutive season.
• The Adelaide Lightning missed Finals for the third consecutive season.
• The Geelong United missed Finals for the first time since 2017 (previously competing as the Melbourne Boomers, prior to the teams licence transfer and relocation).
• The Southside Flyers missed Finals for the first time since 2022.

2024–25 Bendigo Spirit roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. F/C 0 Hannan, Ashlee 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) F 3 Bird, Opal 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 5 Simpson, Micah 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) G 6 Burton, Veronica (I) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) F 10 Nightingale, Asha (DP) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) C 12 Tolo, Marianna 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) G 13 Wehrung, Abigail 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 14 Booth, Georgia (DP) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) G 16 Samuels, Casey 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) G 22 Wilson, Kelly 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) F 23 Griffin, Kelsey (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 32 Whitcomb, Sami 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Head coach Kennedy Kereama Assistant coach(es) Deanna Black Mat Holmes Andrea Walsh John White Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 12 January 2025

2024–25 Townsville Fire roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 1 Lok, Nyaduoth 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 2 Shiels, Saffron 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G/F 7 Woods, Courtney (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) F 9 Froling, Alicia (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) G 11 Coffey, Nia 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 12 Fowler, Alex 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 15 Cox, Lauren 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) G 23 Ellis, Abbey 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) G 24 McDowell-White, Jessica 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) F 30 Cochrane, Lucy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) G 33 Mansfield, Lauren (C) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Head coach Shannon Seebohm Assistant coach(es) Marcus Wong Miles Bench Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 15 March 2025