Canberra Capitals vs Logan Thunder 1 - Australian Institute of Sport Training Hall

The Logan Thunder was an Australian professional women's

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team competing in the

Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ...

( WNBL). The team was based in

Logan Logan may refer to: Places * Mount Logan (disambiguation) Australia * Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud * Logan City, local gove ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

History

The Logan Thunder started in 2008 replacing

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-based team

Christchurch Sirens The Christchurch Sirens are a defunct New Zealand professional basketball team based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Sirens competed for the 2007–08 season in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and folded after one season due to f ...

. They were the first team to represent

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in over 10 years. Thunder withdrew from the 2014/15 WNBL season due to financial difficulties and the team later folded.Newman, Beth (March 13, 2015)
''New WNBL side as elite basketball returns to South East Queensland''
The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

References

External links

Official WNBL website

Logan Thunder official website
{{Brisbane Sports Teams Defunct Women's National Basketball League teams Basketball teams in Queensland Logan Thunder Basketball teams established in 2008 Logan City Articles containing video clips Basketball teams disestablished in 2014 2008 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia

History

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