2020 WSBL season


The 2020 WSBL season was to be the 32nd season of the Women's State Basketball League. The regular season was set to begin on Friday 20 March, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the season was cancelled.

Season that was scheduled

Following a pre-season blitz weekend, the regular season was set to begin on Friday 20 March. Round 1 was scheduled as a bye round for the WSBL, with all 12 teams making their season debuts in round 2 and playing 19 weekends of competition, concluding on Friday 24 July. In continuing tradition, there was to be Easter Round, Anzac Round, Women's Round, Heritage Round, and Mental Health Awareness Round. The finals was then scheduled to take place between Friday 31 July and Friday 21 August, concluding with the WSBL Grand Final. Under a revised finals model, the finals was to take place across four weekends instead of five to better align with the NBL1 format.
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Australia in early to mid March 2020, the season was suspended indefinitely with no games having taken place. On 14 May 2020, the season was officially cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.

West Coast Classic

To fill the void of a cancelled SBL season, a state amateur competition known as the West Coast Classic was announced on 12 June 2020. Presented by Basketball WA, all 12 Women's SBL teams will compete in the 10-week competition. The competition will tip-off on Friday 24 July, with all teams to play each other once in a home and away fixture. The top four teams following the regular season will compete in the finals, which will take place between Friday 25 September and Sunday 27 September with semi-finals and a grand final.