The WNBA Commissioner’s Cup presented by Coinbase begins this weekend. With five games held at the WNBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax from May 6-8. The 61-game tournament is the second annual in-season competition. The Championship Game will play at the team’s home stadium with the highest winning percentage. After last year’s game have conducted at a neutral site, it participated in the Commissioner’s Cup for the first time. The Championship Game will once again have aired on Prime Video. It will see players competing for half a million dollars prize fund. This year’s Commissioner’s Cup, sponsored by Coinbase, will debut a new platform on which the league will compete. In addition, WNBA teams and the WNBPA will collaborate in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections. Its purpose is to further the players’ work by empowering communities via voter registration, voting rights education, and advocacy.
WNBA Commissioner’s Cup
The WNBA family will conduct a series of activations and programs. And will encourage active involvement in the civic process. It includes voter education, registration, and long-term engagement, led by the combined WNBA/WNBPA Social Justice Council. Moreover, the league and the teams worked together to choose organizations in each location. They have linked to community voting during each Commissioner’s Cup regular-season game. Also, the WNBA will donate $2,000 to the winning team’s charity of choice and $500 to the losing team’s charity of choice.
The league will also donate $10,000 to the champion team’s organization and $5,000 to the runner-organization-ups to commemorate the Championship Game. After that, coinbase presented the Commissioner’s Cup, the accumulated donation money has awarded to each group.
2022 Commissioner’s Cup Hub
The Commissioner’s Cup Hub for 2022 is now available on WNBA.com. Also included is a new Commissioner’s Cup Leaderboard, which showcases the teams’ charitable and charitable contributions. On the other hand, the league will use this upgraded sub-navigation menu in all future hub experiences. The WNBA Commissioner’s Cup, presented by Coinbase, debuted in 2021 as part of the league’s 25th season. Moreover, in-season competition designates a portion of regular-season conference games (10 per team) as “Commissioner’s Cup games.” First, with a half-million-dollar prize pool on the line, the tournament provides more incentive for players. And they also increased conference rivalry competitiveness for fans to cheer for their favorite teams.
WNBA Commissioner’s Cup: The following is some quick information about the Commissioner’s Cup this year:
- The 2022 Commissioner’s Cup, presented by Coinbase Championship Game, will be held for the first time at the team’s home with the best Commissioner’s Cup-winning percentage. Also, if the winning rates in the Commissioner’s Cup games are tied, we will choose the host team:
- Head-to-head record is the first tiebreaker (if the teams have played each other)
-The highest winning percentage in all regular-season games at the end of games on Thursday, July 7, is the second tiebreaker.
-The third tiebreaker (in Cup games) is a cumulative point differential. Also, it is the difference between total points scored and total points allowed.
-Coin flip is the fourth tiebreaker. - WNBA Tip-Off, presented by CarMax, will include five Commissioner’s Cup games on the first weekend of the 2022 regular season:
Friday, May 6
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
7:00 pm Facebook Watch*
Friday, May 6
Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury
10:00 pm NBA TV*
Saturday, May 7
Minnesota Lynx at Seattle Storm
10:00 pm Twitter*
Saturday, May 7
Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
6:00 pm ESPN
Sunday, May 8
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
10:00 pm ESPN2
- Lastly, the six WNBA media partners will broadcast Commissioner’s Cup games. Prime Video, ABC/ESPN networks, CBS Television Network/CBS Sports Network, NBA TV, Facebook, and Twitter are among the services available. They’ll work together to present all 61 Commissioner’s Cup games sponsored by Coinbase. Prime Video will also be streaming the final match on Tuesday, July 26. Approximately three hours following the game, all Commissioner’s Cup games will be accessible on-demand on League Pass.
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