1985 WNBL season

Sports season

1985 WNBL season

League| Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport| Basketball
Number of teams| 11
TV partner(s)| ABC
Regular season
Top seed| North Adelaide Rockets
Season MVP| Kathy Foster (North Adelaide Rockets)
Top scorer| Julie Nykiel (Noarlunga Tigers)
Finals
Champions| Coburg Cougars
Runners-up| Noarlunga Tigers
Finals MVP| Karin Maar (Coburg Cougars)
WNBL seasons

← 1984

1986 →

The 1985 WNBL season was the fifth season of competition in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) since its establishment in 1981. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

## Ladder

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| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Won %

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1 | North Adelaide Rockets | 18 | 15 | 3 | 83
2 | Nunawading Spectres | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78
3 | Noarlunga Tigers | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72
4 | Coburg Cougars | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72
5  | Brisbane Lady Bullets | 12  | 7  | 5  | 58
6  | West Adelaide Bearcats | 18  | 10  | 8  | 56
7  | St Kilda Saints  | 18  | 9  | 9  | 50
8  | Bankstown Bruins | 19  | 7  | 12  | 37
9  | Australian Institute of Sport | 18  | 3  | 15  | 17
10  | Bulleen Melbourne Boomers | 18  | 3  | 15  | 17
11  | Sutherland Sharks  | 19  | 3  | 16  | 16

## Finals

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| Semi-finals | | | Grand Final |

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| 1 | North Adelaide Rockets | 52 | |
| 4 | Coburg Cougars | 56 |
| | 4 | Coburg Cougars | 73 |
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| | | 3 | Noarlunga Tigers | 71 |
| 3 | Noarlunga Tigers | 64 |

| 2 | Nunawading Spectres | 54 |

### Season Awards

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Award  | Winner  | Team

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Most Valuable Player Award | Kathy Foster | North Adelaide Rockets
Grand Final MVP Award | Karin Maar | Coburg Cougars
Top Shooter Award | Julie Nykiel | Noarlunga Tigers

## References

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1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214857/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/2011_12/Team_Profiles/10041_BASKAUST_MEDIA_GUIDE_2011-12_WNBL_BACK.pdf