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  • Sacramento Monarchs 1997

    Monarchs Team Creation

    Eight teams were announced for the league’s inaugural season. The Eastern Conference consisted of the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, and New York Liberty while the Western Conference was comprised of the Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs, and Utah Starzz.
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    2005 WNBA Champion – Monarchs

    The 2005 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2005 WNBA season and the conclusion of the season’s playoffs. The Sacramento Monarchs, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Connecticut Sun, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, three games to one in a best-of-five series. This was Sacramento’s first title. The Monarchs made their first appearance in the ...
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  • Sacramento Monarchs Courtney Paris

    Monarchs Shut Down

    It was revealed on November 20, 2009, that the Maloof family would no longer operate the Monarchs. The league attempted to re-locate the Monarchs to the San Francisco Bay area, but on December 8, 2009, it was announced that new ownership could not be found and a dispersal draft would be held on December 14, 2009. As of August 2016, ...
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History of the Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009. They played their home games at ARCO Arena.

The Monarchs were one of the WNBA’s eight original franchises and were noted early on for standout players Ticha Penicheiro, Ruthie Bolton, and Yolanda Griffith. They were the sister franchise of the Sacramento Kings National Basketball Association (NBA) team. They were one of the more successful WNBA franchises on the court, though they often trailed behind perennial Western Conference champions the Houston Comets and the Los Angeles Sparks. However, in 2005, the team brought Sacramento its third championship in a professional sport (the Sacramento Knights won an indoor soccer championship in 1999 and the Sacramento Surge won the WLAF World Bowl in 1992), winning the WNBA Finals for the only time.





Established
1997

City
Sacramento

League History
1997 – 2009 / Women’s National Basketball Association

Team History
1997 – 2009 / Sacramento Monarchs

Nickname
Monarchs – The Monarchs was the sister team to the NBA Sacramento Kings and keeping with the royalty theme with kings and monarchs.

Championship
WNBA Championships 1
2005

Arena
1997 – 2009 / ARCO Arena

Owner
1997 – 2009 / Maloof Sports & Entertainment

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6 / Ruthie Bolton
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