1991 WNBL season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1991 WNBL season

| league = Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)

| sport = Basketball

| logo =

| pixels =

| caption =

| duration =

| no_of_teams = 12

| attendance =

| TV = ABC

| draft =

| draft_link =

| top_pick =

| picked_by =

| season = Regular season

| top_seed = Hobart Islanders

| MVP = Joanne Metcalfe (Melbourne Tigers)

| MVP_link = WNBL Most Valuable Player Award

| top_scorer = Joanne Metcalfe (Melbourne Tigers)

| top_scorer_link = WNBL Top Shooter Award

| promote =

| promoted_from =

| relegate =

| relegate_to =

| playoffs =

| playoffs_link =

| conf1 =

| conf1_link =

| conf1_champ =

| conf1-runner-up =

| conf2 =

| conf2_link =

| conf2_champ =

| conf2-runner-up =

| playoffs_MVP =

| playoffs_MVP_link =

| finals = Finals

| finals_link =

| finals_champ = Hobart Islanders

| finals_runner-up = Nunawading Spectres

| finals_MVP = Robyn Maher (Hobart Islanders)

| finals_MVP_link = WNBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award

| seasonslist = List of WNBL seasons

| seasonslistnames = WNBL

| prevseason_link = 1990 WNBL season

| prevseason_year = 1990

| nextseason_link = 1992 WNBL season

| nextseason_year = 1992

}}

The 1991 WNBL season was the 11th season of competition since the league's establishment in 1981. A total of 12 teams contested the league.

Regular season

=Ladder=

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|

!align=center|Team

!align=center|Played

!align=center|Won

!align=center|Lost

!align=center|Won %

bgcolor="#98FB98"|1

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|Hobart Islanders

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|22

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|18

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|4

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|82

bgcolor="#98FB98"|2

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|Nunawading Spectres

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|22

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|18

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|4

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|82

bgcolor="#98FB98"|3

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|Perth Breakers

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|22

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|15

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|7

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|68

bgcolor="#98FB98"|4

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|North Adelaide Rockets

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|22

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|13

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|9

|bgcolor="#98FB98"|59

5

|Canberra Capitals

|22

|12

|10

|55

6

|Bulleen Boomers

|22

|11

|11

|50

7

|Melbourne Tigers

|22

|11

|11

|50

8

|Australian Institute of Sport

|22

|10

|12

|45

9

|Sydney Flames

|22

|10

|12

|45

10

|Brisbane Lady Bullets

|22

|9

|13

|41

11

|Noarlunga Tigers

|22

|5

|17

|23

12

|West Adelaide Bearcats

|22

|0

|22

|0

Finals

{{4TeamBracket-PagePlayoff

| team-width=200

| RD3 = Grand final

| RD1-team1 = Hobart Islanders

| RD1-score1 = 73

| RD1-team2 = Nunawading Spectres

| RD1-score2 = 78

| RD1-team3 = Perth Breakers

| RD1-score3 = 82

| RD1-team4 = North Adelaide Rockets

| RD1-score4 = 72

| RD2-team1 = Hobart Islanders

| RD2-score1 = 74

| RD2-team2 = Perth Breakers

| RD2-score2 = 61

| RD3-team1 = Nunawading Spectres

| RD3-score1 = 64

| RD3-team2 = Hobart Islanders

| RD3-score2 = 67

}}

=Season Awards=

=Statistical leaders=

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!width=100|Category

!width=125|Player

!width=125|Team

!width=50|GP

!width=50|Totals

!width=50|Average

Points Per Game

| Joanne Metcalfe

| Melbourne Tigers

| 22

| 479

| 21.8

Rebounds Per Game

| Debbie Slimmon

| Bulleen Boomers

| 22

| 279

| 12.7

Assists Per Game

| Michele Landon

| Sydney Flames

| 22

| 158

| 7.2

Steals Per Game

| Michele Timms

| Perth Breakers

| 22

| 79

| 3.6

Blocks per game

| Jenny Whittle

| AIS

| 22

| 57

| 2.6

Field Goal %

| Lucille Hamilton

| Nunawading Spectres

| 22

| (117/201)

| 58.2%

Three-Point Field Goal %

| Debbie Black

| Hobart Islanders

| 22

| (21/49)

| 42.9%

Free Throw %

| Sally Phillips

| AIS

| 22

| (52/57)

| 91.2%

References

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120114035/http://www.wnbl.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Media_Guide/Media_Guide_201415.pdf
  2. 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

{{WNBL seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:WNBL}}

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