Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL team)

For the AIS Basketball program, see Australian Institute of Sport § Basketball program.

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
Founded1981
Dissolved2012
HistoryAustralian Institute of Sport
1981–2012
ArenaAIS Training Hall
Team coloursRed, Blue, White
Championships1 (1999)

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) competed in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for 32 seasons. They were an inaugural team in the WNBL in 1981[1] and won a WNBL championship in the 1998–99 season.[2]

After winning just eight games in four seasons, the team was withdrawn from the WNBL following the 2011–12 season. The withdrawal was coordinated with Basketball Australia, which sought to address the flagging depth in its female junior ranks.[2]

  1. ^ "WNBL Media Guide 2014-15" (PDF). WNBL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Tuxworth, Jon (24 April 2012). "AIS set to exit WNBL". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.