WNBA 2022 Commissioner’s Cup – Hoopfeed.com
2022 Commissioner’s Cup Championship
July 26, 8:30 pm ET
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
Stream: Amazon Prime Video
This season includes the second annual Commissioner’s Cup. It is an in-season competition that consists of 61 games during the regular season with a prize pool of $500,000 plus $165,000 for charitable and civic organizations. The home team has the highest winning percentage in Commissioner’s Cup play.
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, is the sponsor of this season’s Commissioner’s Cup. The Seattle Storm defeated the Connecticut Sun, 79-57, in the 2021 Commissioner’s Cup championship game.
Complete list of charities selected by teams to receive a portion of the $165,000 pool:
- Atlanta Dream: The King Center
- Chicago Sky: My Block. My Hood. My City.
- Connecticut Sun: League of Women Voters of Connecticut
- Dallas Wings: This Is Project Texas
- Indiana Fever: Indiana Black Expo
- Las Vegas Aces: ACLU of Nevada
- Los Angeles Sparks: Human Rights Campaign
- Minnesota Lynx: ACLU of Minnesota
- New York Liberty: A Little Piece of Light
- Phoenix Mercury: Black Mothers Forum
- Seattle Storm: ACLU of Washington
- Washington Mystics: Alliance for Youth Action
The WNBA will donate $2,000 to the chosen organization of each cup game’s winning team and an additional $500 to the losing team’s organization. For the Championship Game, the league will donate $10,000 to the winning team’s chosen organization and $5,000 to the organization of the runner-up.