1983 WNBL season

1983 WNBL season
League Women's National Basketball League (WNBL)
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) ABC
Regular season
Top seed St Kilda Saints
Season MVP Australia Karen Ogden
Australia Robyn Maher
Top scorer Australia Julie Nykiel
Finals
Champions Nunawading Spectres
  Runners-up St Kilda Saints

The 1983 WNBL season was the third season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Won %
1 St Kilda Saints 17 14 3 82
2 Nunawading Spectres 17 13 4 76
3 Coburg Cougars 17 12 5 71
4 Australian Institute of Sport 18 12 6 67
5 West Adelaide Bearcats 17 9 8 53
6 North Adelaide Rockets 17 7 10 41
7 Brisbane Blazers 10 3 7 30
8 Bankstown Bruins 17 5 12 29
9 Noarlunga Tigers 17 4 13 24
10 Sutherland Sharks 17 3 14 18

Finals

Semi Finals Grand Final
      
1 St Kilda Saints 72
4 Australian Institute of Sport 63
1 St Kilda Saints 46
2 Nunawading Spectres 70
3 Coburg Cougars 60
2 Nunawading Spectres 63

1983 WNBL Awards