The WNBA announced Thursday that the Commissioner's Cup, an in-season competition that started last year, will have its 2022 championship game at the site of the team with the highest winning percentage in Cup play.
The 2021 Cup final was held at a predetermined neutral site.
The Commissioner's Cup standings are based on a portion of regular-season conference games in the first half of the season (10 per team). Players compete for a $500,000 prize pool in the title game, with members of the winning team earning in excess of $30,000 per player and the runners-up $10,000 per player. The MVP of the game gets an additional $5,000.
The WNBA, its teams and the union will also support the players' work in voter registration and voting rights education and advocacy through the Commissioner's Cup. Organizations have been selected in each WNBA market that are tied to voting rights.
For each Cup regular-season game, the WNBA will donate $2,000 to the winning team's organization and $500 to the losing team's. For the championship game, the donation will be $10,000 for the winning team's organization and $5,000 to the organization of the runner-up.
Last August, the Seattle Storm defeated the Connecticut Sun 79-57 in the Cup championship game in Phoenix.