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Sacramento Monarchs

American basketball team

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The Sacramento Monarchs were an American professional basketball team that played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) (WNBA). The team was based in Sacramento, California, and was part of the WNBA's Western Conference.123

The Monarchs were one of the WNBA's original eight teams when the league was founded in 1997. They achieved significant success, winning the WNBA championship in 2005. The team disbanded in 2009.231

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