Queensland Firebirds were the most successful team during the ANZ Championship era, playing in five grand finals and winning three premierships in 2011, 2015 and 2016.

Southern Sting and Otago Rebels joined forces to become Southern Steel, Capital Shakers and Western Flyers merged as Central Pulse, while Auckland Diamonds and Northern Force became Northern Mystics.

[1][2] In 2008, New South Wales Swifts became the inaugural ANZ Championship winners after defeating the minor premiers, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 65–56 in the grand final.

[25][26] Swifts went through the entire 2010 regular season home and away undefeated, winning 13 consecutive matches and finishing as minor premiers.

However they subsequently lost both the major semi-final and the preliminary final to Adelaide Thunderbirds and Magic respectively and eventually finished the season in third place.

They became the first team in the history of the ANZ Championship to go through the regular season and the playoffs without losing a single match.

However, they subsequently won 12 matches in a row to finish third during the regular season and champions overall.

[36][37][38][39][40][41] The most successful New Zealand team during ANZ Championship era were Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.

[46][47] In 2012 they made their third grand final appearance and, after defeating Melbourne Vixens 41–38 they finished as premiers.

[50][51][52] Having previously won the 2010 title, in 2013 Adelaide Thunderbirds became the first team to win a second championship.

The top four teams from the regular season subsequently qualified for the Finals Series which used a Page–McIntyre system to determine the overall champion.

The league introduced separate Australian and New Zealand conferences, a restructured six-team Finals Series and a new competition, the Challenge Trophy.

[77] On 15 March 2015, the Round 3 match between New South Wales Swifts and Queensland Firebirds finished 47–47.