The Canberra Capitals are the Canberra-based Women's National Basketball League team. Founded in 1984 and previously the Canberra Nationals, they play at the AIS Arena. The Capitals gained entry to the WNBL in 1985, the year in which they won the NSW Club Championship and the Australian Women's Basketball Conference premiership defeating Dandenong 61–59. Ownership of the BACT flagship Canberra Capitals program was transferred under controversial circumstances to the University of Canberra in 2014. BACT retains the Canberra Capitals Academy, its elite female basketball team, which competes in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).