European Women's Basketball League
 | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| First season | 2015–16 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Most titles |  Good Angels Košice, TTT Riga(2 titles each) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Website | ewbl.eu |
The European Women's Basketball League, shortly EWBL, formerly known as Eastern European Women's Basketball League or EEWBL, is a top-level basketball league featuring female clubs from EWBL members (including Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Turkey).[1][2]
History
[edit]The competition was founded in 2015 under the name Eastern European Women's Basketball League (EEWBL), as a women's regional tournament for Eastern European countries.[3][4] As the competition expanded to countries outside Eastern Europe,[5][6][7][8] it was re-named European Women's Basketball League (EWBL) ahead of the 2018–19 season.[9]
- Expansion
Since the inaugural season, the league had the following changes to the number of clubs and countries participating.[9]
- 2015–16: 8 clubs from 6 countries
- 2016–17: 12 clubs from 9 countries
- 2017–18: 16 clubs from 10 countries
Format
[edit]The league has a regular season followed by a final four. The regular season is divided in three stages, played at a different location. The best clubs of the regular season qualify for the final four stage.[10]
Summary
[edit]| Year | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2015–16[11][12] | TTT Riga |
81–67 |  Lotos Gdynia | ||||
| 2016–17[13] | Good Angels Košice |
67–44 | TTT Riga | ||||
| 2017–18[14] | Good Angels Košice |
74–71 | TTT Riga | ||||
| 2018–19[15][16] | TTT Riga |
73–63 |  BC Minsk | ||||
| 2019–20[17] | Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||
| 2020–21[18] | Horizont Minsk |
70–60 |  Nika Syktyvkar | ||||
| 2021–22[19] |  Žabiny Brno |
57–51 | Piešťanské Čajky | ||||
| 2022–23[20] | Levhartice Chomutov |
77–73 |  BC Neptunas Klaipeda | ||||
| 2023–24[21] | Polonia Warszawa |
66–56 |  Frankivsk Prykarpattya | ||||
| 2024–25[22] |  Nyon Basket Feminin |
82–80 | SBŠ Ostrava | ||||
List of champions
[edit]| Club | Champions | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTT Riga |
2 |
2 |
2016, 2019 | 2017, 2018 |
| Good Angels Košice |
2 |
– |
2017, 2018 | – |
| Horizont Minsk |
1 |
– |
2021 | – |
| Žabiny Brno |
1 |
– |
2022 | – |
| Levhartice Chomutov |
1 |
– |
2023 | – |
| Lotos Gdynia |
– |
1 |
– | 2016 |
| BC Tsmoki-Minsk |
– |
1 |
– | 2019 |
| Nika Syktyvkar |
– |
1 |
– | 2021 |
| Piešťanské Čajky |
– |
1 |
– | 2022 |
| BC Neptunas Klaipeda |
– |
1 |
– | 2023 |
| Polonia Warsaw |
1 |
0 |
2024 | – |
| Frankivsk Prykarpattya |
– |
1 |
– | 2024 |
 Nyon Basket Feminin |
1 |
0 |
2025 | – |
| SBŠ Ostrava |
– |
1 |
– | 2025 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Season 2019: five new teams in, classification games out". EWBL. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Liga basketbalistek bude mít jen jedenáct týmů a nové logo". iDNES (in Czech). 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "Eastern European Women's Basketball League". Sportowe Fakty (in Polish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ Punčochář, Jiří (9 January 2018). "Žabiny si otestovaly Východoevropskou ligu. Chtějí ji hrát stabilně". iDNES (in Czech). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "KEUS/Royal Eagles begint aan Europees avontuur in EEWBL". Dutch Basketball Association (NBB) (in Dutch). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "Boiago Signs First Professional Contract in the EEWBL". OUA. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "Webbsändning av Luleå Baskets matcher i EEWBL". Basketligan dam (in Swedish). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "Basketbal:EEWBL: Good Angels úspešné aj proti Lulea Basket". Šport.sk (in Slovak). 2 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- 1 2 "EEWBL changes name to European Women's basketball league". EWBL. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "About EWBL". EWBL. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Undefeated TTT win first crown, Kristen Mann is MVP". EWBL. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "EWBL Basketball 2015-2016, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
- ↑ "Good Angels triumph in Košice". EWBL. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Good Angels shock TTT with buzzer-beater by Darxia Morris". EWBL. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "EWBL 2018-2019 playoff results". Flashscore. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "EWBL 2018-2019 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "EWBL 2019-20 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "EWBL 2020-21 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "EWBL 2021-22 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "EWBL 2022-23 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Sosnowska and Williams unstoppable, first title for Polonia Warszawa". EWBL. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
- ↑ "Coffee's dagger helps Nyon Basket to win maiden title, Miriam Uro-Nilie is MVP". EWBL. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Profile at eurobasket.com