European Women's Basketball League

European Women's Basketball League
SportBasketball
Founded2015
First season2015–16
No. of teams16
Most titlesSlovakia Good Angels Košice,
Latvia TTT Riga
(2 titles each)
Level on pyramid1
Websiteewbl.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).

History

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. As the competition expanded to countries outside Eastern Europe, it was re-named European Women's Basketball League (EWBL) ahead of the 2018–19 season.

Expansion

Since the inaugural season, the league had the following changes to the number of clubs and countries participating.

Format

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.

Summary

Year Final
Winner Score Runner-up
2015–16 Latvia
TTT Riga		 81–67 Poland
Lotos Gdynia
2016–17 Slovakia
Good Angels Košice		 67–44 Latvia
TTT Riga
2017–18 Slovakia
Good Angels Košice		 74–71 Latvia
TTT Riga
2018–19 Latvia
TTT Riga		 73–63 Belarus
BC Minsk
2019–20 Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 Belarus
Horizont Minsk		 70–60 Russia
Nika Syktyvkar
2021–22 Czech Republic
Žabiny Brno		 57–51 Slovakia
Piešťanské Čajky
2022–23 Czech Republic
Levhartice Chomutov		 77–73 Lithuania
BC Neptunas Klaipeda
2023–24 Poland
Polonia Warszawa		 66–56 Ukraine
Frankivsk Prykarpattya
2024–25 Switzerland
Nyon Basket Feminin		 82–80 Czech Republic
SBŠ Ostrava

List of champions

Club Champions Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Latvia TTT Riga
2
2
 2016, 2019 2017, 2018
Slovakia Good Angels Košice
2
–
 2017, 2018 –
Belarus Horizont Minsk
1
–
 2021 –
Czech Republic Žabiny Brno
1
–
 2022 –
Czech Republic Levhartice Chomutov
1
–
 2023 –
Poland Lotos Gdynia
–
1
 – 2016
Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk
–
1
 – 2019
Russia Nika Syktyvkar
–
1
 – 2021
Slovakia Piešťanské Čajky
–
1
 – 2022
Lithuania BC Neptunas Klaipeda
–
1
 – 2023
Poland Polonia Warsaw
1
0
 2024 –
Ukraine Frankivsk Prykarpattya
–
1
 – 2024
Switzerland Nyon Basket Feminin
1
0
 2025 –
Czech Republic SBŠ Ostrava
–
1
 – 2025

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Season 2019: five new teams in, classification games out". EWBL. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Liga basketbalistek bude mít jen jedenáct týmů a nové logo". iDNES (in Czech). 26 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Eastern European Women's Basketball League". Sportowe Fakty (in Polish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Punčochář, Jiří (9 January 2018). "Žabiny si otestovaly Východoevropskou ligu. Chtějí ji hrát stabilně". iDNES (in Czech). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "KEUS/Royal Eagles begint aan Europees avontuur in EEWBL". Dutch Basketball Association (NBB) (in Dutch). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Boiago Signs First Professional Contract in the EEWBL". OUA. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Webbsändning av Luleå Baskets matcher i EEWBL". Basketligan dam (in Swedish). 22 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Basketbal:EEWBL: Good Angels úspešné aj proti Lulea Basket". Šport.sk (in Slovak). 2 December 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. 1 2 "EEWBL changes name to European Women's basketball league". EWBL. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "About EWBL". EWBL. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "EWBL Basketball 2015-2016, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Good Angels triumph in Košice". EWBL. 2 April 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "EWBL 2018-2019 playoff results". Flashscore. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  16. ↑ "EWBL 2018-2019 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  17. ↑ "EWBL 2019-20 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  18. ↑ "EWBL 2020-21 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  19. ↑ "EWBL 2021-22 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  20. ↑ "EWBL 2022-23 playoff results". Eurobasket. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Sosnowska and Williams unstoppable, first title for Polonia Warszawa". EWBL. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Coffee's dagger helps Nyon Basket to win maiden title, Miriam Uro-Nilie is MVP". EWBL. March 13, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.