Middle European League

Middle European League
SportBasketball
Founded2012
First season2012–13
Folded2014
No. of teams8 (2012–13)
11 (2013–14)
Country Hungary
 Slovakia
 Croatia
ContinentFIBA Europe (Europe)
Last champions
Slovakia Good Angels Košice
(2nd title)
Most titlesSlovakia Good Angels Košice
(2 titles)

The Middle European League, shortly MEL (in Hungarian: Közép-Európai Liga) was a top-level regional women's basketball league, featuring teams from Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia. The competition was founded in 2012 and folded after two seasons in 2014.

History

Originally created as a joint Hungarian-Slovak competition, the inaugural season had 8 teams competing (4 from Hungary and 4 from Slovakia). It ran simultaneously with the Hungarian and Slovak domestic leagues, and the results between teams from the same country counted for both MEL and domestic leagues.

In the second and last season, 11 teams participated (5 from Hungary, 5 from Slovakia and 1 from Croatia).

Finals

Season Host Final Bronze final
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2012–13 Slovakia Košice Slovakia
Good Angels Košice		 62–58 Hungary
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron		 Slovakia
MBK Ružomberok		 79–41 Hungary
UNI Győr
2013–14 Slovakia Košice Slovakia
Good Angels Košice		 70–63 Hungary
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron		 Hungary
PEAC-Pécs		 64–58 Croatia
Novi Zagreb

Champions

Team Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runner-up
Slovakia Good Angels Košice
2
–
 2013, 2014 –
Hungary UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron
–
2
 – 2013, 2014

MVP by edition

References

  1. 1 2 "About MEL". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Premiérový titul MEL ostal v Košiciach". MEL Basket (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "MEL conquered by Good Angels". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Middle European League 2013-2014 - Women Basketball". Eurobasket. Retrieved 5 October 2018.