Baltic Women's Basketball League Explained

Baltic Women's Basketball League
Current Season:2024-2025 Baltic Women's Basketball League
Sport:Basketball
Inaugural:1994–95
Teams:10
Country:

Continent:FIBA Europe
Champion: TTT Riga
Most Champs: Aistės-LSU Kaunas
(14 titles)
Website:bwbl.lt

The Baltic Women's Basketball League (BWBL) is a top-level regional basketball league in Northern Europe. The league features women's teams from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Teams from Finland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Sweden have competed in the past seasons.

History

The Baltic Women's Basketball League was founded in 1994.[1] [2] In its 15th season in 2008, the league contained 18 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.[3] By 2016, for the league's 26th season, the league had 10 teams from Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania.[4] After Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, teams from Belarus and Russia were banned from participation.[5]

In 2023, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation took over leadership of the league with the popular online betting company Betsafe, part of Betsson, signing a three year agreement to serve as its title sponsor.[6] [7]

In 2024, it was announced that the league would introduce divisions for the first time with teams from all three of the Baltic States competing.[8]

Teams

!Division A!Division B
Vilniaus "Kibirkštis" Kauno "Aistės-LSMU"
Klaipėdos "Neptūnas-Amberton" Panevėžys
Vilniaus "Uniclub Bet-Oaks"
Šiauliai-Vilmers Kauno r. "Atletas"
TTT Riga Akmenės kraštas
Liepaja/LSSS Daugpilio universitetas
TSA/CITYTEED Tallinn TTT Riga Juniors
Latvijos U16 rinktinė

Champions

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upLocationMVPRef
1994–95 Telerina, Vilnius Victoria, Kaunus[9]
1995–96 Laisvė Kaunos Vilnius Telekomas
1996–97 Laisvė Kaunos Vilnius Telekomas
1997–98 Rygos RTU-Klondaika Horizont Minsk
1998–99 Horizont Minsk71–58 Arvi VeritasMarijampolė, Lithuania[10]
1999–00 Vilnius Telekomas73–38 Arvi VeritasVilnius, Lithuania
2000–01 Vilnius Telekomas104–75 TTT RigaRiga, Latvia
2001–02 Vilnius Telekomas76–65 Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. PetersburgVilnius, Lithuania
2002–03 Vilnius Telekomas92–51 PantteritHelsinki, Finland
2003–04 Vilnius Telekomas78–60 ArviDruskininkai, Lithuania
2004–05 Vilnius Telekomas95–64 LajsveVilnius, Lithuania
2005–06 Vilnius Telekomas90–57 TIM SKUFDruskininkai, Lithuania Katie Douglas
2006–07 Vilnius TEO75–66 ArviDruskininkai, Lithuania
2007–08 Vilnius TEO59–53 CēsisRiga, Latvia Willnett Crockett
2008–09 Vilnius TEO68–47 CēsisCēsis, Latvia Crystal Langhorne
2009–10 Vilnius TEO70–56 KlaipėdaKlaipėda, Lithuania Lindsey Harding
2010–11 Kaunas VIČI-Aistės85–72 Spartak St. PetersburgSC A. SabonisaKaunas, Lithuania Aušra Bimbaitė
2011–12 Kaunas VIČI-Aistės79–66 Horizont MinskSC OlympiaLida, Belarus Tatsiana Likhtarovich
2012–13 Olimpia Grodno74–49 Horizont MinskDruskininkai, Lithuania Maryia Papova
2013–14 BC Kibirkstis-Tiche67–57 Horizont MinskM. Riomerio universition basketball hallVilnius, Lithuania Mantė Kvederavičiūtė
2014–15 BC Tsmoki-Minsk63–55 TTT RigaOlympic sports arenaRiga, Latvia Viktoryia Hasper
2015–16 Marijampolės Sūduva69–57 BC Tsmoki-MinskMarijampolės ŽSM krepšinio salėMarijampolė, Lithuania Iveta Salkauske
2016–17 Dynamo-Farm Kursk70–42 FCR Media/RaplaDruskininkai, Lithuania Ekaterina Polyashova
2017–18 Inventa-Farm Kursk65–54 BC Tsmoki-MinskDruskininkai, Lithuania Evgeniia Frolkina
2018–19 Aistės-LSU Kaunus69–51 Riga Stradinš UniversityRiga, Latvia[11]
2019–20Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second[12]
2020–21 TTT Riga85–58 BK Liepaja/LSSSEstonia[13]
2021–22 TTT Riga68-62 Kibirkštis-MRUVilnius, Lithuania[14]
2022–23 TTT Riga69–68 Kibirkštis-MRU[15]
2023–24 TTT Riga77–66 LCC International UniversityPalanga, Lithuania[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New victory of our basketball team . 2024-11-05 . interchem.ua.
  2. Web site: Mizeras . Renatas . 2022-05-17 . Baltijos moterų krepšinio lyga . 2024-11-05 . Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija . lt-LT.
  3. Web site: Baltijos moterų lyga ruošiasi naujam sezonui . 2024-11-05 . Krepšinis.lt . lt.
  4. Web site: 2016-08-24 . Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygoje – 10 komandų iš šešių šalių KaunoDiena.lt . 2024-11-05 . kauno.diena.lt . lt.
  5. Web site: Post . Kyiv . 2022-05-18 . FIBA bans Russia, Belarus from Upcoming National Basketball Team Competitions . 2024-11-05 . Kyiv Post . en.
  6. Web site: Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygą perėmusi LKF surado jai rėmėją . 2024-11-05 . www.lrytas.lt.
  7. Web site: Betsafe becomes the title sponsor of the Women's Baltic Basketball League . 2024-11-05 . womenbbl.com . en.
  8. Web site: Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygoje – divizionai ir sugrįžęs Estijos klubas . 2024-11-05 . sportas.lt.
  9. Web site: Mizeras . Renatas . 2022-05-17 . Baltijos moterų krepšinio lyga . 2024-11-05 . Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija . lt-LT.
  10. Web site: G. Paugaitė tapo BWBL čempione . 2024-11-05 . www.lrytas.lt.
  11. Web site: Baltijos moterų krepšinio čempionate – užtikrinta „Aisčių-LSMU“ pergalė . 2024-11-05 . www.lrytas.lt.
  12. Web site: Douglas Baltic Basketball League 2019-2020, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket . 2024-11-05 . www.eurobasket.com.
  13. Web site: Eurobasket . 2024-11-05 . www.eurobasket.com.
  14. Web site: Eurobasket . 2024-11-05 . www.eurobasket.com.
  15. Web site: Eurobasket . 2024-11-05 . www.eurobasket.com.
  16. Web site: „TTT-Riga“ su G. Meškonyte apgynė Baltijos čempionių titulą . 2024-11-05 . www.lrytas.lt.

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