European Women's Basketball League Explained

European Women's Basketball League
Current Season:2022–23 European Women's Basketball League
Pixels:120px
Sport:Basketball
Founded:2015
Inaugural:2015–16
Teams:16
Country:EWBL members
Most Champs: Good Angels Košice, TTT Riga
(2 title)
Levels: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 professional regional basketball league, featuring female clubs from EWBL members (Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, Turkey).[1] [2]

History

The competition was founded in 2015 under the name, 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 ahead of the 2018–19 season.[9]

ExpansionSince the inaugural season, the league have the following changes to the number of teams and the countries participating.[9]

Format

The league has a regular season followed by a final four. The regular season is divided in three stages, each stage is played at a different location and each team play more than one opponent per stage. That reduces the clubs financial travel and accommodation costs for clubs (compared to traditional home and away league format). The best teams of the regular season qualify for the final four stage.[10]

Summary

YearHostFinalBronze final
width=15%Winnerwidth=8%Scorewidth=15%Runner-upwidth=15%Third placewidth=8%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2015–16
Details[11]
Riga
TTT Riga		81–67
Lotos Gdynia
Astana Tigers		58–54
Tsmoki-Minsk
2016–17
Details[12]
Košice
Good Angels Košice		67–44
TTT Riga
Dynamo Moscow		88–69
Lotos Gdynia
2017–18
Details[13]
Riga
Good Angels Košice		74–71
TTT Riga
Dynamo Moscow		76–62
Udominate Basket
2018–19
Details[14]
Rostov on Don
TTT Riga		73–63
Tsmoki-Minsk
Rostov Don		74–65
2019–20
Details		Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21
Details
Minsk
Horizont Minsk		70–60
Nika Syktyvkar		 TTT Riga and Prometey
2021–22
Details
Piešťany
Žabiny Brno		57–51
Piešťanské Čajky
Kibirkštis Vilnius		87–69
SBŠ Ostrava
2022–23
Details
Warsaw
Levhartice Chomutov		77–73
BC Neptunas Klaipeda
SKK Polonia Warsaw		100–53

List of champions

width=20%Teamwidth=5%Winnerswidth=5%Runners-upwidth=20%Years wonwidth=20%Years runner-up
TTT Riga2016, 20192017, 2018
Good Angels Košice2017, 2018–
Horizont Minsk2021–
Žabiny Brno2022–
Levhartice Chomutov2023–
Lotos Gdynia–2016
BC Tsmoki-Minsk–2019
Nika Syktyvkar–2021
Piešťanské Čajky–2022
BC Neptunas Klaipeda–2023

MVP by edition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Season 2019: five new teams in, classification games out . EWBL . 8 August 2018 . 7 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Liga basketbalistek bude mít jen jedenáct týmů a nové logo . cs . . 26 September 2018 . 11 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Eastern European Women's Basketball League . pl . Sportowe Fakty . 11 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Žabiny si otestovaly Východoevropskou ligu. Chtějí ji hrát stabilně . cs . . Jiří . Punčochář . 9 January 2018 . 11 October 2018.
  5. Web site: KEUS/Royal Eagles begint aan Europees avontuur in EEWBL . nl . Dutch Basketball Association (NBB) . 22 September 2017 . 11 October 2018.
  6. Boiago Signs First Professional Contract in the EEWBL . . 29 June 2017 . 11 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Webbsändning av Luleå Baskets matcher i EEWBL . sv . . 22 September 2017 . 11 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Basketbal:EEWBL: Good Angels úspešné aj proti Lulea Basket . sk . Šport.sk . 2 December 2017 . 11 October 2018.
  9. Web site: EEWBL changes name to European Women's basketball league . EWBL . 1 June 2018 . 7 October 2018.
  10. Web site: About EWBL . EWBL . 7 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Undefeated TTT win first crown, Kristen Mann is MVP . EWBL . 17 April 2016 . 7 October 2018.
  12. Web site: Good Angels triumph in Košice . EWBL . 2 April 2017 . 7 October 2018.
  13. Web site: Good Angels shock TTT with buzzer-beater by Darxia Morris . EWBL . 18 March 2018 . 7 October 2018.
  14. Web site: Good Angels shock TTT with buzzer-beater by Darxia Morris . EWBL . 18 March 2019 . 7 October 2019.
  15. Web site: Champions and winners 2016 . EWBL . 19 April 2016 . 7 October 2018.
  16. Web site: Champions and winners 2017 . EWBL . 5 April 2017 . 7 October 2018.

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