Liga Națională (women's basketball) explained

Liga Națională
Confed:Romanian Basketball Federation
First:1950–51
Teams:8
Divisions:2
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Cupa României
Confed Cup:EuroLeague
EuroCup
FIBA Europe SuperCup
Champions:CSM CSU Constanța (1st title)
Season:2023–24
Most Successful Club:Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
(14 titles)
Ceo:Horia Păun
Current:2023–24 season

The Liga Națională, formerly known as Divizia A, is the women's top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. Established in 1950, it is currently contested by eight teams. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is the Liga Națională's most successful club with fourteen titles including a ten-years winning streak between 1984 and 1994, while CSM Târgoviște and ICIM Arad have dominated the championship in subsequent years with ten and eight titles respectively.[1]

In 2013 the Romanian champion took part in the FIBA Euroleague for the first time since the competition's refoundation in 1997.[2]

Titles

Club Titles Years winners
14 1953, 1954, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
12 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
9 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
9 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1978
Politehnica București 8 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1980
7 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Știinta București 4 1950, 1955, 1963, 1964
Constructorul București 4 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
3 1975, 1976, 1977
Universitatea Oradea 1 1979
Voința București 1 1983
ACRO București 1 1997
CSM CSU Constanța 1 2024

See also

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.frbaschet.ro/documente/altele/istoric-campioane-romania-feminin.doc List of champions
  2. http://www.fibaeurope.com/euroleaguewomen/coid_CrGE-5HIHeYM7jvr4fPgZ1.articleMode_on.html CSM Targoviste's profile