The Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB; Women's Basketball League) is the top women's French professional basketball league. The LFB authorities announced that the championship is renamed La Boulangère Wonderligue (LBWL) as for the seasons 2024–2025 to 2026–2027.

History

Current teams

Team City Arena capacity Colours Angers Angers Jean Bouin 3,000 Basket Landes Mont-de-Marsan Salle Francois Mitterrand 3,000 Bourges Bourges Palais des Sports du Prado 3,100 Flammes Carolo Charleville-Mézières L'Arena 2,960 Charnay Charnay-lès-Mâcon The Cosec 700 Chartres Chartres Le Colisée 4,186 Landerneau Landerneau La Cimenterie 2,300 Lattes Montpellier Lattes Palais des sports de Lattes 1,100 Lyon Lyon Palais des sports de Lyon 3,000 Roche Vendee La Roche-sur-Yon Salle des Oudairies 2,500 Toulouse Toulouse Gymnase Compans-Caffarelli 1,900 Villeneuve d'Ascq Villeneuve-d'Ascq Le Palacium 1,800

Champions

Season Champions Finalists Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Series 1998–1999 Bourges Valenciennes 59–*71 *54–36 *87–52 2–1 1999–2000 Bourges Valenciennes *65–60 (OT) 62–*57 – 2–0 2000–2001 Valenciennes Bourges *63–62 81–*71 (OT) – 2–0 2001–2002 Valenciennes Bourges *77–51 72–*62 – 2–0 2002–2003 Valenciennes Tarbes *88–59 71-*55 – 2–0 2003–2004 Valenciennes Bourges 58–*52 *79–56 – 2–0 2004–2005 Valenciennes Bourges *63–57 54–*47 59–*55 3–0 2005–2006 Bourges Valenciennes *68–56 66–*85 71–*58 2–1 2006–2007 Valenciennes Bourges 64–*55 *70–61 – 2–0 2007–2008 Bourges Lattes Montpellier 58–*56 (OT) *52–45 – 2–0 2008–2009 Bourges Tarbes 47–*55 *78–37 *72–52 2–1 2009–2010 Tarbes GB Bourges 76–*73 *54–40 – 2–0 2010–2011 Bourges Tarbes 71–*53 *71–59 – 2–0 2011–2012 Bourges Lattes Montpellier 59–*47 *53–45 – 2–0 2012–2013 Bourges Lattes Montpellier *54–62 60–*53 64–*54 2–1 2013–2014 Lattes Montpellier Bourges *63–54 53–*55 50–*44 2–1 2014–2015 Bourges Villeneuve-d’Ascq 51–*61 *63–55 *51–49 2–1 2015–2016 Lattes Montpellier Bourges 49–*54 *61–51 *65–63 2–1 2016–2017 Villeneuve-d’Ascq Lattes Montpellier 79–*64 62-*64 *80–60 *66–49 3–1 2017–2018 Bourges Tarbes GB *86–66 *80–56 63–*64 (OT) 87–*80 3–1 2018–2019 LyonLattes Montpellier *71–60 *77–69 61–*72 85–*91 *75–61 3–2 2019–2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France 2020–2021 Basket LandesLattes Montpellier 72–64 – – – – 1–0 2021–2022 BourgesLyon *76–66 *78–62 59–53* – – 3–0 2022–2023 LyonVilleneuve-d’Ascq 56–*67 *85–72 *74–68 – – 2–1 2023–2024 Villeneuve-d’AscqBasket Landes 70–*66 – *114–88 – – 2–0 2024–2025 Basket LandesTarbes GB 51–*56 *51–44 *84–51 – – 2–1

* precedes the score of the team playing at home.

Performance by club Club Winners Winning years Bourges11 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022 Valenciennes6 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Basket Landes2 2021, 2025 Villeneuve d'Ascq2 2017, 2024 Lyon2 2019, 2023 Lattes Montpellier2 2014, 2016 Tarbes1 2010

Former LFB clubs US Valenciennes Olympic RC Strasbourg (1998–2000, 2004–2006), Toulouse-Launaguet Basket (1998–1999, 2002–2004), Limoges ABC (1999–2000) Évolution Roubaix (2003–2004) W Bordeaux Basket (1997–2003) Saint-Jacques Sports Reims ASA Sceaux Basket Féminin Istres Sports BC (2000–2001) Avenir de Rennes (1998–1999) Rezé-Nantes Basket 44 USO Mondeville Pays d'Aix Basket 13

Broadcaster The Ligue Féminine de Basketball is currently broadcast on the YouTube channel of the FFBB. The playoffs of the 2021–22 season were also broadcast on the TV channel Sport en France.

References

External links Fédération Française de Basketball (FFBB) Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB) La Boulangère Wonderligue (LBWL) Ligue Féminine 2 (LF2)