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 SeasonHostFinal Bronze finalWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place2012–13 KošiceGood Angels Košice62–58UNIQA Euroleasing SopronMBK Ružomberok79–41UNI Győr2013–14 KošiceGood Angels Košice70–63UNIQA Euroleasing SopronPEAC-Pécs64–58Novi Zagreb
Champions Team Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runner-up Good Angels Košice 2013, 2014 – UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron – 2013, 2014
MVP by edition 2012–13 - 2013–14 - Jia Perkins
References
External links Official website (archived) Profile at eurobasket.com