The European Women's Basketball League, shortly EWBL, formerly known as Eastern European Women's Basketball League or EEWBL, is a top-level basketball league featuring female clubs from EWBL members (including Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Turkey).
History The competition was founded in 2015 under the name , as a women's regional tournament for Eastern European countries. As the competition expanded to countries outside Eastern Europe, it was re-named ahead of the 2018–19 season.
Expansion Since the inaugural season, the league had the following changes to the number of clubs and countries participating. 2015–16: 8 clubs from 6 countries 2016–17: 12 clubs from 9 countries 2017–18: 16 clubs from 10 countries
Format The league has a regular season followed by a final four. The regular season is divided in three stages, played at a different location. The best clubs of the regular season qualify for the final four stage.
Summary Year Final Winner Score Runner-up 2015–16 TTT Riga 81–67 Lotos Gdynia 2016–17Good Angels Košice 67–44 TTT Riga 2017–18Good Angels Košice 74–71 TTT Riga 2018–19TTT Riga 73–63 BC Minsk 2019–20 Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020–21 Horizont Minsk 70–60 Nika Syktyvkar 2021–22 Žabiny Brno 57–51 Piešťanské Čajky 2022–23 Levhartice Chomutov 77–73 BC Neptunas Klaipeda 2023–24Polonia Warszawa 66–56 Frankivsk Prykarpattya 2024–25 Nyon Basket Feminin 82–80 SBŠ Ostrava
List of champions Club Champions Runners-up Years won Years runner-up TTT Riga 2016, 2019 2017, 2018 Good Angels Košice 2017, 2018 – Horizont Minsk 2021 – Žabiny Brno 2022 – Levhartice Chomutov 2023 – Lotos Gdynia – 2016 BC Tsmoki-Minsk – 2019 Nika Syktyvkar – 2021 Piešťanské Čajky – 2022 BC Neptunas Klaipeda – 2023 Polonia Warsaw 2024 – Frankivsk Prykarpattya – 2024 Nyon Basket Feminin 2025 – SBŠ Ostrava – 2025
See also North European Basketball League European North Basketball League
References
External links Official website Profile at eurobasket.com