The First Women's League of Republika Srpska in basketball (Serbian: Прва женска лига Републике Српске у кошарци, Prva ženska liga Republike Srpske u košarci), known as the Meridianbet Prva ženska liga RS for sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's basketball competition held in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Before the establishment of the Republika Srpska Championship in the 1992–93 season, teams from this region competed in the Yugoslav league system. The league's first champion was ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik from Banja Luka, which won nine consecutive titles. During the 1990s, the club also competed in the Championship of SR Yugoslavia, achieving a second-place finish in the 1997–98 season.
The championship is organized by the Basketball Federation of Republika Srpska, and five clubs are competing in the 2024/25 season.
The Republika Srpska Women's First League is a lower-tier competition compared to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Basketball Championship, in which teams from Republika Srpska compete alongside clubs from other parts of the country, with a total of twelve teams. Additionally, some teams from Republika Srpska also take part in the WABA League, an international women's club competition in the Balkan region.
Competition System The championship consists of two phases: First Phase This is the league stage of the tournament, played in a double round-robin format (each team plays one home and one away match against every other team).
Second Phase (Play-Offs) This stage features the four highest-ranked teams from the league phase. The winner of the Play-Offs is crowned the champion of Republika Srpska and qualifies for the Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship.
Current teams The following is the list of clubs for the 2024–25 season. TeamCityKK Budućnost BNBijeljinaOKK IgmanIstočna IlidžaKK KostajnicaKostajnicaKK LiderGradiškaŽKK Sloboda Novi GradNovi Grad
Seasons Season Champion1992-93ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1993-94ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1994-95ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1995-96ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1996-97ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1997-98ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1998-99ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik1999-00ŽKK Mladi Kajišnik2000-01ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik2001-022002-032003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-09ŽKK Igman Istočna Ilidža2009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15ŽKK Igokea2015-16ŽKK Kozara2016-17ŽKK Kozara2017-18ŽKK Trebinje 032018-19ŽKK Orlovi 22019-20ŽKK Feniks2020-21ŽKK Lavovi2021-22ŽKK Kozara2022-23ŽKK Igman Istočna Ilidža2023-24ŽKK Feniks2024-25ŽKK Igman Istočna Ilidža See also First League of Republika Srpska (basketball) Basketball Federation of Republika Srpska
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