EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women

Current season or competition: EuroLeague Women 2011–12
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1959
No. of teams	23 (Group stages)
Country(ies)	FIBA Europe member associations
Most recent champion(s)	Halcón Avenida Salamanca
Most titles	Daugava Rīga(18 titles)
Official website	EuroLeague Women 2009–10

The EuroLeague Women (officially FIBA EuroLeague Women) is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.

Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.

System of competition

Between 2004-2011

24 clubs took part to the European most important competition. They were divided into 4 groups of 6 teams each with home and away games.
The 4 best-placed clubs in each group qualified for the eighth-final play-offs.
Eighth-final round was established according the standings (games won, games lost, goal-average) of each team in the preliminary round. This round was played in a home and away game.
The winners of the eighth-final round qualified for quarter-final round.
The winners of the quarter-final round qualified for the Final Four, organized by one of the qualified clubs. Semi-finals were played on Friday and finals on Sunday.

EuroLeague winners

Year	Place of the final	Winner	Runner-Up	1st game	2nd game
Under the denomination European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs
1959	-	Slavia Sofia	Dynamo Moscow	*63–40	34–*44
1960	-	Daugava Rīga	Slavia Sofia	62–*28	*49–43
1961	-	Daugava Rīga	Slovan Orbis Prague	76–*77	*72–37
1962	-	Daugava Rīga	Spartak Leningrad	*55–38	48–*44
1963	-	Slavia Sofia	Slovan Orbis Prague	52–*57	*60–49
1964	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	63–*58	*40–43
1965	-	Daugava Rīga	Slavia Sofia	*49–31	52–*62
1966	-	Daugava Rīga	Slovan Orbis Prague	*62–39	73–*56
1967	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*56–41	55–*52
1968	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*76–45	58–*47
1969	-	Daugava Rīga	SC Chemie Halle	*62–48	82–*57
1970	-	Daugava Rīga	Wisła Kraków	*61–45	59–*42
1971	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	72–*59	*62–56
1972	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*80–59	86–*59
1973	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	64–*44	*83–60
1974	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	*96–67	69–*53
1975	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*87–59	72–*56
1976	-	Sparta Prague	Clermont UC	55–*58	*77–57
1977	Barcelona	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	79–53
1978	Nice	Sesto San Giovanni	Sparta Prague	74–66
1979	A Coruña	Red Star Belgrade	BSE Budapest	97–62
1980	Wittenheim	Fiat Torino	Mineur Pernik	75–66
1981	Saint-Nazaire	Daugava Rīga	Red Star Belgrade	83–65
1982	Cologne	Daugava Rīga	Mineur Pernik	78–56
1983	Venice	AS Vicenza	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	76–67
1984	Budapest	BC Levski Sofia	AS Vicenza	82–77
1985	Viterbo	AS Vicenza	Daugava Rīga	63–55
1986	Milan	AS Vicenza	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	71–57
1987	Thessaloniki	AS Vicenza	Dynamo Novosibirsk	86–73
1988	Düsseldorf	AS Vicenza	Dynamo Novosibirsk	70–64
1989	Florence	Jedinstvo Tuzla	AS Vicenza	74–70
1990	Cesena	Trogylos Enimont Priolo	CSKA Moscow	86–71
1991	Barcelona	Conad-Unicar Cesena	Arvika Basket	84–66
Renamed as the EuroLeague Women
1992	Bari	PB Godella	Dynamo Kiev	66–56
1993	Llíria	PB Godella	SFT Como	66–58 (OT)
1994	Poznań	SFT Como	PB Godella	79–68
1995	Como	SFT Como	PB Godella	64–57
1996	Sofia	BTV Wuppertal	SFT Como	76–62
1997	Larissa	CJM Bourges	BTV Wuppertal	71–52
1998	Bourges	CJM Bourges	Pool Getafe Madrid	76–64
1999	Brno	SCP Ružomberok	SFT Como	63–48
2000	Ružomberok	SCP Ružomberok	CJM Bourges	67–64 (2 OT)
2001	Messina	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes	73–71
2002	Liévin	US Valenciennes	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia	78–72
2003	Bourges	UMMC Ekaterinburg	US Valenciennes	82–80
2004	Pécs	US Valenciennes	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia	93–69
2005	Samara	VBM-SGAU Samara	Gambrinus Brno	69–66
2006	Brno	Gambrinus Brno	VBM-SGAU Samara	68–54
2007	Vidnoye	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Ros Casares Valencia	76–62
2008	Brno	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Gambrinus Brno	75–60
2009	Salamanca	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Halcón Avenida Salamanca	85–70
2010	Valencia	Sparta&K Moscow Region	Ros Casares Valencia	87–80
2011	Ekaterinburg	Halcón Avenida Salamanca	Sparta&K Moscow Region	68–59
2012	Istanbul

* precedes the score of the team playing at home.

External links

• (English) FIBA Europe
• (English) EuroLeague history