WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)

This article is about the women's WNBA-NBC Champions League. For the men's WNBA-NBC Champions League, see WNBA-NBC Champions League (men).

WNBA-NBC Champions League

Sport	Nine-pin bowling
Founded	2002
No. of teams	12
Country	WNBA-NBC members
Most recent champion(s)	SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen (1st title)
Most titles	Victoria Bamberg (10 titles)
Official website	Website

The WNBA-NBC Champions League is the annual competition for nine-pin bowling women's clubs, organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association. It is playing since 2002, and the first season the competition was named as Euroleague.

Competition formula

WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply:

Qualification

• 16 teams participate in each event.
• Most recent champions are always pre-qualified.
• Top seven teams from the Team World Cup.
• Top five teams from the Team European Cup.
• Top three teams from the Team NBC Cup.

Vacant starting-places will occupy after the ranking exclusively with participants in the Team’s World Cup.

Competition format

All qualified teams are seeded in the established order to the 16-team bracket. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final four. The Final Four usually takes place in the weekend at the turn of March and April.

• 16 Teams bracket:
  • Title holder vs 5th team of European Cup
  • World Cup winner vs 4th team of European Cup
  • World Cup runner-up vs 3rd team of NBC Cup
  • 3rd team of World Cup vs 3rd team of European Cup
  • 4th team of World Cup vs European Cup Runner-up
  • European Cup winner vs 7th team of World Cup
  • NBC Cup winner vs 6th team of World Cup
  • 5th team of World Cup vs NBC Cup runner-up

Records and statistics

Final Four

WNBA-NBC Champions League
Season	Final four host	Champion	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2001-02	Hunedoara, Romania	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	Total result	KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O.	SKC Victoria Bamberg	Total result	KK Slavia Prague
2002-03	Bozen, Italy	SKC Victoria Bamberg	Total result	KK Miroteks Celje	KK Slavia Prague	Total result
2003-04	Hagenwerder, Germany	KK Miroteks Celje	5 - 3	ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	6 - 2	SKC Victoria Bamberg
2004-05	Osijek, Croatia	SKC Victoria Bamberg	6 - 2	KK Miroteks Celje	ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	7 - 1	FTC Budapest
2005-06	Hunedoara, Romania	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	7 - 1	BBSV Vienna	KK Tatran Prefa Sučany	5 - 3	ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica
2006-07	Podbrezova, Slovakia	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	5 - 3	ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	5 - 3	KK Brest Cerknica
2007-08	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	KK Miroteks Celje	6 - 2	ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg	ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	5 - 3	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
2008-09	Koblach, Austria	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	7 - 1	KK Pionir Subotica	KK Miroteks Celje	8 - 0	KS Polonia 1912 Leszno
2009-10	Apatin, Serbia	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	6.5 - 1.5	KK Lanteks Celje	CS Electromureş Târgu Mureș	7 - 1	KK Pionir Subotica
2010-11	Bad Langensalza, Germany	KK Lanteks Celje	8 - 0	KK Pionir Subotica	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	6 - 2	CS Electromureş Târgu Mureș
2011-12	Celje, Slovenia	KK Lanteks Celje	5 - 3	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești	6 - 2	ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern
2012-13	Podbrezova, Slovakia	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	5 - 3	KK Lanteks Celje	CS Romgaz Târgu Mureș	5 - 3	KK Pionir Subotica
2013-14	Straubing, Germany	KK Celje	5 - 3	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	KK Pionir Subotica	7.5 - 0.5	KK Mlaka Rijeka
2014-15	Straubing, Germany	KK Celje	6 - 2	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	KK Mlaka Rijeka	6 - 2	KK Pionir Subotica
2015-16	Bamberg, Germany	BBSV Vienna	5.5 - 2.5	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	KK Mlaka Rijeka	5 - 3	KK Admiral Zagreb
2016-17	Podbrezova, Slovakia	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	7 - 1	BBSV Vienna	KK Celje	7 - 1	KK Mlaka Rijeka
2017-18	Bamberg, Germany	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	7 - 1	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	KK Slovan Rosice	5 - 3	KK Celje
2018-19	Zaprešić, Croatia	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	6 - 2	KK Mlaka Rijeka	KK Slovan Rosice	6 - 2	BBSV Vienna
2019-20 2020-21	Bamberg, Germany	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	6 - 2	KK Mlaka Rijeka	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	No score Slovan withdrew	KK Slovan Rosice
2021-22	Győr, Hungary	KK Mlaka Rijeka	4 - 4 (13 - 11)	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen	5 - 3	CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș
2022-23	Graz, Austria	SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen	4 - 4 (56 - 53)	SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	SV Pöllwitz	7 - 1	ŽKK Istra Poreč
2023-24	Bačka Topola, Serbia

Winning clubs

Performances in the Final Four of WNBA-NBC Champions League by club

Club	Titles	Years won	Runners-up	Top 4
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg	10	2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	6	20
KK Celje	6	2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015	4	13
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	2	2002, 2006	1	10
KK Mlaka Rijeka	1	2022	2	7
BBSV Vienna	1	2016	2	4
SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen	1	2023	0	2
KK Pionir Subotica	0	—	2	9
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	0	—	2	5
KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O.	0	—	1	1
ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg	0	—	1	1
KK Slovan Rosice	0	—	0	3
KK Slavia Prague	0	—	0	2
ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern	0	—	0	1
KK Admiral Zagreb	0	—	0	1
ŽKK Istra Poreč	0	—	0	1
SV Pöllwitz	0	—	0	1
FTC Budapest	0	—	0	1
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno	0	—	0	1
SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești	0	—	0	1
KK Tatran Prefa Sučany	0	—	0	1
KK Brest Cerknica	0	—	0	1

Performances by nation

Performances in the Final Four by nation

Nation	Titles	Runners-up	Top 4
Germany	10	6	21
Slovenia	6	4	14
Austria	2	2	7
Romania	2	1	11
Croatia	1	5	15
Serbia	0	2	6
Hungary	0	1	2
Czech Republic	0	0	5
Poland	0	0	1
Slovakia	0	0	1