EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 EuroLeague Women
200px Official logo of the EuroLeague Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1958
No. of teams	16 (Group stages)
Country	FIBA Europe member associations
Most recent champion(s)	USK Prague (1st title)
Most titles	Daugava Riga (18 titles)
Official website	EuroLeague Women

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.

History

EuroLeague Women is the main women's club basketball competition in Europe.

First established by FIBA in September 1958, the inaugural European women's club competition consisted of 10 teams and came about following the success of an equivalent tournament for men's clubs earlier in the same year. The men's tournament consisted of 46 games, with over 100,000 spectators turning out to watch.

At the initial tournament Slavia Sofia of Bulgaria were crowned champions, beating Soviet Dynamo Moscow 64-40 at home and then 44-34 on the Muscovites court. The two-game home-and-away format for the final remained until 1976, before changing to a single-game format the following year.

During its formative years, the tournament was dominated by Daugava Riga from Latvia (then Soviet Union) who appeared in 16 finals between 1960 and 1977, winning all 16 of them. The Latvian club maintains two records that are difficult to see being bettered, with 18 overall titles, as well as the record for winning 12 consecutive championships.

In the nineties, the competition underwent two key changes. The first was the introduction of the Final Four in 1992; and the second was the rebranding of the competition in 1996, when it went from being known as European Cup for Women's Champion Clubs to what it is known as today: EuroLeague Women.

The Final Four format was given its farewell in Ekaterinburg in 2011, when Halcón Avenida defeated Spartak Moscow Region 68-59; before the 2011/2012 season heralded in a new direction for EuroLeague Women with the Final Four replaced by a Final Eight tournament.

Istanbul were granted the honour of hosting the first Final Eight tournament where Spanish club Ros Casares Valencia prevailed victorious, defeating Rivas Ecópolis 65-52 in the final.In its second year, the EuroLeague Women Final Eight moved to Ekaterinburg, where tournament hosts UMMC Ekaterinburg prevailed 82-56 over Fenerbahçe in the final.

In 2014, Ekaterinburg was once again the host of what would ultimately be the final edition of the Final Eight, with the tournament destined to return to a Final Four format for this season. After shocking the home-town favourites UMMC Ekaterinburg in the semi-finals, Galatasaray then went on to become the first Turkish club to lift the title, defeating cross-city rival Fenerbahçe 69-58 in the gold medal game.

Names of the competition

• FIBA Women's European Champions Cup: (1958–1996)
• EuroLeague Women: (1996-present)

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 to 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		Final				Third and fourth place
		Champion	Score	Second place
1958–59 Details		Slavia Sofia	97–84 63–40 / 34–44	Dynamo Moscow		Spartak Sokolovo	Crvena Zvezda
1959–60 Details		Daugava Riga	111–71 62–28 / 49–43	Slavia Sofia		Slovan Orbis Prague	Crvena Zvezda
1960–61 Details		Daugava Riga	148–114 76–77 / 72–37	Slovan Orbis Prague		USK Tartu	Academic
1961–62 Details		Daugava Riga	103–82 55–38 / 48–44	Spartak Leningrad		Slovan Orbis Prague	Radnički Belgrade
1962–63 Details		Slavia Sofia	112–106 52–57 / 60–49	Slovan Orbis Prague		Daugava Riga	MTK
1963–64 Details		Daugava Riga	103–101 63–58 / 40–43	Spartak Sokolovo		Slavia Sofia	Crvena Zvezda
1964–65 Details		Daugava Riga	101–93 49–31 / 52–62	Slavia Sofia		Wisla Krakow	Slovan Orbis Prague
1965–66 Details		Daugava Riga	135–95 62–39 / 73–56	Slovan Orbis Prague		Wisla Krakow	Slavia Sofia
1966–67 Details		Daugava Riga	111–93 56–41 / 55–52	Sparta Prague
1967–68 Details		Daugava Riga	134–92 76–45 / 58–47	Sparta Prague		Łódź	Vicenza (Recoaro)
1968–69 Details		Daugava Riga	144–105 62–48 / 82–57	Chemie Halle		Politehnica București	Academic
1969–70 Details		Daugava Riga	120–87 61–45 / 59–42	Wisla Krakow		Academic	Sparta Prague
1970–71 Details		Daugava Riga	134–115 72–59 / 62–56	Clermont		Academic	Wisla Krakow
1971–72 Details		Daugava Riga	166–118 80–59 / 86–59	Sparta Prague		Geas	Clermont
1972–73 Details		Daugava Riga	147–104 64–44 / 83–60	Clermont		Sparta Prague	Geas
1973–74 Details		Daugava Riga	164–120 96–67 / 69–53	Clermont		Łódź	Politehnica București
1974–75 Details		Daugava Riga	159–115 87–59 / 72–56	Sparta Prague
1975–76 Details		Sparta Prague	132–1115 55–58 / 77–57	Clermont		Geas	Academic
1976–77 Details		Daugava Riga	76–53	Clermont		Geas	Sparta Prague
1977–78 Details		Geas (Sesto)	74–66	Sparta Prague		Crvena Zvezda	Minyor Pernik
1978–79 Details		Crvena Zvezda	97–62	BSE Budapest		Minyor Pernik	Geas (Sesto)
1979–80 Details		FIAT	75–66	Minyor Pernik		BOB Oud-Beijerland	Crvena Zvezda
1980–81 Details		Daugava Riga	83–65	Crvena Zvezda		Levski-Spartak	FIAT (Accorsi)
1981–82 Details		Daugava Riga	78–56	Minyor Pernik		Treviso (Pagnossin)	BSE Budapest
1982–83 Details		Vicenza (Zolu)	76–67	Agon 08 Düsseldorf		Monting	Daugava Riga
1983–84 Details		Levski-Spartak	82–77	Vicenza (Zolu)		Slavia Prague	Tungsram
1984–85 Details		Vicenza (Fiorella)	63–55	Daugava Riga		Agon 08 Düsseldorf	Levski-Spartak
1985–86 Details		Vicenza (Primigi)	71–57	Agon 08 Düsseldorf		CSKA Moscow	Levski-Spartak
1986–87 Details		Vicenza (Primigi)	86–73	Dynamo Novosibirsk		Agon 08 Düsseldorf	Levski-Spartak
1987–88 Details		Vicenza (Primigi)	70–64	Dynamo Novosibirsk		Jedinstvo Tuzla	Agon 08 Düsseldorf
1988–89 Details		Jedinstvo Tuzla	74–70	Vicenza (Primigi)
1989–90 Details		Libertas Trogylos (Enimont)	86–71	CSKA Moscow		Crvena Zvezda	Astarac Mirande
1990–91 Details		Unicar Cesena (Conad)	84–66	Arvika
1991–92 Details		Popular Bàsquet Godella (Dorna)	66–56	Dynamo Kiev		Pool Comense	Sporting
1992–93 Details		Popular Bàsquet Godella (Dorna)	66–58	Pool Comense		Challes-les-Eaux	Ružomberok
1993–94 Details		Pool Comense	79–68	Popular Bàsquet Godella (Dorna)		Olimpia Poznań	Wuppertal (GoldZack)
1994–95 Details		Pool Comense	64–57	Popular Bàsquet Godella (Dorna)		CSKA Moscow	Valenciennes
1995–96 Details		Wuppertal	76–62	Pool Comense		Ružomberok	Bourges
1996–97 Details		Bourges	71–52	Wuppertal		Ružomberok	Pool Comense
1997–98 Details		Bourges	76–64	Pool Getafe		Pool Comense	Valenciennes
1998–99 Details		Ružomberok	63–48	Pool Comense		Galatasaray	Wuppertal
1999–00 Details		Ružomberok	67–64	Bourges		Brno (Gambrinus BVV)	Dynamo Moscow
2000–01 Details		Bourges	73–71	Valenciennes		Pécsi	Brno (Gambrinus)

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	Geas (Sesto)	Sparta Prague	74–66
1979	A Coruña	Crvena zvezda	BSE Budapest	97–62
1980	Wittenheim	Fiat Torino	Minyor Pernik	75–66
1981	Saint-Nazaire	Daugava Rīga	Crvena zvezda	83–65
1982	Cologne	Daugava Rīga	Minyor Pernik	78–56
1983	Venice	Vicenza (Zolu)	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	76–67
1984	Budapest	BC Levski Sofia	Vicenza (Zolu)	82–77
1985	Viterbo	Vicenza (Fiorella)	Daugava Rīga	63–55
1986	Milan	Vicenza (Primigi)	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	71–57
1987	Thessaloniki	Vicenza (Primigi)	Dynamo Novosibirsk	86–73
1988	Düsseldorf	Vicenza (Primigi)	Dynamo Novosibirsk	70–64
1989	Florence	Jedinstvo Tuzla	Vicenza (Primigi)	74–70
1990	Cesena	Libertas Trogylos (Enimont)	CSKA Moscow	86–71
1991	Barcelona	Unicar Cesena (Conad)	Arvika Basket	84–66
1992	Bari	PB Godella, Valencia	Dynamo Kiev	66–56
1993	Llíria	PB Godella, Valencia	SFT Como	66–58 (OT)
1994	Poznań	SFT Como	PB Godella Valencia	79–68
1995	Como	SFT Como	PB Godella Valencia	64–57
1996	Sofia	BTV Wuppertal	SFT Como	76–62
Renamed as the EuroLeague Women
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	Brno (Gambrinus)	69–66
2006	Brno	Brno (Gambrinus)	VBM-SGAU Samara	68–54
2007	Vidnoye	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Ros Casares Valencia	76–62
2008	Brno	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Brno (Gambrinus)	75–60
2009	Salamanca	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Halcón Avenida Salamanca	85–70
2010	Valencia	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	Ros Casares Valencia	87–80
2011	Ekaterinburg	Halcón Avenida Salamanca	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	68–59
2012	Istanbul	Ros Casares Valencia	Rivas Ecópolis	65–52
2013	Ekaterinburg	UMMC Ekaterinburg	Fenerbahçe	82–56
2014	Ekaterinburg	Galatasaray	Fenerbahçe	69–58
2015	Prague	USK Prague (ZVVZ)	UMMC Ekaterinburg	72–68
2016

* precedes the score of the team playing at home.

Titles by country

Rank	Country	Winners	Runners-up
1	Soviet Union	18	6
2	Italy	11	5
3	Russia	7	3
4	France	5	8
5	Spain	4	7
6	Bulgaria	3	4
7	Czech Republic	2	2
8	Yugoslavia	2	1
9	Slovakia	2	0
10	Czechoslovakia	1	9
11	Germany	1	3
12	Turkey	1	2

Titles by club

Rank	Club	Winners	Runners-up
1	TTT Riga	18	1
2	AS Vicenza	5	2
3	WBC Spartak Moscow Region	4	1
4	Ros Casares Valencia	3	4
5	CJM Bourges Basket	3	1
6	Pool Comense 1872	2	3
7	USO Valenciennes	2	2
	Slavia Sofia	2	2
9	MBK Ružomberok	2	0
	UMMC Ekaterinburg	2	0
11	Sparta Prague	1	9
12	BK Brno	1	2
13	Volgaburmash Samara	1	1
	Wuppertal Wings	1	1
	Crvena zvezda	1	1
	Halcón Avenida Salamanca	1	1
17	BC Levski Sofia	1	0
	Sisport Fiat Turin	1	0
	Unicar Cesena	1	0
	GS Trogylos Basket Priolo	1	0
	Sesto San Giovanni	1	0
	Jedinstvo Tuzla	1	0
	Galatasaray	1	0
	ZVVZ USK Praha	1	0

Stats leaders

Season	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
1991–92	Razija Mujanović	27.3	Razija Mujanović	9.1	Corinne Benintendi	2.7
1992–93	Yelena Khudashova	24.8	Katrina Johnson	11.6	Corinne Benintendi	5.1
1993–94	Razija Mujanović	20.4	Katrina Johnson	12.7	Corinne Benintendi	5.2
1994–95	Clarissa Davis	30.5	Yelena Baranova	9.9	Teresa Weatherspoon	6.0
1995–96	Clarissa Davis	25.9	Venus Lacy	12.7	Svetlana Antipova	6.6
1996–97	Yolanda Griffith	24.7	Yolanda Griffith	17.1	Michele Timms	5.7
1997–98	Jennifer Gillom	21.8	Maria Stepanova	12.4	Lyudmila Konovalova	5.9
1998–99	Sandy Brondello	19.5	Marlies Askamp	12.3	Ana Belén Álvaro	4.8
1999–00	Mila Nikolić	19.1	Margo Dydek	10.6	Aluma Goren	4.4
2000–01	Ann Wauters	20.9	Margo Dydek	10.7	Iveta Bieliková	5.7
2001–02	Albena Branzova	20.8	Yolanda Griffith	11.5	Ticha Penicheiro	5.3
2002–03	Ana Joković	21.1	Margo Dydek	10.4	Audrey Sauret-Gillespie	4.8
2003–04	Gordana Grubin	20.5	Maria Stepanova	12.2	Kristi Willoughby	5.9
2004–05	Katie Douglas	20.4	Michelle Snow	13.6	Dalma Ivanyi	6.9
2005–06	Katie Douglas	20.8	Rebekkah Brunson	11.3	Caroline Aubert	6.1
2006–07	Tina Thompson	21.1	DeLisha Milton-Jones	10.9	Caroline Aubert	6.0
2007–08	Lauren Jackson	23.6	Nicole Ohlde	9.5	Dalma Ivanyi	5.7
2008–09	Diana Taurasi	20.5	Laura Harper	12.0	Dalma Ivanyi	7.5
2009–10	Diana Taurasi	24.9	Candice Dupree	11.0	Anđa Jelavić	6.7
2010–11	Penny Taylor	19.2	Cheryl Ford	14.2	Dalma Ivanyi	5.4
2011–12	Diana Taurasi	20.9	Cheryl Ford	11.9	Sharnee Zoll-Norman	6.6
2012–13	Tina Charles	24.0	Tina Charles	12.5	Laia Palau	6.4
2013–14	Jantel Lavender	20.3	Luca Ivanković	11.1	Laia Palau	6.8
2014–15	Nneka Ogwumike	19.5	Candace Parker	11.0	Laia Palau	7.1

External links

• (English) Official website
• (English) Official Facebook page
• (English) EuroLeague history