Russian Women's Basketball Premier League

The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the premier women's basketball competition in Russia. The category consists of 11 teams playing a total of 20 rounds. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams play the play-offs throughout April, ending in a 5 matches final.[citation needed]

Women's Premier League
SportBasketball
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
No. of teams10
CountryRussia
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
Dynamo Kursk
(1st title)
Most titlesUMMC Ekaterinburg
(15 titles)
International cup(s)EuroLeague
EuroCup
Official websiterussiabasket.ru

UMMC Ekaterinburg is the most successful team in the championship with 15 titles, including a record 13-year winning streak. Defunct team CSKA Moscow, later relocated to Samara as VBM-SGAU Samara (9), Dynamo Moscow (4) and Spartak Moscow Region (2) follow in the palmares. Thanks to large number of foreign players, WBPL teams have been successful in the Euroleague since the 2000s, with Spartak Moscow Region winning 4 titles in a row (a competition record since 1976),[1] UMMC Ekaterinburg winning 6 titles, and VBM-SGAU Samara and Dynamo Kursk one each.[2]

History edit

2017–18 season teams edit

List of winners edit

Season Winners Runners-up Result
1992 CSKA Moscow (1) Nika (Nizhny Novgorod)
1992–93 CSKA Moscow (2) Dynamo Novosibirsk
1993–94 CSKA Moscow (3) Dynamo Novosibirsk
1994–95 CSKA Moscow (4) Force Majeure (St. Petersburg)
1995–96 CSKA Moscow (5) Dynamo Moscow
1996–97 CSKA Moscow (6) Uralmash Ekaterinburg
1997–98 Dynamo Moscow (1) CSKA Moscow 163:154[3]
1998–99 Dynamo Moscow (2) Uralmash Ekaterinburg
1999–00 Dynamo Moscow (3) Uralmash Ekaterinburg [4]
2000–01 Dynamo Moscow (4) Uralmash-UMMC Ekaterinburg 2:1
2001–02 UMMC Ekaterinburg (1) SGAU Samara 2:0
2002–03 UMMC Ekaterinburg (2) VBM-SGAU Samara 2:1
2003–04 VBM-SGAU Samara (1) UMMC Ekaterinburg 3:0
2004–05 VBM-SGAU Samara (2) Dynamo Moscow 3:1
2005–06 VBM-SGAU Samara (3) UMMC Ekaterinburg 3:0
2006–07 Spartak Moscow Region (1) CSKA Moscow 3:2
2007–08 Spartak Moscow Region (2) CSKA Moscow 3:1
2008–09 UMMC Ekaterinburg (3) Spartak Moscow Region 2:1
2009–10 UMMC Ekaterinburg (4) Spartak Moscow Region 3:0
2010–11 UMMC Ekaterinburg (5) Spartak Moscow Region 3:0
2011–12 UMMC Ekaterinburg (6) Spartak Moscow Region 3:0
2012–13 UMMC Ekaterinburg (7) Spartak Moscow Region 3:0
2013–14 UMMC Ekaterinburg (8) Nadezhda Orenburg 3:0
2014–15 UMMC Ekaterinburg (9) Nadezhda Orenburg 3:1
2015–16 UMMC Ekaterinburg (10) Nadezhda Orenburg 3:0
2016–17 UMMC Ekaterinburg (11) Dynamo Kursk 3:2
2017–18 UMMC Ekaterinburg (12) Dynamo Kursk 3:0
2018–19 UMMC Ekaterinburg (13) Dynamo Kursk 3:0
2019–20 UMMC Ekaterinburg (14) Dynamo Kursk [5]
2020–21 UMMC Ekaterinburg (15) Dynamo Kursk 3:0
2021–22 Dynamo Kursk (1) UMMC Ekaterinburg 3:1
2022–23 UMMC Ekaterinburg (16) Dynamo Kursk 3:0

Awards edit

The Russian Gold Basket Awards were the annual basketball awards that were given out by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), from 2004, to 2009, with a category for Russian Female Basketball Player of the Year.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ List of winners of the European Cup in FIBA Europe's website
  2. ^ List of winners of the Euroleague in FIBA Europe's website
  3. ^ Played two match
  4. ^ Play-off played in league format.
  5. ^ "Завершены чемпионаты Премьер-лиги и женской Суперлиги 2" (in Russian). RBF. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.