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    Svetlana Velmar-Janković

    Baltic Women's Basketball League
    Current season, competition or edition:
    Current sports event 2024–25 Women's Baltic Basketball League
    SportBasketball
    Founded19 May 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05-19)
    First season1994–95
    No. of teams10
    Country Estonia
     Latvia
     Lithuania
    ContinentFIBA Europe
    Most recent
    champion(s)    		Lithuania Kibirkštis Vilnius (2024/25)
    Most titlesLithuania Aistės-LSU Kaunas
    (14 titles)
    Official websitewomenbbl.com

    The Women's Baltic Basketball League (WBBL) is a top-level regional basketball league in Northern Europe. The league features women's teams from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Teams from Finland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Sweden have competed in the past seasons.

    History

    The Baltic Women's Basketball League was founded in 1994.[1][2] In its 15th season in 2008, the league contained 18 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.[3] By 2016, for the league's 26th season, the league had 10 teams from Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania.[4] After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, teams from Belarus and Russia were banned from participation.[5]

    In 2023, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation took over leadership of the league with the popular online betting company Betsafe, part of Betsson, signing a three year agreement to serve as its title sponsor.[6][7]

    In 2024, it was announced that the league would introduce divisions for the first time with teams from all three of the Baltic States competing.[8]

    Teams

    2024/2025 teams
    Division A Division B
    Kibirkštis Vilnius Lithuania Aistės-LSMU Kaunas Lithuania
    Neptūnas-Amberton Klaipeda Lithuania MKK Panevėžys Lithuania
    LCC International University Klaipeda Lithuania TTT Riga Juniors Latvia
    TTT Riga Latvia Daugavpils University Latvia
    TSA/CITYTEED Tallinn Estonia Latvia U16 Latvia
    Šiauliai-Vilmers Lithuania Uniclub Bet-Oaks Vilnius Lithuania
    SBK Liepaja/LSSS Latvia Atletas Kaunas r. Lithuania
    RSU Riga Latvia

    Champions

    Season Winners Score Runners-up Final location MVP Ref
    1994–95 Lithuania Telerina, Vilnius Lithuania Victoria, Kaunus [2]
    1995–96 Lithuania Laisvė Kaunos Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas [2]
    1996–97 Lithuania Laisvė Kaunos Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas [2]
    1997–98 Latvia Rygos RTU-Klondaika Belarus Horizont Minsk [2]
    1998–99 Belarus Horizont Minsk 71–58 Lithuania Arvi Veritas Marijampolė, Lithuania [2][9]
    1999–00 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 73–38 Lithuania Arvi Veritas Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
    2000–01 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 104–75 Latvia TTT Riga Riga, Latvia [2]
    2001–02 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 76–65 Russia Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
    2002–03 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 92–51 Finland Pantterit Helsinki, Finland [2]
    2003–04 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 78–60 Lithuania Arvi Druskininkai, Lithuania [2]
    2004–05 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 95–64 Lithuania Lajsve Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
    2005–06 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 90–57 Ukraine TIM SKUF Druskininkai, Lithuania United States Katie Douglas [2]
    2006–07 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 75–66 Lithuania Arvi Druskininkai, Lithuania [2]
    2007–08 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 59–53 Latvia Cēsis Riga, Latvia United States Willnett Crockett [2]
    2008–09 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 68–47 Latvia Cēsis Cēsis, Latvia United States Crystal Langhorne
    2009–10 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 70–56 Lithuania Klaipėda Klaipėda, Lithuania United States Belarus Lindsey Harding
    2010–11 Lithuania Kaunas VIČI-Aistės 85–72 Russia Spartak St. Petersburg SC A. Sabonisa

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    		Lithuania Aušra Bimbaitė
    2011–12 Lithuania Kaunas VIČI-Aistės 79–66 Belarus Horizont Minsk SC Olympia

    Lida, Belarus

    		Lithuania Tatsiana Likhtarovich
    2012–13 Belarus Olimpia Grodno[9] 74–49 Belarus Horizont Minsk Druskininkai, Lithuania Belarus Maryia Papova
    2013–14 Lithuania BC Kibirkstis-Tiche 67–57 Belarus Horizont Minsk M. Riomerio universition basketball hall

    Vilnius, Lithuania

    		Lithuania Mantė Kvederavičiūtė
    2014–15 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk 63–55 Latvia TTT Riga Olympic sports arena

    Riga, Latvia

    		Belarus Viktoryia Hasper [9]
    2015–16 Lithuania Marijampolės Sūduva 69–57 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk Marijampolės ŽSM krepšinio salėMarijampolė, Lithuania Lithuania Iveta Salkauske
    2016–17 Russia Dynamo-Farm Kursk 70–42 Estonia FCR Media/Rapla Druskininkai, Lithuania Russia Ekaterina Polyashova
    2017–18 Russia Inventa-Farm Kursk 65–54 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk Druskininkai, Lithuania Russia Evgeniia Frolkina
    2018–19 Lithuania Aistės-LSU Kaunus 69–51 Latvia Riga Stradinš University Riga, Latvia [10]
    2019–20 Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Latvia TTT Riga declared winner and Latvia BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second [11]
    2020–21 Latvia TTT Riga 85–58 Latvia BK Liepaja/LSSS Estonia [12]
    2021–22 Latvia TTT Riga 68-62 Lithuania Kibirkštis-MRU Vilnius, Lithuania [13]
    2022–23 Latvia TTT Riga 69–68 Lithuania Kibirkštis-MRU [14]
    2023–24 Latvia TTT Riga 77–66 Lithuania LCC International University Palanga, Lithuania [15]
    2024–25 Lithuania Kibirkštis 76–61 Lithuania BC Neptunas-Amberton Riga, Latvia [16]

    Division B

    Season Winners Score Runners-up Final location MVP Ref
    2024–25 Lithuania MKK Panevėžys 88–78 OT Lithuania Aistės-LSMU Kaunas Daugavpils, Latvia [17]

    References

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    2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Mizeras, Renatas (17 May 2022). "Baltijos moterų krepšinio lyga". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    3. ^ "Baltijos moterų lyga ruošiasi naujam sezonui". Krepšinis.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    4. ^ "Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygoje – 10 komandų iš šešių šalių | KaunoDiena.lt". kauno.diena.lt (in Lithuanian). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    5. ^ Post, Kyiv (18 May 2022). "FIBA bans Russia, Belarus from Upcoming National Basketball Team Competitions". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    6. ^ "Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygą perėmusi LKF surado jai rėmėją". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    7. ^ "Betsafe becomes the title sponsor of the Women's Baltic Basketball League". womenbbl.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    8. ^ "Baltijos moterų krepšinio lygoje – divizionai ir sugrįžęs Estijos klubas". sportas.lt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    9. ^ a b c "G. Paugaitė tapo BWBL čempione". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    10. ^ "Baltijos moterų krepšinio čempionate – užtikrinta „Aisčių-LSMU" pergalė". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    11. ^ "Douglas Baltic Basketball League 2019-2020, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    12. ^ "Eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    13. ^ "Eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    14. ^ "Eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    15. ^ "„TTT-Riga" su G. Meškonyte apgynė Baltijos čempionių titulą". www.lrytas.lt. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
    16. ^ "Kibirkstis Crowned BioSil-WBBL Champions!". womenbbl.com. 6 April 2025.
    17. ^ "Panevezys Triumphs in Overtime to Claim BioSil-WBBL Division B Title". womenbbl.com.

    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Women%27s_Basketball_League

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