The European Women's Basketball League, shortly EWBL, formerly known as Eastern European Women's Basketball League or EEWBL, is a top-level professional regional basketball league, featuring female clubs from EWBL members (Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, Turkey).

History

The competition was founded in 2015 under the name Eastern European Women's Basketball League (EEWBL), as a women's regional tournament for Eastern European countries. As the competition expanded to countries outside Eastern Europe, it was re-named European Women's Basketball League (EWBL) ahead of the 2018–19 season.

Expansion

Since the inaugural season, the league have the following changes to the number of teams and the countries participating.

  • 2015–16 - 8 teams from 6 countries (Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland).
  • 2016–17 - 12 teams from 9 countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Turkey).
  • 2017–18 - 16 teams from 10 countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey).
  • 2018–19 - 16 teams from 10 countries (Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia and Sweden).
Rosyjska kobieca liga koszykówki (EWBL - Kobiety) to najwyższa klasa rozgrywek koszykówki kobiet w Rosji. Została założona w 2013 roku i składa się z 12 drużyn, które grają ze sobą w rundzie regularnej i play-offach. Mistrz EWBL - Kobiety awansuje do Euroligi Kobiet, a najsłabsze drużyny spadają do niższej ligi. Wśród najlepszych drużyn ligi są UMMC Jekaterynburg, Dinamo Kursk i Nadieżda Orenburg.