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).
Turneul de baschet din Rusia „EWBL – Feminin” este o competiție anuală de baschet feminin organizată de Federația Rusă de Baschet. Fondată în 1991, EWBL este una dintre cele mai importante ligi de baschet feminin din Europa, cu echipe care reprezintă diverse orașe din toată Rusia. Echipele concurează într-un format de sezon regulat, urmat de play-off-uri pentru a determina campioana. Turneul EWBL oferă o platformă pentru dezvoltarea și competiția talentelor feminine de baschet din Rusia și a atras atenția la nivel internațional pentru nivelul înalt al jocului.