WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)

The WNBA-NBC Champions League is the annual competition for nine-pin bowling women's clubs, organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association. It is playing since 2002, and the first season the competition was named as Euroleague.[1] [2]

This article is about the women's WNBA-NBC Champions League. For the men's WNBA-NBC Champions League, see WNBA-NBC Champions League (men).
WNBA-NBC Champions League
SportNine-pin bowling
Founded2002
No. of teams12
CountryWNBA-NBC members
Most recent
champion(s)		Austria SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen (1st title)
Most titlesGermany Victoria Bamberg
(10 titles)
Official websiteWebsite

Competition formula

WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a very stable competition formula.[3] The following rules apply:

Qualification
  • 16 teams participate in each event.
  • Most recent champions are always pre-qualified.
  • Top seven teams from the Team World Cup.
  • Top five teams from the Team European Cup.
  • Top three teams from the Team NBC Cup.

Vacant starting-places will occupy after the ranking exclusively with participants in the Team’s World Cup.

Competition format

All qualified teams are seeded in the established order to the 16-team bracket. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final four. The Final Four usually takes place in the weekend at the turn of March and April.

  • 16 Teams bracket:
    • Title holder vs 5th team of European Cup
    • World Cup winner vs 4th team of European Cup
    • World Cup runner-up vs 3rd team of NBC Cup
    • 3rd team of World Cup vs 3rd team of European Cup
    • 4th team of World Cup vs European Cup Runner-up
    • European Cup winner vs 7th team of World Cup
    • NBC Cup winner vs 6th team of World Cup
    • 5th team of World Cup vs NBC Cup runner-up

Records and statistics

Final Four
WNBA-NBC Champions League
Season Final four host Champion Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
2001-02 Hunedoara,
 Romania		 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 Total result Croatia
KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O.		 Germany
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 Total result Czech Republic
KK Slavia Prague
2002-03 Bozen,
 Italy		 Germany
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 Total result Slovenia
KK Miroteks Celje		 Czech Republic
KK Slavia Prague		 Total result
2003-04 Hagenwerder,
 Germany		 Slovenia
KK Miroteks Celje		 5 - 3 Croatia
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 6 - 2 Germany
SKC Victoria Bamberg
2004-05 Osijek,
 Croatia		 Germany
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 6 - 2 Slovenia
KK Miroteks Celje		 Croatia
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 7 - 1 Hungary
FTC Budapest
2005-06 Hunedoara,
 Romania		 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 7 - 1 Austria
BBSV Vienna		 Slovakia
KK Tatran Prefa Sučany		 5 - 3 Croatia
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica
2006-07 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 5 - 3 Croatia
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 5 - 3 Slovenia
KK Brest Cerknica
2007-08 Zalaegerszeg,
 Hungary		 Slovenia
KK Miroteks Celje		 6 - 2 Hungary
ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg		 Croatia
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 5 - 3 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
2008-09 Koblach,
 Austria		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica		 Slovenia
KK Miroteks Celje		 8 - 0 Poland
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno
2009-10 Apatin,
 Serbia		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6.5 - 1.5 Slovenia
KK Lanteks Celje		 Romania
CS Electromureş Târgu Mureș		 7 - 1 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica
2010-11 Bad Langensalza,
 Germany		 Slovenia
KK Lanteks Celje		 8 - 0 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6 - 2 Romania
CS Electromureş Târgu Mureș
2011-12 Celje,
 Slovenia		 Slovenia
KK Lanteks Celje		 5 - 3 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Romania
SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești		 6 - 2 Austria
ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern
2012-13 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 5 - 3 Slovenia
KK Lanteks Celje		 Romania
CS Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 5 - 3 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica
2013-14 Straubing,
 Germany		 Slovenia
KK Celje		 5 - 3 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica		 7.5 - 0.5 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka
2014-15 Straubing,
 Germany		 Slovenia
KK Celje		 6 - 2 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 6 - 2 Serbia
KK Pionir Subotica
2015-16 Bamberg,
 Germany		 Austria
BBSV Vienna		 5.5 - 2.5 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 5 - 3 Croatia
KK Admiral Zagreb
2016-17 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1 Austria
BBSV Vienna		 Slovenia
KK Celje		 7 - 1 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka
2017-18 Bamberg,
 Germany		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 Czech Republic
KK Slovan Rosice		 5 - 3 Slovenia
KK Celje
2018-19 Zaprešić,
 Croatia		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6 - 2 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 Czech Republic
KK Slovan Rosice		 6 - 2 Austria
BBSV Vienna
2019-20[lower-alpha 1]
2020-21		 Bamberg,
 Germany		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6 - 2 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 No score
Slovan withdrew		 Czech Republic
KK Slovan Rosice
2021-22 Győr,
 Hungary		 Croatia
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 4 - 4
(13 - 11)		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Austria
SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen		 5 - 3 Romania
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș
2022-23 Graz,
 Austria		 Austria
SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen		 4 - 4
(56 - 53)		 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 Germany
SV Pöllwitz		 7 - 1 Croatia
ŽKK Istra Poreč
2023-24 Bačka Topola,
 Serbia



Winning clubs
Performances in the Final Four of WNBA-NBC Champions League by club
Club Titles Years won Runners-up Top 4
Germany SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg 10 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 6 20
Slovenia KK Celje 6 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 4 13
Romania CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș 2 2002, 2006 1 10
Croatia KK Mlaka Rijeka 1 2022 2 7
Austria BBSV Vienna 1 2016 2 4
Austria SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen 1 2023 0 2
Serbia KK Pionir Subotica 0 — 2 9
Croatia ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica 0 — 2 5
Croatia KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O. 0 — 1 1
Hungary ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg 0 — 1 1
Czech Republic KK Slovan Rosice 0 — 0 3
Czech Republic KK Slavia Prague 0 — 0 2
Austria ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern 0 — 0 1
Croatia KK Admiral Zagreb 0 — 0 1
Croatia ŽKK Istra Poreč 0 — 0 1
Germany SV Pöllwitz 0 — 0 1
Hungary FTC Budapest 0 — 0 1
Poland KS Polonia 1912 Leszno 0 — 0 1
Romania SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești 0 — 0 1
Slovakia KK Tatran Prefa Sučany 0 — 0 1
Slovenia KK Brest Cerknica 0 — 0 1

Performances by nation
Performances in the Final Four by nation
Nation Titles Runners-up Top 4
 Germany 10 6 21
 Slovenia 6 4 14
 Austria 2 2 7
 Romania 2 1 11
 Croatia 1 5 15
 Serbia 0 2 6
 Hungary 0 1 2
 Czech Republic 0 0 5
 Poland 0 0 1
 Slovakia 0 0 1

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Champions League Final Four 2019-20 has been postponed to May 2021.[4]

References
  1. "WNBA-NBC Champions League results". wnba-nbc.de.
  2. "WNBA-NBC Champions League history" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de.
  3. "WNBA-NBC Champions League Implementing Regulations" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de.
  4. "Corona situation statement for NBC competitions" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de. 12 March 2020.
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