Liga Națională (women's basketball)

Liga Națională
Founded 1950 (1950)
First season 1950–51
Country  Romania
Confederation Romanian Basketball Federation
Divisions 2
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Cupa României
International cup(s) EuroLeague
EuroCup
FIBA Europe SuperCup
Current champions Sepsi SIC (3rd title)
(2017–18)
Most championships Universitatea Cluj
(14 titles)
CEO Horia Păun
TV partners Digi Sport
TVR
Website www.frbaschet.ro
2018–19 season

The Liga Națională, formerly known as Divizia A, is the women's top-tier professional basketball league of Romania. Established in 1950, it is currently contested by eleven teams. Universitatea Cluj is the Liga Națională's most successful club with fourteen titles including a ten-years winning streak between 1984 and 1994, while CSM Târgoviște and ICIM Arad have dominated the championship in subsequent years with ten and eight titles respectively.[1]

In 2013 the Romanian champion took part in the FIBA Euroleague for the first time since the competition's refoundation in 1997.[2]

Titles

ClubTitlesYears winners
Universitatea Cluj141953, 1954, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
CSM Târgoviște121995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
ICIM Arad91994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013
Rapid București91951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1978
Politehnica București81966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1980
Știinta București41950, 1955, 1963, 1964
Constructorul București41956, 1957, 1958, 1959
Sportul Studențesc31975, 1976, 1977
Sepsi SIC32016, 2017, 2018
Universitatea Oradea11979
Voința București11983
ACRO București11997

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of champions in the Romanian Basketball Federation's website
  2. ↑ CSM Targoviste's profile in FIBA Europe's 2012-13 Euroleague website
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