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)		 SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg (9th title)
Most titles SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg (9 titles)
Official websiteWebsite

Competition formula

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

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

Vacant starting-places will occupy after the ranking exclusively with participants of Team's Cups (sequence World-, then European-, then NBC-Cup) until maximum 12 places.

Competition format

All qualified teams are seeded in the established order to the 12-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.

  • 12-team bracket:
    • 7th team of World Cup – 3rd team of European Cup
    • NBC Cup winner – 6th team of World Cup
    • European Cup winner vs 5th team of World Cup
    • 4th team of World Cup vs European Cup runner-up
  • The title holder and three best teams of the World Cup are seeded and play in the quarter-finals with the winners of the first-round games.
    • Title holder
    • World Cup winner
    • World Cup runner-up
    • 3rd team of World Cup

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
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 Total result
KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O.
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 Total result
KK Slavia Prague
2002-03 Bozen,
 Italy
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 Total result
KK Miroteks Celje
KK Slavia Prague		 Total result
2003-04 Hagenwerder,
 Germany
KK Miroteks Celje		 5 - 3
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 6 - 2
SKC Victoria Bamberg
2004-05 Osijek,
 Croatia
SKC Victoria Bamberg		 6 - 2
KK Miroteks Celje
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 7 - 1
FTC Budapest
2005-06 Hunedoara,
 Romania
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 7 - 1
BBSV Vienna
KK Tatran Prefa Sučany		 5 - 3
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica
2006-07 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 5 - 3
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 5 - 3
KK Brest Cerknica
2007-08 Zalaegerszeg,
 Hungary
KK Miroteks Celje		 6 - 2
ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica		 5 - 3
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
2008-09 Koblach,
 Austria
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1
KK Pionir Subotica
KK Miroteks Celje		 8 - 0
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno
2009-10 Apatin,
 Serbia
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6.5 - 1.5
KK Lanteks Celje
CS Electromures Târgu Mureș		 7 - 1
KK Pionir Subotica
2010-11 Bad Langensalza,
 Germany
KK Lanteks Celje		 8 - 0
KK Pionir Subotica
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6 - 2
CS Electromures Târgu Mureș
2011-12 Celje,
 Slovenia
KK Lanteks Celje		 5 - 3
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești		 6 - 2
ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern
2012-13 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 5 - 3
KK Lanteks Celje
CS Romgaz Târgu Mureș		 5 - 3
KK Pionir Subotica
2013-14 Straubing,
 Germany
KK Celje		 5 - 3
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
KK Pionir Subotica		 7.5 - 0.5
KK Mlaka Rijeka
2014-15 Straubing,
 Germany
KK Celje		 6 - 2
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 6 - 2
KK Pionir Subotica
2015-16 Bamberg,
 Germany
BBSV Vienna		 5.5 - 2.5
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
KK Mlaka Rijeka		 5 - 3
KK Admiral Zagreb
2016-17 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1
BBSV Vienna
KK Celje		 7 - 1
KK Mlaka Rijeka
2017-18 Bamberg,
 Germany
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 7 - 1
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș
KK Slovan Rosice		 5 - 3
KK Celje
2018-19 Zaprešić,
 Croatia
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg		 6 - 2
KK Mlaka Rijeka
KK Slovan Rosice		 6 - 2
BBSV Vienna
2019-20[lower-alpha 1] Apatin,
 Serbia
2020-21 Apatin,
 Serbia
2021-22 Zaprešić,
 Croatia

Winning clubs
Performances in the Final Four of WNBA-NBC Champions League by club
Club Titles Seasons won Runners-up Top 4
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg 9 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 4 17
KK Celje 6 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 3 13
CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș 2 2002, 2006 1 6
BBSV Vienna 1 2016 2 4
KK Pionir Subotica 0 — 2 6
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica 0 — 2 5
KK Mlaka Rijeka 0 — 1 6
ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg 0 — 1 1
KK Slavia Prague 0 — 0 2
ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern 0 — 0 1
KK Admiral Zagreb 0 — 0 1
FTC Budapest 0 — 0 1
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno 0 — 0 1
SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești 0 — 0 1
KK Tatran Prefa Sučany 0 — 0 1
KK Brest Cerknica 0 — 0 1

Performances by nation
Performances in the Final Four by nation
Nation Titles Runners-up Top 4
 Germany 9 4 17
 Slovenia 6 3 14
 Romania 2 1 7
 Austria 1 2 5
 Croatia 0 3 12
 Serbia 0 2 6
 Hungary 0 1 2
 Czech Republic 0 0 4
 Poland 0 0 1
 Slovakia 0 0 1

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Champions League Final Four 2019-20 was cancelled.[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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