WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)

WNBA-NBC Champions League
SportNine-pin bowling
Founded2002
No. of teams16
CountryWNBA-NBC members
Most recent
champion(s)
KK Slovan Rosice
(1st title)
Most titles Victoria Bamberg
(10 titles)
Official websiteWebsite

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]

Competition formula

WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a 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 divided into two pots (seeded and unseeded) and then drawn into a bracket of 16 teams during an official ceremony. 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.

  • Seeded teams:
    • Title holder
    • World Cup winner
    • World Cup runner-up
    • 3rd team of World Cup
    • 4th team of World Cup
    • European Cup winner
    • European Cup runner-up
    • NBC Cup winner

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 Electromureş 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 Electromureş 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 Electromureş 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 Electromureş 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 Electromureş 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 Electromureş 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
2014-15 Straubing,
 Germany

KK Celje
6 - 2
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg

KK Mlaka
6 - 2
KK Pionir Subotica
2015-16 Bamberg,
 Germany

BBSV Vienna
5.5 - 2.5
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg

KK Mlaka
5 - 3
KK Admiral Zagreb
2016-17 Podbrezova,
 Slovakia

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
7 - 1
BBSV Vienna

KK Celje
7 - 1
KK Mlaka
2017-18 Bamberg,
 Germany

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
7 - 1
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș

KK Slovan Rosice
5 - 3
KK Celje
2018-19 Zaprešić,
 Croatia

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
6 - 2
KK Mlaka

KK Slovan Rosice
6 - 2
BBSV Vienna
2019-20[a]
2020-21
Bamberg,
 Germany

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
6 - 2
KK Mlaka

CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș
No score
Slovan withdrew

KK Slovan Rosice
2021-22 Győr,
 Hungary

KK Mlaka
4 - 4
(13 - 11)

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg

SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen
5 - 3
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș
2022-23 Graz,
 Austria

SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen
4 - 4
56 - 53 (SV)

SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg

SV Pöllwitz
7 - 1
ŽKK Istra Poreč
2023-24 Bačka Topola,
 Serbia

KK Mlaka
5 - 3
SV Pöllwitz

KK Slovan Rosice
4 - 4
64 - 47 (SV)

KK Alimenta
2024-25 Morfelden,
 Germany

KK Slovan Rosice
7 - 1
KV Liedolsheim

KK Mlaka
7 - 1
SV Pöllwitz
2025-26 Brčko,
Bosnia-Herzegovina




2026-27 Bautzen,
 Germany




Winning clubs

Performances in the Final Four of WNBA-NBC Champions League by club
Club Titles Years won Runners-up Top 4
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg 10 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 6 20
KK Celje 6 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 4 13
KK Mlaka 2 2022, 2024 2 9
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș 2 2002, 2006 1 10
BBSV Vienna 1 2016 2 4
KK Slovan Rosice 1 2025 0 5
SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen 1 2023 0 2
KK Pionir Subotica 0 2 9
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica 0 2 5
SV Pöllwitz 0 1 3
KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O. 0 1 1
KV Liedolsheim 0 1 1
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
ŽKK Istra Poreč 0 0 1
FTC Budapest 0 0 1
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno 0 0 1
SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești 0 0 1
KK Alimenta 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 10 8 24
 Slovenia 6 4 14
 Croatia 2 5 17
 Austria 2 2 7
 Romania 2 1 11
 Czech Republic 1 0 7
 Serbia 0 2 7
 Hungary 0 1 2
 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.com.
  2. ^ "WNBA-NBC Champions League history" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de.
  3. ^ "WNBA-NBC Champions League Implementing Regulations" (PDF). wnba-nbc.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Corona situation statement for NBC competitions" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de. 12 March 2020.