Women's Baltic Basketball League

Baltic Women's Basketball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025–26 Women's Baltic Basketball League
SportBasketball
Founded19 May 1994 (1994-05-19)
First season1994–95
No. of teams10
Country Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
ContinentFIBA Europe
Most recent
champion		Lithuania Kibirkštis Vilnius (2024/25)
Most titlesLithuania Aistės-LSU Kaunas
(14 titles)
Official websitewomenbbl.com

The Women's Baltic Basketball League (WBBL) is a top-level regional basketball league in Northern Europe. The league features women's teams from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Teams from Finland, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Sweden have competed in the past seasons.

History

The Baltic Women's Basketball League was founded in 1994.[1][2] In its 15th season in 2008, the league contained 18 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan.[3] By 2016, for the league's 26th season, the league had 10 teams from Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania.[4] After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, teams from Belarus and Russia were banned from participation.[5]

In 2023, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation took over leadership of the league with the popular online betting company Betsafe, part of Betsson, signing a three year agreement to serve as its title sponsor.[6][7]

In 2024, it was announced that the league would introduce divisions for the first time with teams from all three of the Baltic States competing.[8]

Teams

2024/2025 teams
Division A Based in Division B Based in
Kibirkštis Vilnius Lithuania Vilnius Aistės-LSMU Kaunas Lithuania Kaunas
Neptūnas-Amberton Klaipėda Lithuania Klaipėda MKK Panevėžys Lithuania Panevėžys
LCC International University Klaipėda Lithuania Klaipėda TTT Rīga Juniors Latvia Riga
TTT Rīga Latvia Riga Daugavpils University Latvia Daugavpils
TSA/CITYTEED Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Latvia U16 Latvia Riga
Šiauliai-Vilmers Lithuania Šiauliai Uniclub Bet-Oaks Vilnius Lithuania Vilnius
SBK Liepāja/LSSS Latvia Liepāja Atletas Kaunas r. Lithuania Kaunas District
RSU Riga Latvia Riga

Champions

Season Winners Score Runners-up Final location MVP Ref
1994–95 Lithuania Telerina, Vilnius Lithuania Victoria, Kaunas [2]
1995–96 Lithuania Laisvė Kaunos Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas [2]
1996–97 Lithuania Laisvė Kaunos Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas [2]
1997–98 Latvia RTU-Klondaika Riga Belarus Horizont Minsk [2]
1998–99 Belarus Horizont Minsk 71–58 Lithuania Arvi Veritas Marijampolė, Lithuania [2][9]
1999–00 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 73–38 Lithuania Arvi Veritas Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
2000–01 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 104–75 Latvia TTT Riga Riga, Latvia [2]
2001–02 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 76–65 Russia Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
2002–03 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 92–51 Finland Pantterit Helsinki, Finland [2]
2003–04 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 78–60 Lithuania Arvi Druskininkai, Lithuania [2]
2004–05 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 95–64 Lithuania Lajsve Vilnius, Lithuania [2]
2005–06 Lithuania Vilnius Telekomas 90–57 Ukraine TIM SKUF Druskininkai, Lithuania United States Katie Douglas [2]
2006–07 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 75–66 Lithuania Arvi Druskininkai, Lithuania [2]
2007–08 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 59–53 Latvia Cēsis Riga, Latvia United States Willnett Crockett [2]
2008–09 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 68–47 Latvia Cēsis Cēsis, Latvia United States Crystal Langhorne
2009–10 Lithuania Vilnius TEO 70–56 Lithuania Klaipėda Klaipėda, Lithuania United States Belarus Lindsey Harding
2010–11 Lithuania Kaunas VIČI-Aistės 85–72 Russia Spartak St. Petersburg SC A. Sabonis

Kaunas, Lithuania

Lithuania Aušra Bimbaitė
2011–12 Lithuania Kaunas VIČI-Aistės 79–66 Belarus Horizont Minsk SC Olympia

Lida, Belarus

Lithuania Tatsiana Likhtarovich
2012–13 Belarus Olimpia Grodno[9] 74–49 Belarus Horizont Minsk Druskininkai, Lithuania Belarus Maryia Papova
2013–14 Lithuania BC Kibirkstis-Tiche 67–57 Belarus Horizont Minsk Mykolas Romeris University Hall

Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuania Mantė Kvederavičiūtė
2014–15 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk 63–55 Latvia TTT Riga Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Belarus Viktoryia Hasper [9]
2015–16 Lithuania Marijampolės Sūduva 69–57 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk Marijampolės ŽSM Hall, Marijampolė, Lithuania Lithuania Iveta Salkauske
2016–17 Russia Dynamo-Farm Kursk 70–42 Estonia FCR Media/Rapla Druskininkai, Lithuania Russia Ekaterina Polyashova
2017–18 Russia Inventa-Farm Kursk 65–54 Belarus BC Tsmoki-Minsk Druskininkai, Lithuania Russia Evgeniia Frolkina
2018–19 Lithuania Aistės-LSU Kaunas 69–51 Latvia Riga Stradiņš University Riga, Latvia [10]
2019–20 Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Latvia TTT Riga declared winner and Latvia BK Liepāja/LSSS declared second [11]
2020–21 Latvia TTT Riga 85–58 Latvia BK Liepāja/LSSS Estonia [12]
2021–22 Latvia TTT Riga 68-62 Lithuania Kibirkštis-MRU Vilnius, Lithuania [13]
2022–23 Latvia TTT Riga 69–68 Lithuania Kibirkštis-MRU [14]
2023–24 Latvia TTT Riga 77–66 Lithuania LCC International University Palanga, Lithuania [15]
2024–25 Lithuania Kibirkštis 76–61 Lithuania BC Neptunas-Amberton Riga, Latvia [16]

Division B

Season Winners Score Runners-up Final location MVP Ref
2024–25 Lithuania MKK Panevėžys 88–78 OT Lithuania Aistės-LSMU Kaunas Daugavpils, Latvia [17]

References

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  17. ^ "Panevezys Triumphs in Overtime to Claim BioSil-WBBL Division B Title". womenbbl.com.

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