# Baltic Women's Basketball League

The Baltic Women's Basketball League (BWBL) 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. In its 15th season in 2008, the league contained 18 teams from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan. By 2016, for the league's 26th season, the league had 10 teams from Belarus, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania. After Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, teams from Belarus and Russia were banned from participation.
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.
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.

## Teams

| Division A | Division B |
| Vilniaus "Kibirkštis" | Kauno "Aistės-LSMU" |
| Klaipėdos "Neptūnas-Amberton" | Panevėžys |
| Klaipėdos LCC Tarptautinis Universitetas | Vilniaus "Uniclub Bet-Oaks" |
| Šiauliai-Vilmers | Kauno r. "Atletas" |
| TTT Riga | Akmenės kraštas |
| Liepaja/LSSS | Daugpilio universitetas |
| TSA/CITYTEED Tallinn | TTT Riga Juniors |
| | Latvijos U16 rinktinė |

## Champions

| Season | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Location | MVP |
| 1994–95 | Telerina, Vilnius | | Victoria, Kaunus | | |
| 1995–96 | Laisvė Kaunos | | Vilnius Telekomas | | |
| 1996–97 | Laisvė Kaunos | | Vilnius Telekomas | | |
| 1997–98 | Rygos RTU-Klondaika | | Horizont Minsk | | |
| 1998–99 | Horizont Minsk | 71–58 | Arvi Veritas | Marijampolė, Lithuania | |
| 1999–00 | Vilnius Telekomas | 73–38 | Arvi Veritas | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 2000–01 | Vilnius Telekomas | 104–75 | TTT Riga | Riga, Latvia | |
| 2001–02 | Vilnius Telekomas | 76–65 | Baltiyskaya Zvezda St. Petersburg | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 2002–03 | Vilnius Telekomas | 92–51 | Pantterit | Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2003–04 | Vilnius Telekomas | 78–60 | Arvi | Druskininkai, Lithuania | |
| 2004–05 | Vilnius Telekomas | 95–64 | Lajsve | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 2005–06 | Vilnius Telekomas | 90–57 | TIM SKUF | Druskininkai, Lithuania | Katie Douglas |
| 2006–07 | Vilnius TEO | 75–66 | Arvi | Druskininkai, Lithuania | |
| 2007–08 | Vilnius TEO | 59–53 | Cēsis | Riga, Latvia | Willnett Crockett |
| 2008–09 | Vilnius TEO | 68–47 | Cēsis | Cēsis, Latvia | Crystal Langhorne |
| 2009–10 | Vilnius TEO | 70–56 | Klaipėda | Klaipėda, Lithuania | Lindsey Harding |
| 2010–11 | Kaunas VIČI-Aistės | 85–72 | Spartak St. Petersburg | SC A. Sabonisa Kaunas, Lithuania | Aušra Bimbaitė |
| 2011–12 | Kaunas VIČI-Aistės | 79–66 | Horizont Minsk | SC Olympia Lida, Belarus | Tatsiana Likhtarovich |
| 2012–13 | Olimpia Grodno | 74–49 | Horizont Minsk | Druskininkai, Lithuania | Maryia Papova |
| 2013–14 | BC Kibirkstis-Tiche | 67–57 | Horizont Minsk | M. Riomerio universition basketball hall Vilnius, Lithuania | Mantė Kvederavičiūtė |
| 2014–15 | BC Tsmoki-Minsk | 63–55 | TTT Riga | Olympic sports arena Riga, Latvia | Viktoryia Hasper |
| 2015–16 | Marijampolės Sūduva | 69–57 | BC Tsmoki-Minsk | Marijampolės ŽSM krepšinio salėMarijampolė, Lithuania | Iveta Salkauske |
| 2016–17 | Dynamo-Farm Kursk | 70–42 | FCR Media/Rapla | Druskininkai, Lithuania | Ekaterina Polyashova |
| 2017–18 | Inventa-Farm Kursk | 65–54 | BC Tsmoki-Minsk | Druskininkai, Lithuania | Evgeniia Frolkina |
| 2018–19 | Aistės-LSU Kaunus | 69–51 | Riga Stradinš University | Riga, Latvia | |
| 2019–20 | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second | Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with TTT Riga declared winner and BK Liepaja/LSSS declared second |
| 2020–21 | TTT Riga | 85–58 | BK Liepaja/LSSS | Estonia | |
| 2021–22 | TTT Riga | 68-62 | Kibirkštis-MRU | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 2022–23 | TTT Riga | 69–68 | Kibirkštis-MRU | | |
| 2023–24 | TTT Riga | 77–66 | LCC International University | Palanga, Lithuania | |