# EuroLeague Women

The EuroLeague Women (officially known as the FIBA EuroLeague Women) is the pre-eminent basketball league in Europe for women's basketball clubs.
Unlike the EuroLeague Men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.

## History

EuroLeague Women is the main women's club basketball competition in Europe.
First established by FIBA in September 1958, the inaugural European women's club competition consisted of 10 teams and came about following the success of an equivalent tournament for men's clubs earlier in the same year. The men's tournament consisted of 46 games, with over 100,000 spectators turning out to watch.
At the initial tournament Slavia Sofia of Bulgaria were crowned champions, beating Soviet Dynamo Moscow 64–40 at home and then 44–34 on the Muscovites court. The two-game home-and-away format for the final remained until 1976, before changing to a single-game format the following year.
During its formative years, the tournament was dominated by Daugava Riga from Latvia (then Soviet Union) who appeared in 16 finals between 1960 and 1977, winning all 16 of them. The Latvian club maintains two records that are difficult to see being bettered, with 18 overall titles, as well as the record for winning 12 consecutive championships.
In the nineties, the competition underwent two key changes. The first was the introduction of the Final Four in 1992; and the second was the rebranding of the competition in 1996, when it went from being known as European Cup for Women's Champion Clubs to what it is known as today: EuroLeague Women.
The Final Four format was given its farewell in Ekaterinburg in 2011, when Halcón Avenida defeated Spartak Moscow Region 68–59; before the 2011/2012 season heralded in a new direction for EuroLeague Women with the Final Four replaced by a Final Eight tournament.
Istanbul were granted the honour of hosting the first Final Eight tournament where Spanish club Ros Casares Valencia prevailed victorious, defeating Rivas Ecópolis 65–52 in the final. In its second year, the EuroLeague Women Final Eight moved to Ekaterinburg, where tournament hosts UMMC Ekaterinburg prevailed 82–56 over Fenerbahçe in the final.
In February 2022, the Russian teams and officials were expelled from the tournament by FIBA for the playoffs due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. EuroLeague Women suspended Russian clubs UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, and MBA Moscow.

### Names of the competition

* FIBA Women's European Champions Cup: (1958–1996)
* EuroLeague Women: (1996–present)

## Format
### 2004–2011

The 24 clubs were divided into four groups of six teams, each with home and away games.
The four best-placed clubs in each group qualified for the eighth-final play-offs.
The Eighth-finals were established according to the standings (games won, games lost, goal-average) of each team in the preliminary round. This round was played in a home and away game.
The winners of the eighth-final round qualified for the quarter-final round.
The winners of the quarter-final round qualified for the Final Four, organized by one of the qualified clubs. The semi-finals were played on a Friday and the finals on a Sunday.

### 2011–2014

The teams were split in three groups, which played each other home and away.
The best team qualified directly to the Final Eight, whereas the next best 14 teams advanced to a play-off round. The Final Eight was played over two groups in a single venue, with the best teams advancing to the Final Four.

### 2014–present

The teams are divided into two groups, each with home and away games. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, played over three games, and the winners advance to the Final Four.
For the 2020–21 season, teams were divided into four groups of four teams. The two-group format returned for the 2021–22 season.

## Results

* 1958-1996: FIBA Women's European Champions Cup
* 1997-Ongoing: EuroLeague Women
| # | Year | Final | Final | Final | | Third and fourth place | Third and fourth place |
| # | Year | Champion | Score | Runners-up | | | |
| Have not a third place match / Semifinal losers |||||||||
| 1 | 1958–59 Details | Slavia Sofia | 97–84 63–40 / 34–44 | Dynamo Moscow | | Spartak Sokolovo | Crvena zvezda |
| 2 | 1959–60 Details | Daugava Rīga | 111–71 62–28 / 49–43 | Slavia Sofia | | Slovan Orbis Prague | Crvena zvezda |
| 3 | 1960–61 Details | Daugava Rīga | 148–114 76–77 / 72–37 | Slovan Orbis Prague | | USK Tartu | Academic |
| 4 | 1961–62 Details | Daugava Rīga | 103–82 55–38 / 48–44 | SKA Leningrad | | Slovan Orbis Prague | Radnički Belgrade |
| 5 | 1962–63 Details | Slavia Sofia | 112–106 52–57 / 60–49 | Slovan Orbis Prague | | Daugava Rīga | MTK |
| 6 | 1963–64 Details | Daugava Rīga | 103–101 63–58 / 40–43 | Spartak Sokolovo | | Slavia Sofia | Crvena zvezda |
| 7 | 1964–65 Details | Daugava Rīga | 101–93 49–31 / 52–62 | Slavia Sofia | | Wisła Kraków | Slovan Orbis Prague |
| 8 | 1965–66 Details | Daugava Rīga | 135–95 62–39 / 73–56 | Slovan Orbis Prague | | Wisła Kraków | Slavia Sofia |
| 9 | 1966–67 Details | Daugava Rīga | 111–93 56–41 / 55–52 | Sparta Prague | | Academic | Wisła Kraków |
| 10 | 1967–68 Details | Daugava Rīga | 134–92 76–45 / 58–47 | Sparta Prague | | Łódź | Recoaro Vicenza |
| 11 | 1968–69 Details | Daugava Rīga | 144–105 62–48 / 82–57 | Chemie Halle | | Politehnica București | Academic |
| 12 | 1969–70 Details | Daugava Rīga | 120–87 61–45 / 59–42 | Wisła Kraków | | Academic | Sparta Prague |
| 13 | 1970–71 Details | Daugava Rīga | 134–115 72–59 / 62–56 | Clermont | | Academic | Wisła Kraków |
| 14 | 1971–72 Details | Daugava Rīga | 166–118 80–59 / 86–59 | Sparta Prague | | Geas | Clermont |
| 15 | 1972–73 Details | Daugava Rīga | 147–104 64–44 / 83–60 | Clermont | | Sparta Prague | Geas |
| 16 | 1973–74 Details | Daugava Rīga | 164–120 96–67 / 69–53 | Clermont | | Łódź | Politehnica București |
| 17 | 1974–75 Details | Daugava Rīga | 159–115 87–59 / 72–56 | Sparta Prague | | Geas | Clermont |
| 18 | 1975–76 Details | Sparta Prague | 132–115 55–58 / 77–57 | Clermont | | Geas | Academic |
| 19 | 1976–77 Details | Daugava Rīga | 76–53 | Clermont | | Geas | Sparta Prague |
| 20 | 1977–78 Details | Sesto Geas | 74–66 | Sparta Prague | | Crvena zvezda | Minyor Pernik |
| 21 | 1978–79 Details | Crvena zvezda | 97–62 | BSE | | Minyor Pernik | Sesto Geas |
| 22 | 1979–80 Details | FIAT | 75–66 | Minyor Pernik | | BOB Oud-Beijerland | Crvena zvezda |
| 23 | 1980–81 Details | Daugava Rīga | 83–65 | Crvena zvezda | | Levski-Spartak | Accorsi FIAT |
| 24 | 1981–82 Details | Daugava Rīga | 78–56 | Minyor Pernik | | Pagnossin Treviso | BSE |
| 25 | 1982–83 Details | Zolu Vicenza | 76–67 | Agon 08 Düsseldorf | | Monting | Daugava Rīga |
| 26 | 1983–84 Details | Levski Sofia | 82–77 | Zolu Vicenza | | VŠ Praha | Tungsram |
| 27 | 1984–85 Details | Fiorella Vicenza | 63–55 | Daugava Rīga | | Agon 08 Düsseldorf | Levski-Spartak |
| 28 | 1985–86 Details | Primigi Vicenza | 71–57 | Agon 08 Düsseldorf | | CSKA Moscow | Levski-Spartak |
| 29 | 1986–87 Details | Primigi Vicenza | 86–73 | Dynamo Novosibirsk | | Agon 08 Düsseldorf | Levski-Spartak |
| Round format |||||||||
| 30 | 1987–88 Details | Primigi Vicenza | 70–64 | Dynamo Novosibirsk | | Jedinstvo Tuzla | Agon 08 Düsseldorf |
| 31 | 1988–89 Details | Jedinstvo Tuzla | 74–70 | Primigi Vicenza | | Dynamo Novosibirsk | Astarac Mirande |
| 32 | 1989–90 Details | Enimont Libertas Trogylos | 86–71 | CSKA Moscow | | Crvena zvezda | Astarac Mirande |
| 33 | 1990–91 Details | Conad Cesena | 84–66 | Arvika | | Sporting | Elektrosila |
| Have a third place match |||||||||
| 34 | 1991–92 Details | Dorna Godella | 66–56 | Dynamo Kyiv | | Pool Comense | Sporting |
| 35 | 1992–93 Details | Dorna Godella | 66–58 | Pool Comense | | Challes-les-Eaux | Ružomberok |
| 36 | 1993–94 Details | Pool Comense | 79–68 | Dorna Godella | | Olimpia Poznań | GoldZack Wuppertal |
| 37 | 1994–95 Details | Pool Comense | 64–57 | Dorna Godella | | CSKA Moscow | Valenciennes Olympic |
| 38 | 1995–96 Details | Wuppertal | 76–62 | Pool Comense | | Ružomberok | Bourges |
| 39 | 1996–97 Details | Bourges | 71–52 | Wuppertal | | Ružomberok | Pool Comense |
| 40 | 1997–98 Details | Bourges | 76–64 | Pool Getafe | | Pool Comense | Valenciennes Olympic |
| 41 | 1998–99 Details | Ružomberok | 63–48 | Pool Comense | | Galatasaray | Wuppertal |
| 42 | 1999–00 Details | Ružomberok | 67–64 | Bourges | | Gambrinus BVV Brno | Dynamo Moscow |
| 43 | 2000–01 Details | Bourges | 73–71 | Valenciennes Olympic | | Pécs | Gambrinus Brno |
| 44 | 2001–02 Details | Valenciennes Olympic | 78–72 | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia | | Lavezzini Parma | Ružomberok |
| 45 | 2002–03 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 82–80 | Valenciennes Olympic | | Gambrinus Brno | Bourges |
| 46 | 2003–04 Details | Valenciennes Olympic | 93–69 | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia | | Pécs | Gambrinus Brno |
| 47 | 2004–05 Details | VBM-SGAU Samara | 69–66 | Gambrinus Brno | | Lietuvos Telekomas | Pécs |
| 48 | 2005–06 Details | Gambrinus Brno | 68–54 | VBM-SGAU Samara | | Valenciennes Olympic | Lietuvos Telekomas |
| 49 | 2006–07 Details | Spartak Moscow Region | 76–62 | Ros Casares Valencia | | CSKA Samara | Bourges |
| 50 | 2007–08 Details | Spartak Moscow Region | 75–60 | Gambrinus Brno | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Bourges |
| 51 | 2008–09 Details | Spartak Moscow Region | 85–70 | Avenida | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Euroleasing Sopron |
| 52 | 2009–10 Details | Spartak Moscow Region | 87–80 | Ros Casares Valencia | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Can Pack Wisła Kraków |
| 53 | 2010–11 Details | Halcón Avenida | 68–59 | Spartak Moscow Region | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Ros Casares Valencia |
| 54 | 2011–12 Details | Ros Casares Valencia | 65–52 | Rivas Ecópolis | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Fenerbahçe |
| 55 | 2012–13 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 82–56 | Fenerbahçe | | Bourges | Good Angels Košice |
| 56 | 2013–14 Details | Galatasaray | 69–58 | Fenerbahçe | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | Bourges |
| 57 | 2014–15 Details | USK Praha | 72–68 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | | Dynamo Kursk | Fenerbahçe |
| 58 | 2015–16 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 72–69 | Nadezhda Orenburg | | Fenerbahçe | USK Praha |
| 59 | 2016–17 Details | Dynamo Kursk | 77–63 | Fenerbahçe | | UMMC Ekaterinburg | USK Praha |
| 60 | 2017–18 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 72–53 | Sopron Basket | | Dynamo Kursk | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi |
| 61 | 2018–19 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 91–67 | Dynamo Kursk | | ZVVZ USK Praha | Sopron Basket |
| 62 | 2019–20 Details | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Curtailed and voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 63 | 2020–21 Details | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 78–68 | Perfumerías Avenida | | Fenerbahçe | Sopron Basket |
| 64 | 2021–22 Details | Sopron Basket | 60–55 | Fenerbahçe | | Perfumerías Avenida | ZVVZ USK Praha |
| 65 | 2022–23 Details | Fenerbahçe | 99–60 | ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. | | Beretta Famila Schio | ZVVZ USK Praha |
| 66 | 2023–24 Details | Fenerbahçe | 106–73 | ESBVA-LM | | ZVVZ USK Praha | ÇBK Mersin Yenişehir Bld. |

## Statistics
### Medals by country

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 18 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Russia | 12 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 3 | Italy | 11 | 5 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Turkey | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 | CIS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 65 | 65 | 94 | 224 |
* Semifinal losers from 1958 to 1987 considered as bronze.

### Titles by club

| Rank | Club | Winners | Runners-up |
| 1 | Daugava Rīga | 18 | 1 |
| 2 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Vicenza | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow Region | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | CJM Bourges Basket | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | CB Godella-Pool Getafe | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Pool Comense 1872 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Valenciennes Olympic | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Slavia Sofia | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Ružomberok | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sparta Prague | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Brno | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Avenida | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Ros Casares Valencia | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Wuppertal Wings | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Crvena zvezda | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | VBM-SGAU Samara | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Dynamo Kursk | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sopron Basket | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Levski Sofia | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FIAT | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Unicar Cesena | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GS Trogylos Basket Priolo | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Sesto San Giovanni | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Jedinstvo Tuzla | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | USK Praha | 1 | 0 |

## Stats leaders

| Season | Top scorer | PPG | Top rebounder | RPG | Top assistant | APG |
| 1991–92 | Razija Mujanović | 27.3 | Razija Mujanović | 9.1 | Corinne Benintendi | 2.7 |
| 1992–93 | Yelena Khudashova | 24.8 | Katrina Johnson | 11.6 | Corinne Benintendi | 5.1 |
| 1993–94 | Razija Mujanović | 20.4 | Katrina Johnson | 12.7 | Corinne Benintendi | 5.2 |
| 1994–95 | Clarissa Davis | 30.5 | Yelena Baranova | 9.9 | Teresa Weatherspoon | 6.0 |
| 1995–96 | Clarissa Davis | 25.9 | Venus Lacy | 12.7 | Svetlana Antipova | 6.6 |
| 1996–97 | Yolanda Griffith | 24.7 | Yolanda Griffith | 17.1 | Michele Timms | 5.7 |
| 1997–98 | Jennifer Gillom | 21.8 | Maria Stepanova | 12.4 | Lyudmila Konovalova | 5.9 |
| 1998–99 | Sandy Brondello | 19.5 | Marlies Askamp | 12.3 | Ana Belén Álvaro | 4.8 |
| 1999–00 | Mila Nikolić | 19.1 | Margo Dydek | 10.6 | Aluma Goren | 4.4 |
| 2000–01 | Ann Wauters | 20.9 | Margo Dydek | 10.7 | Iveta Bieliková | 5.7 |
| 2001–02 | Albena Branzova | 20.8 | Yolanda Griffith | 11.5 | Ticha Penicheiro | 5.3 |
| 2002–03 | Ana Joković | 21.1 | Margo Dydek | 10.4 | Audrey Sauret-Gillespie | 4.8 |
| 2003–04 | Gordana Grubin | 20.5 | Maria Stepanova | 12.2 | Kristi Willoughby | 5.9 |
| 2004–05 | Katie Douglas | 20.4 | Michelle Snow | 13.6 | Dalma Iványi | 6.9 |
| 2005–06 | Katie Douglas | 20.8 | Rebekkah Brunson | 11.3 | Caroline Aubert | 6.1 |
| 2006–07 | Tina Thompson | 21.1 | DeLisha Milton-Jones | 10.9 | Caroline Aubert | 6.0 |
| 2007–08 | Lauren Jackson | 23.6 | Nicole Ohlde | 9.5 | Dalma Iványi | 5.7 |
| 2008–09 | Diana Taurasi | 20.5 | Laura Harper | 12.0 | Dalma Iványi | 7.5 |
| 2009–10 | Diana Taurasi | 24.9 | Candice Dupree | 11.0 | Anđa Jelavić | 6.7 |
| 2010–11 | Penny Taylor | 19.2 | Cheryl Ford | 14.2 | Dalma Iványi | 5.4 |
| 2011–12 | Diana Taurasi | 20.9 | Cheryl Ford | 11.9 | Sharnee Zoll-Norman | 6.6 |
| 2012–13 | Tina Charles | 24.0 | Tina Charles | 12.5 | Laia Palau | 6.4 |
| 2013–14 | Jantel Lavender | 20.3 | Luca Ivanković | 11.1 | Laia Palau | 6.8 |
| 2014–15 | Nneka Ogwumike | 19.5 | Candace Parker | 11.0 | Laia Palau | 7.1 |
| 2015–16 | Diana Taurasi | 20.9 | Crystal Langhorne | 10.8 | Laia Palau | 7.1 |
| 2016–17 | Yvonne Turner | 18.8 | Nneka Ogwumike | 10.2 | Laia Palau | 7.8 |
| 2017–18 | Kayla McBride | 18.7 | Jantel Lavender | 8.6 | Courtney Vandersloot | 9.0 |
| 2018–19 | Breanna Stewart | 21.0 | Brionna Jones | 10.9 | Amel Bouderra | 6.9 |
| 2019–20 | Alina Iagupova | 21.3 | Alyssa Thomas | 11.4 | Courtney Vandersloot | 7.1 |
| 2020–21 | Alina Iagupova | 20.0 | Clarissa Dos Santos | 12.3 | Courtney Vandersloot | 7.6 |
| 2021–22 | Kahleah Copper | 21.4 | Natasha Howard | 11.0 | Pelin Bilgiç | 6.4 |
| 2022–23 | Megan Gustafson | 22.6 | Stephanie Mavunga | 12.5 | Erica Wheeler | 7.4 |
| 2023–24 | Emma Meesseman | 17.9 | Elin Gustavsson | 9.2 | Morgan Green | 6.7 |