WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)

WNBA-NBC Champions League
Sport	Nine-pin bowling
Founded	2002
No. of teams	16
Country	WNBA-NBC members
Most recent; champion(s)	KK Mlaka (2nd title)
Most titles	Victoria Bamberg; (10 titles)
Official website	Website

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
2025-26	Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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	8
CS Electromureş Romgaz Târgu Mureș	2	2002, 2006	1	10
BBSV Vienna	1	2016	2	4
SK FWT-Composites Neunkirchen	1	2023	0	2
KK Pionir Subotica	0	—	2	9
ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica	0	—	2	5
KK Rijeka-Kvarner W.S.O.	0	—	1	1
ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg	0	—	1	1
KK Slovan Rosice	0	—	0	4
KK Slavia Prague	0	—	0	2
ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern	0	—	0	1
KK Admiral Zagreb	0	—	0	1
ŽKK Istra Poreč	0	—	0	1
SV Pöllwitz	0	—	1	2
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	7	22
Slovenia	6	4	14
Croatia	2	5	16
Austria	2	2	7
Romania	2	1	11
Serbia	0	2	7
Hungary	0	1	2
Czech Republic	0	0	6
Poland	0	0	1
Slovakia	0	0	1

Notes

^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Champions League Final Four 2019-20 has been postponed to May 2021.^[4]

References

^ "WNBA-NBC Champions League results". wnba-nbc.com.
^ "WNBA-NBC Champions League history" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de.
^ "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)
^ "Corona situation statement for NBC competitions" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de. 12 March 2020.

[coronavirus_2020-5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Champions League Final Four 2019-20 has been postponed to May 2021.^[4]

[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.

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