Russian Women's Basketball Premier League

Women's Premier League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country	Russia
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	UMMC Ekaterinburg (10th title)
Official website	www.russiabasket.ru (Russian)

The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the premier women's basketball competition in Russia. The category consists of 10 teams playing a total of 18 rounds. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams play the play-offs throughout April, ending in a 5 matches final.

Defunct team CSKA Moscow, later relocated to Samara as VBM-SGAU Samara, remains the most successful team in the championship with 9 titles, including a record 6-year winning streak. UMMC Ekaterinburg (7), Dynamo Moscow (4) and Spartak Moscow Region (2) follow in the palmares. WBPL teams have been successful in the Euroleague since the 2000s, with Spartak Moscow Region winning 4 titles in a row (a competition record up to 1976),^[1] and UMMC Ekaterinburg and VBM-SGAU Samara one each.^[2]

2013–14 season teams

• Chevakata Vologda
• Dynamo Kursk
• Dynamo Moscow
• Dynamo Novosibirsk
• Energiya Ivanovo
• UMMC Ekaterinburg
• Nadezhda Orenburg
• Spartak Moscow Region
• Spartak Noginsk
• Enisey Krasnoyarsk

List of winners

References

Basketball in Russia
RBF Russian League System Russian Professional Basketball Championship List of Russian Basketball Venues PBL Awards
National Teams	Men Russia Women Russia
Defunct National Teams	Men Soviet Union Women Soviet Union
League Competitions	Men VTB United League Russian Super League 1 Russian Higher League Russian Under–23 Youth League Russian 1 League Women Russian Women's Premier League Russian Women's Super League Russian Women's Higher League
Defunct League Competitions	Men Russian Professional Basketball League Soviet Union Premier League Women Soviet Union Women's Premier League
Cup Competitions	Men Russian Cup Women Russian Women's Cup
Defunct Cup Competitions	Men Soviet Union Cup Women Soviet Union Women's Cup