Sport Basketball Country Russia Number of teams 10 | No. of teams 10 Continent Europe Founded 1992 | |
Most recent
champion(s) UMMC Ekaterinburg
(10th title) Official website www.russiabasket.ru (Russian) Teams UMMC Ekaterinburg, Dynamo Kursk, WBC Spartak Moscow, Chevakata Vologda, Dynamo Moscow | ||
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), and UMMC Ekaterinburg and VBM-SGAU Samara one each.