Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet
SportBasketball
Founded1929
First season1929
CEOGrzegorz Bachański
No. of teams11
CountryPoland Poland
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		AZS-UMCS Lublin (1 title)
Most titlesWisła Kraków (25 titles)
TV partner(s)Emocje.tv
Level on pyramid1
Official websitebasketligakobiet.pl

Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet (OBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highest-tier level of the Polish league pyramid. The winning team of the final round are crowned the Polish Champions of that season.

The BLK, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 11 teams (professional basketball's clubs). A BLK season is split into a league stage and a playoffs stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage.

History

Founded in 1929, it has been carried out every year since except for 1936 and World War II. Wisła Kraków is the most successful team in the championship with 25 titles, followed by AZS Warsaw, Lotos Gdynia and ŁKS Łódź with fourteen, eleven and nine respectively. Gdynia holds the longest winning streak with eight titles in a row between 1998 and 2005.[1]

2022–23 teams

Team Location Arena
Ślęza Wrocław Wrocław Hala Sportowa AWF Wrocław
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa
BC Polkowice Polkowice Hala Sportowa - Polkowice
Basket 25 Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Artego Arena
Energa Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza Toruń Toruń Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa Toruń
PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski Hala AJP
VBW Arka Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Arena
SKK Polonia Warszawa Warszawa Centrum Sportu Wilanów
MKS Pruszków Pruszków Hala Znicz
Enea AZS Poznań Poznań Hala Politechniki Poznańskiej
Polski-Cukier AZS-UMCS Lublin Lublin MOSiR im. Zdzisława Niedzieli

2020–21 teams

Team Location Arena
Ślęza Wrocław Wrocław Hala Sportowa AWF Wrocław
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa
CCC Polkowice Polkowice Hala Sportowa - Polkowice
Basket 25 Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Artego Arena
MMKS Katarzynki Toruń Toruń Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa Toruń
PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski Hala AJP
VBW Arka Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Arena
GTK Gdynia Gdynia Gdynia Arena
AZS Uniwersytet Gdańsk Gdańsk MOSiR Gdańsk
AZS Politechnika Gdańsk Gdańsk Centrum Sportu Akademickiego Politechniki Gdańskiej
Enea AZS Poznań Poznań Hala Politechniki Poznańskiej
Pszczółka Polski-Cukier AZS-UMCS Lublin Lublin MOSiR im. Zdzisława Niedzieli

League championships

Wins Team Year(s) won
25 Wisła Can-Pack Kraków 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
14 AZS Warszawa 1930, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962
13 VBW Arka Gdynia 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2020, 2021
9 ŁKS Łódź 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997
4 Włókniarz Pabianice 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
4 Spójnia Warszawa 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952
4 BC Polkowice 2013, 2018, 2019, 2022
3 IKP Łódź 1932, 1933, 1939
2 Ślęza Wrocław 1987, 2017
2 Olimpia Poznań 1993, 1994
2 Polonia Warszawa 1934, 1935
1 AZS Poznań 1978
1 Wawel Kraków 1959
1 Lech Poznań 1957
1 TUR Łódź 1946
1 KS Cracovia 1929
1 AZS UMCS Lublin 2023

In 2022-23 European competitions

Club Competition Progress
BC Polkowice EuroLeague Women Regular season
PolskaStrefaInwestycji Enea Gorzów Wielkopolski EuroCup Women Regular season
VBW Arka Gdynia EuroCup Women Regular season
Polski-Cukier AZS-UMCS Lublin EuroCup Women Regular season
Basket 25 Bydgoszcz EuroCup Women Regular season
SKK Polonia Warszawa EWBL Regular season

See also

References

  1. ^ List of champions Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine in onet.pl

External links

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