The Bulgarian Women's Basketball Championship is the premier league for women's

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clubs in

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Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

is the championship's most successful club with 15 titles between 1953 and 2004 followed by Akademik Sofia and

Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 b ...

with eight titles,

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

with seven and

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

with six, while Neftokhimik Burgas has been the most successful team in recent years with 5 titles since 2005. The championship's leading teams were fairly successful in

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competitions during the

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, with Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia winning three European Cups and two

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s between 1959 and 1984.

Maritsa Plovdiv Maritsa ( bg, Марица) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and T ...

and Minyor Pernik also played in European finals.
List of European Cup and Ronchetti Cup finals in

's website

History

2018-19 teams

* WBC Beroe, Beroe Stara Zagora *

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* WBC Septemvri 97 * Akademic Plovdiv * Lokomotiv St. Zagora * WBC Champion 2006 Sofia

List of champions

* 1945 Rakovski Sofia * 1946 Rakovski Sofia * 1947 Rakovski Sofia * 1948

* 1949

* 1950

* 1951

* 1952

* 1953

* 1954

* 1955

* 1956

* 1957

* 1958

* 1959

* 1960 Akademik Sofia * 1961

* 1962

* 1963

* 1964

* 1965

* 1966 Akademik Sofia * 1967

* 1968 Akademik Sofia * 1969 Akademik Sofia * 1970 Akademik Sofia * 1971

* 1972

* 1973

* 1974

* 1975 Akademik Sofia * 1976 Akademik Sofia * 1977

* 1978

* 1979

* 1980

* 1981

* 1982 Akademik Sofia * 1983

* 1984

* 1985

* 1986

* 1987

* 1988

* 1989

Kremikovtsi Kremikovtsi ( bg, Кремиковци ) is an industrial district of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is located to the northeast of the capital. The Kremikovtsi Steel Complex which is close to the neighbourhood is one of the largest industrial enterprises i ...

* 1990 WBC Beroe, Beroe Stara Zagora * 1991

* 1992 WBC Beroe, Beroe Stara Zagora * 1993

* 1994

* 1995

* 1996

* 1997

* 1998

* 1999

* 2000

* 2001 Akademic Plovdiv * 2002

* 2003

* 2004

* 2005 Neftokhimik Burgas * 2006 Neftokhimik Burgas * 2007

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

* 2008

Dunav Ruse FC Dunav ( bg, Дунав, officially named ''"Дунав от Русе"'') is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Ruse, which currently competes in the Second League, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. Part o ...

* 2009 Neftokhimik Burgas * 2010 Neftokhimik Burgas * 2011 Neftokhimik Burgas * 2012

* 2013

* 2014

* 2015

* 2016 Montana 2003 * 2017 Haskovo 2012 * 2018 Montana 2003 * 2019 Montana 2003 * 2021 WBC Beroe, Beroe Stara Zagora

References

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