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The Women's Basketball League (WBL) is the highest level of women's basketball in the Netherlands. The first season was played in 1949. Blue Stars is the record titleholder of the league with 20 championships. As of 2021, the league consists of nine teams.


History

From its establishment, the league was known as "Eredivisie". In 2019, the league name was changed from Vrouwen Basketball League (VBL) to Women's Basketball League (WBL). The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time the competition was not played out. No champion was named.


2021–22 clubs

The league currently consists of 9 teams. In the 2022–23 season, BAL will enter the league as its tenth team. :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''


List of champions

*1950 Westerkwartier Amsterdam *1951 Blue Stars *1952 Blue Stars *1953 Blue Stars *1954 Blue Stars *1955 Blue Stars *1956 Blue Stars *1957 Blue Stars *1958 Blue Stars *1959 Blue Stars *1960 Landlust *1961 AMVJ Amsterdam *1962 Blue Stars *1963 Blue Stars *1964 Blue Stars *1965 AMVJ Amsterdam *1966 Blue Stars *1967 AMVJ Amsterdam *1968 AMVJ Amsterdam *1969 Blue Stars *1970 AMVJ Amsterdam *1971 Blue Stars *1972 Blue Stars *1973 Blue Stars *1974 Blue Stars *1975 Blue Stars *1976 Blue Stars *1977 RZ *1978 RZ *1979
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*1980 Landlust *1981 Landlust *1982
BV Amstelveen Basketbalvereniging Amstelveen was a professional basketball club based in Amstelveen, Netherlands. History BV Amstelveen had to wait until the 1970s to celebrate the first successes in the Dutch league. The club under the sponsorship name of Ki ...
*1983
BV Amstelveen Basketbalvereniging Amstelveen was a professional basketball club based in Amstelveen, Netherlands. History BV Amstelveen had to wait until the 1970s to celebrate the first successes in the Dutch league. The club under the sponsorship name of Ki ...
*1984
BV Amstelveen Basketbalvereniging Amstelveen was a professional basketball club based in Amstelveen, Netherlands. History BV Amstelveen had to wait until the 1970s to celebrate the first successes in the Dutch league. The club under the sponsorship name of Ki ...
*1985
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1986 Canadians *1987 Hoofddorp *1988
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1989
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1990
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1991
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1992 Voorburg *1993 Tonego *1994 Tonego *1995 Tonego *1996
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1997
Lieshout Lieshout is a village located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 15 kilometres northeast of Eindhoven. There are 4,300 inhabitants, and the village is known for its brewing company Swinkels Family Brewers. The ...
*1998
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*1999
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2000
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2001
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2002 Jolly Jumpers *2003 Lely *2004
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2005
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2006
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2007
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2008
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2009
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2010
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2011 Leiderdorp *2012
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2013
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2014 Binnenland *2015 Batouwe *2016
Landslake Lions Landslake Lions is a Dutch basketball club based in Landsmeer, North Holland. The men's team currently plays in the Promotiedivisie, the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands. The women's team plays in the Vrouwen Basketball League, the ...
*2017 Batouwe *2018 Grasshoppers *2019 Grasshoppers *2020 ''None'' *2021
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...
*2022
Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...


Performance by team

Teams in bold are still active in the VBL.


References


External links


Profile
at eurobasket.com * http://www.vrouwen-basketball.nl/ Netherlands Sports leagues established in 1949 Professional sports leagues in the Netherlands Basketball leagues in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-sport-stub