Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club
basketball
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league
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Arts and entertainment
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Sports
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in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. 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
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rules, currently consists of 11 teams (professional basketball's clubs). A BLK season is split into a league stage and a
playoffs
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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
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.
Wisła Kraków
Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...
is the most successful team in the championship with 25 titles, followed by
AZS Warsaw
Academic Sports Association Warsaw ( pl, Akademicki Związek Sportowy Warszawa) was a former multi-section University sports club based in Warsaw, Poland. The club was dissolved into University clubs within Universities in Warsaw that were re-est ...
,
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.
List of champions
in onet.pl
2022–23 teams
2020–21 teams
League championships
In 2022-23 European competitions
See also
* Sports in Poland
* Basketball in Poland
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* Polish basketball league system
* Polish Basketball League
References
External links
Official Website
{{Women's professional basketball leagues
Basketball leagues in Poland
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
Sports leagues established in 1928
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1928 establishments in Poland
Professional sports leagues in Poland