The First Women's League of Republika Srpska in basketball ''(Serbian: Прва женска лига Републике Српске у кошарци, Prva ženska liga Republike Srpske u košarci)'', known as the Meridianbet Prva ženska liga RS for sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's basketball competition held in
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, ; also referred to as the Republic of Srpska or Serb Republic) is one of the two Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other bein ...
, an entity of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
.
Before the establishment of the Republika Srpska Championship in the 1992–93 season, teams from this region competed in the
Yugoslav league system. The league's first champion was
ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik
Ženski košarkaški klub Mladi Krajišnik (; Serbian: Женски кошаркашки клуб Млади Крајишник) is a women's professional basketball club based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club is founded in 1963. Ho ...
from
Banja Luka
Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city in Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is the tr ...
, which won nine consecutive titles. During the 1990s, the club also competed in the Championship of SR Yugoslavia, achieving a second-place finish in the 1997–98 season.
The championship is organized by the
Basketball Federation of Republika Srpska, and five clubs are competing in the 2024/25 season.
The Republika Srpska Women's First League is a lower-tier competition compared to the
Bosnia and Herzegovina Women's Basketball Championship, in which teams from Republika Srpska compete alongside clubs from other parts of the country, with a total of twelve teams. Additionally, some teams from Republika Srpska also take part in the
WABA League
WABA League, commonly known as the Adriatic League, is a top-level regional basketball league, featuring female teams from Serbia, Montenegro, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Croatia. Clubs from Turkey, North Macedonia, ...
, an international women's club competition in the
Balkan region
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.
Competition System
The championship consists of two phases:
;First Phase
This is the league stage of the tournament, played in a double round-robin format (each team plays one home and one away match against every other team).
;Second Phase (Play-Offs)
This stage features the four highest-ranked teams from the league phase. The winner of the Play-Offs is crowned the champion of Republika Srpska and qualifies for the
Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship.
Current teams
The following is the list of clubs for the 2024–25 season.
Seasons
See also
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First League of Republika Srpska (basketball)
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Basketball Federation of Republika Srpska
References
External links
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{{Women's professional basketball leagues
Basketball leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia
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Sport in Republika Srpska