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EuroLeague Women
	Current season or competition:; EuroLeague Women 2009-10
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1959
No. of teams	24 (Group stages)
Country(ies)	FIBA Europe member associations
Most recent champion(s)	WBC Spartak Moscow
Official website	EuroLeague Women 2008-09

The EuroLeague Women (officially FIBA EuroLeague Women) is the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs.

Unlike Euroleague for men, the competition is entirely organized by FIBA Europe.

[edit] System of competition

[edit] Since 2004-2005

Now, 24 clubs take part to the European most important competition. They are divided into 4 groups of 6 teams each with home and away games.
The 6 best-placed clubs in each group qualify for the eighth-final play-offs.
Eighth-final round is established according the standings (games won, games lost, goal-average) of each team in the preliminary round. This round is played in a home and away game.
The winners of the eighth-final round will qualify for quarter-final round.
The winners of the quarter-final round qualify for the Final Four, organized by one of the qualified clubs. Semi-finals are played on Friday and finals on Sunday.

[edit] EuroLeague winners

Year	Place of the final	Winner	Runner-Up	1st game	2nd game
Under the denomination European Cup For Women’s Champions Clubs
1959	-	Slavia Sofia	Dynamo Moscow	*63-40	34-*44
1960	-	Daugava Rīga	Slavia Sofia	62-*28	*49-43
1961	-	Daugava Rīga	Slovian Orbis Prague	76-*77	*72-37
1962	-	Daugava Rīga	SK Leningrad	*55-38	48-*44
1963	-	Slavia Sofia	Slovian Orbis Prague	52-*57	*60-49
1964	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	63-*58	*40-43
1965	-	Daugava Rīga	Slavia Sofia	*49-31	52-*62
1966	-	Daugava Rīga	Slovian Orbis Prague	*62-39	73-*56
1967	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*56-41	55-*52
1968	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*76-45	58-*47
1969	-	Daugava Rīga	Chemie Halle	*62-48	82-*57
1970	-	Daugava Rīga	Wisła Kraków	*61-45	59-*42
1971	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	72-*59	*62-56
1972	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*80-59	86-*59
1973	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	64-*44	*83-60
1974	-	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	*96-67	69-*53
1975	-	Daugava Rīga	Sparta Prague	*87-59	72-*56
1976	-	Sparta Prague	Clermont UC	55-*58	*77-57
1977	Barcelona	Daugava Rīga	Clermont UC	79-53
1978	Nice	Sesto San Giovanni	Sparta Prague	74-66
1979	A Coruña	Red Star Belgrade	Budapest SE	97-62
1980	Wittenheim	Fiat Torino	Mineur Pernik	75-66
1981	Saint-Nazaire	Daugava Rīga	Red Star Belgrade	83-65
1982	Cologne	Daugava Rīga	Mineur Pernik	78-56
1983	Venice	AS Vicenza	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	76-67
1984	Budapest	Levski-Spartak Sofia	AS Vicenza	82-77
1985	Viterbo	AS Vicenza	Daugava Rīga	63-55
1986	Milan	AS Primigi Vicenza	DJK Agon Düsseldorf	71-57
1987	Thessaloniki	AS Primigi Vicenza	Dynamo Novosibirsk	86-73
1988	Düsseldorf	AS Primigi Vicenza	Dynamo Novosibirsk	70-64
1989	Florence	Jedinstvo-Aida Tuzla	AS Primigi Vicenza	74-70
1990	Cesena	Trogylos Enimont Priolo	CSKA Moscow	86-71
1991	Barcelona	Conad-Unicar Cesena	Arvika Basket	84-66
Renamed as the EuroLeague Women
1992	Bari	CB Dorna-Godella Valencia	Dynamo Kiev	66-56
1993	Llíria	CB Dorna-Godella Valencia	SFT Como	66-58 (OT)
1994	Poznań	SFT Como	CB Dorna-Godella Valencia	79-68
1995	Como	SFT Como	Godella Valencia	64-57
1996	Sofia	BTV Wuppertal	SFT Como	76-62
1997	Larissa	CJM Bourges	BTV Wuppertal	71-52
1998	Bourges	CJM Bourges	Pool Getafe Madrid	76-64
1999	Brno	SCP Ružomberok	SFT Como	63-48
2000	Ružomberok	SCP Ružomberok	CJM Bourges	67-64 (2 OT)
2001	Messina	CJM Bourges	US Valenciennes	73-71
2002	Liévin	US Valenciennes	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia	78-72
2003	Bourges	UMMC Ekaterinburg	US Valenciennes	82-80
2004	Pécs	US Valenciennes	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia	93-69
2005	Samara	VBM-SGAU Samara	Gambrinus Brno	69-66
2006	Brno	Gambrinus Brno	VBM-SGAU Samara	68-54
2007	Vidnoye	WBC Spartak Moscow	Ros Casares Valencia	76-62
2008	Brno	WBC Spartak Moscow	Gambrinus Brno	75-60
2009	Salamanca	WBC Spartak Moscow	Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca	85-70