The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the premier

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competition in Russia. The category consists of 11 teams playing a total of 20 rounds. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams play the play-offs throughout April, ending in a 5 matches final.

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is the most successful team in the championship with 15 titles, including a record 13-year winning streak. Defunct team CSKA Moscow, later relocated to

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as VBM-SGAU Samara (9), Dynamo Moscow (4) and

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(2) follow in the palmares. Thanks to large number of foreign players, WBPL teams have been successful in the Euroleague since the 2000s, with Spartak Moscow Region winning 4 titles in a row (a competition record since 1976), UMMC Ekaterinburg winning 6 titles, and VBM-SGAU Samara and Dynamo Kursk one each.List of winners of the Euroleague
in FIBA Europe's website

History

2017–18 season teams

* Dynamo Kursk * Dynamo Moscow * Dynamo Novosibirsk *

* Nadezhda Orenburg *

* Spartak Noginsk * Enisey Krasnoyarsk * Kazanochka Kazan *

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* Inventa Kursk

List of winners

Awards

References

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