The Middle European League, shortly MEL (in Hungarian: ''Közép-Európai Liga'') was a top-level regional women's

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league, featuring teams from

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and

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. The competition was founded in 2012 and folded after two seasons in 2014.

History

Originally created as a joint Hungarian-Slovak competition, the inaugural season had 8 teams competing (4 from Hungary and 4 from Slovakia). It ran simultaneously with the Hungarian and Slovak domestic leagues, and the results between teams from the same country counted for both MEL and domestic leagues. In the second and last season, 11 teams participated (5 from Hungary, 5 from Slovakia and 1 from Croatia).

Finals

Champions

MVP by edition

*2012–13 - *2013–14 -

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References

External links

Official website (archived)

Profile
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