Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), officially known as the Orlen Basket Liga Kobiet (OBLK) due to its sponsorship by

Orlen Orlen S.A. (formerly ), commonly known as Orlen, is a Polish multinational corporation, multinational oil refiner, petrol retailer and natural gas trader headquartered in Płock, Poland. The company's subsidiaries include the main oil and gas c ...

, is a professional women's club

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. 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

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rules, currently consists of 10 teams (professional basketball's clubs). A BLK season is split into a league stage and a

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stage. At the end of the league stage, the top eight teams qualify for the playoff stage, while the remaining two face each other in a relegation play-out.

History

Founded in 1929, it has been carried out every year since except for 1936 and

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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. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

is the most successful team in the championship with 25 titles, followed by

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, Lotos Gdynia and

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

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
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Teams

2024–25 teams

2023–24 teams

2022–23 & 2023–24 teams

2020–21 teams

League championships

In 2022-23 European competitions

References

External links

* {{Women's professional basketball leagues Basketball leagues in Poland

Sports leagues established in 1928 lea 1928 establishments in Poland Professional sports leagues in Poland