WNBA-NBC Champions League (men)

Last updated
WNBA-NBC Champions League
Sport Nine-pin bowling
Founded2002
No. of teams16
Country WNBA-NBC members
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Germany.svg SKK Chambtalkegler Raindorf (1st title)
Most titles Flag of Germany.svg SKV Rot Weiss Zerbst (6 titles)
Official website Website

The WNBA-NBC Champions League is the annual competition for nine-pin bowling men's clubs, organized by the World Ninepin Bowling Association. It is playing since 2002, and the first season the competition was named as Euroleague. [1] [2]

Contents

Competition formula

WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a stable competition formula. [3] The following rules apply:

Qualification

Vacant starting-places will occupy after the ranking exclusively with participants in the Team’s World Cup.

Competition format

All qualified teams are divided into two pots (seeded and unseeded) and then drawn into a bracket of 16 teams during an official ceremony. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, with the exception of the final four. The Final Four usually takes place in the weekend at the turn of March and April.

Records and statistics

Final Four

WNBA-NBC Champions League
SeasonFinal four hostChampionScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place
2001-02 Hunedoara,
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Slovenia.svg
KK Triglav Iskraemeco Kranj
Total result Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria Bamberg
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Kandit-Premijer Osijek
Total result Flag of Hungary.svg
MEH Szeged
2002-03 Bozen,
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria Bamberg
Total result Flag of Slovakia.svg
Železiarne Podbrezová Šport
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Kandit-Premijer Osijek
Total result
2003-04 Hagenwerder,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Kandit-Premijer Osijek
6 - 2 Flag of Slovenia.svg
KK Triglav Kranj
Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria Bamberg
7 - 1 Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Staffelberg Staffelstein
2004-05 Osijek,
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria Bamberg
6 - 2 Flag of Hungary.svg
Ferroep-Szeged TE
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Konikom-Osijek
8 - 0 Flag of Hungary.svg
Zalaegerszeg TK
2005-06 Hunedoara,
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Hungary.svg
Ferroep-Szeged TE
5 - 3 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Železiarne Podbrezová Šport
Flag of Hungary.svg
Zalaegerszeg TK
8 - 0 Flag of Poland.svg
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno
2006-07 Podbrezová,
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zadar
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Konikom-Osijek
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
7 - 1 Flag of Hungary.svg
Ferroep-Szeged TE
2007-08 Zalaegerszeg,
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Hungary.svg
Zalaegerszegi TK FMVaS
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zadar
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
4.5 - 3.5 Flag of Slovakia.svg
Železiarne Podbrezová Šport
2008-09 Koblach,
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
7 - 1 Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
Flag of Hungary.svg
Zalaegerszegi TK FMVaS
5 - 3 Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE - Gabonatransz
2009-10 Apatin,
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6 - 2 Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE - Gabonatransz
Flag of Hungary.svg
Zalaegerszegi TK FMVaS
6 - 2 Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
2010-11 Bad Langensalza,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Železiarne Podbrezová Šport
5 - 3 Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zadar
2011-12 Celje,
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Železiarne Podbrezová Šport
6 - 2 Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
2012-13 Podbrezová,
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
6 - 2 Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
Flag of Serbia.svg
KK Beograd
6 - 2 Flag of Austria.svg
BSV Voith St. Pölten
2013-14 Straubing,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
5 - 3 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zadar
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
2014-15 Straubing,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
5 - 3 Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
5 - 3 Flag of Serbia.svg
KK Beograd
2015-16 Bamberg,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
7 - 1 Flag of Germany.svg
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6.5 - 1.5 Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
2016-17 Podbrezová,
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6 - 2 Flag of Hungary.svg
Alabardos Szegedi TE
Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
5.5 - 2.5 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
2017-18 Bamberg,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŽP Šport Podbrezová
6 - 2 Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
Flag of Germany.svg
KS Schwabsberg
6 - 2 Flag of Hungary.svg
Alabardos Szegedi TE
2018-19 Zaprešić,
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
6 - 2 Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŠK Železiarne Podbrezová
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
5.5 - 2.5 Flag of Hungary.svg
Szegedi TE
2019-20 [a]
2020-21
Bamberg,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
7 - 1 Flag of Hungary.svg
Zengő Alföld Szegedi TE
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Mertojak Split
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
2021-22 Pápa,
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŠK Železiarne Podbrezová
4.5 - 3.5 Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
Flag of Italy.svg
KK Neumarkt Imperial-Life
6 - 2 Flag of Germany.svg
SKK Chambtalkegler Raindorf
2022-23 Graz,
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
7 - 1 Flag of Austria.svg
KSK Union Orth/Donau
Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zadar
5 - 3 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Mertojak Split
2023-24 Bačka Topola,
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
5 - 3 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Zaprešić
Flag of Germany.svg
SKK Chambtalkegler Raindorf
5 - 3 Flag of Slovakia.svg
ŠK Železiarne Podbrezová
2024-25 Morfelden,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg
SKK Chambtalkegler Raindorf
6 - 2 Flag of Austria.svg
KSK Union Orth/Donau
Flag of Germany.svg
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999
6 - 2 Flag of Croatia.svg
KK Mertojak Split
2025-26 Brčko,
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia-Herzegovina




2026-27 Bautzen,
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany




Winning clubs

Performances in the Final Four of WNBA-NBC Champions League by club
ClubTitlesYears wonRunners-upTop 4
Flag of Germany.svg SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 199962010, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024417
Flag of Hungary.svg Szegedi TE42006, 2013, 2014, 2016515
Flag of Slovakia.svg ŠK Železiarne Podbrezová42011, 2012, 2018, 2022413
Flag of Germany.svg SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg32003, 2005, 200938
Flag of Croatia.svg KK Zadar1200725
Flag of Croatia.svg KK Zaprešić1201916
Flag of Croatia.svg KK Osijek1200415
Flag of Slovenia.svg KK Triglav Kranj1200212
Flag of Hungary.svg Zalaegerszegi TK1200805
Flag of Germany.svg SKK Chambtalkegler Raindorf1202503
Flag of Austria.svg KSK Union Orth/Donau021
Flag of Croatia.svg KK Mertojak Split003
Flag of Serbia.svg KK Beograd002
Flag of Austria.svg BSV Voith St. Pölten001
Flag of Germany.svg KS Schwabsberg001
Flag of Germany.svg SKC Staffelberg Staffelstein001
Flag of Italy.svg KK Neumarkt Imperial-Life001
Flag of Poland.svg KS Polonia 1912 Leszno001

Performances by nation

Performances in the Final Four by nation
NationTitlesRunners-upTop 4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10630
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5520
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4313
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3419
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 112
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 023
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 002
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 001
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 001

Notes

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Champions League Final Four 2019-20 has been postponed to May 2021. [4]

References

  1. "WNBA-NBC Champions League results". wnba-nbc.com.
  2. "WNBA-NBC Champions League history" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de.
  3. "WNBA-NBC Champions League Implementing Regulations" (PDF). wnba-nbc.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-01. Retrieved 2024-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Corona situation statement for NBC competitions" (PDF). wnba-nbc.de. 12 March 2020.