Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1991 |
Inaugural season | 1991–92 |
No. of teams | 13 |
Country | Estonia |
Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
The Women's Korvpalli Meistriliiga (Estonian : Naiste Korvpalli Meistriliiga) is the top-division Estonian women's basketball league.
Four to six teams normally take part. The first tournament was held in 1991, won by Maynor Meelis from Tallinn. Teams from Tallinn University account for ten of the championship titles. Since the 2012/13 season the top five clubs have been Ekleks (Tallinn), Tallinna Ülikooli (Tallinn), Audentes SG/Noortekoondis (Tallinn), Tartu Ülikooli (Tartu) and AmEst (Rapla). Latvian league teams also compete, including Lat-Est TBR.
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Joann Lõssov was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in 1947–52, from 1949, the captain and points guard. After his career as a player, worked as the head coach of the Soviet Union women’s team in 1953–58 and helped to organise special trainings of the Soviet Union team. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010.
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