WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)
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| Sport | Nine-pin bowling |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country | WNBA-NBC members |
| Most recent champion(s) |  KK Slovan Rosice(1st title) |
| Most titles |  Victoria Bamberg(10 titles) |
| Official website | Website |
The WNBA-NBC Champions League is the annual competition for nine-pin bowling women'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]
Qualification
WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a stable competition formula.[3] The following rules apply:
- 16 teams participate in each event.
- Most recent champions are always pre-qualified.
- Top seven teams from the Team World Cup.
- Top five teams from the Team European Cup.
- Top three teams from the Team NBC Cup.
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.
- Seeded teams:
- Title holder
- World Cup winner
- World Cup runner-up
- 3rd team of World Cup
- 4th team of World Cup
- European Cup winner
- European Cup runner-up
- NBC Cup winner
