WNBA-NBC Champions League (men)
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.
Competition formula
WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply:Qualification
- 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.
Competition format
All qualified teams are seeded in the established order to the 16-team bracket. 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.- 16 Teams bracket:
- * Title holder vs 5th team of European Cup
- * World Cup winner vs 4th team of European Cup
- * World Cup runner-up vs 3rd team of NBC Cup
- * 3rd team of World Cup vs 3rd team of European Cup
- * 4th team of World Cup vs European Cup Runner-up
- * European Cup winner vs 7th team of World Cup
- * NBC Cup winner vs 6th team of World Cup
- * 5th team of World Cup vs NBC Cup runner-up
Records and statistics
Final Four
Winning clubs
Club | Titles | Seasons won | Runners-up | Top 4 |
Szegedi TE | 4 | 2006, 2013, 2014, 2016 | 3 | 12 |
SKV Rot-Weiß Zerbst 1999 | 3 | 2010, 2015, 2017 | 3 | 12 |
ŠK Železiarne Podbrezová | 3 | 2011, 2012, 2018 | 3 | 11 |
SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2009 | 2 | 8 |
KK Zadar | 5 | 2007 | 2 | 4 |
KK Osijek | 1 | 2004 | 1 | 5 |
KK Triglav Kranj | 1 | 2002 | 1 | 2 |
Zalaegerszegi TK | 1 | 2008 | 0 | 5 |
KK Zaprešić | 1 | 2019 | 0 | 3 |
KK Beograd | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
BSV Voith St. Pölten | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
KS Schwabsberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SKC Staffelberg Staffelstein | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
KS Polonia 1912 Leszno | 0 | 0 | 1 |