WNBA-NBC Champions League (women)
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.
Competition formula
WNBA-NBC Champions League tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply:Qualification
- 12 teams participate in each event.
- Most recent champions are always pre-qualified.
- Top seven teams from the Team World Cup.
- Top three teams from the Team European Cup.
- Winner of the Team NBC Cup.
Competition format
All qualified teams are seeded in the established order to the 12-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.- 12-team bracket:
- * 7th team of World Cup – 3rd team of European Cup
- * NBC Cup winner – 6th team of World Cup
- * European Cup winner vs 5th team of World Cup
- * 4th team of World Cup vs European Cup runner-up
- The title holder and three best teams of the World Cup are seeded and play in the quarter-finals with the winners of the first-round games.
- * Title holder
- * World Cup winner
- * World Cup runner-up
- * 3rd team of World Cup
Records and statistics
Final Four
Winning clubs
| Club | Titles | Seasons won | Runners-up | Top 4 |
 SKC Victoria 1947 Bamberg | 9 | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 | 4 | 17 |
 KK Celje | 6 | 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 | 3 | 13 |
 CS Electromures Romgaz Târgu Mureș | 2 | 2002, 2006 | 1 | 6 |
 BBSV Vienna | 1 | 2016 | 2 | 4 |
 KK Pionir Subotica | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
 ŠKK Podravka Koprivnica | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| KK Mlaka Rijeka | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
 ZTE-ZAEV Nöi Zalaegerszeg | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 KK Slavia Prague | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| ASKÖ KSC Schneegattern | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| KK Admiral Zagreb | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| FTC Budapest | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 KS Polonia 1912 Leszno | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| SC Conpet-Petrolul Ploiești | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 KK Tatran Prefa Sučany | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| KK Brest Cerknica | 0 | 0 | 1 |