Photo: Nikola Krawczyk
The 2024 European Women`s Basketball league Cup will start on Saturday, November 25, at the Hala Ostravská univerzita in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Three teams from Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine will compete in the first stage.
SCHEDULE, local time
Saturday, November 25
16:30 Ostrava – Polonia Warszawa
Sunday, November 26
16:30 Polonia Warszawa – Frankivsk Prykarpattya
Monday, November 27
17:00 Frankivsk Prykarpattya – SBŠ Ostrava
FORMAT, as of November 23, 2023
Four teams will play two rounds, with six games for each team. All results will be taken into account, setting semifinal pairs for the Final Four. The highest ranked team will meet the lowest ranked team in the first semifinal, while the second ranked team will face the third ranked team.
TEAMS, as of November 23, 2023
SBŠ Ostrava: sixth year in the league, starting from 2018. Finished the previous season in the sixth place, in front of the 2016 and 2019 EWBL champion TTT Rīga and Šiauliai/Vilmers. Best result: qualified to the 2022 Final Four and finished in the fourth place.
SKK Polonia Warszawa: second year in the league, ended the first regular season with a 7-0 record and hosted the 2023 EWBL Final Four at the Centrum Sportu Wilanow in Warsaw. Best result: EWBL bronze medalist in 2023.
Frankivsk Prykarpattya: second year in the league, posted a 4-3 record in the first regular season and advanced to the 2023 Final Four. Best result: fourth place in 2023.
UP NEXT
First stage: preview on November 24
First and second game: both reviews on November 26
Third game: review on November 27
Polish clubs in the league: Basket Gdynia (2015-2017), AZS UMCS Lublin (2016-2017), Polonia Warszawa (from 2022).
Czech clubs in the league: Žabiny Brno (2017-2020, 2021-2022), SBŠ Ostrava (from 2018), Levharti Chomutov (2022-2023).
Ukrainian clubs in the league: Avangard Kyiv (2016-2017), Prometey (2020-2021), Frankivsk Prykarpattya (from 2022).
EWBL links
Polonia Warszawa https://www.ewbl.eu/post/there-is-a-city-welcome-polonia-warszawa
Frankivsk Prykarpattya https://www.ewbl.eu/post/lineup-completed-welcome-frankivsk-prykarpattya