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Team Northumbria Women
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Barking Abbey Crusaders Women
Wikipedia - Women's British Basketball League
The Women's British Basketball League (WBBL) is the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain, founded on 5 June 2014 as the women's counterpart to the British Basketball League (BBL). The league's headquarters are in Leicester alongside the offices of the men's BBL.
Like the BBL, the organisation uses a franchise-based system so there is no promotion and relegation between the WBBL and the English Women's Basketball League, which forms the lower divisions. Along with the WBBL Championship and the post-season Play-offs, it also runs two knockout competitions featuring all WBBL member teams - the WBBL Cup and WBBL Trophy.
History
Officially approved by the British Basketball League and England Basketball, the newly created Women's British Basketball League was announced to the public on 5 June 2014, and the 2014–15 season was the league's first full season of competition.
The initial line-up included pre-existing teams from England and Wales, competing in a franchise-based organisation similar to the men's British Basketball League model, with no promotion or relegation in operation with the lower leagues. All eight teams from the pre-existing English Basketball League Division One (Women) competition were selected as member clubs, as well as the two finalists from the 2014 Division Two (Women) Play-offs, Brixton Lady TopCats and Leeds Beckett University. Since the league's inauguration, both Leeds and Brixton have resigned from the league, but three new clubs have joined in that time, including the league's first member club from Scotland.
Briti WBBL-is osalevad 12 meeskonda, kes mängivad üksteisega regulaarhooaja vältel. Hooaja lõpus väljavalitud parimad meeskonnad liiguvad edasi väljalangemismängudele, mis kroonivad liiga meistri.
Liigas on mänginud mitmeid silmapaistvaid mängijaid, sealhulgas Londoni Lionsis mänginud ja olümpiamängudel osalenud Temi Fagbenle ning Cardiff Met Archersis mänginud ja Suurbritannia koondist esindanud Stef Collins.
Briti WBBL on suurepärane võimalus kogeda tipptasemel naiste korvpalli põnevust. Liiga pakub kogu hooaja vältel kaasahaaravat tegevust, kus mängijad näitavad üles oskusi, atletismivõimet ja pühendumust.