First A Women's Basketball League of Montenegro

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First А Women's Basketball League of Montenegro
SportBasketball
Founded2006
Inaugural season2006-07
No. of teams6
CountryMontenegro Montenegro
ContinentEurope FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		Budućnost
Most titlesBudućnost (10 titles in independent Montenegro; 12 overall)
TV partner(s)RTCG
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Montenegrin Women's Basketball Cup
Official websitehttp://www.kscg.me

The First А Women's Basketball League of Montenegro is the highest women's professional club basketball competition in Montenegro. It was founded in 2006 after the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro.

History[]

Before independence[]

Since 2006, Montenegrin women's basketball clubs played in the league system of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. Teams as ŽKK Budućnost, , and ŽKK Jedinstvo played in the First League of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro.

Most successful was ŽKK Budućnost, the only Montenegrin women's basketball club who won national trophy in Yugoslav League. First time, Budućnost won the championship at season 2001–02, after defeated ŽKK Hemofarm in playoff final series (3:2). Next year, Budućnost defended the trophy against ŽKK Vršac.
Below is the list of Montenegrin clubs' champion titles in the First League of Yugoslavia.

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
2
-
 2000-01, 2001-02

After independence[]

Soon after the Montenegrin independence referendum, Basketball Federation of Montenegro founded its own competitions, with the First A League as a top-tier women's league.
ŽKK Budućnost won first two seasons, but after that dominated ŽKK Jedinstvo with three consecutive trophies won. In period 2012-2019, all champion titles won ŽKK Budućnost.
Montenegrin clubs are playing in regional WABA league since its founding. Most successes had ŽKK Budućnost, who won the competition on seasons 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2019-20.[1]

Champions[]

From the inaugural season (2006/07), two clubs won the champion titles in Montenegrin Basketball League. ŽKK Budućnost had 10 titles, and ŽKK Jedinstvo three.[2]

Titles by season[]

Season Winner Result Runner-up Champion's Coach Player of the season
2006–07 Budućnost 3-1 Jedinstvo Montenegro Momir Milatović Montenegro Snežana Aleksić (Budućnost)
2007–08 Budućnost 3-1 Jedinstvo Montenegro Montenegro Iva Perovanović (Budućnost)
2008–09 Jedinstvo 3-0 Budućnost Montenegro Montenegro Snežana Aleksić (Budućnost)
2009–10 Jedinstvo 3-0 North Macedonia Stojna Vangelovska Montenegro Sanja Knežević (Jedinstvo)
2010–11 Jedinstvo 3-0 Budućnost Montenegro Montenegro Sanja Knežević (Jedinstvo)
2011–12 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Montenegro ()
2012–13 Budućnost 2-1 Montenegro Montenegro Ana Baletić (Budućnost)
2013–14 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro United States (Budućnost)
2014–15 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Goran Bošković Montenegro (Budućnost)
2015–16 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Goran Bošković Montenegro (Budućnost)
2016–17 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Goran Bošković Montenegro Božica Mujović (Budućnost)
2017–18 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Goran Bošković Montenegro ()
2018–19 Budućnost 2-0 Montenegro Goran Bošković Montenegro (Budućnost)
2019–20 Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]
2020–21 Budućnost 2-0 Podgorica Montenegro

Titles by Club[]

Montenegrin League[]

Below is a list of clubs with titles won in Montenegrin Basketball League.

Club Titles Runners-up Years Won
Budućnost Podgorica 11 2 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 3 2 2009, 2010, 2011
- 2
- 2
- 5
Podgorica - 1

Overall[]

Below is an overall list, with titles won in both leagues - Montenegrin Basketball League and FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Championship.

Club Titles Runners-up Years Won
Budućnost Podgorica 13 2 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 3 2 2009, 2010, 2011
- 2
- 2
- 5
Podgorica - 1

Placements by season[]

Since establishing, in Montenegrin basketball league participated 13 different teams. Only ŽKK Budućnost played all the seasons in the highest tier competition.

Club 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21
- - - 4 - 5 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Budućnost 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 5 - - - - - - - - - - -
Herceg Novi 3 6 3 - 4 - - - - - 6 - - -
Jedinstvo 2 2 1 1 1 - - 4 5 5 - - - -
- 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 -
- - - - - - - - 3 3 4 3 3 5
Podgorica - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
- - - - 6 3 2 2 - 4 3 4 4 3
- 3 4 2 5 2 3 5 6 6 5 5 - -
- 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 8 6 5 3 4 4 6 4 - - - - -
5 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

07 = season 2006/07

Montenegrin women's basketball clubs in Regional League's[]

WABA League[]

Women Adriatic Basketball League, or WABA League is founded at 2001, and Montenegrin clubs are part of it since 2004. Most successful Montenegrin representatives in WABA League were ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica and ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje. While ŽKK Budućnost won three champion titles (2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20), ŽKK Jedinstvo finished one season as a finalist in playoffs.
Below is list of participation of Montenegrin clubs by every season of WABA League.

Season Club Pos G W L Note
2004-05 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
8
18
3
15
2005-06 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
8
18
4
14
ŽKK Herceg Novi
9
18
4
14
2006-07 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
6
20
9
11
ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
7
20
7
13
ŽKK Herceg Novi
10
20
5
15
2007-08 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
2
18
15
3
 Final four: Semifinals
ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
6
18
6
12
2008-09 ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
2
16
12
4
 Final four: Finals
ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
7
16
5
11
2009-10 ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
6
18
8
10
2010-11 ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
5
22
14
8
2011-12 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
8
18
7
11
2013-14 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
8
10
5
5
 Final four: Semifinals
2014-15 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
3
10
8
2
 Final four: Semifinals
2015-16 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
1
18
17
1
 CHAMPIONS
2016-17 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
3
18
13
5
 Final four: Semifinals
2017-18 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
1
20
16
4
 CHAMPIONS
2018-19 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
2
16
11
5
 Final four: Finals
2019-20 ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
1
20
17
3
 CHAMPIONS

Montenegrin women's basketball clubs in European competitions[]

Main article: Montenegrin women's basketball clubs in European competitions

Women's basketball clubs from Montenegro participated in FIBA competitions since the start of century. Clubs which played in European Cups until today are ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica and ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje.
ŽKK Budućnost played in EuroLeague Women during the one season, but finished it after the group phase.

Team Seasons G W L
ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica
4
34
12
22
ŽKK Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje
1
6
0
6

As of the end of FIBA competitions 2015–16 season.

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.mzrkl.org/box.php?id=76
  2. ^ "Košarkaški savez Crne Gore".
  3. ^ "U Crnoj Gori poništena sezona". b92.net. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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