2024–25 Central Europe Women's League

Central Europe Women's League
The final four was held at the Diplomat Arena in Piešťany, Slovakia.
Season2024–25
DatesRegular season:
27 September 2024 – 23 February 2025
Final four:
8–9 March 2025
Games played32
TeamsTotal: 8 (from 4 countries)
Finals
Champions Piešťanské Čajky (2nd title)
Runners-up SBŠ Ostrava
Third place Sokol Hradec Králové
Fourth place MBK Ružomberok
Finals MVP Ke'Shunan James
Records
Highest scoringSBŠ Ostrava 86–78 Sokol Hradec Králové
(8 March 2025)
← 2018–19
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Central Europe Women's League is the 22nd season of this competition for the top women's teams in the Central Europe. This competition comes back after a five year absence.[1]

Piešťanské Čajky are the defending champions.

The winners were Piešťanské Čajky who defended their crown by defeating SBŠ Ostrava, in the final to secure their second title.[2]

Format

  • Regular season

The eight teams all played in a round robin system. The teams were played in three separate tournaments.[3] The top four qualifies for the Final four.

  • Final four

The four remaining teams advanced to the Final four to decide the champions. The Final four consisted of two semifinals, a third place game and the final.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2024–25 Central Europe Women's League

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position of the previous season
Regular season
UBI Graz (2nd)
Sokol Hradec Králové (4th)
SBŠ Ostrava (7th)
DSK Brandýs nad Labem (8th)
Piešťanské Čajky (1st)
Slavia Banská Bystrica (2nd)
MBK Ružomberok (3rd)
Triglav Kranj (2nd)

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PIE OST SOK RUZ BRA BAN TRI GRAZ
1 Piešťanské Čajky 7 7 0 561 350 +211 14 Final four 77–56 59–52 88–71 72–53 78–28
2 SBŠ Ostrava 7 6 1 479 427 +52 13 39–84 74–70 70–52
3 Sokol Hradec Králové 7 5 2 494 429 +65 12 54–72 89–51 76–66
4 MBK Ružomberok 7 3 4 433 425 +8 10[a] 61–66 44–57 77–71 70–43
5 DSK Brandýs nad Labem 7 3 4 494 518 −24 10[a] 47–88 67–74 89–58
6 Slavia Banská Bystrica 7 2 5 467 473 −6 9[b] 54–76 69–73 68–53
7 Triglav Kranj 7 2 5 391 505 −114 9[b] 59–70 65–86 62–55 66–59
8 UBI Graz 7 0 7 371 563 −192 7 51–103 52–96 48–82
Source: CEWL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b MBK Ružomberok 74–67 DSK Brandýs nad Labem
  2. ^ a b Slavia Banská Bystrica 68–53 Triglav Kranj

Final four

The Final four hosting rights were given to Piešťanské Čajky. The event was held at the Diplomat Arena in Piešťany, Slovakia.[3]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Piešťanské Čajky87
 
 
 
MBK Ružomberok65
 
Piešťanské Čajky81
 
 
 
SBŠ Ostrava69
 
SBŠ Ostrava86
 
 
DSK Brandýs nad Labem78
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
MBK Ružomberok60
 
 
DSK Brandýs nad Labem82

Semifinals

8 March 2025
15:30
SBŠ Ostrava 86–78 Sokol Hradec Králové
Scoring by quarter: 29–26, 24–14, 13–16, 20–22
Pts: Squires 20
Rebs: Beloševič 8
Asts: Válková 4
Pts: Martišková 18
Rebs: Vydrová 7
Asts: Žílová 8
Diplomat Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 50
8 March 2025
18:00
Piešťanské Čajky 87–65 MBK Ružomberok
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 21–24, 26–15, 22–13
Pts: James 34
Rebs: James 7
Asts: Mitrasinović 6
Pts: Kaliuzhna 19
Rebs: Štefančová, Yatskovets 8
Asts: Ďuratná, Urbanová 3
Diplomat Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 450

Third place game

9 March 2025
13:30
MBK Ružomberok 60–82 Sokol Hradec Králové
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 19–29, 10–14, 21–17
Pts: Yatskovets 20
Rebs: Yatskovets 8
Asts: Jarošová, Kraislová 3
Pts: Hálová 19
Rebs: Hálová, Vydrová 7
Asts: Martišková 6

Final

9 March 2025
16:00
Piešťanské Čajky 81–69 SBŠ Ostrava
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 27–13, 15–19, 14–18
Pts: James 24
Rebs: James, Igbokwe 10
Asts: Mitrasinović 7
Pts: Vacková 16
Rebs: Vacková 16
Asts: Kováčiková 3
Diplomat Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 462


2024–25 Central Europe Women's League Champions

Piešťanské Čajky
Second title

Awards

CEWL Final Four MVP

Player Team Ref.
Ke'Shunan James Piešťanské Čajky [4]

CEWL Player Of The Year

Player Team Ref.
Ke'Shunan James Piešťanské Čajky [4]

CEWL Forward Of The Year

Player Team Ref.
Ke'Shunan James Piešťanské Čajky [4]

CEWL Guard Of The Year

Player Team Ref.
Andželika Mitrasinović Piešťanské Čajky [4]

CEWL Center Of The Year

Player Team Ref.
Eliška Hálová Sokol Hradec Králové [4]

References

  1. ^ "CEWL | CZ.BASKETBALL". cz.basketball.
  2. ^ "Tretí pohár je náš, Čajky celkovým víťazom Stredoeurópskej ligy!". March 9, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Stredoeurópska liga CEWL vyvrcholí v Piešťanoch už tento víkend!". March 4, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.eurobasket.com.