Middle European League
The Middle European League, shortly MEL (in Hungarian: Közép-Európai Liga) was a top-level regional women's basketball league, featuring teams from Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia. The competition was founded in 2012 and folded after two seasons in 2014.
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 2012 |
Inaugural season | 2012–13 |
Ceased | 2014 |
No. of teams | 8 (2012–13) 11 (2013–14) |
Country | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continent | FIBA Europe (Europe) |
Last champion(s) | ![]() (2nd title) |
Most titles | ![]() (2 titles) |
History
Originally created as a joint Hungarian-Slovak competition, the inaugural season had 8 teams competing (4 from Hungary and 4 from Slovakia). It ran simultaneously with the Hungarian and Slovak domestic leagues, and the results between teams from the same country counted for both MEL and domestic leagues.[1]
In the second and last season, 11 teams participated (5 from Hungary, 5 from Slovakia and 1 from Croatia).[1]
Finals
Season | Host | Final | Bronze final | |||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||
2012–13[2] | ![]() |
![]() Good Angels Košice |
62–58 | ![]() UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron |
![]() MBK Ružomberok |
79–41 | ![]() UNI Győr | |
2013–14[3] | ![]() |
![]() Good Angels Košice |
70–63 | ![]() UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron |
![]() PEAC-Pécs |
64–58 | ![]() ŽKK Novi Zagreb |
Champions
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years Won | Years Runner-up |
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2013, 2014 | – | ||
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– | 2013, 2014 |
MVP by edition
- 2012–13 -
- 2013–14 -
Jia Perkins[4]
References
- "About MEL". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- "Premiérový titul MEL ostal v Košiciach". MEL Basket (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- "MEL conquered by Good Angels". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
- "Middle European League 2013-2014 - Women Basketball". Eurobasket. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
External links
- Official website (archived)
- Profile at eurobasket.com
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