Middle European League

Women's basketball league in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia

Middle European League

Sport| Basketball
Founded| 2012
First season| 2012–13
Ceased| 2014
No. of teams| 8 (2012–13)
11 (2013–14)
Country|  Hungary
Slovakia
Croatia
Continent| FIBA Europe (Europe)
Last
champion(s)|  Good Angels Košice
(2nd title)
Most titles|  Good Angels Košice
(2 titles)

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.

## History

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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

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Season  | Host  | Final  |  | Bronze final

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Winner  | Score  | Runner-up  | Third place  | Score  | Fourth place
2012–13[2] |  Košice |
Good Angels Košice | 62–58  |
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron |
MBK Ružomberok | 79–41  |
UNI Győr
2013–14[3] |  Košice |
Good Angels Košice | 70–63  |
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron |
PEAC-Pécs | 64–58  |
Novi Zagreb

## Champions

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Team  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Years Won  | Years Runner-up

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Good Angels Košice |

| 2013, 2014  | –
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron |

| –  | 2013, 2014

## MVP by edition

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* 2012–13 -
* 2013–14 -  Jia Perkins[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "About MEL". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
2. ^ "Premiérový titul MEL ostal v Košiciach". MEL Basket (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
3. ^ "MEL conquered by Good Angels". MEL Basket. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
4. ^ "Middle European League 2013-2014 - Women Basketball". Eurobasket. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

## External links

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* Official website (archived)
* Profile at eurobasket.com

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Middle European League seasons

* 2012–13
* 2013–14

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Oceania|

* Australia
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International
tournaments|

| Africa|

* African Champions Cup
* Arab Club Championship

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Americas|

* Women's Basketball League Americas
* South American Championships

Asia|

* Women's Basketball League Asia

Europe|

* EuroLeague Women
* EuroCup Women
* Europe SuperCup
* Adriatic League
* Baltic League
* Central Europe League
* Eastern European League

Defunct leagues|

| Americas|

* Central American Championships

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Europe|

* Ronchetti Cup
* Vojko Herksel Cup
* Middle European League
* Adriatic Friendly League
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Soviet Union
* Serbia and Montenegro
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