2024–25 Russian Women's Basketball Premier League

Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Season2024–25
DatesRegular season:
3 October 2024 – 31 January 2025
Winners and losers stage:
12 February – 22 March 2025
Play Offs:

9 April – 2 May 2025
Teams11
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Unique Thompson
Finals
ChampionsUMMC Ekaterinburg (18th title)
Runners-upNadezhda Orenburg
Finals MVPRussia Maria Klyundikova[1]
Statistical leaders
Points United States Aliyah Mazyck 19.1
Rebounds United States Unique Thompson 10.3
Assists Russia Mariya Krymova 4.5
Steals Russia Tatiana Vidmer 2.7
Blocks United States Malury Bates 1.4
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The 2024–25 Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the 34th season of the top division women's basketball league in Russia since its establishment in 1992. It starts in October 2024 with the first round of the regular season and ends in May 2025.

UMMC Ekaterinburg are the defending champions.

UMMC Ekaterinburg won their eighteenth title after beating Nadezhda Orenburg in the final.[2][3]

Format

In the first round, each team plays each other twice. The top six progress to the winners stage while the bottom five advance to the losers stage. In the winners stage, teams play each other twice and every team reaches the play offs. In the losers stage, teams play each other twice and the teams who finish in sixth, seventh and eighth place advance to the play offs. The quarterfinals are played as a best of three series while the semifinals and the final are played as a best of five series. The clubs that don't qualify for the play offs play in the 9–11 classification group and the teams who lose at the quarterfinal stage play in the 5–8 classification group.

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 20 19 1 1683 1221 +462 39 Winners stage
2 MBA Moscow 20 14 6 1390 1326 +64 34
3 Dynamo Kursk 20 13 7 1462 1271 +191 33[a]
4 Nika Syktyvkar 20 13 7 1416 1376 +40 33[a]
5 Nadezhda Orenburg 20 12 8 1407 1293 +114 32
6 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 20 10 10 1296 1321 −25 30
7 Dynamo Novosibirsk 20 9 11 1331 1411 −80 29 Losers stage
8 Spartak Moscow 20 7 13 1307 1418 −111 27[b]
9 Samara 20 7 13 1293 1417 −124 27[b]
10 Neftyanik Omsk 20 4 16 1190 1452 −262 24
11 Dynamo Moscow 20 2 18 1214 1483 −269 22
Source: Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dynamo Kursk 143–127 Nika Syktyvkar
  2. ^ a b Spartak Moscow 140–134 Samara

Winners stage

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 30 29 1 2537 1841 +696 59 Play Offs
2 MBA Moscow 30 19 11 2067 2034 +33 49
3 Dynamo Kursk 30 18 12 2155 1944 +211 48
4 Nadezhda Orenburg 30 17 13 2082 1971 +111 47
5 Nika Syktyvkar 30 15 15 2085 2156 −71 45
6 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 30 13 17 1945 2079 −134 43
Source: Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Losers stage

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
7 Dynamo Novosibirsk 28 14 14 1890 1941 −51 42 Play Offs
8 Spartak Moscow 28 12 16 1863 1953 −90 40
9 Samara 28 10 18 1806 1958 −152 38 9–11 classification group
10 Neftyanik Omsk 28 8 20 1706 1965 −259 36
11 Dynamo Moscow 28 5 23 1721 2015 −294 33
Source: Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Play offs

In the play offs, a reseeding process took place for the semifinals.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                      
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 77 99 2
8 Spartak Moscow 44 61 0
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 97 86 84 3
6 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 70 62 64 0
3 Dynamo Kursk 76 60 60 1
6 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 46 63 68 2
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 91 78 88 3
4 Nadezhda Orenburg 83 59 56 0
2 MBA Moscow 81 72 2
7 Dynamo Novosibirsk 67 65 0
2 MBA Moscow 53 82 49 66 1 Third place
4 Nadezhda Orenburg 78 79 63 80 3
4 Nadezhda Orenburg 62 79 2 2 MBA Moscow 86 59 80 76 3
5 Nika Syktyvkar 61 59 0 6 Enisey Krasnoyarsk 73 69 60 64 1

5–8 classification group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
5 Dynamo Kursk 3 3 0 259 226 +33 6 Fifth place
6 Nika Syktyvkar 3 2 1 222 221 +1 5 Sixth place
7 Spartak Moscow 3 1 2 206 208 −2 4 Seventh place
8 Dynamo Novosibirsk 3 0 3 218 250 −32 3 Eighth place
Source: Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

9–11 classification group

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
9 Neftyanik Omsk 4 2 2 257 236 +21 6 Ninth place
10 Dynamo Moscow 4 2 2 252 256 −4 6 Tenth place
11 Samara 4 2 2 256 273 −17 6 Eleventh place
Source: Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.


Champions of Russia
Russia
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Eighteenth title

References

  1. ^ "Новости". competitions.russiabasket.ru.
  2. ^ "UMMC sweep Nadezhda, clinch yet another PBL title". www.eurobasket.com.
  3. ^ "Новости". competitions.russiabasket.ru.