Women's Philippine Basketball League

Women's Philippine Basketball League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1998
Ceased	2008
No. of teams	12
Country	Philippines
Last champion(s)	Ever Bilena
Most titles	Ever Bilena (3 titles)
Official website	www.pbl.org.ph/wpbl.php

The Women's Philippine Basketball League was a women's basketball league in the Philippines. It was originally formed in 1998 as the women's counterpart to the Philippine Basketball League. The league went on hiatus from 2000 until it was revived in 2008. The revived league was expected to start-up on November 9, 2008, and ran alongside the PBL tournaments. It was open to all Filipino women basketball players 25 years old and below. However, the league quickly folded after that season.

The league was sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation. ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The WPBL held its last tournament in 1999 when the Ever Bilena team of Dioceldo Sy dominated the league for two seasons.

Teams

Bacchus Energy Drink- St. Scholastica's College
Ever Bilena- University of Santo Tomas
Mail and More- Chiang Kai Shek College
Muscle Tape- Lyceum of the Philippines University Lady Pirates
Nutri-C- Ateneo de Manila University
Oracare- De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Oracle Residences- Far Eastern University
Smart Buddy- University of the Philippines
Sunkist- De La Salle University
Discovery Suites- RP Women's Seniors Team
Xtreme Magic Sing- RP Women's Youth Team

Champions

Season	Champion	Format	Series	Runner-Up
1998	Ever Bilena
1999	Ever Bilena
2008-09 PG Flex Linoleum Cup	Ever Bilena Gandang Pinay^[6]	2-of-3	2-0	Smart Buddy-University of the Philippines

References

Women's Philippine Basketball League - 2008-09 PG Flex Linoleum Cup

Teams Bacchus Energy Drink-SSC Ever Bilena-UST Fresher Feminine Wash Mail and More-CKSC Muscle Tape-Lyceum Nutri-C-Ateneo Oracare-CSB Oracle Residences-FEU Smart Sports-UP Sunkist-La Salle Discovery Suites-RP Women's Seniors Team Xtreme Magic Sing-RP Women's Youth Team List of WPBL champions

Basketball in the Philippines

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas

National teams	Seniors M W Juniors M W Youth M W 3x3 M Per era 1980–86 1990 1998 2005–07 2009–11

Professional competitions	Philippine Basketball Association

Collegiate competitions	Philippine Collegiate Champions League Champions list NCAA UAAP Filoil Flying V Preseason Hanes Cup

List of teams List of venues

International women's basketball

FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Cup of Nations Teams

Africa	FIBA Africa AfroBasket Women

Americas	FIBA Americas FIBA Americas Women's Championship

Asia	FIBA Asia FIBA Asia Women's Championship

Europe	FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women

Oceania	FIBA Oceania FIBA Oceania Women's Championship

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

Women's professional basketball leagues

FIBA

Women's World League (defunct)

Other leagues

Africa

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
DR Congo
Egypt
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Morocco
- 2nd division
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
South Africa
Senegal
Seychelles
Swaziland
Tunisia
Uganda
Zimbabwe

Americas

Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Mexico
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
United States
- U.S. Minor: WBCBL
Uruguay
Venezuela

Asia

Bahrain
China PR
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mongolia
Philippines
Palestine
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
United-Arab-Emirates

Europe

Oceania

Australia
Fiji
New Zealand

International
tournaments

Africa	Women's Champions Cup Arab Champions Clubs Cup

Americas	Women's Basketball Championships

Europe	EuroLeague Women EuroCup Women SuperCup Women Baltic League MŽRKL Central Europe League Eastern European League

Defunct leagues

Europe	Ronchetti Cup Vojko Herksel Cup MEL WBFAL Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Sports teams and leagues based in and around Metro Manila

Leagues	Baseball Baseball Philippines Basketball Philippine Basketball Association PBA D-League ASEAN Basketball League Football United Football League Volleyball Shakey's V-League Philippine Super Liga Spikers' Turf Collegiate sports CUSA NAASCU NCAA NCRAA SCUAA UCAA UAAP WNCAA MNCAA

Basketball	PBA All teams PBA D-League All teams ABL AirAsia Philippine Patriots San Miguel Beermen

Baseball	Baseball Philippines Alabang Tigers Forward Taguig Patriots Manila Sharks

Football	United Football League Green Archers United Kaya Loyola Manila Jeepney Pachanga Diliman Philippine Army Team Socceroo

Collegiate sports	NCAA All teams UAAP All teams

Sports leagues in the Philippines

Baseball	Baseball Philippines

Basketball	Philippine Basketball Association (D-League) Countrywide Basketball League Philippine Collegiate Champions League Filsports Basketball Association Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League Philippine Secondary Schools Basketball Championship UNTV Cup Pinay Ballers League

Football	United Football League

Volleyball	Philippine Super Liga Shakey's V-League Spikers' Turf

Collegiate leagues	UAAP NCAA UCAA NCRAA NAASCU CUSA CESAFI UCLAA WNCAA MNCAA PRISSAA SCUAA COSAA ISSA LCUAA UCLAA Central Luzon

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