Middle_European_League References

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

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
Season	Host	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

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years Won	Years Runner-up
Good Angels Košice	2	–	2013, 2014	–
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron	–	2	–	2013, 2014

MVP by edition

2012–13 -
2013–14 - Jia Perkins^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "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

[MEL-1] "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.

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