Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the premier women's basketball competition in Russia.The category consists of 11 teams playing a total of 20 rounds.[citation needed] UMMC Ekaterinburg is the most successful team in the championship with 15 titles, including a record 13-year winning streak.Thanks to large number of foreign players, WBPL teams have been successful in the Euroleague since the 2000s, with Spartak Moscow Region winning 4 titles in a row (a competition record since 1976),[1] UMMC Ekaterinburg winning 6 titles, and VBM-SGAU Samara and Dynamo Kursk one each.[2] The Russian Gold Basket Awards were the annual basketball awards that were given out by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), from 2004, to 2009, with a category for Russian Female Basketball Player of the Year.