The Higher Women's League Starts in October: Overview of Teams and Changes for the Season.

According to inkorr.com: The new season of the Higher Women's League starts in mid-October, as reported by Glavkom citing the FBU. The league has two new teams – MOBI-SDYUSHOR from Kyiv and BK KHAI-Team of Kharkiv region, which will replace the clubs that will not participate in the new season.

Team Composition and Competition System

Among the teams remaining from the previous season are – Ivano-Frankivsk-PNU-DYUSH-2, Rivne-OSHVSM-OSDUSSHOR, Team of Poltava region-BK Poltava-Basket-SumDPU-KDUSSH No. 1, Kozachka-KPU-ODUSSH (Zaporizhzhia), SDYUSHOR-4 (Mykolaiv), KIVS-SKIF (Lviv) and InterChem-2 (Odesa). The season will take place in two stages: in the first stage, teams will compete in two rounds according to a round-robin schedule, and in the second stage, the four best teams from the first stage will compete for prizes.

The National Men's Team of Ukraine won the pre-qualification for the World Championship-2027 from the first place in the group, advancing to the main qualifying round of the world championship.

Success of the Men's National Team of Ukraine

The men's national team of Ukraine won the pre-qualification for the World Championship-2027, defeating the teams of Switzerland and Slovakia in away matches. This victory strengthened their position in the group and improved the team's ranking. Success at this stage was an important step towards participation in the World Championship-2027.

Events in women's and men's basketball continue to develop: new teams are joining the league, and the victories of Ukrainian teams are raising the level of competition in the sport. A new season is on the horizon, and teams are already ready to compete for success on the international stage.