At the beginning of the 2017 season of the Zenith Bank Women`s Basketball League, it was announced that a new format was going to be adopted to increase competitiveness and improve the quality of games. Twelve teams from the current women`s league will form the Women`s Premier Basketball League and a lower division will be created for the other teams.
Phase Two of the women`s league ended in Kaduna over the weekend and the top four teams in each group will make up the twelve teams that will play in the Women`s Premier Basketball League starting next year. These teams are;
First Bank
Dolphins
IGP Queens
Delta Force
Benue Princess
Plateau Rocks
First Deepwater
Sunshine Angels
Customs
AHIP Queens
GT 2000
FCT Angels
The bottom six teams will be relegated to Division One and will be joined by other news who have applied to be a part of the league. They are;
Nasarawa Amazons
Zamfara Babes
Oluyole Babes
Taraba Hurricane
Coal City Queens
Ekiti Angels
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