Belgian National Badminton League

The Belgian National Badminton League, also known as Victor League (sponsored by Victor), is the top interclub competition in Belgian badminton. There are 2 national divisions organized by the Belgian Badminton Federation. All other divisions are organized per region. The competition format was restyled during the season 2007-2008.

The competition

Both national divisions consist of 8 participating clubs. These participate in 7 qualification weekends. After these qualifications, the top 4 teams will play the play-offs for the title. The bottom 4 teams will compete each other in the play-downs to maintain their position in the league.

During each match, 8 confrontations are played: 1 Men's double, 1 Women's double, 2 Men's Singles, 2 Women's Singles and 2 Mixed Doubles.

The 2010-2011 clubs

For this season, the 8 participating clubs are the following:

Club nameCityLast season's position
CSB Ixelles Elsene / Ixelles 6th
Everbergse Everberg Promoted
Lebad Heule 2nd
Pluimplukkers Ghent 5th
Saive Liège 5th
Webacsa Wellen 3rd
W & L1 Herent 4th
W & L2 Herent Promoted

Past Champions

Year Winner Runner Up
2005-06 CSB Ixelles OLVE
2006-07 Dropshot W & L
2007-08 CSB Ixelles Webacsa
2008-09 Webacsa W & L
2009-10 Saive Lebad
2010-11[1] Saive W & L 1

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