2019–20 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The 2019–20 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 57th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. It started on 28 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and was declared null and void on 8 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Liga Femenina Endesa¹

Competition details
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Games played	154
Final positions
Champions	None[lower-roman 1]
Relegated	None[lower-roman 2]
Records
Biggest home win	Avenida 89–37 Tenerife (4 January 2020)
Biggest away win	Bembibre 39–93 Avenida (11 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Zamora 103–102 Casablanca (1 March 2020)
Winning streak	11 games Perfumerías Avenida
Losing streak	9 games Quesos El Pastor
← 2018–19 2020–21 → ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 2018–19 season, and two promoted from the 2018–19 Liga Femenina 2.[1]

Teams promoted from Liga Femenina 2

• Campus Promete
• Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife

Venues and locations

Araski

Avenida

Bembibre

Cáceres

Casablanca

Ensino

Gernika

Gipuzkoa

Girona

La Seu

Promete

Valencia

Zamora

Location of teams in 2019–20 Liga Femenina

Tenerife

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2019–20 Liga Femenina

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Cadí La Seu	La Seu d'Urgell	Palau d'Esports	800
Campus Promete	Logroño	Lobete	2,500
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Santiago Martín	5,100
Durán Maquinaria Ensino	Lugo	Pazo dos Deportes	6,500
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	Bembibre	Bembibre Arena	1,500
IDK Euskotren	San Sebastián	José Antonio Gasca	2,000
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	Gernika	Maloste	700
Mann Filter Casablanca	Zaragoza	Eduardo Lastrada	800
Nissan Al-Qázeres Extremadura	Cáceres	Juan Serrano Macayo	1,200
Perfumerías Avenida	Salamanca	Würzburg	3,000
Quesos El Pastor	Zamora	Ángel Nieto	1,500
RPK Araski	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	2,603
Spar CityLift Girona	Girona	Girona-Fontajau	5,500
Valencia Basket	Valencia	Fuente de San Luis	9,000

Season summary

On March 10, 2020, the Government of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On March 12, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation postponed all the games of the next two weeks.[3][4] On March 18, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until March 29 due to the state of alarm.[5] On March 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until April 12 due to the extension of state of alarm.[6] On April 27, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed with the Liga Femenina clubs to revoke relegations to Liga Femenina 2 and allow promotions from Liga Femenina 2 expanding the league for the next season to 16 teams[7] with the discrepancies of some clubs.[8]

On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to force majeure with the following decisions:[9]

• Relegations to Liga Femenina 2 were revoked.
• Promotions from Liga Femenina 2 remained.
• The league champion was declared null and void.
• The final standings was fixed according to the standings as of March 1 for the allocation of places for European competitions.

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perfumerías Avenida	22	19	3	1638	1172	+466	41	Qualification to EuroLeague
2	Spar CityLift Girona	22	18	4	1428	1198	+230	40	Qualification to EuroCup
3	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	22	17	5	1550	1314	+236	39
4	Valencia Basket	22	14	8	1436	1323	+113	36
5	RPK Araski[lower-alpha 1]	22	12	10	1363	1345	+18	34
6	Cadí La Seu	22	11	11	1448	1433	+15	33	Qualification to EuroCup
7	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	22	11	11	1434	1432	+2	33
8	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	22	11	11	1481	1599	−118	33
9	Mann Filter Casablanca	22	9	13	1381	1509	−128	31
10	Campus Promete	22	8	14	1298	1387	−89	30
11	IDK Euskotren	22	8	14	1353	1437	−84	30
12	Nissan Al-Qázeres Extremadura	22	6	16	1230	1493	−263	28
13	Quesos El Pastor	22	6	16	1393	1581	−188	28
14	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	22	4	18	1245	1455	−210	26

Source: FEB
Notes:

1. RPK Araski resigned to play European competitions.[10]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Perfumerías Avenida	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Spar CityLift Girona	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2
Lointek Gernika	7	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3
Valencia Basket	12	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
RPK Araski	2	6	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cadí La Seu	6	4	3	5	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	8	8	7	6	6
Durán Maquinaria Ensino	9	14	11	11	13	12	10	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	5	9	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	8
Mann Filter Casablanca	14	13	13	10	9	9	9	11	9	11	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	7	7	9	9	9
Campus Promete	10	8	9	12	10	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
IDK Euskotren	11	11	12	13	12	11	12	10	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Nissan Al-Qázeres	8	7	6	8	5	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Quesos El Pastor	4	10	10	9	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Relegation to Liga Femenina 2

Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	CAD	PRO	TFE	ENS	BEM	GIP	GER	MAN	ALQ	AVE	ZAM	ARA	GIR	VAL
Cadí La Seu	—	61–81	81–57	74–68	77–81	55–56	67–74	71–62	91–50	37–73		61–59	54–56	51–66
Campus Promete	59–78	—	60–68	55–60	57–49	69–77			49–51	57–66	64–59	59–51	57–73	62–40
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	72–83	58–77	—		76–61	67–66	62–72	81–82	68–63	57–84		86–78	61–79	75–58
Durán Maquinaria Ensino	60–68	76–55	64–52	—		70–61	47–72		100–52	68–62	59–46	68–72	77–70	70–73
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre	69–61	52–56	55–61	57–69	—	63–70	60–75	62–53	72–42	39–93	54–67	53–66
IDK Euskotren		43–57	71–72	59–58	68–59	—		61–62	80–72	58–82	66–76	56–62	45–67	57–58
Lointek Gernika	66–43	74–57	78–80	67–48	60–55	67–70	—	78–58	66–59		82–56		60–69	91–89
Mann Filter Casablanca	61–65	72–67	74–66	71–68	58–51	57–48	48–68	—	66–57	53–84	83–75			42–69
Nissan Al-Qázeres	68–74		61–56		74–60	59–55	50–81	70–68	—	55–69	50–53	45–67	42–70	40–57
Perfumerías Avenida	71–61		89–37	80–50	87–50		63–59	74–45		—	96–52	70–46	57–68	61–58
Quesos El Pastor	60–76	67–64	94–98	73–79		73–67	62–70	103–102	64–67	63–82	—	63–65	31–65
RPK Araski	64–59	72–53		52–68	67–42	79–64	40–59	65–60		42–60	69–59	—	56–68	61–69
Spar CityLift Girona		64–51		66–58	62–48	53–55	65–68	52–40	61–55	60–55	61–48	59–68	—	67–52
Valencia Basket		76–32	69–71	95–49	56–53		66–63	74–64	66–48	57–82	62–49	64–62	62–73	—

Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

All official awards of the 2019–20 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.[11]

MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Tinara Moore	Cadí La Seu

Source: [12]

National MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
SG	Queralt Casas	Valencia Basket

Source: [13]

All–League Team

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Silvia Domínguez	Perfumerías Avenida
SG	Queralt Casas	Valencia Basket
SF	Julie Wojta	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia
PF	Tanaya Atkinson	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife
C	Tinara Moore	Cadí La Seu

Source: [14]

Best Young Player Award

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Raquel Carrera	RPK Araski

Source: [15]

Best Coach

Coach	Team
Madelen Urieta	RPK Araski

Source: [16]

Player of the round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1	Brittany McPhee	Quesos El Pastor	32	[17]
2	Lyndra Weaver	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	28	[18]
3	Tanaya Atkinson	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	36	[19]
4	Brittany McPhee (2)	Quesos El Pastor	28	[20]
5	Brittany McPhee (3)	Quesos El Pastor	37	[21]
	Lyndra Weaver (2)	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife
6	Cierra Dillard	Mann Filter Casablanca	28	[22]
7	Magali Mendy	Spar CityLift Girona	28	[23]
8	Tinara Moore	Cadí La Seu	32	[24]
9	Blake Dietrick	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	29	[25]
	Meiya Tireira	Valencia Basket
10	Quinn Dornstauder	Quesos El Pastor	39	[26]
11	Atonye Nyingifa	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	31	[27]
12	Tinara Moore (2)	Cadí La Seu	40	[28]
13	Jennie Simms	Nissan Al-Qázeres Extremadura	27	[29]
	Leia Dongue	Campus Promete
14	Tamara Seda	RPK Araski	31	[30]
15	Toch Sarr	IDK Euskotren	28	[31]
16	Nikolina Milić	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	28	[32]
17	Atonye Nyingifa (2)	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	27	[33]
	Shereesha Richards	Durán Maquinaria Ensino
18	Nikolina Milić (2)	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	33	[34]
19	Nikolina Milić (3)	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	28	[35]
20	Atonye Nyingifa (3)	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	26	[36]
	Tamara Seda (2)	RPK Araski
	Tinara Moore (3)	Cadí La Seu
21	Quinn Dornstauder (2)	Quesos El Pastor	28	[37]
22	Ariel Edwards	IDK Euskotren	28	[38]
	Laura García	IDK Euskotren
	Laura Cornelius	Quesos El Pastor
	Merritt Hempe	Mann Filter Casablanca

Spanish clubs in international competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Result
Spar CityLift Girona	EuroLeague	Regular season Group B	6th of 8 teams (6–8)
	EuroCup	Quarter-finals	0–0
Perfumerías Avenida		Quarter-finals	10–0
Valencia Basket		Quarter-finals	9–1
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia		Round of 8	7–5
Cadí La Seu		Round of 16	6–4

Notes

1. The league champion was declared null and void due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1. "Liga DIA: Así será la temporada 2019/20 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
2. "Todos los partidos de las Competiciones FEB se disputarán a puerta cerrada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. "La FEB suspende cautelarmente la próxima jornada de todas sus competiciones nacionales | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. "Las Comisiones Delegada y de Presidentes de la FEB ratifican el aplazamiento de las dos próximas jornadas en todas sus competiciones nacionales | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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8. Puertas, José Manuel (27 April 2020). "Cisma en la Liga Femenina: la FEB la amplía unilateralmente ante el enfado de los clubes". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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10. "Araski AES | KUTXABANK ARASKI NO JUGARÁ LA EUROCUP 2020-21". www.araski.com (in Spanish). 20 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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25. "J.9: Blake Dietrick y Meiya Tirera se estrenan compartiendo MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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27. "Atonye Nyingifa vuelve a ser MVP justo un año después | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
28. "J.12: Tinara Moore, un segundo MVP que bien vale el pase a la #CopaReinaLFEndesa | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
29. "J.13: Simms & Dongue, el MVP compartido del esfuerzo sin premio | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
30. "J.14: Tamara Seda certifica el poderío africano en la #LFEndesa con su MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
31. "J.15: Toch Sarr, la senegalesa de Donosti se lleva el MVP más ilustre | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 6 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
32. "J.16: Nikolina Milic y su MVP, broche a la semana de ensueño del Lointek Gernika | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
33. "J.17: Nyingifa y Richards, las MVP's del matagigantes Durán Maquinaria Ensino | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
34. "J.18: Nikolina Milic se cuela en la lista de repetidoras del MVP esta temporada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
35. "J.19: Nina Milic, la 3-MVP que lidera el sueño del Lointek Gernika | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
36. "J.20: Nyingifa, Seda y Moore, protagonistas de un MVP compartido por tres | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
37. "J.21: Quinn Dornstauder, el MVP que anticipa la gran batalla zamorana | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
38. "J.22: Cuatro jugadoras comparten un MVP histórico antes de la Copa | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)