Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The league was founded in 1964 and is played under FIBA rules.

Liga Femenina Endesa

Founded	1964 (1964)
First season	1964
Country	Spain
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga Femenina 2
Domestic cup(s)	Copa de la Reina
Supercup	Supercopa de España
International cup(s)	EuroLeague EuroCup
Current champions	Spar CityLift Girona (2nd title) (2018–19)
Most championships	Ros Casares Valencia (8 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte
Website	ligafemenina.es
2020–21 season

Throughout its history 16 clubs have been champions; Ros Casares Valencia have won the most championships, with eight.

Liga championship rules

Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, once at home and once away. This means that in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto the league's regular season ends after all teams play 26 matches.

At the end of the league, the eight best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 8th place team in the standings, and so on. There are three playoff rounds, each consisting of three-game series, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. This is similar to the NBA playoffs system, but shorter.

Each season, the two last qualified teams of the regular season are relegated to Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto and replaced by the two first qualified teams of this league.

Current clubs

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

History

Pre playoffs era Season Champion Runner-up 1964 CREFF Madrid Medina Madrid 1965 CREFF Madrid Indo Barcelona 1965–66 Medina La Coruña CREFF Madrid 1966–67 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1967–68 CREFF Madrid CE Mataró 1968–69 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1969–70 CREFF Madrid Medina La Coruña 1970–71 CREFF Madrid CE Mataró 1971–72 CE Mataró Picadero JC 1972–73 CE Mataró Picadero JC 1973–74 CE Mataró Celta Vigo 1974–75 Picadero JC CE Mataró 1975–76 Picadero JC CE Mataró 1976–77 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1977–78 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1978–79 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1979–80 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1980–81 Picadero JC Celta Vigo 1981–82 Celta Vigo Picadero JC 1982–83 Picadero JC Real Canoe 1983–84 Real Canoe Celta Vigo 1984–85 Real Canoe El Masnou Bàsquetbol 1985–86 Real Canoe CB Tortosa 1986–87 CB Tortosa CD Xuncas 1987–88 CB Tortosa Tintoretto Getafe 1988–89 CB Tortosa CD Xuncas 1989–90 El Masnou Bàsquetbol Tintoretto Getafe 1990–91 CB Godella Celta Vigo 1991–92 CB Godella BF Zaragoza 1992–93 CB Godella BEX 1993–94 CB Godella CB Islas Canarias 1994–95 CB Godella CB Islas Canarias 1995–96 CB Godella CB Avenida

Playoffs era Season Champion Runner-up Score 1996–97 Pool Getafe Real Canoe 2–1 1997–98 Pool Getafe Celta Vigo 2–1 1998–99 Celta Vigo Halcón Viajes 2–0 1999–00 Celta Vigo CB Islas Canarias 2–1 2000–01 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–2 2001–02 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–0 2002–03 UB - FC Barcelona Ros Casares Valencia 3–2 2003–04 Ros Casares Valencia UB - FC Barcelona 3–0 2004–05 UB - FC Barcelona Ros Casares Valencia 3–2 2005–06 CB Avenida UB - FC Barcelona 3–1 2006–07 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 3–2 2007–08 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–1 2008–09 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2009–10 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2010–11 CB Avenida Ros Casares Valencia 2–0 2011–12 Ros Casares Valencia CB Avenida 2–0 2012–13 CB Avenida Rivas Ecópolis 2–0 2013–14 Rivas Ecópolis CB Avenida 2–0 2014–15 Uni Girona CB CB Avenida 2–0 2015–16 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–1 2016–17 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–1 2017–18 CB Avenida Uni Girona CB 2–0 2018–19 Uni Girona CB CB Avenida 2–0

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Ros Casares Valencia	8	2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
CREFF Madrid	7	1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Picadero JC	6	1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983
PB Godella	6	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
CB Avenida	6	2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
CE Mataró	3	1972, 1973, 1974
Celta Vigo	3	1977, 1979, 1982
Real Canoe	3	1984, 1985, 1985
CB Tortosa	3	1987, 1988, 1989
Pool Getafe	2	1997, 1998
CD Bosco–Celta de Vigo	2	1999, 2000
UB - FC Barcelona	2	2003, 2005
Uni Girona CB	2	2015, 2019
El Masnou Basquetbol	1	1990
Medina La Coruña	1	1966
Rivas Ecópolis	1	2014

Stats leaders

Season	Top rating	PIR	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
1997–98	Jovita Jutelytė	24.09	Rosi Sánchez	19.91	Elisabeth Cebrián	12.82	Carmen González	3.70
1998–99	Nieves Anula	30.67	Nieves Anula	27.58	Elisabeth Cebrián	8.80	Sandra Gallego	3.31
1999–00	Brandy Reed	25.77	Brandy Reed	25.19	Pollyanna Johns	11.43	Amaya Valdemoro	2.88
2000–01	Amaya Valdemoro	21.88	Amaya Valdemoro	22.40	Françoise Meyendo	10.96	Raquel Delgado	2.72
2001–02	Razija Mujanović	25.09	Korie Hlede	20.12	Razija Mujanović	10.14	Yelena Tornikidu	3.27
2002–03	Yelena Tornikidu	25.77	Shannon Johnson	23.12	Dale Hodges	10.96	María José Alonso	4.62
2003–04	Tamika Whitmore	23.28	Tamika Whitmore	23.00	Jermisha Dosty	10.35	Nuria Martínez	3.35
2004–05	Yelena Tornikidu	24.88	Yelena Tornikidu	20.68	Amisha Carter	10.31	Clara Bermejo	4.12
2005–06	Érika de Souza	25.20	LaToya Thomas	19.00	Érika de Souza	12.92	Sílvia Domínguez	4.42
2006–07	Marta Fernández	22.22	Kaayla Chones	19.08	Brooke Wyckoff	11.62	Silvia Morales	4.62
2007–08	Le'coe Willingham	24.42	Roneeka Hodges	20.19	Le'coe Willingham	11.04	Silvia Morales	5.00
2008–09	Sancho Lyttle	27.39	Shay Murphy	20.73	Sancho Lyttle	11.56	Sílvia Domínguez	4.08
2009–10	Sancho Lyttle	26.92	Shay Murphy	21.12	Sancho Lyttle	10.68	Clara Bermejo	3.88
2010–11	Shay Murphy	23.54	Shay Murphy	25.58	Courtney Paris	8.77	Paola Ferrari	4.15
2011–12	Angelica Robinson	21.00	D'Andra Moss	20.15	Angelica Robinson	11.15	Lorena Infante	5.42
2012–13	Vanessa Blé	21.40	Bernice Mosby	19.27	Vanessa Blé	11.30	Noemí Jordana	4.00
2013–14	Astou Ndour	24.95	Charde Houston	19.64	Astou Ndour	13.23	Arantxa Gómez	6.32
2014–15	Ify Ibekwe	23.76	Bernice Mosby	19.19	Samarie Walker	11.46	Noemí Jordana	4.69
2015–16	Adaora Elonu	21.68	Paola Ferrari	19.15	Talia Caldwell	11.30	Arantxa Gómez	5.39
2016–17	Nádia Colhado	21.84	Roneeka Hodges	16.90	Julia Forster	11.54	Paola Ferrari	5.29
2017–18	Shacobia Barbee	18.77	Shayla Cooper	19.00	Vanessa Gidden	13.11	Gaby Ocete	5.19
2018–19	Mariam Coulibaly	17.04	Ariel Edwards	17.73	Mariam Coulibaly	10.88	Anna Gómez	6.12
2019–20[1]	Tinara Moore	18.55	Tanaya Atkinson	19.57	Vanessa Gidden	8.68	Sílvia Domínguez	5.64

See also

• Spanish Queen's Cup
• Spanish Supercup

References

1. On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

External links

• Official Site (in Spanish)
• Locos por el baloncesto femenino (in Spanish)
• "www.encancha.com" (in Spanish)