2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, will be the 58th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. It will start on 19 September 2020 with the first round of the regular season and will end at the latest on 8 May 2021 with the finals.
| Competition details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2020–21 | ||
| Teams | 16 | ||
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← 2019–20 2021–22 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. | |||
It will be the following season after the 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the league will be expanded to 16 teams for this season.
Format changes
For this season, the league will be expanded to 16 teams and the first two rounds of the playoffs will be played in a two-legged tie, instead of previous seasons best-of-three playoff that will be kept for the finals.[1]
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 16 teams will consist the league, including the same 14 sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted from the 2019–20 Liga Femenina 2.[2]
- Teams promoted from Liga Femenina 2
- Movistar Estudiantes
Snatt's Femení Sant Adrià(resigned due to economical reasons and swapped place with Spar Gran Canaria)[3]
Other changes
The professional team of Stadium Casablanca was integrated into Basket Zaragoza's structure to become its women's team. It will play with its colours, name and crest.[4]
Venues and locations
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadí La Seu | La Seu d'Urgell | Palau d'Esports | 800 |
| Campus Promete | Logroño | Palacio de los Deportes | 4,500 |
| Casademont Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe | 10,744 |
| CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura | Cáceres | Juan Serrano Macayo | 1,200 |
| 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 |
| Kutxabank Araski | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 2,603 |
| Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | Gernika | Maloste | 700 |
| Movistar Estudiantes | Madrid | Antonio Magariños | |
| Perfumerías Avenida | Salamanca | Würzburg | 3,000 |
| Quesos El Pastor | Zamora | Ángel Nieto | 1,500 |
| Spar Girona | Girona | Girona-Fontajau | 5,500 |
| Spar Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | La Paterna | |
| Valencia Basket | Valencia | La Fonteta | 9,000 |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cadí La Seu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Campus Promete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Casademont Zaragoza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | CB Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Durán Maquinaria Ensino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | IDK Euskotren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Kutxabank Araski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Movistar Estudiantes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Perfumerías Avenida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Quesos El Pastor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Spar Girona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Spar Gran Canaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Liga Femenina 2 |
| 16 | Valencia Basket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
| Leader and qualification to playoffs | |
| Qualification to playoffs | |
| Relegation to Liga Femenina 2 |
Results
Playoffs
Spanish clubs in international competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perfumerías Avenida | EuroLeague | Regular season | |
| Cadí La Seu | EuroCup | Group stage | |
| Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | Group stage | ||
| Spar Girona | Group stage | ||
| Valencia Basket | Group stage | ||
References
- "La Comisión Gestora de la FEB aprueba las Bases de Competición para la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- "Definidos los grupos y equipos de la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- "Situación LF Endesa: Sant Adriá no competirá y pueden sumarse otros..." KIA en Zona (in Spanish). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- "El Basket Zaragoza absorbe al Stadium Casablanca y competirá en Liga Femenina Endesa" (in Spanish). Palco 23. 15 June 2020.