Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 |
| Inaugural season | 1964 |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country |
 Spain |
| Continent |
 Europe |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Perfumerías Avenida (4th title) |
| Most titles |
Ros Casares Valencia (8 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Teledeporte, FEBTV.com |
| Level on pyramid | 1st Tier |
| Relegation to | Liga Femenina 2 de Baloncesto |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Copa de la Reina Supercopa de España |
| Official website |
www |
The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto (English: Basketball Women's League) is the first tier level women's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1964 and organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.
The Women's Basketball League, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 14 teams, of which the most successful have been Ros Casares Valencia.
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 four best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 4th place team in the standings, and so on. There are two 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.
2015–16 season teams
| Team | City | Arena | 2014–15 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spar Citylift Girona | Girona | Fontajau | 1st |
| Perfumerías Avenida | Salamanca | Würzburg | 2nd |
| Conquero Huelva Wagen | Huelva | Andrés Estrada | 3rd |
| Cadí La Seu | La Seu d'Urgell | Palau d'Esports | 4th |
| Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre | Bembibre | Bembibre Arena | 5th |
| Gernika Bizkaia | Guernica | Maloste | 6th |
| Quesos El Pastor de la Polvorosa | Zamora | Ángel Nieto | 8th |
| IDK Gipuzkoa | San Sebastián | José Antonio Gasca | 9th |
| Spar Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | La Paterna | 10th |
| Star Center–Uni Ferrol | Ferrol | Esteiro | 11th |
| Mann-Filter | Zaragoza | Eduardo Lastrada | 12th |
| Campus Promete | Logroño | C.D.M. Lobete | 13th |
| CREF ¡Hola! | Madrid | Canal de Isabel II | 1st (LF2) |
| Añares Rioja ISB | Azpeitia | Polideportivo Municipal | Promotion to LF2 |
History
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 | 4 | 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016 |
| 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 |
| El Masnou Basquetbol | 1 | 1990 |
| Medina La Coruña | 1 | 1966 |
| Rivas Ecópolis | 1 | 2014 |
| Uni Girona CB | 1 | 2015 |
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 |
See also
References
External links
- Official Site (Spanish)
- Locos por el baloncesto femenino (Spanish)
- "www.encancha.com" (Spanish)
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