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.
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

History

Pre playoffs era

Playoffs era

Performance by club

Stats leaders

SeasonTop ratingPIRTop scorerPPGTop rebounderRPGTop AssistantAPG
1997–98 Jovita Jutelytė24.09 Rosi Sánchez19.91 Elisabeth Cebrián12.82 Carmen González3.70
1998–99 Nieves Anula30.67 Nieves Anula27.58 Elisabeth Cebrián8.80 Sandra Gallego3.31
1999–00 Brandy Reed25.77 Brandy Reed25.19 Pollyanna Johns11.43 Amaya Valdemoro2.88
2000–01 Amaya Valdemoro21.88 Amaya Valdemoro22.40 Françoise Meyendo10.96 Raquel Delgado2.72
2001–02 Razija Mujanović25.09 Korie Hlede20.12 Razija Mujanović10.14 Yelena Tornikidu3.27
2002–03 Yelena Tornikidu25.77 Shannon Johnson23.12 Dale Hodges10.96 María José Alonso4.62
2003–04 Tamika Whitmore23.28 Tamika Whitmore23.00 Jermisha Dosty10.35 Nuria Martínez3.35
2004–05 Yelena Tornikidu24.88 Yelena Tornikidu20.68 Amisha Carter10.31 Clara Bermejo4.12
2005–06 Érika de Souza25.20 LaToya Thomas19.00 Érika de Souza12.92 Sílvia Domínguez4.42
2006–07 Marta Fernández22.22 Kaayla Chones19.08 Brooke Wyckoff11.62 Silvia Morales4.62
2007–08 Le'coe Willingham24.42 Roneeka Hodges20.19 Le'coe Willingham11.04 Silvia Morales5.00
2008–09 Sancho Lyttle27.39 Shay Murphy20.73 Sancho Lyttle11.56 Sílvia Domínguez4.08
2009–10 Sancho Lyttle26.92 Shay Murphy21.12 Sancho Lyttle10.68 Clara Bermejo3.88
2010–11 Shay Murphy23.54 Shay Murphy25.58 Courtney Paris8.77 Paola Ferrari4.15
2011–12 Angelica Robinson21.00 D'Andra Moss20.15 Angelica Robinson11.15 Lorena Infante5.42
2012–13 Vanessa Blé21.40 Bernice Mosby19.27 Vanessa Blé11.30 Noemí Jordana4.00
2013–14 Astou Ndour24.95 Charde Houston19.64 Astou Ndour13.23 Arantxa Gómez6.32
2014–15 Ify Ibekwe23.76 Bernice Mosby19.19 Samarie Walker11.46 Noemí Jordana4.69
2015–16 Adaora Elonu21.68 Paola Ferrari19.15 Talia Caldwell11.30 Arantxa Gómez5.39
2016–17 Nádia Colhado21.84 Roneeka Hodges16.90 Julia Forster11.54 Paola Ferrari5.29
2017–18 Shacobia Barbee18.77 Shayla Cooper19.00 Vanessa Gidden13.11 Gaby Ocete5.19
2018–19 Mariam Coulibaly17.04 Ariel Edwards17.73 Mariam Coulibaly10.88 Anna Gómez6.12
2019–20 Tinara Moore18.55 Tanaya Atkinson19.57 Vanessa Gidden8.68 Sílvia Domínguez5.64