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
Season2019–20
Games played154
Teams14
Regular season
RelegatedNone[i]
Finals
ChampionsNone[ii]
Records
Biggest home winAvenida 89–37 Tenerife
(4 January 2020)
Biggest away winBembibre 39–93 Avenida
(11 January 2020)
Highest scoringZamora 103–102 Casablanca
(1 March 2020)
Winning streak11 games
Perfumerías Avenida
Losing streak9 games
Quesos El Pastor
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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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

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Bembibre
 
Cáceres
 
Gipuzkoa
 
Promete
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

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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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Perfumerías Avenida 22 19 3 1638 1172 +466 41 Qualification to EuroLeague regular season
2 Spar CityLift Girona 22 18 4 1428 1198 +230 40 Qualification to EuroLeague qualifying round
3 Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 22 17 5 1550 1314 +236 39 Qualification to EuroCup group stage
4 Valencia Basket 22 14 8 1436 1323 +113 36
5 RPK Araski[a] 22 12 10 1363 1345 +18 34
6 Cadí La Seu 22 11 11 1448 1433 +15 33 Qualification to EuroCup group stage
7 Durán Maquinaria Ensino 22 11 11 1434 1432 +2 33
8 Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife 22 11 11 1481 1599 −118 33 Qualification to EuroCup qualification round
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

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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 ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Perfumerías Avenida1111112222222222111111
Spar CityLift Girona3222221111111111233322
Lointek Gernika7354344433334444322233
Valencia Basket12543433344443333444444
RPK Araski2687877677767755555555
Cadí La Seu6435755556656566688766
Durán Maquinaria Ensino91411111312109108888888766677
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife5976666765575677899888
Mann Filter Casablanca1413131099911911910910109977999
Campus Promete108912101011121112121212111210101010101010
IDK Euskotren11111213121112101210111111121111111111111111
Nissan Al-Qázeres8768588889109109912121212121212
Quesos El Pastor410109111313131414131313131313131313131313
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre13121414141414141313141414141414141414141414
Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs
Relegation to Liga Femenina 2
Source: FEB

Results

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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

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

Pos. Player Team
C   Tinara Moore Cadí La Seu

Source: [12]

National MVP

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Pos. Player Team
SG   Queralt Casas Valencia Basket

Source: [13]

All–League Team

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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

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Pos. Player Team
C   Raquel Carrera RPK Araski

Source: [15]

Best Coach

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Coach Team
  Madelen Urieta RPK Araski

Source: [16]

Player of the round

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Regular season

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Liga DIA: Así será la temporada 2019/20 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in European 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 European 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 European 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 European Spanish). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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  6. ^ "El aplazamiento se extiende hasta el 11-12 de abril debido a la ampliación del estado de alarma | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in European Spanish). 25 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  7. ^ "La FEB y los clubes de Liga Femenina Endesa acuerdan que no haya descensos y sí ascensos desde LF2 esta temporada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in European Spanish). 27 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  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 European Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ^ "La Comisión Delegada da por concluida la temporada regular sin descensos y fija las Fases de Ascenso | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in European Spanish). 8 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Araski AES | KUTXABANK ARASKI NO JUGARÁ LA EUROCUP 2020-21". www.araski.com (in European Spanish). 20 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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  26. ^ "J.10: Quinn Dornstauder cierra el círculo dos años después con un MVP de récord | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in European Spanish). 2 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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