2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 58th season of the Spanish basketball women's league. It started 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.

Liga Femenina Endesa^1
Season	2020–21
Teams	16
Games played	172
Records
Biggest home win	Girona 85–37 Cáceres (11 January 2021)
Biggest away win	Cáceres 42–97 Avenida (2 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Tenerife 103–102 Gran Canaria (20 September 2020)
Winning streak	21 games Perfumerías Avenida
Losing streak	8 games Quesos El Pastor Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 29 January 2021. ^1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

It is the following season after the 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the league was expanded to 16 teams for this season.

Format changes

For this season, the league was 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 consist the league, including the same 14 sides from the 2019–20 season and two promoted from the 2019–20 Liga Femenina 2.[2][3]

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)[4]

Other changes

The professional team of Stadium Casablanca was integrated into Basket Zaragoza's structure to become its women's team. It play with its colours, name and crest.[5]

Venues and locations

Araski

Avenida

Bembibre

Cáceres

Zaragoza

Ensino

Estudiantes

Gernika

Gipuzkoa

Girona

La Seu

Promete

Valencia

Zamora

Location of teams in 2020–21 Liga Femenina

Gran Canaria

Tenerife

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2020–21 Liga Femenina

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura	Cáceres	Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres	6,550
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
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	2,500
Kutxabank Araski	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza	2,603
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	Gernika	Maloste	800
Movistar Estudiantes	Madrid	Antonio Magariños	700
Perfumerías Avenida	Salamanca	Würzburg	3,000
Quesos El Pastor	Zamora	Ángel Nieto	2,200
Spar Girona	Girona	Girona-Fontajau	5,500
Spar Gran Canaria	Las Palmas	La Paterna	1,600
Valencia Basket	Valencia	La Fonteta	8,500

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Perfumerías Avenida	21	21	0	1699	1224	+475	42	Qualification to playoffs
2	Spar Girona	21	19	2	1562	1246	+316	40
3	Valencia Basket	20	19	1	1502	1132	+370	39
4	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	22	14	8	1489	1330	+159	36
5	Movistar Estudiantes	20	13	7	1412	1279	+133	33
6	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	22	11	11	1491	1558	−67	33
7	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	22	11	11	1505	1601	−96	33
8	IDK Euskotren	22	11	11	1480	1452	+28	33
9	Cadí La Seu	22	10	12	1370	1424	−54	32
10	Kutxabank Araski	21	9	12	1279	1349	−70	30
11	Casademont Zaragoza	22	7	15	1479	1643	−164	29
12	Spar Gran Canaria	22	7	15	1572	1689	−117	29
13	Campus Promete	20	8	12	1287	1344	−57	28
14	Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura	22	5	17	1346	1639	−293	27
15	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	22	4	18	1399	1600	−201	26	Relegation to Liga Femenina 2
16	Quesos El Pastor	23	3	20	1404	1766	−362	26

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2021. Source: FEB

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Perfumerías Avenida	6	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Spar Girona	5	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Valencia Basket	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	12	3	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Movistar Estudiantes	10	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	7	5
Durán Maquinaria Ensino	9	13	8	12	7	7	8	10	8	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	6	6
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	7	11	6	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	7
IDK Euskotren	4	7	10	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	8	8	8	8
Cadí La Seu	15	15	9	7	8	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	9
Kutxabank Araski	13	6	5	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	8	7	7	9	9	10	10
Casademont Zaragoza	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Spar Gran Canaria	8	12	15	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Campus Promete	1	9	11	10	10	8	9	9	10	8	9	8	8	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	13
Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura	2	4	14	15	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	14	14
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	11	14	12	11	13	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Quesos El Pastor	14	8	13	13	15	15	16	15	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs
	Relegation to Liga Femenina 2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2021. Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	ALQ	CAD	PRO	ZGZ	TFE	ENS	BEM	GIP	ARA	GER	EST	AVE	ZAM	GIR	GCA	VAL
Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura	—	51–61		66–79	71–76	77–74	81–77	67–63	78–62	38–69		42–97	74–56		66–80
Cadí La Seu		—	73–69	60–57	59–67	65–78	66–54		55–67		64–61		58–68	50–71	82–69	67–77
Campus Promete	68–62		—	65–73						59–47	66–82	44–75	89–52	70–96	73–66	51–71
Casademont Zaragoza	77–71	70–69		—	61–80	66–74	79–75			76–87	64–85		70–60	76–80		62–91
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife		56–70	68–56	69–66	—	63–72	83–80	69–61	77–57			55–84		48–80	103–102	66–70
Durán Maquinaria Ensino			48–56	88–55	60–73	—	70–65	80–71	70–67	66–78	56–73	52–58			92–57
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM		61–74	63–80	66–63	55–62		—	65–76	52–54	62–49		64–81		46–77	79–69
IDK Euskotren	81–69	58–44	62–55	76–67		87–89	69–58	—	59–53	60–50		66–84	70–58	63–81		58–64
Kutxabank Araski	64–54	68–58	72–62	60–53				52–60	—	54–60	61–67	65–76	68–63	54–62	72–80	57–60
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	86–60	80–61	58–51		85–62	84–62	70–45			—	77–74		80–55	60–69	78–64	54–59
Movistar Estudiantes	71–58	56–59	73–59		71–52	83–71	61–59	64–58			—		97–51	54–71	71–68
Perfumerías Avenida	92–50	70–50	89–49	92–73		80–45		80–76	86–49	72–64	63–58	—	91–58	79–61		71–69
Quesos El Pastor	63–54	55–72	55–94		99–84	55–62	68–78	66–82	59–60	57–80	55–82	64–87	—		72–80
Spar Girona	85–37			68–60	63–54	88–53	87–69	65–58		60–41	88–78		78–56	—		58–68
Spar Gran Canaria	70–64		59–71	78–82	81–78	80–83	89–73	72–66	58–63			70–92		72–74	—	60–74
Valencia Basket	88–56	61–53		83–50	98–60	77–46	92–53			64–52	79–51		76–59		81–48	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2021. Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0

Source: FEB

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
			0	0
			0	0

Source: FEB

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
			0	0	0

Source: FEB

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1	Brittany McPhee	Spar Gran Canaria	36	[6]
2	Katie Lou Samuelson	Perfumerías Avenida	34	[7][8]
3	Sika Koné	Spar Gran Canaria	35	[9]
4	Lashann Higgs	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	30	[10]
5	Merritt Hempe	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	36	[11]
6	Sika Koné (2)	Spar Gran Canaria	38	[12]
7	Kai James	Spar Gran Canaria	34	[13]
8	Asia Taylor	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	37	[14][15]
9	Asia Taylor (2)	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	36	[16]
10	Rosó Buch	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	24	[17]
11	Markeisha Gatling	Casademont Zaragoza	38	[18][19]
12	Sonja Vasić	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	28	[20][21]
13	Lashann Higgs (2)	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	31	[22]
14	Lashann Higgs (3)	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	32	[23]
	Maimouna Diarra	Campus Promete
15	Katie Lou Samuelson (2)	Perfumerías Avenida	32	[24]
16	Laia Flores	Campus Promete	40	[25]
17	Celeste Trahan-Davis	Valencia Basket	42	[26]
18	Vega Gimeno	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	38	[27]
19	Markeisha Gatling (2)	Casademont Zaragoza	35	[28]
20	Sara Rhine	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	27	[29]
21	Aleksandra Stanaćev	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	33	[30]
23	Markeisha Gatling (3)	Casademont Zaragoza	31	[31]

Spanish clubs in international competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Result
Perfumerías Avenida	EuroLeague	Quarter-finals
Spar Girona		Quarter-finals
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	EuroCup	Round of 16
Valencia Basket		Round of 16
Cadí La Seu		Regular season Group G	3rd of 4 teams (2–1)
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife		Regular season Group F	3rd of 4 teams (2–1)

References

1. "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.
2. "Definidos los grupos y equipos de la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
3. "Guía oficial: Plantillas, datos, estadísticas… ¡y mucho espectáculo! | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
4. "Situación LF Endesa: Sant Adriá no competirá y pueden sumarse otros..." KIA en Zona (in Spanish). 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
5. "El Basket Zaragoza absorbe al Stadium Casablanca y competirá en Liga Femenina Endesa" (in Spanish). Palco 23. 15 June 2020.
6. "J.1: La nueva salsa canaria del MVP se llama Kai James | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
7. "J.2: Vasic, Rhine y Hempe, el carácter ofensivo del primer MVP compartido | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
8. "Actualización J.2: Katie Lou Samuelson conquista desde Salamanca el primer MVP en diferido | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 16 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
9. "J.3: Sika Koné y la buena fortuna de un MVP teñido de amarillo | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
10. "J.4: Lashann Higgs y la carrera espacial hacia el MVP del Pajariel Bembibre | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 12 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
11. "J.5: Merritt Hempe, recuperando el MVP de la fortaleza lucense | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
12. "J.6: Sika Koné, un nuevo tope de valoración para un MVP enemistado con la fortuna | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
13. "J.7: Kai James y el MVP basado en la filosofía de "el que la sigue, la consigue" | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
14. "J.8: Asia Taylor y la triple victoria de un MVP globalizado | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
15. "Aplazado J.8: Sonja Vasic irrumpe en el quinteto ideal de la jornada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
16. "J.9: El imperio de la MVP Aisa Taylor se asienta en la Península | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
17. "J.10: La varita mágica de Rosó Buch conquista un nuevo MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
18. "J.11: Markeisha Gatling, el MVP de las primeras veces que ilusiona al Casademont Zaragoza | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
19. "Actualizado J.11: Roselis Silva irrumpe en el quinteto ideal de la jornada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
20. "J.12: Taylor & Stanacev, dos 'jugonas' del MVP compartido | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
21. "Actualización J.12: Sonja Vasic recupera un MVP de ida y vuelta | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
22. "J.13: Lashann Higgs, el MVP que llegó con un balón de oxígeno para el Pajariel Bembibre | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
23. "J.14: Lashann Higgs & Maimouna Diarra, calidad compartida para un MVP de contrastes | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
24. "J.15: Mi Vuelta Perfecta, by Katie Lou Samuelson | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
25. "J.16: Laia Flores y el autoritario golpe sobre la mesa de la base del futuro | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 20 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
26. "J.17: Celeste Trahan Davis, la MVP 'rompe-récords' del Valencia BC | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
27. "J.18: Vega Gimeno, el MVP de la sangre fría, en el momento más caliente | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 28 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
28. "J.19: Keisha Gatling, la provisional MVP de la irrupción en la LF Endesa | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
29. "J.20: El MVP salda su cuenta pendiente con la "berciana" Sara Rhine | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
30. "J.21: Aleksandra Stanacev, la "persistencia de la memoria" del MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
31. "J.23: El tercer MVP de Keisha Gatling tiene un dulce sabor | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)