The 2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto is the 54th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. Regular season will start on 28 September 2016 and will finish on 1 April 2017. Playoffs will be played between 5 April and 3 May 2017.
Competition format
All the 14 teams play the regular season, consisted in a home and away round-robin. At the end of the regular season, the four first teams qualify for the playoffs, on a best of three series. The two last qualified teams are relegated to Liga Femenina 2.
At the end of the regular season, the two first teams will directly qualify to semifinals, while teams between third and sixth join the quarterfinals stage.
The two last qualified teams will be relegated to Liga Femenina 2.
Copa de la Reina For the Copa de la Reina, initially was confirmed a format similar to the previous years, the first three qualified teams at the end of the first half of the season and another one qualified as host would play the Cup in a Final Four format, to be played on 11 and 12 February 2017.
However, on 15 November 2016, the Spanish Basketball Federation expanded the competition to the first six qualified teams at the half of the season. The two best teams will qualify directly to the semifinals while the other four teams will join the competition in the round of quarterfinals.
Participating clubs At the end of the 2015–16 season, Spar Gran Canaria and Añares Rioja ISB were relegated to Liga Femenina 2. Likewise, Lacturale Araski and Al-Qázeres Extremadura promoted from this league as champion and runner-up respectively.
As Conquero Huelva Wagen finally was not admitted in the league, the Spanish Basketball Federation invited Spar Gran Canaria to occupy its place. Team City Arena 2015–16Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca Würzburg1stSpar CityLift Girona Girona Fontajau2ndMann-Filter Zaragoza Eduardo Lastrada4thCadí La Seu La Seu d'Urgell Palau d'Esports5thLointek Gernika Bizkaia Gernika Maloste6thCREF ¡Hola! Madrid Canal de Isabel II7thEmbutidos Pajariel Bembibre Bembibre Bembibre Arena8thQuesos El Pastor Zamora Ángel Nieto9thIDK GipuzkoaSan Sebastián José Antonio Gasca10thStar Center–Uni Ferrol Ferrol Esteiro11thCampus Promete Logroño Lobete12thSpar Gran Canaria Las Palmas Centro Insular de Deportes13thLacturales Araski Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza1st (LF2)Al-Qázeres Extremadura Cáceres Juan Serrano Macayo2nd (LF2)
Regular season League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
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 F Perfumerias Avenida 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Spar CityLift Girona 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Star Center-Uni Ferrol 7 11 10 8 6 7 9 10 12 10 10 7 6 6 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3Lacturale Araski 4 10 7 7 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 4Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 10 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5IDK Gipuzkoa 6 7 11 13 13 10 10 9 9 8 7 10 11 8 10 10 10 10 7 7 8 9 8 8 7 5 6Campus Promete 8 12 12 10 8 6 7 8 8 11 11 8 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 7 7Cadí La Seu 13 8 6 5 9 9 8 7 5 6 6 5 8 11 9 9 9 8 11 9 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 Al-Qázeres Extremadura 5 3 8 9 7 8 6 5 6 7 8 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre 9 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 5 5 9 7 7 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Mann-Filter 12 14 13 11 11 11 12 11 11 9 9 11 9 10 8 7 8 9 9 8 9 8 9 10 10 11 11 Quesos El Pastor 1 9 9 12 12 13 11 13 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 CREF ¡Hola! 11 6 5 6 10 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Spar Gran Canaria 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Leader Copa de la Reina andPlayoffs semifinals berth Copa de la Reina andPlayoffs berth FIBA Europe competitions Relegation toLiga Femenina 2
Playoffs
Quarterfinals (4) Star Center–Uni Ferrol vs. (5) IDK Gipuzkoa
(3) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia vs. (6) Lacturale Araski
Semifinals (1) Perfumerías Avenida vs. (4) Star Center–Uni Ferrol
(2) Spar CityLift Girona vs. (6) Lacturale Araski
Final (1) Perfumerías Avenida vs. (2) Spar CityLift Girona
Stats leaders in regular season Points Rk Name Team Games Points PPG1 Roneeka HodgesMann-Filter2135516.92 Paola FerrariIDK Gipuzkoa1728716.93 Amisha CarterLointek Gernika Bizkaia1931716.74 Nádia ColhadoIDK Gipuzkoa1931316.55 Ameryst AlstonAl-Qázeres Extremadura2540216.1
Rebounds Rk Name Team Games Rebounds RPG1 Julia ForsterAl-Qázeres Extremadura2630011.52 Mariam CoulibalySpar Gran Canaria2626010.03 Sarah ImovbiohCREF ¡Hola!262519.64 Nádia ColhadoIDK Gipuzkoa191779.35 María AraújoStar Center–Uni Ferrol262308.8
Assists Rk Name Team Games Assists APG1 Paola FerrariIDK Gipuzkoa17905.32 María AsurmendiLointek Gernika Bizkaia261204.63 Gaby OceteIDK Gipuzkoa251114.44 Aleksandra StanaćevEmbutidos Pajariel Bembibre261124.35 Ana SuárezStar Center–Uni Ferrol19753.9
Performance Index Rating Rk Name Team Games Rating PIR1 Nádia ColhadoIDK Gipuzkoa1941521.82 Amisha CarterLointek Gernika Bizkaia1941121.63 Julia ForsterAl-Qázeres Extremadura2651419.84 Shacobia BarbeeStar Center–Uni Ferrol2650219.35 Érika de SouzaPerfumerias Avenida1629418.4
References
External links Official league website 2016–17 Liga Femenina 2 rulebook Spanish Basketball Federation website