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.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) 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.
Teams promoted from Liga Femenina 2 Campus Promete Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Cadí La Seu La Seu d'Urgell Palau d'Esports Campus Promete Logroño Lobete Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Durán Maquinaria Ensino Lugo Pazo dos Deportes Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM Bembibre Bembibre Arena IDK Euskotren San Sebastián José Antonio Gasca Lointek Gernika Bizkaia Gernika Maloste Mann Filter Casablanca Zaragoza Eduardo Lastrada Nissan Al-Qázeres Extremadura Cáceres Juan Serrano Macayo Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca Würzburg Quesos El Pastor Zamora Ángel Nieto RPK Araski Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza Spar CityLift Girona Girona Girona-Fontajau Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis
Season summary On March 10, 2020, the Government of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation postponed all the games of the next two weeks. On March 18, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until March 29 due to the state of alarm. 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. 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 with the discrepancies of some clubs.
On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to force majeure with the following decisions: 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
League table
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. 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.
Results
Awards All official awards of the 2019–20 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.
MVP Player Team C Tinara Moore Cadí La Seu Source:
National MVP Player Team SG Queralt Casas Valencia Basket Source:
All–League Team 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:
Best Young Player Award Player Team C Raquel Carrera RPK Araski Source:
Best Coach Coach Team Madelen Urieta RPK Araski Source:
Player of the round Regular season Round Player Team Eff. 1 Brittany McPhee Quesos El Pastor 32 2 Lyndra Weaver Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife 28 3 Tanaya Atkinson Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife 36 4 Brittany McPhee (2) Quesos El Pastor 28 5 Brittany McPhee (3) Quesos El Pastor 37 Lyndra Weaver (2) Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife 6 Cierra Dillard Mann Filter Casablanca 28 7 Magali Mendy Spar CityLift Girona 28 8 Tinara Moore Cadí La Seu 32 9 Blake Dietrick Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 29 Meiya Tireira Valencia Basket 10 Quinn Dornstauder Quesos El Pastor 39 11 Atonye Nyingifa Durán Maquinaria Ensino 31 12 Tinara Moore (2) Cadí La Seu 40 13 Jennie Simms Nissan Al-Qázeres Extremadura 27 Leia Dongue Campus Promete 14 Tamara Seda RPK Araski 31 15 Toch Sarr IDK Euskotren 28 16 Nikolina Milić Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 28 17 Atonye Nyingifa (2) Durán Maquinaria Ensino 27 Shereesha Richards Durán Maquinaria Ensino 18 Nikolina Milić (2) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 33 19 Nikolina Milić (3) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia 28 20 Atonye Nyingifa (3) Durán Maquinaria Ensino 26 Tamara Seda (2) RPK Araski Tinara Moore (3) Cadí La Seu 21 Quinn Dornstauder (2) Quesos El Pastor 28 22 Ariel Edwards IDK Euskotren 28 Laura García IDK Euskotren Laura Cornelius Quesos El Pastor Merritt Hempe Mann Filter Casablanca
Spanish clubs in international competitions +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
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References
External links Official website