2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was 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 ended on 6 May 2021 with the finals.

Liga Femenina Endesa1
Season	2020–21
Games played	255
Teams	16
Regular season
Relegated	Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura Quesos El Pastor
Finals
Champions	Perfumerías Avenida (7th title)
Runners-up	Valencia Basket
Semifinalists	Spar Girona Lointek Gernika Bizkaia
Records
Biggest home win	Girona 85–37 Cáceres (11 January 2021) Avenida 91–43 Gernika (25 April 2021)
Biggest away win	Cáceres 42–97 Avenida (2 October 2020)
Highest scoring	Tenerife 103–102 Gran Canaria (20 September 2020)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

It was the following season after the 2019–20 season was curtailed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, there were not relegations to Liga Femenina 2 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 are kept for the finals.^[1]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams consisted 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 played 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	30	29	1	2437	1765	+672	59	Qualification to playoffs
2	Valencia Basket	30	29	1	2267	1741	+526	59
3	Spar Girona	30	26	4	2304	1851	+453	56
4	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	30	18	12	2020	1851	+169	48
5	Movistar Estudiantes	30	18	12	2086	1941	+145	48
6	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	30	16	14	2022	2123	−101	46
7	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	30	15	15	2045	2121	−76	45
8	Spar Gran Canaria	30	13	17	2185	2273	−88	43
9	Cadí La Seu	30	13	17	1923	1986	−63	43
10	IDK Euskotren	30	13	17	2030	2042	−12	43
11	Kutxabank Araski	30	12	18	1882	1984	−102	42
12	Campus Promete	30	11	19	1949	2101	−152	41
13	Casademont Zaragoza	30	9	21	2044	2272	−228	39
14	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	30	8	22	1921	2164	−243	38
15	Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura	30	7	23	1827	2188	−361	37	Relegation to LF Challenge
16	Quesos El Pastor	30	3	27	1830	2369	−539	33

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	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
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	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
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	2	1	1	2	2	3	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	4	4	6	5	6	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	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
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	7	7	5	6	5	6	6
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	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
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	11	12	12	11	10	10	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	9	8	8	10	11	11	9
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	8	9	9	8	8	8	10
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	10	10	10	9	9	9	11
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	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
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	12	11	11	12	13	13	13
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	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
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	14	14	15	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	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

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	75–69	66–79	71–76	77–74	81–77	67–63	78–62	38–69	56–59	42–97	74–56	58–83	66–80	53–74
Cadí La Seu	81–69	—	73–69	60–57	59–67	65–78	66–54	67–62	55–67	58–50	64–61	57–80	58–68	50–71	82–69	67–77
Campus Promete	68–62	65–63	—	65–73	61–66	78–72	75–79	59–69	77–62	59–47	66–82	44–75	89–52	70–96	73–66	51–71
Casademont Zaragoza	77–71	70–69	104–60	—	61–80	66–74	79–75	74–82	77–81	76–87	64–85	71–77	70–60	76–80	56–88	62–91
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	48–54	56–70	68–56	69–66	—	63–72	83–80	69–61	77–57	62–46	74–73	55–84	91–60	48–80	103–102	66–70
Durán Maquinaria Ensino	67–61	76–73	48–56	88–55	60–73	—	70–65	80–71	70–67	66–78	56–73	52–58	81–52	74–89	92–57	52–77
Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	68–55	61–74	63–80	66–63	55–62	68–65	—	65–76	52–54	62–49	71–78	64–81	79–59	46–77	79–69	58–84
IDK Euskotren	81–69	58–44	62–55	76–67	71–76	87–89	69–58	—	59–53	60–50	60–76	66–84	70–58	63–81	73–86	58–64
Kutxabank Araski	64–54	68–58	72–62	60–53	81–64	65–67	72–54	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	87–47	85–62	84–62	70–45	71–65	79–70	—	77–74	62–93	80–55	60–69	78–64	54–59
Movistar Estudiantes	71–58	56–59	73–59	83–54	71–52	83–71	61–59	64–58	67–57	53–64	—	52–71	97–51	54–71	71–68	68–85
Perfumerías Avenida	92–50	70–50	89–49	92–73	76–36	80–45	76–45	80–76	86–49	72–64	63–58	—	91–58	79–61	107–66	71–69
Quesos El Pastor	63–54	55–72	55–94	71–82	99–84	55–62	68–78	66–82	59–60	57–80	55–82	64–87	—	71–109	72–80	52–78
Spar Girona	85–37	86–83	93–57	68–60	63–54	88–53	87–69	65–58	81–57	60–41	88–78	67–74	78–56	—	79–73	58–68
Spar Gran Canaria	70–64	74–71	59–71	78–82	81–78	80–83	89–73	72–66	58–63	73–72	70–65	70–92	83–61	72–74	—	60–74
Valencia Basket	88–56	61–53	74–61	83–50	98–60	77–46	92–53	81–68	69–58	64–52	79–51	85–84	76–59	58–55	81–48	—

Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Perfumerías Avenida	80	95	175
	8	Spar Gran Canaria	61	62	123
								1	Perfumerías Avenida	77	91	168
								4	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	55	43	98
	4	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	42	74	116
	5	Movistar Estudiantes	47	64	111
															1	Perfumerías Avenida	64	76	76	2
															2	Valencia Basket	67	74	61	1
	2	Valencia Basket	69	82	151
	7	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	58	54	112
								2	Valencia Basket	73	87	160
								3	Spar Girona	64	74	138
	3	Spar Girona	79	74	153
	6	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	45	67	112

Source: FEB

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Perfumerías Avenida (C)	37	35	2	Qualification to EuroLeague regular season
2	Valencia Basket	37	34	3	Qualification to EuroLeague qualifying round
3	Spar Girona[a] (X)	34	28	6	Qualification to EuroLeague regular season
4	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	34	19	15	Qualification to EuroCup group stage
5	Movistar Estudiantes	32	19	13
6	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	32	16	16
7	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	32	15	17	Qualification to EuroCup qualification round
8	Spar Gran Canaria	32	13	19
9	Cadí La Seu	30	13	17
10	IDK Euskotren	30	13	17
11	Kutxabank Araski	30	12	18
12	Campus Promete	30	11	19
13	Casademont Zaragoza	30	9	21
14	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	30	8	22
15	Alter Enersun Al-Qázeres Extremadura (R)	30	7	23	Relegation to Liga Femenina Challenge
16	Quesos El Pastor (R)	30	3	27

Source: FEB
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (X) Champion of the Copa de la Reina
Notes:

1. Spar Girona qualified to the EuroLeague by winning the Copa de la Reina.

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.^[6]

MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Markeisha Gatling	Casademont Zaragoza

Source: ^[7]

National MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Cristina Ouviña	Valencia Basket

Source: ^[8]

All–League Team

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Cristina Ouviña	Valencia Basket
SG	Chelsea Gray	Spar Girona
SF	Tiffany Hayes	Perfumerías Avenida
PF	Katie Lou Samuelson	Perfumerías Avenida
C	Markeisha Gatling	Casademont Zaragoza

Source: ^[9]

Best Young Player Award

Pos.	Player	Team
PG	Maite Cazorla	Perfumerías Avenida

Source: ^[10]

Best Coach

Coach	Team
Alberto Ortego	Movistar Estudiantes

Source: ^[11]

Player of the round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1	Brittany McPhee	Spar Gran Canaria	36	[12]
2	Katie Lou Samuelson	Perfumerías Avenida	34	[13][14]
3	Sika Koné	Spar Gran Canaria	35	[15]
4	Lashann Higgs	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	30	[16]
5	Merritt Hempe	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	36	[17]
6	Sika Koné (2)	Spar Gran Canaria	38	[18]
7	Kai James	Spar Gran Canaria	34	[19]
8	Asia Taylor	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	37	[20]
9	Asia Taylor (2)	Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife	36	[21]
10	Rosó Buch	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	24	[22]
11	Markeisha Gatling	Casademont Zaragoza	38	[23]
12	Sonja Vasić	Lointek Gernika Bizkaia	28	[24][25]
13	Lashann Higgs (2)	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	31	[26]
14	Lashann Higgs (3)	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	32	[27]
	Maimouna Diarra	Campus Promete
15	Katie Lou Samuelson (2)	Perfumerías Avenida	32	[28]
16	Laia Flores	Campus Promete	40	[29]
17	Celeste Trahan-Davis	Valencia Basket	42	[30]
18	Vega Gimeno	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	38	[31]
19	Markeisha Gatling (2)	Casademont Zaragoza	35	[32]
20	Sara Rhine	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	27	[33]
21	Aleksandra Stanaćev	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	33	[34]
22	Markeisha Gatling (3)	Casademont Zaragoza	42	[35]
23	Markeisha Gatling (4)	Casademont Zaragoza	31	[36]
24	Arica Carter	Movistar Estudiantes	26	[37]
25	Lashann Higgs (4)	Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM	30	[38]
	Sika Koné (3)	Spar Gran Canaria
26	Abigail Wolf	Quesos El Pastor	28	[39]
	Sika Koné (4)	Spar Gran Canaria
27	Kai James (2)	Spar Gran Canaria	31	[40]
28	María Araújo	Spar Girona	32	[41]
29	Chatrice White	Durán Maquinaria Ensino	34	[42]
30	Mariam Coulibaly	IDK Euskotren	36	[43]

Quarter-finals

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1st leg	Adaora Elonu	Spar Girona	32	[44]
2nd leg	Celeste Trahan-Davis (2)	Valencia Basket	35	[45]

Semi-finals

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1st leg	Cristina Ouviña	Valencia Basket	25	[46]
2nd leg	Rebecca Allen	Valencia Basket	30	[47]

Final

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1st leg	Raquel Carrera	Valencia Basket	24	[48]
2nd leg	Tiffany Hayes	Perfumerías Avenida	21	[49]
3rd leg	Katie Lou Samuelson (3)	Perfumerías Avenida	25	[50]

Spanish clubs in international competitions

FIBA Europe competitions

Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Perfumerías Avenida	EuroLeague	Final	Loss vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg	9–1
		Semi-finals	Win vs. Sopron Basket
		Quarter-finals	Win vs. Spar Girona
		Regular season Group A	1st of 4 teams (6–0)
Spar Girona		Quarter-finals	Loss vs. Perfumerías Avenida	4–5
		Regular season Group C	2nd of 4 teams (3–3)
		Qualifying round	Win vs. ACS Sepsi SIC
Valencia Basket	EuroCup	Final	Win vs. Reyer Venezia	7–0
		Semi-finals	Win vs. Flammes Carolo Basket
		Quarter-finals	Win vs. ESBVA-LM
		Round of 16	Win vs. Aluinvent DVTK Miskolc
		Group stage Group H	1st of 4 teams (3–0)
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia		Round of 16	Loss vs. ACS Sepsi SIC	2–2
		Group stage Group F	2nd of 4 teams (2–1)
Cadí La Seu		Group stage Group G	3rd of 4 teams (2–1)	2–1
Ciudad de La Laguna Tenerife		Group stage Group F	3rd of 4 teams (2–1)	3–1
		Qualification round	Win vs. Kangoeroes Mechelen