Spanish Wheelchair Basketball League
Sport | Wheelchair Basketball |
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Founded | 1971 |
No. of teams | 12 |
Country | Spain |
Most recent champion(s) | |
Most titles | CD Ilunion (14 titles) |
Relegation to | Primera División |
Domestic cup(s) | Copa del Rey |
Official website | bsr |
The Spanish Wheelchair Basketball League, in Spanish called División de Honor de Baloncesto en Silla de Ruedas is the top-flight professional league for wheelchair basketball teams in Spain with men and women players. It is governed by the Spanish Sports Federation for People with Physical Disabilities (Spanish: Federación Española de Deportes de Personas con Discapacidad Físicos, FEDDF).
Founded in 1971 as Primera División it changed its name to División de Honor in 1992.[1]
Competition format[]
Ten teams compete annually in the league, played with a double round-robin format. The Spanish league the only one of the major leagues in Europe without playoffs.
The last two teams are relegated to a lower league, the Spanish Wheelchair Basketball First División while the two top ranked teams of the lower league are promoted to the División de Honor. CD Ilunion, formerly called CD Fundosa ONCE is the most successful team.
2016–17 teams[]
Team | Location |
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Ferrol | |
Albacete | |
Bilbao | |
Las Palmas | |
Vigo | |
CD Ilunion | Madrid |
Granada | |
Fundación Grupo Norte | Valladolid |
Vitoria-Gasteiz | |
Getafe | |
Mideba Extremadura | Badajoz |
Latest winners[]
Despite the league was created in 1971, there are only reliable sources of results and league tables since 1989, when it started to be sponsored by ONCE.[2]
Season | Winner | Runner-up |
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1989–90 | ||
1990–91 | ||
1991–92 | CD ONCE Andalucía | |
1992–93 | CD ONCE Andalucía | |
1993–94 | CD ONCE Andalucía | |
1994–95 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
1995–96 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
1996–97 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
1997–98 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
1998–99 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
1999–00 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
2000–01 | CD Fundosa ONCE | CD ONCE Andalucía |
2001–02 | CD Fundosa ONCE | CD ONCE Andalucía |
2002–03 | CD ONCE Andalucía | CD Fundosa ONCE |
2003–04 | CD ONCE Andalucía | |
2004–05 | CD ONCE Andalucía | CP Mideba |
2005–06 | CD ONCE Andalucía | CP Mideba |
2006–07 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
2007–08 | CD ONCE Andalucía | CD Fundosa ONCE |
2008–09 | CD Fundosa ONCE | CD ONCE Andalucía |
2009–10 | CD ONCE Andalucía | CD Fundosa ONCE |
2010–11 | BSR Valladolid | CD Fundosa ONCE |
2011–12 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
2012–13 | CD Fundosa ONCE | BSR Valladolid |
2013–14 | CD Fundosa ONCE | |
2014–15 | CD Ilunion | |
2015–16 | CD Ilunion | |
2016–17 | CD Ilunion | |
2017–18 | ||
2018–19 | CD Ilunion | |
2019–20 | League cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | |
2020-21 |
See also[]
- Wheelchair basketball
- IWBF Champions Cup
- André Vergauwen Cup
- Willi Brinkmann Cup
- IWBF Challenge Cup
References[]
- ^ CAI Deporte Adaptado History Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Baloncesto en silla de ruedas: CD ONCE 2008/09; El Desmarque Sevilla, 7 October 2008 (in Spanish)
External links[]
- Basketball leagues in Spain
- Wheelchair basketball leagues in Europe
- 1971 establishments in Spain
- Sports leagues established in 1971