Liga ASOBAL

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Countries	Spain
Confederation	EHF
Founded	1990
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	División de Plata
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa del Rey
International cup(s)	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup EHF Cup
Current champions	FC Barcelona (2010–11)
Most championships	FC Barcelona (18 titles)
TV partners	Teledeporte, Sportmanía
Website	http://www.asobal.es
2011–12 season

Liga Asobal, is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including famous ones like Barcelona Intersport, Atlético Madrid, AMAYA Sport San Antonio, Reale Ademar León, Fraikin Granollers and Cuatro Rayas Valladolid.

Famous handball players who have played in the league include Jackson Richardson, Talant Dujshebaev, Staffan Olsson, Mikhail Yakimovich, Ólafur Stefánsson, Oleg Kisselev, Alberto Urdiales, Mateo Garralda, Enric Masip, Iñaki Urdangarin, David Barrufet, Kristian Kjelling, Petar Metličić, Ivano Balić, Juanin García, Mats Olsson, David Davis, Raul Entrerrios, Alberto Entrerrios, and many others.

History[link]

• Handball championship "División de Honor" was created in 1958 and was managed by Spanish Handball Federation (FEBM) until 1990. ASOBAL (Handball Clubs Association) was formed in 1984.^[1] In 1990, ASOBAL take the control of the championship of División de Honor and rename as Liga ASOBAL.^[2][3]

Championship rules[link]

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga ASOBAL the league ends after every team plays 30 matches.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ASOBAL takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used.

Each victory adds 2 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:

1. The team that has most points in the ranking.
2. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
3. If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.

2011–12 season teams[link]

Atlético Madrid

Maygar Antequera

Anaitasuna

Caja3 Aragón

Barcelona Intersport

Academia Octavio

Ciudad Encantada

Fraikin Granollers

Alser Puerto Sagunto

Naturhouse La Rioja

Huesca

Quabit Guadalajara

Cuatro Rayas Valladolid

AMAYA Sport S.A.

Reale Ademar

Torrevieja

2011–12 Liga Asobal teams

• Academia Octavio
• Atlético Madrid
• Alser Puerto Sagunto
• AMAYA Sport San Antonio
• Barcelona Intersport
• Caja3 Aragón
• Ciudad Encantada
• Cuatro Rayas Valladolid
• Fraikin Granollers
• Helvetia Anaitasuna
• Huesca
• Maygar Antequera
• Naturhouse La Rioja
• Quabit Guadalajara
• Reale Ademar León
• Torrevieja

Promoted from División de Plata[link]

• Octavio Pilotes Posada
• Obearagón Huesca
• Helvetia Anaitasuna

Relegated to División de Plata[link]

• Alcobendas
• Toledo

Dissolved[link]

• Arrate

2010–11 final standings[link]

Champions by year[link]

Primera División champions[link]

División de Honor champions[link]

Liga ASOBAL champions[link]

Performance by club[link]

All-time Liga ASOBAL table[link]

League or status at 2011–12 season:

See also[link]

• División de Plata de Balonmano
• Copa del Rey de Balonmano

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website of Liga ASOBAL
• ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
• Honours list with link to teams and results