Liga ASOBAL

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Liga Asobal, is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of Honor Division, 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 FC Barcelona Handbol, Teka Cantabria, BM Ciudad Real, Portland San Antonio, Caja España Ademar de León, BM Granollers and BM Valladolid.

Famous handball players who have played in the league include Jackson Richardson, Talant Dujshebaev, Staffan Olsson, Mihail Iakimovic, Oleg Kisselev, Alberto Urdiales, Mateo Garralda, Enric Masip, Iñaki Urdangarin, David Barrufet, Kristian Kjelling , Petar Metlicic, Ivano Balic, Juanin García, David Davis, Raul Entrerrios, Alberto Entrerrios, and many others.

Contents 1 Liga championship rules 2 Champions by year 2.1 Titles by team 3 Classification 2007/08 4 Teams For season 2008/09 5 External links

[edit] Liga championship rules

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.

[edit] Champions by year

Year Team 1959 BM Granollers 1960 BM Granollers 1961 BM Granollers 1962 Do Not Played 1963 Do Not Played 1964 BM Atlético de Madrid 1965 BM Atlético de Madrid 1966 BM Granollers 1967 BM Granollers 1968 BM Granollers 1969 FC Barcelona Handbol 1970 BM Granollers 1971 BM Granollers 1972 BM Granollers 1973 FC Barcelona Handbol 1974 BM Granollers 1975 CB Calpisa 1976 CB Calpisa 1977 CB Calpisa 1978 CB Calpisa 1979 BM Atlético de Madrid 1980 FC Barcelona Handbol 1981 BM Atlético de Madrid 1982 FC Barcelona Handbol 1983 BM Atlético de Madrid

Year Team 1984 BM Atlético de Madrid 1985 BM Atlético de Madrid 1986 FC Barcelona Handbol 1987 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1988 FC Barcelona Handbol 1989 FC Barcelona Handbol 1990 FC Barcelona Handbol 1991 FC Barcelona Handbol 1992 FC Barcelona Handbol 1993 GD Teka 1994 GD Teka 1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 1996 FC Barcelona Handbol 1997 FC Barcelona Handbol 1998 FC Barcelona Handbol 1999 FC Barcelona Handbol 2000 FC Barcelona Handbol 2001 CB Ademar León 2002 Portland San Antonio 2003 FC Barcelona Handbol 2004 BM Ciudad Real 2005 Portland San Antonio 2006 FC Barcelona Handbol 2007 BM Ciudad Real 2008 BM Ciudad Real

Year Team 2009 TBD

[edit] Titles by team

• 17 titles: FC Barcelona Handbol.
• 10 titles: BM Granollers.
• 7 titles: BM Atlético de Madrid.
• 4 titles: BM Altea.
• 3 titles: BM Ciudad Real.
• 2 titles: Teka Cantabria, CD Bidasoa y Portland San Antonio.
• 1 title: CB Ademar León.

[edit] Classification 2007/08

• 2007/2008
• 2006/2007
• 2005/2006
• 2004/2005

• As of May 15, 2008.

Liga ASOBAL Classification

Team P W D L F A Difference Pts 1 BM Ciudad Real 30 26 1 3 964 776 188 53 2 FC Barcelona 30 25 1 4 1021 818 203 51 3 CD Ademar León 30 20 6 4 850 778 72 46 4 Portland San Antonio 30 21 3 6 966 858 108 45 5 BM Valladolid 30 19 1 10 933 858 75 39 6 CAI BM Aragón 30 17 2 11 909 856 53 36 7 JD Arrate 30 14 3 13 831 843 -12 31 8 BM Antequera 30 11 2 17 785 836 -51 24 9 BM Tabisam Torrevieja 30 11 2 17 792 835 -43 24 10 SD Teucro 30 11 2 17 784 898 -114 24 11 Octavio Pilotes Posada 30 7 6 17 803 859 -56 20 12 Fraikin BM Granollers 30 9 1 20 825 865 -43 19 13 Naturhouse La Rioja 30 8 3 19 841 881 -40 19 14 Teka Cantabria 30 8 1 21 777 881 -104 17 15 Algeciras BM 30 6 4 20 869 1023 -154 16 16 Keymare Almería 30 7 2 21 789 871 -82 16

EHF Champions League

EHF Cup Winner's Cup

EHF Cup

Direct relegation

Portland San Antonio qualify for 2008/2009 Champions League, because Ciudad Real won the title in 2008.

[edit] Teams For season 2008/09

• CD Ademar León
• BM Alcobendas
• BM Antequera
• CAI BM Aragón
• JD Arrate
• FC Barcelona
• BM Edenca Ciudad Encantada
• BM Ciudad Real
• Fraikin BM Granollers
• Naturhouse La Rioja
• Octavio Pilotes Posada
• Portland San Antonio
• Teka Cantabria
• SD Teucro
• BM Tabisam Torrevieja
• BM Valladolid

• Promoted from Division de Honor B:
  • BM Alcobendas
  • BM Edenca Ciudad Encantada

• Relegated to Division de Honor B:
  • Algeciras BM
  • Keymare Almería

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Liga ASOBAL
• ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
• Document for handball "balonmano" trainers

Liga ASOBAL 2008/09 clubs
Ademar León | Alcobendas | Antequera | Arrate | CAI BM Aragón | Ciudad Real | FC Barcelona | Edenca C.E. | Fraikin Granollers | Naturhouse La Rioja | Octavio Pilotes Posadas | Portland San Antonio | Tabisam Torrevieja | Teka Cantabria | Teucro | Valladolid | edit