# 2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto

The 2016–17 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto is the 54th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. Regular season will start on 28 September 2016 and will finish on 1 April 2017. Playoffs will be played between 5 April and 3 May 2017.

## Competition format

All the 14 teams play the regular season, consisted in a home and away round-robin. At the end of the regular season, the four first teams qualify for the playoffs, on a best of three series. The two last qualified teams are relegated to Liga Femenina 2.
At the end of the regular season, the two first teams will directly qualify to semifinals, while teams between third and sixth join the quarterfinals stage.
The two last qualified teams will be relegated to Liga Femenina 2.

### Copa de la Reina

For the Copa de la Reina, initially was confirmed a format similar to the previous years, the first three qualified teams at the end of the first half of the season and another one qualified as host would play the Cup in a Final Four format, to be played on 11 and 12 February 2017.
However, on 15 November 2016, the Spanish Basketball Federation expanded the competition to the first six qualified teams at the half of the season. The two best teams will qualify directly to the semifinals while the other four teams will join the competition in the round of quarterfinals.

## Participating clubs

At the end of the 2015–16 season, Spar Gran Canaria and Añares Rioja ISB were relegated to Liga Femenina 2. Likewise, Lacturale Araski and Al-Qázeres Extremadura promoted from this league as champion and runner-up respectively.
As Conquero Huelva Wagen finally was not admitted in the league, the Spanish Basketball Federation invited Spar Gran Canaria to occupy its place.
| Team | City | Arena | 2015–16 |
| Perfumerías Avenida | Salamanca | Würzburg | 1st |
| Spar CityLift Girona | Girona | Fontajau | 2nd |
| Mann-Filter | Zaragoza | Eduardo Lastrada | 4th |
| Cadí La Seu | La Seu d'Urgell | Palau d'Esports | 5th |
| Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | Gernika | Maloste | 6th |
| CREF ¡Hola! | Madrid | Canal de Isabel II | 7th |
| Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre | Bembibre | Bembibre Arena | 8th |
| Quesos El Pastor | Zamora | Ángel Nieto | 9th |
| IDK Gipuzkoa | San Sebastián | José Antonio Gasca | 10th |
| Star Center–Uni Ferrol | Ferrol | Esteiro | 11th |
| Campus Promete | Logroño | Lobete | 12th |
| Spar Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | Centro Insular de Deportes | 13th |
| Lacturales Araski | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | 1st (LF2) |
| Al-Qázeres Extremadura | Cáceres | Juan Serrano Macayo | 2nd (LF2) |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Perfumerías Avenida | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1889 | 1452 | +437 | 51 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 2 | Spar CityLift Girona | 26 | 21 | 5 | 1978 | 1651 | +327 | 47 | Qualification to semifinals |
| 3 | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 26 | 16 | 10 | 1696 | 1528 | +168 | 42 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 26 | 15 | 11 | 1742 | 1801 | −59 | 41 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | IDK Gipuzkoa | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1743 | 1728 | +15 | 40 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Lacturale Araski | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1634 | 1735 | −101 | 39 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Campus Promete | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1792 | 1787 | +5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Cadí La Seu | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1662 | 1655 | +7 | 39 | |
| 9 | Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1755 | 1802 | −47 | 37 | |
| 10 | Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1682 | 1770 | −88 | 36 | |
| 11 | Mann-Filter | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1706 | 1771 | −65 | 36 | |
| 12 | Quesos El Pastor | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1666 | 1770 | −104 | 35 | |
| 13 | CREF ¡Hola! | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1603 | 1859 | −256 | 33 | Relegation to LF 2 |
| 14 | Spar Gran Canaria | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1619 | 1858 | −239 | 31 | Relegation to LF 2 |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
| 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 | F |
| Perfumerias Avenida | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spar CityLift Girona | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Star Center-Uni Ferrol | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Lacturale Araski | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| IDK Gipuzkoa | 6 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Campus Promete | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Cadí La Seu | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Mann-Filter | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Quesos El Pastor | 1 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| CREF ¡Hola! | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Spar Gran Canaria | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
* Leader
* Copa de la Reina and Playoffs semifinals berth
* Copa de la Reina and Playoffs berth
* FIBA Europe competitions
* Relegation to Liga Femenina 2

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | 1 | Perfumerías Avenida | 69 | 61 | | | | | |
| 4 | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 68 | 59 | 59 | 4 | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 45 | 39 | | | | | |
| 5 | IDK Gipuzkoa | 60 | 61 | 56 | | | | | 1 | Perfumerías Avenida | 71 | 75 | 67 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Spar CityLift Girona | 51 | 79 | 46 |
| | | | | | 2 | Spar CityLift Girona | 80 | 61 | | | | | |
| 3 | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 61 | 54 | | 6 | Lacturale Araski | 51 | 43 | | | | | |
| 6 | Lacturale Araski | 64 | 57 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final
#### (1) Perfumerías Avenida vs. (2) Spar CityLift Girona
## Stats leaders in regular season
### Points

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Roneeka Hodges | Mann-Filter | 21 | 355 | 16.9 |
| 2 | Paola Ferrari | IDK Gipuzkoa | 17 | 287 | 16.9 |
| 3 | Amisha Carter | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 19 | 317 | 16.7 |
| 4 | Nádia Colhado | IDK Gipuzkoa | 19 | 313 | 16.5 |
| 5 | Ameryst Alston | Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 25 | 402 | 16.1 |

### Rebounds

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Julia Forster | Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 26 | 300 | 11.5 |
| 2 | Mariam Coulibaly | Spar Gran Canaria | 26 | 260 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Sarah Imovbioh | CREF ¡Hola! | 26 | 251 | 9.6 |
| 4 | Nádia Colhado | IDK Gipuzkoa | 19 | 177 | 9.3 |
| 5 | María Araújo | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 26 | 230 | 8.8 |

### Assists

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Paola Ferrari | IDK Gipuzkoa | 17 | 90 | 5.3 |
| 2 | María Asurmendi | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 26 | 120 | 4.6 |
| 3 | Gaby Ocete | IDK Gipuzkoa | 25 | 111 | 4.4 |
| 4 | Aleksandra Stanaćev | Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre | 26 | 112 | 4.3 |
| 5 | Ana Suárez | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 19 | 75 | 3.9 |

### Performance Index Rating

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1 | Nádia Colhado | IDK Gipuzkoa | 19 | 415 | 21.8 |
| 2 | Amisha Carter | Lointek Gernika Bizkaia | 19 | 411 | 21.6 |
| 3 | Julia Forster | Al-Qázeres Extremadura | 26 | 514 | 19.8 |
| 4 | Shacobia Barbee | Star Center–Uni Ferrol | 26 | 502 | 19.3 |
| 5 | Érika de Souza | Perfumerias Avenida | 16 | 294 | 18.4 |