2011–12 División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano

The División de Honor Femenina 2011–12 was the 55th season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment. Season began 10 September 2011 and finished 12 May 2012.[1] Fourteen teams took part in the competition, with BM Gijón, CB Kukullaga and CB Porriño replacing CP Goya Almería, CBF Monóvar and AD Sagardía.

División de Honor
Season2011–12
ChampionsAsfi Itxako
RelegatedElda, UCAM Murcia & Gijón
Matches played182
Goals scored9,208 (50.59 per match)
Top goalscorerLara González, 220
Biggest home winAsfi Itxako 40–18 Porriño
Biggest away winKukullaga 14–41 Asfi Itxako
Highest scoringKukullaga 33–32 Sagunto

SD Itxako won every match but one to lift its fourth championship in a row with a 5 points advantage over runner-up BM Bera Bera,[2] which also qualified for the Champions League.[3] BM Sagunto, BM Alcobendas and CB Mar Alicante followed in European positions while newly promoted Gijón and Kukullaga were relegated as the two bottom teams.[4]

Financial strain led to major changes following the end of the season. 4-times champion CBF Elda asked to be relegated to the third tier on 18 June,[5] Itxako renounced to its place in the Champions League three days later,[6] and Mar Alicante also renounced to its European place on 9 July.[7] Two days later BM Murcia became the second team relegated for financial reasons.[8]

Teams
Alcobendas
Bera Bera
Castro Urdiales
Elche
Elda
Gijón
Itxako
Kukullaga
León
Mar Alicante
Murcia
Porriño
Sagunto
2011–12 Liga Asobal teams
Remudas
Canary Islands

Standings
Team P W D L G+ G- Dif Pts
1Asfi Itxako26250185053731350
2Bera Bera26221376156719445
3Sagunto2617187246764835
4Alcobendas2615477026336934
5Mar Alicante26160106826275532
6Elche Mustang2615297006613932
7Ro'Casa (Remudas)261123625655−3024
8León2610214646665−1922
9Elda269314661692−3121
10Porriño268414559673−11420
11UCAM Murcia268414586633−4720
12Castro Urdiales266218589636−4714
13Kukullaga265120584801−21711
14Gijón261223539752−2134
EHF Champions League
EHF Cup
EHF Winners' Cup
Relegated to División de Plata

Statistics

Top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoalsGPGPG
1 Lara González Elche Mustang 220258.8
2 Marta López Helvetia Alcobendas 202267.77
3 Patricia Alonso Sagunto 178257.12
4 Laura Gina UCAM Murcia 144255.76
5 Mariya Boklashchuk Kukullaga 139255.56
6 Alexandrina Barbosa Asfi Itxako 139265.35
7 Patricia Elorza Promociones Paraíso 138265.31
8 Estela Doiro Porriño 138226.27
9 Mireya González Helvetia Alcobendas 135265.19
10 Isabel Ortuño Mar Alicante 133235.78

References
  1. Results and table in the Royal Spanish Handball Federation's website
  2. Itxako wins the title again. Marca, 29/04/12
  3. A dream come true. El Mundo Deportivo, 22/04/12
  4. Kukullaga is relegated to División de Plata. El Mundo Deportivo, 13/05/12
  5. Elda Prestigio will play in Primera Nacional. Marca, 18/06/12
  6. Itxako renounces to play the Champions League. Marca, 21/06/12
  7. Mar Alicante renounces to its European place. Marca, 09/07/12
  8. UCAM Murcia retires from the División de Honor. Murcia Todo Deporte, 11/07/12
  9. Standings at rfebm.net
  10. Full goalscorers list at rfebm.net
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