Spanish Wheelchair Basketball League

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).

División de Honor de Baloncesto en Silla de Ruedas
SportWheelchair Basketball
Founded1971
No. of teams12
Country Spain
Most recent
champion(s)		BSR Amiab Albacete
Most titlesCD Ilunion
(14 titles)
Relegation toPrimera División
Domestic cup(s)Copa del Rey
Official websitebsr.feddf.es

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
Amiab
Basketmi
Amfiv
Amivel
Bilbao
Getafe
Zuzenak
Location of teams in 2014–15 División de Honor
Gran Canaria
Canary Islands
TeamLocation
Abeconsa BasketmiFerrol
BSR Amiab AlbaceteAlbacete
Bidaideak Bilbao BSRBilbao
BSR ACE Gran CanariaLas Palmas
CD AmfivVigo
CD IlunionMadrid
Clínicas Rincón AmivelGranada
Fundación Grupo NorteValladolid
Fundación Vital ZuzenakVitoria-Gasteiz
Getafe BSRGetafe
Mideba ExtremaduraBadajoz

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]

SeasonWinnerRunner-up
1989–90Ademi Málaga
1990–91Ademi Málaga
1991–92CD ONCE Andalucía
1992–93CD ONCE Andalucía
1993–94CD ONCE Andalucía
1994–95CD Fundosa ONCE
1995–96CD Fundosa ONCE
1996–97CD Fundosa ONCEBSR Melilla
1997–98CD Fundosa ONCE
1998–99CD Fundosa ONCE
1999–00CD Fundosa ONCEADM Econy Gran Canaria
2000–01CD Fundosa ONCECD ONCE Andalucía
2001–02CD Fundosa ONCECD ONCE Andalucía
2002–03CD ONCE AndalucíaCD Fundosa ONCE
2003–04CD ONCE AndalucíaADM Econy Gran Canaria
2004–05CD ONCE AndalucíaCP Mideba
2005–06CD ONCE AndalucíaCP Mideba
2006–07CD Fundosa ONCEFundación Polaris World BSR
2007–08CD ONCE AndalucíaCD Fundosa ONCE
2008–09CD Fundosa ONCECD ONCE Andalucía
2009–10CD ONCE AndalucíaCD Fundosa ONCE
2010–11BSR ValladolidCD Fundosa ONCE
2011–12CD Fundosa ONCECID Casa Murcia Getafe
2012–13CD Fundosa ONCEBSR Valladolid
2013–14CD Fundosa ONCEBilbao BSR
2014–15CD IlunionAmiab Albacete
2015–16CD IlunionAmiab Albacete
2016–17CD IlunionAmiab Albacete
2017–18Amiab AlbaceteBidaideak Bilbao
2018–19CD IlunionAmiab Albacete
2019–20League cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

See also

References
  1. CAI Deporte Adaptado History Archived 2013-01-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. Baloncesto en silla de ruedas: CD ONCE 2008/09; El Desmarque Sevilla, 7 October 2008 (in Spanish)
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