| 1965–66 Liga Femenina | |
|---|---|
| League | Liga Femenina |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | December 1965–April 1966 |
| Number of games | 61 |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Finals champions | Medina La Coruña |
| Runners-up | CREFF Madrid |
The 1965–66 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 3rd edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 5 December to 24 April 1966. Eleven teams took part in the championship and Medina La Coruña won its first title. Zaragoza and Medina Madrid were relegated after losing the promotion league with Standard Madrid. Alhamar Granada renounced at the end of the season.
The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto is the first tier level women's professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1964 and organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.
