| 2011–12 Liga Femenina season | |
|---|---|
| League | Liga Femenina |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | October 2011–March 2012 (regular season) April 2012 (playoff) |
| Number of games | 182 (regular season) |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Finals champions | Ros Casares Valencia |
| Runners-up | Perfumerías Avenida |
The 2011–12 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 49th edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 15 October 2011 to April 2011. Fourteen teams took part in the championship, with Caja Rural Tintos de Toro and Jopisa Ciudad de Burgos replacing relegated teams CB Olesa and Extrugasa, this one relegated due to financial problems.
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.
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Ros Casares defeated defending champion CB Avenida in the play-off's final to win its fourteenth and final title. Uni Girona and Baloncesto Rivas also qualified for the play-offs. On the other hand, Unión Navarra and CB Puig d'en Valls were relegated. However, Ros Casares was disbanded for financial reasons following the end of the season, [1] and CDB Zaragoza, Joventut Mariana and RC Celta renounced to the category for similar reasons. The Spanish Basketball Federation consequently spared Unión Navarra and shortened the championship to eleven teams for the next season.
Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primera División Femenina, third tier of Spanish women's basketball, until 2014 when the club was integrated in Valencia Basket as its women's section.
Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional Basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in league Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.
Uni Girona Club de Basquet, also known as Spar CityLift Girona for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's basketball club from Girona.
