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
(17 titles)
Relegation toPrimera División
Domestic cup(s)Copa del Rey
Official websitebsr.feddf.es

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).

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.

2023-24 teams

Team Location
Amivel Reyes Gutiérrez Vélez-Málaga
Bidaideak Bilbao BSR Bilbao
BSR Amiab Albacete Albacete
CD Ilunion Madrid
Econy Gran Canaria Las Palmas
Fundación Aliados Valladolid
Iberconsa Amfiv Vigo
IMF Getafe BSR Getafe
Menarini Joventut Badalona
Mideba Extremadura Badajoz
Servigest Burgos BSR Burgos
UCAM Murcia BSR Murcia

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]

Season Winner Runner-up
1989–90 Ademi Málaga
1990–91 Ademi Málaga
1991–92 CD ONCE Andalucía
1992–93 CD ONCE Andalucía
1993–94 CD ONCE Andalucía
1994–95 CD Fundosa ONCE
1995–96 CD Fundosa ONCE
1996–97 CD Fundosa ONCE BSR Melilla
1997–98 CD Fundosa ONCE
1998–99 CD Fundosa ONCE
1999–00 CD Fundosa ONCE ADM Econy Gran Canaria
2000–01 CD Fundosa ONCE CD ONCE Andalucía
2001–02 CD Fundosa ONCE CD ONCE Andalucía
2002–03 CD ONCE Andalucía CD Fundosa ONCE
2003–04 CD ONCE Andalucía ADM Econy Gran Canaria
2004–05 CD ONCE Andalucía CP Mideba
2005–06 CD ONCE Andalucía CP Mideba
2006–07 CD Fundosa ONCE Fundación Polaris World BSR
2007–08 CD ONCE Andalucía CD Fundosa ONCE
2008–09 CD Fundosa ONCE CD ONCE Andalucía
2009–10 CD ONCE Andalucía CD Fundosa ONCE
2010–11 BSR Valladolid CD Fundosa ONCE
2011–12 CD Fundosa ONCE CID Casa Murcia Getafe
2012–13 CD Fundosa ONCE BSR Valladolid
2013–14 CD Fundosa ONCE Bilbao BSR
2014–15 CD Ilunion Amiab Albacete
2015–16 CD Ilunion Amiab Albacete
2016–17 CD Ilunion Amiab Albacete
2017–18 Amiab Albacete Bidaideak Bilbao
2018–19 CD Ilunion Amiab Albacete
2019–20 League cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2020–21 Bidaideak Bilbao Amiab Albacete
2021–22 Amiab Albacete CP Mideba
2022–23 Amiab Albacete CD Ilunion

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)

External links

Basketball in Spain
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