Teams
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HB Sant Joan Despi - naised
BM Bolanos - naised
BM Sanse - naised
Sant Vicenc, naised
BM Benidorm - naised
BM Getasur - naised
Mislata Women
UCAM Murcia - naised
Hand Vall, naised
Atletico Basauri, naised
Adesal Córdoba - naised
BM La Roca - naised
BM Leganés - naised
Pozuelo de Calatrava – naised
BM Base Villaverde - naised
BM Palencia - naised
Malaga Norte – naised
Oviedo BM - naised
Sporting La Rioja - naised
Sant Quirze - naised
Lanzarote Zonzamas - naised
UB Lavadores - naised
BM Gijon - naised
Fuengirola – naised
Salud Tenerife - naised
Urci Almería – naised
BM Castellon - naised
C.LE.BA. Leon - naised
Elda Prestigio - naised
SAR Rodavigo - naised
BM Granollers Atletic – naised
Ermuko - naised
San Adrian - naised
Palautordera-Salicru - naised
Fuengirola El Coto – naised
BM Morvedre - naised
Castro Urdiales Women
Agustinos Alicante Women
CB Tejina Tenerife Women
Canyamelar Valencia Women
Getasur Women
Juan Toledo Lanzarote Women
CBF Elda Women
Vicar Goya Women
Rocasa - naised
El Pendo Camargo – naised
BMC Liberbank Gijon Women
Kukullaga Etxebarri Women
Alcobendas Women
Zuazo Barakaldo - naised
Wikipedia - División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano
División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano or Liga Guerreras Iberdrola after sponsorship of Iberdrola, is the premier women's professional handball league in Spain. It is administered by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation (RFEBM). It was established in 1952, and it is currently contested by twelve teams.
The 4 last ranked teams are relegated to División de Honor Oro Femenina, league newly created for the 2022-2023 season. For a long time, the 2nd level of the spanish women's handball pyramid was División de Plata (the 3rd level as of now).
Super Amara Bera Bera is the defending champion.
History
The championship was founded in 1953, though it was cancelled in 1955 before it was resumed in 1961. Balonmano Sagunto, formerly known as Medina/Íber/Mar Valencia is the championship's most successful club with 27 titles, having dominated the competition throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s, while SD Itxako has become its major team in recent years, ending the hegemony of Valencian clubs for the past three decades.
The Spanish leading teams have been fairly successful in international competitions since the 1990s. Mar Valencia won the 1997 Champions League and the 2000 Cup Winners' Cup, while CB Amadeo Tortajada and SD Itxako have won the EHF Cup. In 2011 Itxako and CB Mar Alicante reached the final of the Champions League and the Cup Winners' Cup respectively.
It changed its official name before 2011–12 season to División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano. It was called Liga ABF between 2003 and 2011.