Liga Asobal, is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of Honor Division, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including famous ones like FC Barcelona Handbol, Teka Cantabria, BM Ciudad Real, Portland San Antonio, Caja España Ademar de León, BM Granollers and BM Valladolid. Famous handball players who have played in the league include Jackson Richardson, Talant Dujshebaev, Staffan Olsson, Mihail Iakimovic, Oleg Kisselev, Alberto Urdiales, Mateo Garralda, Enric Masip, Iñaki Urdangarin, David Barrufet, Kristian Kjelling , Petar Metlicic, Ivano Balic, Juanin García, David Davis, Raul Entrerrios, Alberto Entrerrios, and many others.
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Liga championship rules
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga ASOBAL the league ends after every team plays 30 matches. Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ASOBAL takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used. Each victory adds 2 points to the team in the league ranking. Each drawn adds 1 point.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:
- The team that has most points in the ranking.
- If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best results
- If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall goal difference wins.
Champions by year
Classification 2007/08
As of December 17, 2007.
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Teams For season 2007/08
- Ademar León
- Algeciras
- Antequera
- Arrate
- Ciudad de Logroño
- Ciudad Real
- CAI BM Aragón
- FC Barcelona Handbol
- Fraikin Granollers
- Keymare Almería
- Octavio Pilotes Posadas
- Portland San Antonio
- Teka Cantabria
- Teucro
- Torrevieja
- Valladolid
- Promoted to Liga ASOBAL from Honor Division B:
- Relegated to Division de Honor B:
External links
- Official Website of Liga ASOBAL
- ASOBAL Magazine, "balonmano"
- Document for handball "balonmano" trainers
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| Ademar León | Algeciras | Antequera | Arrate | Naturhouse La Rioja | Ciudad Real | CAI BM Aragón | FC Barcelona | Fraikin Granollers | Keymare Almería | Octavio Pilotes Posadas | Portland San Antonio | Teka Cantabria | Teucro | Tabisam Torrevieja | Valladolid | |
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