Teams
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HB Sant Joan Despi femminile
BM Bolanos femminile
BM Sanse femminile
Sant Vicenc femminile
BM Benidorm femminile
BM Getasur femminile
Mislata femminile
UCAM Murcia femminile
Hand Vall femminile
Atletico Basauri femminile
Adesal Cordoba femminile
BM La Roca Femminile
BM Leganes femminile
Pozuelo de Calatrava femminile
BM Base Villaverde femminile
BM Palencia femminile
Malaga Norte femminile
Oviedo BM femminile
Sporting La Rioja femminile
Sant Quirze femminile
Lanzarote Zonzamas femminile
UB Lavadores femminile
BM Gijon femminile
Fuengirola femminile
Salud Tenerife femminile
Urci Almeria femminile
BM Castellon femminile
C.LE.BA. Leon femminile
Elda Prestigio femminile
SAR Rodavigo femminile
BM Granollers Atletic femminile
Ermuko femminile
San Adrian femminile
Palautordera-Salicru femminile
Fuengirola El Coto femminile
BM Morvedre femminile
Castro Urdiales femminile
Agustinos Alicante femminile
CB Tejina Tenerife femminile
Canyamelar Valencia femminile
Getasur Women
Juan Toledo Lanzarote Women
CBF Elda Women
Vicar Goya femminile
Rocasa femminile
El Pendo Camargo femminile
BMC Liberbank Gijon femminile
Kukullaga Etxebarri femminile
Alcobendas femminile
Zuazo Barakaldo femminile
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.