The
División de Honor Femenina 2011–12 was the 55th season of women's handball top flight in Spain since its establishment. Season began 10 September 2011 and finished 12 May 2012. Fourteen teams took part in the competition, with
BM Gijón,
CB Kukullaga and
CB Porriño replacing
CP Goya Almería,
CBF Monóvar and
AD Sagardía.
SD Itxako
Sociedad Deportiva Itxako, known as Asfi Itxako for sponsorship reasons, was a Spanish women's team handball, handball team from Estella-Lizarra, Navarre. Itxako were four times División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano, Spanish league winners and ...
won every match but one to lift its fourth championship in a row with a 5 points advantage over runner-up
BM Bera Bera
Balonmano Bera Bera is a Spanish women's handball club from San Sebastián representing rugby club Bera Bera RT in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989.
Ber ...
, which also qualified for the
Champions League.
BM Sagunto,
BM Alcobendas
Balonmano Alcobendas is a handball club based in Alcobendas, Madrid. BM Alcobendas plays in Liga ASOBAL.
Alcobendas' women's team was 4th in the 2011–12 División de Honor, qualifying for EHF competitions for the first time.CB Mar Alicante
Club Balonmano Mar Alicante is a Spanish team handball club from Alicante, that plays in Segunda División Nacional, the 3rd-tier handball league for women in Spain. Founded in 1996, the team has achieved its best results in recent years. They wer ...
followed in European positions while newly promoted Gijón and Kukullaga were relegated as the two bottom teams.
Financial strain led to major changes following the end of the season. 4-times champion
CBF Elda
Club Balonmano Femenino Elda, also known as Elda Prestigio for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's team handball, handball team from Elda, Valencian Community founded in 1985.
Elda was promoted in 1992 to the División de Honor Femenina de ...
asked to be relegated to the third tier on 18 June, Itxako renounced to its place in the Champions League three days later, and Mar Alicante also renounced to its European place on 9 July. Two days later
BM Murcia became the second team relegated for financial reasons.
Teams
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Alcobendas
Alcobendas () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid.
It forms an urban continuum with the neighbouring municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The affluent residential area of La Moraleja lies within the municipal lim ...
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Bera Bera
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Castro Urdiales
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Elche
Elche ( ca-valencia, Elx) is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2014 data, Elche has a population of 228,647 inhabitants,[Elda
Elda is a city and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain. , it has a total population of 55,618 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a conurba ...]
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Gijón
Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...
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Itxako
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Kukullaga
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León
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Mar Alicante
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Murcia
Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...
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Porriño
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Remudas
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Sagunto
Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, cl ...
Standings
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
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Full goalscorers list at rfebm.net
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References
External links
2011–12 season at RFEBM.net
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División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano seasons
ABF
Spa
2011 in women's handball
2012 in women's handball