Barcelona will be in the Endesa Women’s League next season. The Barça team, which emerged from the link with Sant Feliu in 2009, has certified this Saturday its direct promotion from the LF Challenge, the second division of Spanish basketball. And they have achieved it on the fast track: the defeat of Vantage Towers Alcobendas in Granada against Manuela Fundación Raca causes the Catalans to go out this Sunday to the Flying Fish track in Madrid against Sinergia Soluciones Real Canoe as champions in a mathematical way
Barça CBS has a balance of 24 wins and only 3 losses (Alcobendas, Estepona and Raca) with 3 games to play and a squad with names as recognized as that of the veteran Nuria Martínez (38 years old). Kristina Rakovic, Marta Canella and Alejandra Quirante have been important for the promotion, especially after the forced break of Ainhoa López: the 24-year-old player has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Lucía Navarro, eldest daughter of Barça legend Juan Carlos, has already played eight games with the greater with 18 years.
ACB and Women’s League
With the rise of Barcelona, next season there could be four clubs with teams in the Endesa League and the LF. Barça itself, Valencia Basket, Casademont Zaragoza and, if it finally rises from the LEB Oro, Movistar Estudiantes.