OK Liga

OK Liga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018–19 OK Liga
Sport Rink hockey
Founded 1969
No. of teams 16
Country  Spain
Most recent
champion(s)		 Barcelona (2017–18)
Most titles Barcelona (29 titles)
TV partner(s) Esport3, Teledeporte, Barça TV
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Primera División
Domestic cup(s) Copa del Rey
Official website fep.es

The OK Liga is the Spanish rink hockey league. Since 2008 it includes also a women's league.

History

The league was founded in 1969 as División de Honor as an expansion to all the Spanish territory of the Catalan Championship. Until 1971 teams from outside Catalonia did not join the competition.

The league changed its name to OK Liga in 2003 and in 2009 the playoffs for the title, that were established in the 2000–01 season, were abolished while several rules from other sports were approved.

In April 2017, a new name change for the 2017–18 season was approved and the top tier would be renamed as the OK Liga Oro while the second tier as OK Liga Plata. Also, a new national third tier competition OK Liga Bronce (with four interregional groups) was foreseen,[1] but due to the lack of interested teams, it wasn't created and the third tier remained at regional level.

All titles were won by Catalan teams except the editions achieved by Liceo. Barcelona is the most successful team.

Competition format

The championship is played through 30 matchdays in a round-robin format, a format quite common in other sports, such as football. The top team when finished to play the 30 matchdays is the champion.

Conversely, the last team qualified is relegated to Primera División.

Points are awarded as follows:

  • 3 points for the winner team
  • 1 point if a draw for each team
  • 0 points for loser team

2018–19 teams

Alcobendas
Non-Catalan teams 2018–19 teams
Catalan teams in OK Liga 2018–19 season
Team Arena City/Area
Alcobendas Amaya Valdemoro Alcobendas
Barcelona Lassa Palau Blaugrana Barcelona
Calafell Tot l'Any Joan Ortoll Calafell
Citylift Girona Palau II Girona
Igualada Les Comes Igualada
Liceo Riazor A Coruña
Lleida Llista Blava Onze de Setembre Lleida
Lloret Vila Esportiva Pavelló Municipal Lloret de Mar
Noia Freixenet Pavelló Olímpic Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
PAS Alcoy Francisco Laporta Alcoy
Recam Làser Caldes Torre Roja Caldes de Montbui
Reus Deportiu Pavelló del Reus Deportiu Reus
Sant Cugat Pavelló Municipal Sant Cugat del Vallès
Vendrell Pavelló Municipal El Vendrell
Vic Pavelló Olímpic Vic
Voltregà Victorià Oliveras de la Riva Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà

Champions by year

División de Honor

YearChampionRunner-up
1969–70Reus DeportiuNoia
1970–71Reus DeportiuNoia
1971–72Reus DeportiuBarcelona
1972–73Reus DeportiuSentmenat
1973–74BarcelonaVoltregà
1974–75VoltregàBarcelona
1975–76VoltregàVilanova
1976–77BarcelonaReus Deportiu
1977–78BarcelonaVoltregà
1978–79BarcelonaReus Deportiu
1979–80BarcelonaTordera
1980–81BarcelonaNoia
1981–82BarcelonaLiceo
1982–83LiceoBarcelona
1983–84BarcelonaTordera
1984–85BarcelonaLiceo
1985–86LiceoBarcelona
YearChampionRunner-up
1986–87LiceoBarcelona
1987–88NoiaLiceo
1988–89IgualadaLiceo
1989–90LiceoIgualada
1990–91LiceoIgualada
1991–92IgualadaLiceo
1992–93LiceoIgualada
1993–94IgualadaBarcelona
1994–95IgualadaBarcelona
1995–96BarcelonaLiceo
1996–97IgualadaBarcelona
1997–98BarcelonaVic
1998–99BarcelonaLiceo
1999–00BarcelonaLiceo
2000–01BarcelonaVic
2001–02BarcelonaIgualada

OK Liga

YearChampionRunner-up
2002–03BarcelonaNoia
2003–04BarcelonaIgualada
2004–05BarcelonaReus Deportiu
2005–06BarcelonaReus Deportiu
2006–07BarcelonaReus Deportiu
2007–08BarcelonaReus Deportiu
2008–09BarcelonaLiceo
2009–10BarcelonaLiceo
2010–11Reus DeportiuLiceo
2011–12BarcelonaLiceo
2012–13LiceoBarcelona
2013–14BarcelonaLiceo
2014–15BarcelonaLiceo
2015–16BarcelonaVic
2016–17BarcelonaReus Deportiu
2017–18BarcelonaLiceo

Performance by club

Club Titles Runners-up Years winners
Barcelona299 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Liceo714 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2013
Reus Deportiu57 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 2011
Igualada55 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997
Voltregà22 1975, 1976
Noia14 1988
Vic03
Tordera02
Sentmenat01
Vilanova01

Champions by Autonomous Communities

Titles Autonomous Community
41 Catalonia Catalonia
7 Galicia (Spain) Galicia
48 TOTAL

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Celebrada la reunión de Federaciones Autonómicas" (in Spanish). FEP.es. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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