Liga ASOBAL 1997–98

Liga ASOBAL 1997–98 season was the eighth since its establishment. A total of 14 teams (2 less than 1996–97 season) competed this season.

Competition format

This season, the competition format consisted in two phases.

Phase	Remark
First	All teams competed in the first phase through 26 rounds in a round-robin format.
Second	The second phase was divided in two groups; the first four teams competed for the championship, and the last four teams competed for the permanence.

Overall standing

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona	26	24	1	1	817	608	+209	49	Championship playoff
2	Portland San Antonio	26	16	6	4	720	653	+67	38
3	Prosesa Ademar León	26	16	3	7	740	656	+84	35
4	Caja Cantabria	26	14	2	10	718	680	+38	30
5	Valladolid	26	13	1	12	758	750	+8	27
6	Quesos García Vaquero	26	9	9	8	728	733	−5	27
7	Redcom Airtel Chapela	26	11	5	10	607	638	−31	27
8	Bidasoa	26	9	6	11	628	640	−12	24
9	Cadagua Gáldar	26	8	5	13	701	764	−63	21
10	Granollers	26	8	4	14	629	661	−32	20
11	Pilotes Posada	26	9	2	15	693	750	−57	20	Permanence playoff
12	Altea	26	8	3	15	661	718	−57	19
13	Frigorificos Morrazo	26	5	5	16	652	705	−53	15
14	Universidad Oviedo	26	5	2	19	584	680	−96	12

Source:

Championship playoff

	semi-finals							final
	1	Barcelona	34	26
	4	Caja Cantabria	24	24
								1	Barcelona	35	32	29
								2	Portland San Antonio	27	20	25
	2	Portland San Antonio	25	28	25
	3	Prosesa Ademar León	29	21	24

1997–98 Liga ASOBAL winners
Barcelona Fifth title

permanence playoff

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Altea	12	6	3	3	324	307	+17	15
2	Frigorificos Morrazo	12	6	1	5	314	301	+13	13	In–Out promotion
3	Pilotes Posada	12	5	2	5	305	306	−1	12	Relegated
4	Universidad Oviedo	12	3	2	7	298	327	−29	8

Source:

In–Out playoff

	In-Out playoff
	Frigorificos Morrazo		27	25
	PRASA Pozoblanco		25	21

• Frigorificos Morrazo remained in Liga ASOBAL.

Top goal scorers

Player	Matches	Goals	Average	Team
Chechu Villaldea	25	178	7.12	Portland San Antonio