Liga Española de Baloncesto

Liga Adecco Oro

Current season or competition: 2011–2012 LEB Oro season
LEB Oro logo
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1996
Commissioner	José Luis Sáez
Inaugural season	1996–97
No. of teams	18
Country(ies)	Spain
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	CB Murcia
TV partner(s)	FEB TV, MARCA TV
Related competitions	Copa Príncipe de Asturias
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier (Spain)
Promotion to	Liga ACB - 1st Tier (First 2)
Relegation to	LEB Plata - 3rd Tier (Last 2)
Official website	www.feb.es (Spanish)

Liga Española de Baloncesto is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories and they are sponsored by Adecco. The names of the two leagues are Adecco Oro and Adecco Plata.

The LEB league was founded in 1996, and is played under FIBA rules. Top category, LEB Oro, currently includes 18 teams.

Liga championship rules

Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 34 games.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.

Each victory adds 1 match of win to the team in the league ranking. Each match defeated adds 1 match defeated.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:

1. The team that has most matches won in the ranking.
2. If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best baskets
3. If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall matches head to head difference wins.

At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Príncipe at home of the winner of the first half season. The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified.

LEB Oro

LEB History

The two first teams are promoted to ACB. Since 2007–08, is known as LEB Oro (LEB Gold) and the regular season champion promotes to ACB without playing the playoffs. The winner of the Playoffs Finals is the other promoted team.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	MVP	Champion's Coach
1996–97	CB Ciudad de Huelva	Caja Cantabria	Bob Harstad	Sergio Valdeolmillos
1997–98	Murcia Artel	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	Tony Smith	Felipe Coello
1998–99	Breogán Universidade	Cabitel Gijón	Eric Cuthrell	Paco García
1999–00	CB Lucentum Alicante	Club Ourense Baloncesto	Joe Bunn	Andreu Casadevall
2000–01	Caprabo Lleida	CB Granada	Michael Wilson	Edu Torres
2001–02	Lucentum Alicante	Minorisa.net Manresa	Lawrence Lewis	Julio Lamas
2002–03	Etosa Murcia	Unelco Tenerife	Jaime Peterson	Felipe Coello
2003–04	Bilbao Basket	CB Granada	Aaron Swinson	Txus Vidorreta
2004–05	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	IBB Hoteles Menorca	Ricardo Guillén	Luis Casimiro
2005–06	Bruesa GBC	Polaris World Murcia	Thomas Terrell	Porfirio Fisac
2006–07	Ricoh Manresa	Climalia León	Ricardo Guillén	Jaume Ponsarnau
2007–08	Basket CAI Zaragoza	Bruesa GBC	Andrew Panko	Curro Segura
2008–09	CB Valladolid	CB Lucentum Alicante	Jakim Donaldson	Porfirio Fisac
2009–10	Basket CAI Zaragoza	ViveMenorca	Jakim Donaldson	José Luis Abós
2010–11	CB Murcia	Blu:sens Monbús	Ricardo Guillén	Luis Guil

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
CB Murcia	3	1	1997–98, 2002–03, 2010–11
CB Lucentum Alicante	2	1	1999–00, 2001–02
Basket Zaragoza 2002	2	0	2007–08, 2009–10
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	1	1	2004–05
Gipuzkoa BC	1	1	2005–06
Bàsquet Manresa	1	1	2006–07
CB Ciudad de Huelva	1	0	1996–97
CB Breogán	1	0	1998–99
CE Lleida Bàsquet	1	0	2000–01
Bilbao Basket	1	0	2003–04
CB Valladolid	1	0	2008–09
CB Granada	0	2
Menorca Bàsquet	0	2
Cantabria Baloncesto	0	1
Gijón Baloncesto	0	1
Club Ourense Baloncesto	0	1
Tenerife Baloncesto	0	1
Baloncesto León	0	1
Obradoiro CAB	0	1

Records at LEB Oro

Individual records

• Most Points in a game

• 50 by Antwain Barbour (Tenerife) vs. Lucentum on November 21, 2008

• Most Three-pointers in a game

• 9 by Alberto Corbacho (Ciudad de Huelva) vs. UB La Palma on March 3, 2006

• Most Rebounds in a game

• 26 by Jakim Donaldson (Canarias) vs. Melilla on February 15, 2008

• Most Assists in a game

• 17 by Silas Mills (Calpe) vs. Cantabria on December 12, 2004

• Most Steals in a game

• 11 by Gimel Lewis (Cantabria) vs. Gijón on March 30, 2007
• 11 by Jeff Xavier (Palencia) vs. Huesca on September 30, 2011

• Most Blocks in a game

• 13 by Lester Earl (Melilla) vs. Coruña on January 18, 2002

• Most Efficience in a game

• 61 by Eric Cuthrell (Ferrol) vs. Córdoba on December 11, 1998

Historic records

Records until the start of the 2011–12 season. Games and points of Copa Príncipe de Asturias are not included in this ranking.

Top games played

No.	Player	Apps
1	Iker Urreizti	439
2	Alejandro Alba	415
3	Julio González	400
4	Juanjo Bernabé	370
5	Chus Poves	348
6	Jesús Chagoyen	339
7	Francesc Sabaté	336
8	Lucho Fernández	334
9	Alberto Alzamora	333
10	Rafa Monclova	325
11	José Antonio Ferrer	325
12	Edu Sánchez	325
13	Manu Gómez	317
14	Jorge García	311
15	Álex Burgos	301
16	Óscar González	293
17	Pedro Sala	290
18	Anthony Stacey	286
19	Pedro Rivero	285
20	Juanma Ruiz	283

Top scorers

No.	Player	Points	Apps	Ratio
1	Ricardo Guillén	4,073	241	16.90
2	Julio González	3,702	415	9.26
3	Joe Alonso	3,610	258	13.99
4	Anthony Stacey	3,560	286	12.45
5	Jorge García	3,443	311	11.07
6	Antonio Reynolds	3,306	224	14.76
7	Howard Brown	3,287	278	11.82
8	Rafa Monclova	3,240	325	9.97
9	Chus Poves	3,187	348	9.16
10	Javier Bulfoni	3,135	232	13.51
11	Lucho Fernández	2,967	334	8.88
12	Juanjo Bernabé	2,956	370	7.99
13	Alejandro Alba	2,925	415	7.05
14	Cuthbert Victor	2,888	218	13.25
15	José Antonio Ferrer	2,866	325	8.82
16	Diego Logrippo	2,851	203	14.04
17	Francis Sánchez	2,820	275	10.25
18	Álex Burgos	2,806	301	9.32
19	Jesús Chagoyen	2,764	339	8.15
20	Pedro Rivero	2,719	285	9.54

(Bold denotes players still playing in LEB Oro)

Copa Príncipe de Asturias

Main article: Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto

Teams 2011–12 season

Main article: 2011–2012 LEB Oro season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Starting head coach
Baloncesto León	León	Palacio de los Deportes de León	5,300	1981	Javier de Grado
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Cáceres	Pabellón Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres	5,850	2007	Gustavo Aranzana
CB Breogán	Lugo	Pazo Provincial Dos Deportes	6,500	1966	Pepe Rodríguez
CB Granada	Granada	Palacio Municipal de Deportes	7,500	1994	Miguel Ángel Zapata
Clínicas Rincón Benahavís	Benahavís	Pabellón Maestro Salvador Sánchez	1,500	1988	Manolo Povea
Ford Burgos	Burgos	Polideportivo El Plantío	3,150	1997	Andreu Casadevall
Girona FC	Girona	Palau Girona-Fontajau	5,500	1962	Žan Tabak
Grupo Iruña Navarra	Pamplona	Polideportivo Anaitasuna	3,000	2006	Ángel Jareño
Iberostar Canarias	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín	5,100	1991	Alejandro Martínez
Knet & Éniac	Logroño	Palacio de los Deportes	3,851	1967	Jesús Sala
Lleida Basquetbol	Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	6,100	1997	Ricard Casas
Lobe Huesca	Huesca	Palacio Municipal de Huesca	5,018	1977	Ángel Navarro
Logitravel Mallorca Básquet	Inca	Pavelló Muncipal d'Esports	3,000	2008	Xavi Sastre
Club Melilla Baloncesto	Melilla	Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz	3,800	1991	Gonzalo García
Menorca Bàsquet	Mahón	Pabellón Menorca	5,115	1950	Josep Maria Berrocal
Palencia Baloncesto	Palencia	Pabellón Marta Domínguez	1,806	1979	Natxo Lezkano
Tarragona Bàsquet 2017	Tarragona	Pavelló El Serrallo	1,800	1978	Berni Álvarez
UB La Palma, la Isla Bonita	Santa Cruz de La Palma	Multiusos de Santa Cruz de La Palma	4,000	1978	Carlos Frade

The second division before LEB Oro

Before 1996, teams promoted to Liga ACB from other second division leagues. The number of teams promoted varies each year.

Segunda División
Season	Champion	Runner-up
1956–57	RCD Espanyol	CE Laietà
1957–58	CD Iberia	Club Águilas Bilbao
1958–59	CB Fiesta Alegre	CN Helios Zaragoza
1959–60	Club Águilas Bilbao	CB Mollet
1960–61	Club Agromán	Picadero JC
1961–62	CE Laietà	UE Montgat
1962–63	CE Mataró	Sevilla FC
1963–64	CB Sant Josep Badalona	UER Pineda de Mar
1964–65	FC Barcelona	Sevilla FC
1965–66	SD Kas Vitoria	RC Náutico Tenerife
1966–67	Atlético San Sebastián	Real Canoe NC
1967–68	CB Sant Josep Badalona	CD Manresa
1968–69	RCD Espanyol	Club Águilas Bilbao
1969–70	UER Pineda de Mar	Bàsquet Manresa
1970–71	Club Vallehermoso OJE	UER Pineda de Mar
1971–72	Saski Baskonia	CE Mataró
1972–73	Club YMCA España	Círcol Catòlic Badalona
1973–74	CB L'Hospitalet	Club Águilas Bilbao
1974–75	CB Breogán	RC Náutico Tenerife
1975–76	Askatuak SBT	ADC Castilla Valladolid
1976–77	UE Mataró	CB Granollers
1977–78	CE Mollet	CB Tempus

Primera División B
Season	Champion	Runner-up
1978–79	CB Valladolid	CN Helios Zaragoza
1979–80	RC Náutico Tenerife	CB OAR Ferrol
1980–81	CB Caja de Ronda	CD La Salle Josepets
1981–82	CB Inmobanco	Saski Baskonia
1982–83	Cajamadrid	CB Canarias
1983–84	RCD Espanyol	CB Breogán
1984–85	CB Peñas Huesca	CB Gran Canaria
1985–86	CB Canarias	Cajabilbao
1986–87	CB Caja de Ronda	Collado Villalba
1987–88	CB Breogán	CB Gran Canaria
1988–89	Club Ourense Baloncesto	CB Sevilla
1989–90	CB Murcia	Baloncesto León
Primera División
1990–91	CB Gran Canaria	CB Llíria
1991–92	BC Andorra	Cáceres CB
1992–93	CB Cornellà	CB Guadalajara
1993–94	Cajabilbao	CB Salamanca
Liga EBA
1994–95	CB Gran Canaria	Gijón Baloncesto
1995–96	CB Granada	Valencia BC

LEB Plata

Main article: LEB Plata

LEB Plata is the Spanish basketball third league since 2001, the second division of the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The best teams promotes to LEB Oro and the last qualified ones are relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Bronce

In 2007, the Spanish Basketball Federation decided to create a third LEB with 18 teams, like the other two. Since that day, renamed LEB as LEB Oro (LEB Gold) and LEB-2 as LEB Plata (LEB Silver). This new league was called LEB Bronce, three first teams were promoted each year to LEB Plata and the four last teams were relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Bronce had also its Cup, like the other LEBs. In 2009, after two seasons, LEB Bronce was removed due to the difficulties of the teams that enjoyed the new league.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third
2007–08	Gestibérica Vigo	Canasta Unibasket Jerez	Leyma Básquet Coruña
2008–09	Alerta Cantabria	Matchmind Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila	CD Huelva Baloncesto

Copa LEB Bronce

Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Vigo	Balneario de Archena	Ciudad Torrealta Molina	91–70
2009	Tíjola	Alerta Cantabria	Promobys Valle del Almanzora	83–73

External links

• (Spanish) Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website