2008–09 LEB Oro season
2008-09 LEB season | |
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League | Liga Española de Baloncesto |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | September 18, 2008-May 15, 2009 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Valladolid |
Season MVP | Jakim Donaldson (Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias) |
Top scorer | Ricardo Guillén (Villa de Los Barrios) |
Play-offs | |
Final Four champions | Lucentum Alicante |
Final Four runners-up | Melilla Baloncesto |
The 2008–09 LEB season is the 13th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Thursday, September 18, 2008, and will end on Friday, May 15, 2009. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off to see who plays the Final Four. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.
LEB Oro Regular season
Pos. | Teams | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Avg | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CB Valladolid | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2700 | 2476 | +224 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
2 | Lucentum Alicante | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2742 | 2441 | +301 | Promotion playoffs |
3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2714 | 2554 | +160 | |
4 | Leche Río Breogán | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2661 | 2584 | +77 | |
5 | Tenerife Rural | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2879 | 2760 | +119 | |
6 | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2659 | 2593 | +66 | |
7 | CB Villa de Los Barrios 1 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2594 | 2550 | +44 | |
8 | Grupo Begar León | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2558 | 2507 | +51 | |
9 | Ford Burgos | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2762 | 2708 | +54 | |
10 | Plus Pujol Lleida 2 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2715 | 2698 | +17 | |
11 | Cáceres 2016 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2542 | 2592 | -50 | |
12 | CB Vic 3 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2578 | 2664 | -86 | |
13 | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2614 | 2713 | -99 | |
14 | UB La Palma | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2528 | 2619 | -91 | |
15 | Mallorca | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2751 | 2913 | -162 | |
16 | Gandía Bàsquet 4 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2507 | 2677 | -170 | |
17 | Illescas Urban CLM | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2386 | 2623 | -237 | Relegation to LEB Plata |
18 | Beirasar Rosalía | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2488 | 2706 | -218 |
1 CB Villa de Los Barrios relegated due economic problems.
2 Plus Pujol Lleida relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.
3 CB Vic relegated due economic problems and sold its berth to CB Sant Josep Girona.
4 Gandía Bàsquet relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.
LEB Oro playoffs
Quarterfinals
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 19, 2009, and all second games were played on May 22. The deciding third games were played on May 24.
Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg* |
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Lucentum Alicante | 2 - 1 | Ford Burgos | 89-69 | 71-75 | 84-57 |
Melilla Baloncesto | 2 - 0 | Grupo Begar Léon | 79-56 | 76-75 | |
Leche Río Breogán | 0 - 2 | Villa de Los Barrios | 81-89 | 58-76 | |
Tenerife Rural | 2 - 0 | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 83-77 | 67-66 |
* if necessary
Final Four
The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Fuenlabrada. The semifinal games are played on May 30. The championship final is played on May 31.
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
2 | Lucentum Alicante | 84 | |||||||
7 | Villa de Los Barrios | 81 | |||||||
2 | Lucentum Alicante | 72 | |||||||
3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 66 | |||||||
3 | Melilla Baloncesto | 91 | |||||||
5 | Tenerife Rural | 87 |
Stats Leaders
Points
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kammron Taylor | Beirasar Rosalía | 20 | 361 | 18.05 |
2. | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 34 | 605 | 17.79 |
3. | Jason Detrick | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 601 | 17.68 |
4. | Thomas Terrell | La Palma | 31 | 531 | 17.13 |
5. | Diego García | Ford Burgos | 33 | 565 | 17.12 |
Rebounds
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
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1. | Jakim Donaldson | Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias | 34 | 323 | 9.50 |
2. | Paulo Prestes | Clínicas Rincón Axarquía | 33 | 309 | 9.36 |
3. | Robert Battle | Valladolid | 33 | 289 | 8.76 |
4. | Ricardo Guillén | Villa de Los Barrios | 34 | 265 | 7.79 |
5. | Brian Cusworth | Leche Río Breogán | 28 | 205 | 7.32 |
Assists
Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Diego Ciorciari | Melilla Baloncesto | 33 | 201 | 6.09 |
2. | Javier Mendiburu | Plus Pujol Lleida | 33 | 154 | 4.67 |
3. | Pedro Sala | La Palma | 34 | 141 | 4.15 |
4. | Juanjo Jiménez | Illescas Urban CLM | 34 | 129 | 3.79 |
5. | Daniel López | Leche Río Breogán | 30 | 113 | 3.77 |