LEB Plata

LEB Plata

Founded	2000 (2000)
First season	2000–01
Country	Spain
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	24
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	LEB Oro
Relegation to	Liga EBA
Domestic cup(s)	Copa LEB Plata
Current champions	Covirán Granada (1st title)
Website	lebplata.es
2019–20 season

The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system, the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, are promoted to LEB Oro. The four lowest-placed teams are relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Plata history

From 2000 to 2007, the league was known as LEB 2.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
2000–01	Llobregat Centre Cornellà	CD Universidad Complutense	Rahshon Turner
2001–02	Basket Bilbao Berri	CB Tarragona	Melvin Simon
2002–03	CB Aracena	CBC Algeciras Cepsa	John Schuck
2003–04	Valls Félix Hotel	Calpe Aguas de Calpe	Shalawn Miller
2004–05	CB L'Hospitalet	Alcúdia-Aracena	Thomas Terrell
2005–06	Autocid Ford Burgos	Aguas de Valencia Gandía	Brett Beeson
2006–07	Beirasar Rosalía	Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias	Jason Blair
2007–08	Akasvayu Vic	Illescas Urban CLM	Stevie Johnson
2008–09	Faymasa Palencia	WTC Almeda Park Cornellà	Robert Joseph
2009–10	Fundación Adepal Alcázar	Lobe Huesca	Ronald Thompson
2010–11	Knet Rioja	Iberostar Mallorca Bàsquet	Ian O'Leary
2011–12	River Andorra	Aguas de Sousas Ourense	Marko Todorović
2012–13	Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto	Palma Air Europa	Will Hanley
2013–14	Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	CB Prat	Ola Atoyebi
2014–15	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Amics Castelló	Nick Washburn
2015–16	Marín Ence Peixegalego	Sáenz Horeca Araberri	Javonte Green
2016–17	Sammic ISB	Comercial Ulsa Ciudad de Valladolid	Sergio de la Fuente
2017–18	Covirán Granada	Real Canoe NC	Tyson Pérez
2018–19	HLA Alicante	Afanion CB Almansa	Jordi Trias

Current clubs

Main article: 2019–20 LEB Plata season

Albacete

Barça

Benicarló

Girona

La Roda

L'Hospitalet

Menorca

Murcia

Pardinyes

Prat

Villarrobledo

Algeciras

Clavijo

Estela

Gijón

ISB

Marbella

Morón

Navarra

Ponferrada

Tizona

Zamora

Zornotza

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Location of teams in 2019–20 LEB Plata
Red: Group East; Green: Group West.

Gran Canaria

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Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2019–20 LEB Plata
Red: Group East.

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Arcos Albacete Basket	Albacete	Pabellón del Parque	1,200
Barça B	Sant Joan Despí	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper	472
Basket Navarra	Pamplona	Arrosadia	1,500
Bàsquet Girona	Girona	Fontajau	5,500
Bodegas Rioja Vega	Logroño	Palacio de los Deportes	4,500
CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP	Ponferrada	Pabellón Lydia Valentín	2,500
CB Benicarló	Benicarló	Pavelló Poliesportiu Municipal	2,000
CB Marbella	Marbella	Carlos Cabezas
CB Morón	Morón de la Frontera	Alameda	600
CB Prat	El Prat de Llobregat	Pavelló Joan Busquets	500
CB Villarrobledo	Villarrobledo	Los Pintores
Círculo Gijón	Gijón	Palacio de Deportes	5,197
Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras	Algeciras	Pabellón Ciudad de Algeciras	2,300
Gran Canaria B	Las Palmas	Centro Insular de Deportes	5,200
Hestia Menorca	Mahón	Pavelló Menorca	5,115
Igualitorio Cantabria Estela	Santander	Palacio de Deportes	6,000
Ilerdauto Nissan Pardinyes Lleida	Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	6,100
Innova Chef	Zamora	Ángel Nieto	2,200
JAFEP Fundación Globalcaja La Roda	La Roda	Juan José Lozano Jareño	500
Juaristi ISB	Azpeitia	Municipal	1,000
Real Murcia	Murcia	Príncipe de Asturias	3,500
Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet	L'Hospitalet	Nou Pavelló del Centre	700
UBU Tizona	Burgos	Polideportivo El Plantío	2,432
Zornotza ST	Amorebieta-Etxano	Larrea	600

Copa LEB Plata

The Copa LEB Plata (LEB Plata Cup) is a championship played since 2001.

In the first editions, the three top teams in the first half season and an organizer team played the Cup in a Final Four format. Since 2009, the teams who play this cup are two first qualified in the half season, and it's hosted by the first qualified . The winner of the Copa LEB Plata will be the first team in the play-offs if it finishes between the second and the fifth at the final of the Regular Season.

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Score	MVP
2001	Algeciras	CB Tarragona	CB Cornellà	84–82	Salva Camps
2002	Bilbao	Bilbao Basket	CB Tarragona	84–74	Lucho Fernández
2003	Plasencia	CB Aracena	CB Plasencia	80–71	DeCarlo Deveaux
2004	Logroño	CB Clavijo	CI Rosalía de Castro	77–75	Manu Coego
2005	Gandía	CB Atapuerca	Gandía Bàsquet	98–78	Tony Smith
2006	Pontevedra	CB Atapuerca	CB Peñas Huesca	88–78	Diego Guaita
2007	Santiago de Compostela	Club Ourense Baloncesto	CB 1939 Canarias	90–89	Sony Vázquez
2008	Palencia	CB Vic	CB Illescas	66–64	Eulis Báez
2009	Palencia	Palencia Baloncesto	CB L'Hospitalet	69–65	Carles Bravo
2010	Huesca	CB Peñas Huesca	CD Huelva Baloncesto	89–67	Stevie Johnson
2011	Logroño	CB Clavijo	BC Andorra	79–72	Sidão Santana
2012	Andorra la Vella	Araberri BC	BC Andorra	82–74	Alberto Ausina
2013	Guadalajara	CEBA Guadalajara	Oviedo CB	78–71	Sergio Llorente
2014	Fuenlabrada	CB Prat	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B	83–79	Sergio Pérez
2015	Castellón de la Plana	AB Castelló	CEBA Guadalajara	88–73	Nick Washburn
2016	Ávila	CB Peixefresco	Óbila CB	76–66	Antonio Pantín
2017	Granada	Fundación CB Granada	Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto	80–74	Jesús Fernández
2018	Granada	Fundación CB Granada	CP La Roda	71–63	Devin Wright
2019	Alicante	Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto	CB Zamora	86–68	Álex Galán
2020	Azpeitia	Iraurgi SB	Bàsquet Girona	74–69	Spencer Reaves

Final Four Editions

2001

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB Cornellà	90
	4	UB La Palma	77
						CB Cornellà		82
						CB Tarragona		84
	3	CBC Algeciras	91
	2	CB Tarragona	97

2002

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB Tarragona	73
	4	CB Guadalajara	68
						CB Tarragona		74
						Bilbao Basket		84
	3	Bilbao Basket	80
	2	CB Calpe	66

2003

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB Plasencia	103
	4	CB Galicia	73
						CB Plasencia		71
						CB Aracena		80
	3	CB Aracena	81
	2	Gandía BA	67

2004

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CI Rosalía de Castro	79
	4	CB Valls	68
						CI Rosalía de Castro		75
						CB Clavijo		77
	3	CB Clavijo	82
	2	CB Atapuerca	76

2005

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB Atapuerca	80
	4	Gipuzkoa BC	66
						CB Atapuerca		98
						Gandía BA		78
	3	Baloncesto Pozuelo	88
	2	Gandía BA	98

2006

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB Peñas Huesca	75
	4	CB Ciudad de Pontevedra	71
						CB Peñas Huesca		79
						CB Atapuerca		88
	3	CB Atapuerca	81
	2	UB Sabadell	72

2007

	Semifinals					Final
	1	CB 1939 Canarias	91
	4	Bàsquet Muro	84
						CB 1939 Canarias		80
						Club Ourense Baloncesto		90
	3	Club Ourense Baloncesto	78
	2	CI Rosalía de Castro	66

2008

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Palencia Baloncesto	65
	4	CB Illescas	80
						CB Illescas		64
						CB Vic		66
	3	CB Vic	78
	2	Gijón Baloncesto	69

Since 2009, the Copa Príncipe de Asturias (renamed Copa Princesa de Asturias in 2015) is only played with the two top teams at the first half of the LEB Plata season

Stat leaders at LEB Plata

Season	Top rating	PIR	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
2000–01	Rahshon Turner	24.48	Nacho Yáñez	21.83	Richard Lugo	11.00	Carlos Braña	4.20
2001–02	Melvin Simon	24.31	Danny Moore	20.60	Melvin Simon	10.69	Fernando Pérez	4.15
2002–03	David Schuck	21.86	Duane Virgil	20.12	David Schuck	9.97	José Báez	4.90
2003–04	Shalawn Miller	25.42	Tony Smith	22.69	José Manuel Coego	11.31	Lino López	4.96
2004–05	Thomas Terrell	30.39	Thomas Terrell	22.97	Antonio García	13.07	Lino López	5.10
2005–06	Brett Beeson	22.23	Tony Smith	21.03	Rammel Allen	9.84	Jorge Jiménez	6.03
2006–07	Jason Blair	25.38	Brett Beeson	19.21	Jakim Donaldson	11.26	Frederic Castelló	4.64
2007–08	Stevie Johnson	25.39	Stevie Johnson	21.39	Paulão Prestes	9.40	Josep Marcos	4.66
2008–09	Robert Joseph	23.90	Tarick Johnson	20.11	Pep Ortega	8.73	Lino López	4.40
2010–11	Ian O'Leary	20.38	Mat Witt	16.39	Ian O'Leary	9.50	Mat Witt	6.04
2011–12	Marko Todorović	20.38	Alfredo Ott	17.58	Alex Thompson	8.48	Federico Bavosi	5.83
2012–13	Will Hanley	23.65	Will Hanley	17.65	Will Hanley	11.20	Fran Cárdenas	6.35
2013–14	Olasumbo Atoyebi	20.05	Ibon Carreto	16.25	Olasumbo Atoyebi	10.50	José Antonio Marco	6.08
2014–15	Nick Washburn	20.04	Ridge McKeither	17.70	Dane Johnson	9.13	José Antonio Marco	7.12
2015–16	Javonte Green	21.60	Gabe Rogers	18.38	Jesús Fernández	10.17	Javier Marín	4.42
2016–17	Sergio de la Fuente	19.17	Sergio de la Fuente	17.13	Sergio de la Fuente	10.20	Lamonte Thomas	4.77
2017–18	Tyson Pérez	20.57	Will Saunders	17.41	Karamo Jawara	9.81	Adrián Fuentes	5.86

External links

• LEB Plata in FEB.es