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Liga Española de Baloncesto
	; LEB
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1996
No. of teams	18 (LEB Oro); 11 (LEB Plata Group A); 10 (LEB Plata Group B)
Country(ies)	Spain
Continent	Europe
Official website	www.feb.es (Spanish) 2009–10 LEB

Liga Española de Baloncesto is a Spanish basketball league that is the next level of the ACB. It's run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories: LEB Oro and LEB Plata.

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

[edit] 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 matches.

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 and the ACB.

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:

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

[edit] LEB Oro

[edit] LEB History

Season	Champion	Runner-up	MVP	Champion's Coach
1996-97	Ciudad de Huelva	Cajacantabria	Robert Harstad	Sergio Valdeolmillos
1997-98	CB Murcia Artel	Fuenlabrada	Tony Smith	Felipe Coello
1998-99	Breogán Universidade	Cabitel Gijón	Eric Cuthrell	Paco García
1999-00	Lucentum Alicante	Ourense Baloncesto	Joe Bunn	Andreu Casadevall
2000-01	Caprabo Lleida	Club Baloncesto Granada	Michael Wilson	Edu Torres
2001-02	Minorisa.net Manresa	Lucentum Alicante	Lawrence Lewis	Ricard Casas
2002-03	CB 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 Bàsquet	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	Valladolid	Lucentum Alicante	Jakim Donaldson	Porfirio Fisac

[edit] Records

Most Points in a Game

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

Most Rebounds in a Game

26 by Jakim Donaldson (La Laguna) vs. Melilla on February 15, 2008

Most Assists in a Game

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

Most Steals in a Game

11 by Gimel Lewis (Cantabria) vs. Farho Gijón on March 30, 2007

Most Blocks in a Game

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

[edit] Teams 2009/10 season

Team	City	Arena	Founded
La Palma	Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands	Insular de Miraflores	1978
CAI Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Pabellón Principe Felipe	2002
Aguas de Sousas Ourense	Ourense	Pazo dos Deportes	1979
Leche Río Breogán	Lugo, Galicia	Pazo dos Deportes	1966
San Josep	Girona	Pavelló Fontajau	1962
Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Canary Isl.	Juan Ríos Tejera	1939
WTC Almeda Park Cornellà	Cornellá de Llobregat	Parc Esportiu Baix Llobregat	1926
Cáceres 2016	Cáceres, Extremadura	Ciudad de Cáceres	2007
Bàsquet Mallorca	Inca, Balearic Islands	Municipal d'Esports	2008
Tarragona 2017	Tarragona	Pabellón El Serrallo	1978
Grupo Begar León	León, Castile and León	Palacio de los Deportes	1981
Ford Burgos	Burgos, Castile and León	El Plantío	1997
Faymasa Palencia	Palencia	Pabellón Marta Domínguez	1979
Melilla Baloncesto	Melilla, Melilla	Ciudad de Melilla	1991
ViveMenorca	Mahón	Pabelló Menorca	1950
Tenerife Rural	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands	Insular Santiago Martín	1996
Clínicas Rincón Axarquía	Torre del Mar, Andalusia	Torre de Benagalbón	1988
Gestibérica Ciudad de Vigo	Vigo, Galicia	Polideportivo as Travesas	2004

[edit] LEB Plata

[edit] Teams Group A 2009/10 season

Team	City	Arena	Founded
ADT Tarragona	Tarragona	Casal Esportiu RIU CLAR-Torreforta	--
Iruña Navarra	Pamplona	Pabellón Anaitusana	--
River Andorra	Andorra La Vella	Poliesportiu D'Andorra	--
Caja Rioja	Logroño	Pabellón de Los Deportes	-
Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet	Hospitalet de Llobregat	Complex Esportiu L`Hospitat Nord	-
Alaior Menorcarentals.com Coinga	Alaior	Pavelló Esportiu Mpal. D´Alaior	-
Prat Joventut	El Prat de llobregat	Pavelló Joan Busquets	-
Beirasar Rosalía	Santiago de Compostela, Galicia	Fontes Sar	1990
CB Peñas Huesca	Huesca	Palacio Municipal de los Deportes	-
Leyma Basquet Coruña	A Coruña	Polideportivo de Riazor	-
Santurtzi CB	Santurtzi	Polideportivo Municipal	--

[edit] Teams Group B 2009/10 season

Team	City	Arena	Founded
Rayet Guadalajara	Guadalajara	Polideportivo San José	-
Illescas Urban CLM	Illescas, Castile-La Mancha	Municipal	2001
Huelva La Luz	Huelva	Palacio de los Deportes	-
Fundación Adepal Alcázar	Alcázar de San Juan	Pabellón Antonio Díaz Miguel	-
Qalat-Cajasol	Alcalá de G.	Pabellón Plácido Fernández Viagas	-
Plasencia Extremadura	Plasencia	Pabellón Ciudad de Plasencia	-
Matchmind Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila	Ávila	Multiusos Carlos Sastre	-
Cajasur Córdoba 2016	Córdoba	Pabellón Vista Alegre	-
Promobys Valle del Almanzora	Tijola	Pabellón Municipal	-
Real Madrid B	Las Rozas-Madrid	Pabellón Ciudad del Fútbol	-

[edit] Relegated or Dissolved

Team	City	Arena	Founded
CB Vic	Vic, Catalonia	Municipal d'Esports	1957
Gandía Bàsquet	Gandia, Valencian Community	Municipal	1981
Plus Pujol Lleida	Lleida, Catalonia	Barris Nord	1997
Villa de Los Barrios	Los Barrios, Andalusia	Soldado Samuel Aguilar	1996
Canasta Unibasket Jerez	-	-	-
Gijón Baloncesto	Gijón	Palacio de deportes de Gijón	1982
AD Molina	-	-	-
Alerta Cantabria	Santander	-	-
Balneario de Archena	Archena	-	-
CB Navalcarnero	Navalcarnero	-	-
FEVE Oviedo	Oviedo	-	-
Fundación Valdemoro Siglo XXI	Valdemoro	-	-
Mérida Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Mérida	-	-

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website

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