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| Founded | Template:Start date and age |
|---|---|
| First season | 1996–97 |
| Country | Spain |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Liga ACB |
| Relegation to | LEB Plata |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa Princesa de Asturias |
| Current champions | Covirán Granada (1st title) |
| Most championships | UCAM Murcia CB Gipuzkoa Basket CB Breogán (3 titles) |
| TV partners | LaLigaSportsTV |
| Website | Template:Official website |
| File:Basketball current event.svg 2022–23 season | |
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The Liga Española de Baloncesto, also known as LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories (the other one is the LEB Plata). The LEB league was founded in 1996 and is played under FIBA rules. It was renamed LEB Oro in 2007.
The league is contested by 18 clubs. Each season, the top-finishing team in the LEB Oro are automatically promoted to the Liga ACB. The teams that finish the season in 2nd to 9th place enter a playoff tournament, with the winner also gaining promotion to the Liga ACB. The three lowest-finishing teams in the LEB Oro are relegated to LEB Plata.
A total of 78 teams have competed in LEB Oro since its inception in 1996. 19 teams have been crowned champions and 30 teams have gained promotion to Liga ACB, of which only five teams could not play in Liga ACB. Club Melilla Baloncesto is the only team that played all seasons of the league.
Championship format[]
A 2015 playoffs game between CB Valladolid and CB Breogán.
Each team of has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's arena.
Each victory adds two points to the team in the league ranking, while each loss adds only one. At the end of the league:
- The winner of the Regular season promotes directly to Liga ACB.
- Teams qualified between second and ninth position play the promotion play-offs, where the winner promotes with the regular season champion to Liga ACB.
- The worst or the two worst teams are relegated to LEB Plata.
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Princesa 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 History[]
Porfirio Fisac achieved three titles and collaborated in other one before leaving.
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.
League names[]
- 1996–2006: LEB
- 2006–2007: Adecco LEB
- 2007–2015: Adecco Oro
- 2015–present: LEB Oro
Champions[]
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | MVP | Champion's Coach |
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| 1996–97 | CB Ciudad de Huelva | Caja Cantabria |  Bob Harstad |
 Sergio Valdeolmillos
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| 1997–98 | Murcia Artel | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | Tony Smith |
Felipe Coello
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| 1998–99 | Breogán Universidade | Cabitel Gijón | Eric Cuthrell |
Paco García
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| 1999–00 | CB Lucentum Alicante | Club Ourense Baloncesto | Joe Bunn |
Andreu Casadevall
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| 2000–01 | Caprabo Lleida | CB Granada | Michael Wilson |
Edu Torres
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| 2001–02 | CB Lucentum Alicante | Minorisa.net Manresa | Lawrence Lewis |
 Julio Lamas
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| 2002–03 | Etosa Murcia | Unelco Tenerife | Template:Country data DOMTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jaime Peterson | Felipe Coello
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| 2003–04 | Bilbao Basket | CB Granada | Aaron Swinson |
Txus Vidorreta
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| 2004–05 | Baloncesto Fuenlabrada | IBB Hoteles Menorca | Ricardo Guillén |
Luis Casimiro
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| 2005–06 | Bruesa GBC | Polaris World Murcia | Thomas Terrell |
Porfirio Fisac
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| 2006–07 | Ricoh Manresa | Climalia León | Ricardo Guillén |
Jaume Ponsarnau
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| 2007–08 | Basket CAI Zaragoza | Bruesa GBC | Andy Panko |
Curro Segura
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| 2008–09 | CB Valladolid | CB Lucentum Alicante | Jakim Donaldson |
Porfirio Fisac
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| 2009–10 | Basket CAI Zaragoza | ViveMenorca | Jakim Donaldson |
José Luis Abós
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| 2010–11 | CB Murcia | Blu:sens Monbús | Ricardo Guillén |
Luis Guil
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| 2011–12 | Iberostar CanariasTemplate:Efn | Menorca BàsquetTemplate:Efn | Jakim Donaldson |
Alejandro Martínez
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| 2012–13 | Ford BurgosTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn | CB Lucentum AlicanteTemplate:Efn |  Ondřej Starosta |
Andreu Casadevall
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| 2013–14 | River Andorra MoraBanc | Ford BurgosTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn | Jordi Trias |
Joan Peñarroya
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| 2014–15 | Ford BurgosTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn | Club Ourense BaloncestoTemplate:Efn | Ricardo Guillén |
Andreu Casadevall
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| 2015–16 | Quesos Cerrato PalenciaTemplate:Efn | Club Melilla BaloncestoTemplate:Efn | Óliver Arteaga |
Porfirio Fisac / Sergio García
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| 2016–17 | RETAbet.es GBC | San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos | Jordi Trias |
Porfirio Fisac
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| 2017–18 | Cafés Candelas Breogán | ICL Manresa | Jordi Trias |
Natxo Lezkano
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| 2018–19 | Real Betis Energía Plus | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Template:Country data DOMTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tyson Pérez | Curro Segura
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| 2019–20 | Season curtailed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Template:Efn | |||
| 2020–21 | Río Breogán | Covirán Granada | Template:Country data DENTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kevin Larsen | Diego Epifanio
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| 2021–22 | Covirán Granada | Club Bàsquet Girona 2014 | Marc Gasol |
Pablo Pin
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Notes[]
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References[]
External links[]
- Template:In lang Official website
- Template:In lang Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website
Template:Basketball in Spain Template:LEB Oro Template:LEB Plata Template:Spanish basketball second level seasons Template:Men's professional basketball leagues