Liga Española de Baloncesto

Second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system

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 81 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 four teams could not play in Liga ACB. Club Melilla Baloncesto is the only team that played all seasons of the league.

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.

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 CB 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 Andy 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 2011–12 Iberostar Canarias Menorca Bàsquet Jakim Donaldson Alejandro Martínez 2012–13 Ford Burgos CB Lucentum Alicante Ondřej Starosta Andreu Casadevall 2013–14 River Andorra MoraBanc Ford Burgos Jordi Trias Joan Peñarroya 2014–15 Ford Burgos Club Ourense Baloncesto Ricardo Guillén Andreu Casadevall 2015–16 Quesos Cerrato Palencia Club Melilla Baloncesto Óliver Arteaga Porfirio Fisac / Sergio García 2016–17 RETAbet. es GBC San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos Jordi Trias Porfirio Fisac 2017–18 Cafés Candelas Breogán ICL Manresa Jordi Trias Natxo Lezkano 2018–19 Real Betis Energía Plus RETAbet Bilbao Basket Tyson Pérez Curro Segura 2019–20 Season curtailed in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. 2020–21 Río Breogán Covirán Granada Kevin Larsen Diego Epifanio 2021–22 Covirán Granada Bàsquet Girona Marc Gasol Pablo Pin 2022–23 MoraBanc Andorra Zunder Palencia Michael Carrera Natxo Lezkano

Season Top rating PIR Top scorer PPG Top rebounder RPG Top Assistant APG 1996–97 Bob Harstad 31.72 Bob Harstad 30.56 Jermaine Carlton 11.96 Jaume Comas 4.73 1997–98 Tony Smith 25.38 Tony Smith 25.38 Eric Cuthrell 10.96 Tony Smith 3.96 1998–99 Eric Cuthrell 28.65 Tony Smith 22.62 Eric Cuthrell 11.57 Ronald Rutland 4.38 1999–00 Joe Bunn 28.23 Joe Bunn 23.60 Cedric Moore 10.17 Valentín Holgado 4.30 2000–01 Michael Wilson 23.70 Howard Brown 23.91 Michael Wilson 9.53 Ernesto Serrano 4.93 2001–02 Lawrence Lewis 25.03 Asier García 19.41 Lawrence Lewis 10.27 Roberto Núñez 4.60 2002–03 Jaime Peterson 22.47 Howard Brown 18.97 Willie Walls 14.76 Javi Salgado 4.87 2003–04 Aaron Swinson 23.94 Ugonna Onyekwe 19.33 Aaron Swinson 9.44 Dani López 4.62 2004–05 Ricardo Guillén 23.67 Aaron Swinson 18.56 Willie Walls 12.27 Sergio Sánchez 4.70 2005–06 Thomas Terrell 25.33 Thomas Terrell 19.21 Robert Battle 8.71 Andre Turner 4.68 2006–07 Ricardo Guillén 20.97 Malik Dixon 20.65 Keith Waleskowski 10.70 Jorge Jiménez 5.00 2007–08 Andrew Panko 21.88 Antwain Barbour 19.44 Jakim Donaldson 10.00 Lucas Victoriano 5.76 2008–09 Jakim Donaldson 23.26 Kammron Taylor 18.05 Jakim Donaldson 9.50 Diego Ciorciari 6.09 2009–10 Jakim Donaldson 28.50 Darren Phillip 18.15 Jakim Donaldson 11.06 Diego Ciorciari 4.87 2010–11 Ricardo Guillén 24.11 Ricardo Guillén 19.11 Dwayne Curtis 9.24 Juan Alberto Aguilar 4.56 2011–12 Jakim Donaldson 21.29 Troy DeVries 19.15 Olaseni Lawal 10.62 Joan Carles Bivià 5.12 2012–13 Ondřej Starosta 21.73 Francis Sánchez 15.73 Ondřej Starosta 9.81 Dani Pérez 5.50 2013–14 Jordi Trias 24.08 Ricardo Guillén 16.00 Jordi Trias 9.00 Mikel Uriz 4.92 2014–15 Ricardo Guillén 20.40 Ricardo Guillén 16.44 Kyle Rowley 9.07 Mikel Uriz 5.18 2015–16 Óliver Arteaga 23.18 Ricardo Guillén 18.70 Óliver Arteaga 9.71 Ferran Bassas 6.50 2016–17 Jordi Trias 20.50 Zaid Hearst 20.18 Jordi Trias 10.18 Dani Pérez 5.58 2017–18 Volodymyr Gerun 21.13 Johnny Dee 15.94 Emanuel Cățe 8.53 Óscar Alvarado 6.38 2018–19 Tyson Pérez 20.46 Junior Robinson 19.79 Tyson Pérez 10.62 Óscar Alvarado 6.18 2019–20 Bamba Fall 20.54 Frank Bartley 16.25 Bamba Fall 8.58 Pedro Llompart 5.91 2020–21 Kevin Larsen 16.81 Michael Carrera 16.70 Mus Barro 7.70 Óscar Alvarado 5.30 2021–22 Marc Gasol 23.45 Wesley Van Beck 19.50 Marc Gasol 8.60 Pol Figueras 6.03 2022–23 Michael Carrera 25.30 Michael Carrera 20.35 Michael Carrera 9.30 Rafa Luz 5.96

RankPlayerPositionYearsPointsGames playedPoints per game1PF2004–20165,92735316.82C2005–20235,24949110.73PG2003–5,0155249.64PF1996–20174,9685129.75C2002–20194,8325428.96SG2005–20224,80144410.87PG2002–20174,3884519.78SF2003–20214,3514809.16SF2000–20144,2414739.010SG2004–20214,11839910.6

RankPlayerPositionYearsReboundsGames playedRebounds per game1C2002–2,5445055.02PF2004–20162,3993536.83C2005–2,1893466.34PF1996–20171,9925123.95PF1997–20121,9263745.16C1998–20161,8433864.87C2006–20131,7592188.18C2000–20071,6972277.59C2002–20161,6553774.410PF2004–20181,6554213.9

RankPlayerPositionYearsAssistsGames playedAssists per game1PG1999–20121,3793953.52PG2002–20171,3124512.93PG2002–20161,2453723.34PG2003–1,1434042.85PG2002–20101,0152414.26PG2005–20159052983.07PG2010–20179022343.98PG1998–20118944392.09SG2006–20178823182.810PG1999–20108622922.9

RankPlayerPositionYearsStealsGames playedSteals per game1PG1999–20127663951.92SG2005–6283851.63PG2002–20165903721.64C2002–5805051.15PG1998–20115354391.25SG1999–20125014491.17PG2001–20104672661.78PG2002–20174584511.09SF1997–20074392591.710PF1996–20174395120.9

RankPlayerPositionYearsBlocksGames playedBlocks per game1C2005–3033460.92C1997–20072791881.53C1996–2000268932.94C2000–20072682271.25C2004–20182511931.36C2009–20152461741.47C2000–20032441172.18PF2003–20082411202.09C1997–20062191591.410C2002–20132182960.7

The 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.