Liga Española de Baloncesto

LEB Oro

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 LEB Oro season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1996
Inaugural season	1996–97
CEO	José Luis Sáez
No. of teams	16
Country	Spain
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Quesos Cerrato Palencia (1st title)
Most titles	CB Murcia (3 titles)
Level on pyramid	2nd Tier on Spanish Pyramid
Promotion to	Liga ACB - 1st Tier (First 2)
Relegation to	LEB Plata - 3rd Tier (Last 2)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Princesa de Asturias
Official website	leboro.es (Spanish)

The Liga Española de Baloncesto, also called LEB Oro is the second league of the Spanish basketball league system behind the ACB. It is run by the FEB. The Liga Española de Baloncesto is divided into two categories.

The LEB league was founded in 1996, and is played under FIBA rules. It was renamed LEB Oro in 2007.

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 Príncipe 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

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

Notes:

• † Team did not promote to Liga ACB in the next season.
• ‡ Iberostar Canarias initially did not promote to Liga ACB, but finally acquired the spot of Lucentum Alicante for playing in the league.

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
CB Murcia	3	1	1997–98, 2002–03, 2010–11
CB Lucentum Alicante	2	2	1999–00, 2001–02
Basket Zaragoza 2002	2	0	2007–08, 2009–10
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	1	1	2004–05
Gipuzkoa BC	1	1	2005–06
Bàsquet Manresa	1	1	2006–07
CB Tizona	1	1	2014–15
CB Ciudad de Huelva	1	0	1996–97
CB Breogán	1	0	1998–99
CE Lleida Bàsquet	1	0	2000–01
Bilbao Basket	1	0	2003–04
CB Valladolid	1	0	2008–09
CB 1939 Canarias	1	0	2011–12
CB Atapuerca	1	0	2012–13
BC Andorra	1	0	2013–14
Palencia Baloncesto	1	0	2015–16
Menorca Bàsquet	0	3
CB Granada	0	2
Club Ourense Baloncesto	0	2
Cantabria Baloncesto	0	1
Gijón Baloncesto	0	1
Tenerife Baloncesto	0	1
Baloncesto León	0	1
Obradoiro CAB	0	1
Club Melilla Baloncesto	0	1

Records at LEB Oro

Stats leaders

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

All-time top performances

• Most games

• 473 by Julio González

• Most points

• 5,366 by Richi Guillén (ongoing)

• Most rebounds

• 2,199 by Richi Guillén (ongoing)

• Most assists

• 1,379 by Juanjo Bernabé

• Most steals

• 766 by Juanjo Bernabé

• Most blocks

• 279 by Steve Horton

Records in a game

• Most points

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

• Most rebounds

• 26 by Jakim Donaldson (Canarias) vs. Melilla on February 15, 2008

• Most offensive rebounds

• 21 by Willie Walls (Inca) vs. Gijón on February 8, 2003

• Most defensive rebounds

• 16 by Willie Walls (Inca) vs. Tenerife on April 16, 2003

• Most assists

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

• Most three-pointers

• 11 by Tony Smith (Murcia) vs. Tenerife on April 3, 1998 (6,25m)
• 9 by Albert Sàbat (Canarias) vs. Cáceres on March 2, 2011 (6,75m)

• Most steals

• 11 by Gimel Lewis (Cantabria) vs. Gijón on March 30, 2007
• 11 by Jeff Xavier (Palencia) vs. Huesca on September 30, 2011

• Most blocks

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

• Most PIR

• 65 by Derrell Washington (Pineda de Mar) vs. Askatuak on September 28, 1996

Current clubs

Main article: 2015–16 LEB Oro season

Barcelona

Breogán

Burgos

Castelló

Melilla

Cocinas.com

Força Lleida

Coruña

Navarra

Palencia

Peñas

Palma

Ourense

Oviedo

Cáceres

Prat

Location of teams in 2015–16 LEB Oro season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Actel Força Lleida	Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	6,100
Amics Castelló	Castellón de la Plana	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló	5,500
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Cáceres	Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres	6,500
Cafés Candelas Breogán	Lugo	Pazo dos Deportes	6,500
CB Prat Joventut	El Prat de Llobregat	Pavelló Joan Busquets	1,000
Club Melilla Baloncesto	Melilla	Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz	3,800
Cocinas.com	Logroño	Palacio de los Deportes	3,851
FC Barcelona Lassa B	Sant Joan Despí	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper	472
Leyma Básquet Coruña	A Coruña	Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor	3,500
Ourense Provincia Termal	Ourense	Pazo Paco Paz	5,500
Palma Air Europa	Palma	Son Moix	5,076
Peñas Huesca	Huesca	Palacio Municipal de Huesca	5,018
Planasa Navarra	Pamplona	Pabellón Universitario de Navarra	3,000
Quesos Cerrato Palencia	Palencia	Pabellón Marta Domínguez	1,806
San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos	Burgos	Polideportivo El Plantío	2,500
Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo	Oviedo	Polideportivo de Pumarín	1,250

Copa Princesa de Asturias

Main article: Copa Princesa de Asturias

All-time LEB Oro table

The All-time LEB Oro table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in LEB Oro since the 1996–97 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2015–16 season.

Pos	Team	Season	Played	Won	Lost	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Debut	Since/Last App	Best
1	Club Melilla Baloncesto	20	679	344	335	–	1	3	1	1	1996–97	1983–84	2
2	CB Breogán	13	466	277	189	1	–	4	2	1	1996–97	2006–07	1
3	Baloncesto León	11	421	245	176	–	1	3	1	2	2000–01	2011–12	2
4	Menorca Bàsquet	10	385	226	159	–	3	–	3	2	1997–98	2011–12	2
5	Tenerife Baloncesto	12	421	224	197	–	1	1	3	–	1996–97	2009–10	2
6	Club Ourense Baloncesto	12	417	201	216	–	2	1	–	–	1998–99	2012–13	2
7	CB Villa de Los Barrios	12	399	190	209	–	–	–	–	1	1997–98	2008–09	5
8	CB Ciudad de Huelva	11	390	187	203	1	–	–	2	–	1996–97	2007–08	1
9	CB Lucentum Alicante	8	292	185	106	2	2	–	1	–	1996–97	2012–13	1
10	CB Murcia	8	289	182	107	3	1	–	–	1	1997–98	2010–11	1
11	Basket Zaragoza 2002	7	266	170	96	2	–	1	2	–	2002–03	2009–10	1
12	CE Lleida Bàsquet	8	291	157	134	1	–	1	–	–	1999–00	2011–12	1
13	Bàsquet Inca	11	366	156	210	–	–	–	–	1	1996–97	2007–08	5
14	CB Atapuerca	7	262	155	107	1	–	2	–	–	2006–07	2012–13	1
15	UB La Palma	9	318	144	174	–	–	–	–	–	2003–04	2011–12	7
16	Gijón Baloncesto	8	273	135	138	–	1	–	–	1	1996–97	2006–07	2
17	Palencia Baloncesto	7	236	129	107	1	–	1	1	–	2009–10	2009–10	1
18	Cantabria Baloncesto	7	246	125	121	–	1	–	–	1	1996–97	2007–08	2
19	CB Tarragona	8	282	115	167	–	–	–	–	–	2002–03	2011–12	7
20	Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto	6	222	108	114	–	–	–	–	2	2008–09	2012–13	5
21	Básquet Coruña	8	254	108	146	–	–	–	–	1	1998–99	2012–13	5
22	CB 1939 Canarias	5	185	104	81	1	–	–	–	1	2007–08	2011–12	1
23	CB Peñas Huesca	7	225	90	135	–	–	1	–	–	1996–97	2010–11	3
24	Bàsquet Manresa	3	120	84	35	1	1	1	–	–	2000–01	2006–07	1
25	Basket Navarra Club	6	191	83	108	–	–	–	1	–	2010–11	2010–11	4
26	CB Juventud Córdoba	6	192	78	114	–	–	–	–	1	1996–97	2001–02	5
27	CB Granada	4	155	76	79	–	2	–	–	–	1999–00	2011–12	2
28	BC Andorra	3	106	72	34	1	–	1	1	–	1996–97	2013–14	1
29	CB Axarquía	6	196	71	125	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2013–14	7
30	CI Rosalía de Castro	6	202	65	137	–	–	–	–	–	1999–00	2008–09	8
31	CB Clavijo	5	151	64	87	–	–	–	–	–	2011–12	2011–12	8
32	CB Sant Josep Girona	3	115	58	57	–	–	–	1	–	2009–10	2011–12	4
33	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	2	77	57	20	1	1	–	–	–	1997–98	2004–05	1
34	San Sebastián Gipuzkoa BC	2	79	54	25	1	1	–	–	–	2005–06	2007–08	1
35	CB Alcúdia	3	110	51	59	–	–	–	–	–	2005–06	2007–08	8
36	Força Lleida CE	4	120	51	69	–	–	–	–	1	2012–13	2012–13	5
37	Bilbao Basket	2	78	50	28	1	–	–	–	–	2002–03	2003–04	1
38	CB Tizona	2	63	49	14	1	1	–	–	–	2013–14	2013–14	1
39	CB Plasencia	3	107	49	58	–	–	–	–	1	2003–04	2005–06	5
40	CB Valladolid	2	68	47	21	1	–	–	1	–	2008–09	2014–15	1
41	Oviedo CB	3	94	47	47	–	–	–	–	1	2013–14	2013–14	5
42	Círculo Badajoz	3	100	45	55	–	–	–	–	1	1998–99	2000–01	5
43	CB L'Hospitalet	3	105	44	61	–	–	–	–	–	2005–06	2007–08	6
44	Bàsquet Mallorca	3	102	43	59	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2011–12	12
45	Gandía Bàsquet	3	107	40	67	–	–	–	–	–	2006–07	2008–09	14
46	Obradoiro CAB	1	45	37	8	–	1	–	–	–	2010–11	2010–11	2
47	CD Universidad Complutense	2	68	33	35	–	–	–	1	–	2001–02	2002–03	4
48	Cáceres CB	2	71	33	38	–	–	–	–	–	2003–04	2004–05	8
49	CB Bahía San Agustín	2	60	30	30	–	–	–	–	–	2014–15	2014–15	6
50	UER Pineda de Mar	2	60	30	30	–	–	–	–	–	1996–97	1997–98	6
51	FC Barcelona B	3	82	29	53	–	–	–	–	–	2012–13	2012–13	10
52	CB Galicia	3	94	29	65	–	–	–	–	–	1998–99	2000–01	10
53	CB Ciudad de Algeciras	2	68	27	41	–	–	–	–	–	2003–04	2004–05	14
54	Askatuak SBT	2	61	23	38	–	–	–	–	–	1996–97	1997–98	8
55	CB Calpe	2	71	20	51	–	–	–	–	–	2004–05	2005–06	17
56	CB Cornellà	2	71	19	52	–	–	–	–	–	2001–02	2009–10	16
57	CB Miraflores	1	30	18	12	–	–	–	1	–	2015–16	2015–16	4
58	CB Vic	1	34	15	19	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2008–09	12
59	CB Prat	2	58	15	43	–	–	–	–	–	2014–15	2014–15	14
60	AB Castelló	1	30	13	17	–	–	–	–	–	2015–16	2015–16	11
61	CB Valls	1	34	13	21	–	–	–	–	–	2004–05	2004–05	15
62	CB Aracena	1	34	12	22	–	–	–	–	–	2003–04	2003–04	18
63	Fundación Adepal	1	37	10	27	–	–	–	–	–	2010–11	2010–11	17
64	SD Patronato	1	29	9	20	–	–	–	–	–	1996–97	1996–97	11
65	CB Illescas	1	34	8	26	–	–	–	–	–	2008–09	2008–09	17
66	Ciudad de Vigo Básquet	1	34	6	28	–	–	–	–	–	2009–10	2009–10	18

League or status at 2014–15 season:

	2015–16 ACB season
	2015–16 LEB Oro season
	2015–16 LEB Plata season
	2015–16 Liga EBA season
	Lower divisions
	Clubs that no longer exist or does not compete in senior competitions

The second division before LEB Oro

Before 1996, teams promoted to Liga ACB from other second division leagues. The number of teams promoted varies each year.

Segunda División
Season	Champion	Runner-up
1956–57	RCD Español	CE Laietà
1957–58	CD Iberia	Club Águilas Bilbao
1958–59	CB Fiesta Alegre	CN Helios Zaragoza
1959–60	Club Águilas Bilbao	CB Mollet
1960–61	Club Agromán	Picadero JC
1961–62	CE Laietà	UE Montgat
1962–63	CE Mataró	Sevilla FC
1963–64	CB Sant Josep Badalona	UER Pineda de Mar
1964–65	FC Barcelona	Sevilla FC
1965–66	SD Kas Vitoria	RC Náutico Tenerife
1966–67	Atlético San Sebastián	Real Canoe NC
1967–68	CB Sant Josep Badalona	CD Manresa
1968–69	RCD Espanyol	Club Águilas Bilbao
1969–70	UER Pineda de Mar	Bàsquet Manresa
1970–71	Club Vallehermoso OJE	UER Pineda de Mar
1971–72	Saski Baskonia	CE Mataró
1972–73	Círcol Catòlic de Badalona	Club YMCA España
1973–74	CB L'Hospitalet	Club Águilas Bilbao
1974–75	CB Breogán	Granollers EB
1975–76	Askatuak SBT	ADC Castilla Valladolid
1976–77	UE Mataró	Granollers EB
1977–78	CE Mollet	CB Tempus

Primera División B
Season	Champion	Runner-up
1978–79	CB Valladolid	CN Helios Zaragoza
1979–80	RC Náutico Tenerife	CB OAR Ferrol
1980–81	CB Caja de Ronda	CD La Salle Josepets
1981–82	CB Inmobanco	Saski Baskonia
1982–83	Cajamadrid	CB Canarias
1983–84	RCD Español	CB Breogán
1984–85	CB Peñas Huesca	CB Gran Canaria
1985–86	CB Canarias	Cajabilbao
1986–87	CB Caja de Ronda	CB Collado Villalba
1987–88	CB OAR Ferrol	Askatuak SBT
1988–89	Club Ourense Baloncesto	CB Sevilla
1989–90	CB Murcia	Baloncesto León
Primera División
1990–91	CB Gran Canaria	CB Llíria
1991–92	BC Andorra	Cáceres CB
1992–93	CB Cornellà	CB Guadalajara
1993–94	Cajabilbao	CB Salamanca
Liga EBA
1994–95	CB Gran Canaria	Gijón Baloncesto
1995–96	CB Granada	Valencia BC

LEB Plata

Main article: LEB Plata

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.

LEB Bronce

In 2007, the Spanish Basketball Federation decided to create a third LEB with 18 teams, like the other two. Since that day, renamed LEB as LEB Oro (LEB Gold) and LEB-2 as LEB Plata (LEB Silver). This new league was called LEB Bronce, three first teams were promoted each year to LEB Plata and the four last teams were relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Bronce had also its Cup, like the other LEBs. In 2009, after two seasons, LEB Bronce was removed due to the difficulties of the teams that enjoyed the new league.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third
2007–08	Gestibérica Vigo	Canasta Unibasket Jerez	Leyma Básquet Coruña
2008–09	Alerta Cantabria	Matchmind Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila	CD Huelva Baloncesto

Copa LEB Bronce

Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Vigo	Balneario de Archena	Ciudad Torrealta Molina	91–70
2009	Tíjola	Alerta Cantabria	Promobys Valle del Almanzora	83–73

External links

• (Spanish) Official website
• (Spanish) Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website