The 2012–13 LEB Oro season was the 17th season of the

Liga Española de Baloncesto 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 oth ...

, a Spanish

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league. It was named Adecco Oro as its sponsored identity. The champion of the regular season would be promoted to Liga ACB. The teams between second and ninth position will play a best of five games play off, where the winner would be promoted too to the higher division.

Competition format

Eligibility of players

All teams must have in their roster: * A minimum of six players who played in Spain during three season being between 15 and 20 years old. * A maximum of two non-EU players. This players can be replaced by players from the EU or ACP countries. * A maximum of three players from the EU or

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. Teams can not sign any player after February 28, 2012.

Regular season

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. 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 The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

in football. Since the first round of the second leg, if two or more teams have accumulated the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these: # Head-to-head winning games. # Head-to-head points coefficient. # Total points coefficient. After the first leg of the season, the two top qualified teams will play the

Copa Príncipe de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias de Baloncesto (English: ''Princess of Asturias' Cup of Basketball'') is an annual 2nd-tier level national cup competition for Spanish professional basketball teams, that is organized by Spain's 2nd-tier level professi ...

and the leader will be the host team. At the final of the season: * The regular season winner promotes directly to Liga ACB. * Teams qualified between 2nd and 9th, will join the promotion play-offs to ACB. * Teams qualified in positions 12th and 13th will play the relegation playoffs. * Team qualified in last position is relegated directly to LEB Plata.

Team information

New teams in the league: *

Lucentum Alicante Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante is a professional basketball team based in Alicante, Valencian Community. Lucentum Alicante played in Liga ACB for the last time in 2012, after selling its place in the league to CB Canarias. In August 2015, d ...

(sold its berth in Liga ACB to CB Canarias) * River Andorra (promoted as 2011–12 LEB Plata champion) *

Club Ourense Baloncesto Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History Founded in 1978 as Club ...

(promoted as 2011–12 LEB Plata runner-up) * FC Barcelona Regal B (achieved a vacant berth in the league) * Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña (achieved a vacant berth in the league) * Força Lleida CE (new creation team, achieved a vacant berth in the league) Teams that left the league: * CB Canarias (promoted to Liga ACB as champion of 2011–12 LEB Oro, bought Lucentum Alicante's spot) *

Menorca Bàsquet Menorca Bàsquet, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Menorca, Balearic Islands. On July 5, 2012 the club announced its dissolution after it was forced to renounce to its third promotion to Liga ACB, putting an end to 62 years of ...

(dissolved after its promotion to Liga ACB as 2011–12 LEB Oro runner-up) * Lleida Basquetbol (will not join any competition) *

UB La Palma Unión Baloncesto La Palma is a professional basketball team based in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago ...

(dissolved) * CB Sant Josep Girona (will play in

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administer ...

) *

Bàsquet Mallorca Club Bàsquet Mallorquí, also known as Bàsquet Mallorca was a professional basketball team based in Inca, Balearic Islands, Spain. History Bàsquet Mallorca was founded in 2008 as a merger of two teams from Balearic Islands: * Club Bàsquet In ...

(will play in

) *

Baloncesto León Club Baloncesto León was a basketball team, based in León, Spain. History Early years (1981-1988) Baloncesto León was founded by José Antonio Moirón García, Enrique Emperador Marcos, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Villanueva, Lisardo Mourelo Gonz ...

(dissolved) * CB Tarragona (will play in

) * Clínicas Rincón (relegated to

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated to ...

) *

CB Granada Club Baloncesto Granada, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia. The team was founded in 1994 and has had notable players during its history, including Curtis Borchardt, Darvin Ham, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott Padgett, P ...

(dissolved after its relegation to

)

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

During the season

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Copa Príncipe de Asturias

At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the

at home of the winner of the first half season (17th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa Príncipe, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue. The Champion of this Cup joined the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa Príncipe was played on February 1, 2013.

Teams qualified

The game

Playoffs

Promotion playoffs

Relegation playoffs

The loser of a best-of-five series will be relegated to LEB Plata.

Stats leaders in regular season

Points

Rebounds

Assists

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Awards and trophies

Sueños e ilusiones en el quinteto ideal de la temporada 2013/14
FEB.es 9 April 2014

All LEB Oro team

Mikel Uriz Mikel is the Basque adaptation of the given name Michael. Notable people with the name include: Footballers * Mikel Alonso (born 1980), Spanish Basque footballer and older brother of retired Spanish international Xabi Alonso * Mikel Álvaro ( ...

( Knet) * Anthony Winchester (

CB Breogán Club Baloncesto Breogán, S.A.D., also known as Río Breogán for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lugo, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. The club was founded in 1966 by the Varela-Portas brothers. The team pl ...

) * Marc Blanch ( River Andorra) *

Urko Otegui Urko is a Spanish name. It may refer to: * Urko Arroyo Rivas, a Spanish footballer * Urko Rafael Pardo Goas, a naturalized Cypriot footballer * Urko Vera Mateos, a Spanish footballer *Cibernético (Octavio López Arreola), a Mexican professional wr ...

(

Palencia Baloncesto Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as CD Zunder Palencia, is a professional basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, ...

) *

Ondřej Starosta Ondřej Starosta (born 28 May 1979) is a Czech former professional basketball player. Player career *1995/98 Slavia Praha *1998/00 Sparta Praha *2000/01 Real Madrid ''youth team'' *2001/02 Go Pass Pepinster *2002/03 Le Mans *2003/04 Saint ...

( Planasa Navarra)

MVP of the regular season

( Planasa Navarra)

Coach of the season

* Andreu Casadevall ( Ford Burgos)

LEB Oro Rising star

Mario Hezonja Mario Hezonja (; born 25 February 1995) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Croatian national team internationally. He was selected with the fifth over ...

( FC Barcelona Regal B)

MVP week by week

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

Official website

LEB Oro page in the FEB website
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Second level Spanish basketball league seasons