The 2012–13 LEB Plata season is the 13th season of the LEB Plata, second league 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 ...

and third division of Spanish basketball. It is also known as Adecco Plata in its sponsored identity.

Competition format

Teams will play a regular season with a

Round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...

format. The regular season champion will promote directly to LEB Oro and the last qualified will be relegated to

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 administered ...

. Teams qualified from second to ninth will join the promotion playoffs. The winner will promote also to LEB Oro. The two first qualified teams after the first half of the league will play the Copa LEB Plata. Regular season will start in October 10.

Eligibility of players

All teams must have in their roster: *A minimum of seven players who played in Spain during three season being between 15 and 20 years old.Training players, the proposal of the Federation to the Adecco Oro clubs
Solobasket.com April 27, 2011 *A maximum of two non-EU players. This players can be replaced by players from the EU or ACP countries. *A maximum of two players from the EU or

ACP countries The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group o ...

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

Team information

New teams in the league: * Clínicas Rincón (relegated after the 2011–12 LEB Oro) * Cafés Aitona (promoted after the 2011–12 Liga EBA) * Palma Air Europa (promoted after the 2011–12 Liga EBA) * Amics Castelló (achieved a vacant berth in the league) * Gran Canaria 2014 B (achieved a vacant berth in the league) *

CEBA Guadalajara CDE Escuela de Baloncesto Alcarreña is a basketball team based in Guadalajara, Spain that currently plays in Primera División, fifth tier. History The club was founded in 2011 with the aim to substitute dissolved CB Guadalajara. In August 2012 ...

(new creation team, achieved a vacant berth in the league) Teams that left the league: * River Andorra (promoted to LEB Oro as 2011–12 LEB Plata champion) * Aguas de Sousas Ourense (promoted to LEB Oro as 2011–12 LEB Plata runner-up) *

CB Las Rozas Club Baloncesto Las Rozas is a basketball team based in Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1987. In July 2011, the team achivied one of the vacant berths in LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish baske ...

(will play in

Primera División Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...

) * FC Barcelona Regal B (achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB Oro) * Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña (achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB Oro) * Plasencia Extremadura (will play in

) *

Tenerife Baloncesto Tenerife Club de Baloncesto was a professional basketball team based in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. History Tenerife CB was founded in 1996 after the fusion of some teams of the islands and debuts in LEB Oro in the 1996–97 season, the firs ...

(will play in

) * Gandía Bàsquet (relegated to

)

Regular season

League table

Results

Promotion playoffs

Teams 2nd to 9th qualify for the promotion playoffs to LEB Oro. The quarterfinals will be played in a two-legged tie, where the seeded team will play the second game at home. Semifinals and final winners, will be decided in a best-of-five series, played with 2-2-1 format.

Copa LEB Plata

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

Copa 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 relegate ...

at home of the winner of the first half season (11th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa LEB Plata, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue. 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 Copa LEB Plata will be played on February 2, 2012.

Teams qualified

The game

Awards

MVP Week by Week

Regular season

Playoffs

References

External links

Official website

LEB Plata website in FEB.es
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