The 2011–2012 Liga EBA season is the 18th edition of the
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 ...
. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to
LEB Plata. The regular season (and all games before the final playoffs) will start on September 18, 2011, and will finish on April 28, 2012.
Format
Regular season
Teams are divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Group A is also divided in two:
*Sub-group A-A:
Cantabria,
Basque Country
Basque Country may refer to:
* Basque Country (autonomous community), as used in Spain ( es, País Vasco, link=no), also called , an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map)
* French Basque Country o ...
,
La Rioja and
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
(except teams from Zamora).
*Sub-group A-B:
Galicia
Galicia may refer to:
Geographic regions
* Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
** Gallaecia, a Roman province
** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
** The medieval King ...
,
Asturias and
Zamora.
*Group B:
Community of Madrid,
Castile-La Mancha and
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
.
*Group C:
Catalonia and
Aragón.
*Group D:
Andalusia,
Extremadura and
Melilla
Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...
.
*Group E:
Valencian Community,
Region of Murcia and
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...
.
Final play-off
The three best teams of each group plus a fourth qualified decided with special criteria will play a double leg play-off. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to
LEB Plata.
The first round games will be played on May 13 and 20, 2012; the second and last round on May 27 and June 3, 2012.
Regular season tables
Group A
Sub group A-A
Sub group A-B
Second round playoffs
The three first qualified teams of each group played against each other a
two-legged tie. The winners of the games join the Final Stage playoffs. Team #1 played the second game at home.
Group A final standings
After the regular season of the groups A-A and A-B, the team qualified in the same position play a double game play-off to determine their final position in the table.
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Final playoffs
16 teams will join the Final play-offs. Four of them will promote to
LEB Plata.
Playoffs table
References and notes
Competition rulesPromotion and relegation rules to 1ª División
External links
Liga EBA in FEB.es (Spanish)
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