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

Liga Española de Baloncesto The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categories (the other two are the Segu ...

, 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 Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

. 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 as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

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. 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 and the leader will be the host team. At the final of the season: * The regular season winner promotes directly to

. * 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 (sold its berth in

CB Canarias Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, La Laguna, ...

) * River Andorra (promoted as 2011–12 LEB Plata champion) * Club Ourense Baloncesto (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 Força Lleida Club Esportiu, also known as Hiopos Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lleida, Spain. It plays in the Liga ACB with it home games played at the Espai Fruita Barris Nord. History The club bor ...

(new creation team, achieved a vacant berth in the league) Teams that left the league: *

(promoted to

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 The Liga ACB, known as Lig ...

(dissolved after its promotion to

as 2011–12 LEB Oro runner-up) * Lleida Basquetbol (will not join any competition) * UB La Palma (dissolved) * CB Sant Josep Girona (will play in

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

) * Bàsquet Mallorca (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 Club Bàsquet Tarragona, more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Tarragona Bàsquet 2017, is a professional Basketball team based in Tarragona, Catalonia who currently plays in LEB Plata. Season by season Retired numbers *5 ...

(will play in

) * Clínicas Rincón (relegated to

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and 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 promote ...

) *

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, Jerod Ward, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott ...

(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 Copa Príncipe de Asturias 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

Performance Index Rating

Awards and trophies

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

All LEB Oro team

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( Knet) *

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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 pla ...

) *

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( River Andorra) * Urko Otegui (

Palencia Baloncesto Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as Super Agropal Palencia, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league Primera FEB. History The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marist ...

) *

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( Planasa Navarra)

MVP of the regular season

( Planasa Navarra)

Coach of the season

* Andreu Casadevall ( Ford Burgos)

LEB Oro Rising star

* Mario Hezonja ( 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