The 2015–16 LEB Oro season was the 20th season of the Spanish
basketball
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second league
LEB Oro
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 Spanish Basketball Federation, FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categorie ...
. The season started on October 2 and ended on May 27 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
Despite the aim to increase the number of teams to sixteen, finally a total of 14 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the
2014–15 season and two promoted from the
2014–15 LEB Plata.
Ford Burgos,
CB Valladolid
Club Baloncesto Valladolid, S.A.D. was a professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile-León, Spain. CB Valladolid was member of the Liga ACB, Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Famous players that have played for the team includ ...
and
Instituto de Fertilidad ClÃnicas Rincón, who will play in
this season's LEB Plata resigned to play in the league while
CB Prat Joventut, relegated in the last season, achieved a vacant berth.
On 28 August 2015, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the league to 16 teams with
FC Barcelona Lassa B from LEB Plata and
San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos, a new-creation in
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...
that replaces Ford Burgos.
;Teams relegated from the
2014–15 Liga ACB
*
Gipuzkoa Basket (will play in ACB as
Ford Burgos did not fulfill the requirements to promote)
*
Montakit Fuenlabrada (will play in ACB as
Club Ourense Baloncesto was not admitted in the league)
;Teams promoted from the
2014–15 LEB Plata
*
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad
*
Amics Castelló
Venues and locations
Personnel and kit manufacturers
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round.
Results
Copa Princesa de Asturias
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the
Copa Princesa 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 profes ...
at home of the winner of the first half season (15th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa Princesa, 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 Princesa will be played on January 29, 2016.
Teams qualified
The game
Playoffs
Stats leaders in regular season
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Performance Index Rating
Awards
All-LEB Oro team
The All-LEB Oro team was selected after the end of the playoffs.
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Borja Arévalo (
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*
Jeff Xavier (
Cafés Candelas Breogán)
*
Marc Blanch Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...
(
Quesos Cerrato Palencia)
*
Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (
Club Melilla Baloncesto
Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as ...
)
*
Óliver Arteaga (
Planasa Navarra)
MVP of the regular season
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Óliver Arteaga (
Planasa Navarra)
Coach of the season
* Sergio GarcÃa (
Quesos Cerrato Palencia)
All-Rising Stars team
This was the first year that this team was chosen.
revelación 2015/16: Engalanando al talento del futuro
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* Ferran Bassas ( Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo)
* Marc GarcÃa ( FC Barcelona Lassa B), also chosen as Rising Star Player of the season.
* Joan Tomàs ( Quesos Cerrato Palencia)
* Beka Burjanadze ( Leyma Básquet Coruña)
* Goran Huskić ( Peñas Huesca)
*Coach: Quim Costa ( Peñas Huesca)
MVP by week
References and notes
Notes
External links
Official website
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LEB Oro seasons
LEB2
Spain
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Second level Spanish basketball league seasons