The 2018–19

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 ...

season is the 25th season of the Spanish

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fourth league. The season started on 22 September 2018 and will end on 19 May 2019 with the promotion playoffs to

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Competition format

Teams are divided in five groups attending to geographical criteria. Groups A, C, D and E are divided in two.

Regular season

*Group A–A: Basque Country,

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and

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. *Group A–B:

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, Galicia and

. *Group B:

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, Castile-La Mancha and

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. *Group C–A:

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and

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. *Group C–B:

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and

. *Group D–A:

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and

Melilla Melilla (, ; ) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. 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 part of the Province of Málaga un ...

. *Group D–B:

and

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. *Group E–A:

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. *Group E–B:

and

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Final stage

The three best teams of each group and the fourth of Group A (champion of the previous season) will play the promotion playoffs. From these 16 teams, only six will be promoted to

. Since this season, only two teams will host one of the two final stages. Each final stage consist in two groups of four teams where the group winners will promote directly to LEB Plata. The two runners-up from each stage will play a final match for the two last spots.

Eligibility of players

The

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limited the number of non-EU players to only two and forced the clubs to have at least eight homegrown players.

Regular season

Group A

The 28 teams of the group were divided into two subgroups, where the two first qualified teams of each one would join the final stage. The two group winners will face for deciding the first and second position of the group; the same for the two runners-up, deciding the positions third and fourth.

Group A–A

Group A–B

Finals

=First-qualified teams playoff

= The winner of this single-legged series qualified as group A champion. The game was played on 4 May at Municipal of Zizur Nagusia.

Group B

The three top teams will join the final stage.

Group C

As in the group A, the 28 teams were divided into two subgroups, where the two first qualified teams of each one would join the Final Four for deciding the three participant teams in the final stage.

Group C–A

Group C–B

Finals

=Final Four

= The winner, runner-up and third place game winner qualifies for the final stage. The games were played on 4 and 5 May at

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=Relegation playoffs

= Winners remained at Liga EBA. First leg was played on 5 May, second on 11.

Group D

20 teams were divided into two groups. The five first teams of each group joined the second stage, where the best three teams will join the final stage.

Regular season

=Group D–A

=Group D–B

Second stage

=Group D–Qualification

=Group D–Relegation

Group E

17 teams were divided into two groups. The four first teams of each group joined the second stage, where the best three teams will join the final stage.

Regular season

=Group E–A

=Group E–B

Second stage

=Group E–Qualification

=Group E–Relegation

Promotion playoffs

The 16 qualified teams will be divided in four groups of four teams. The winner of each group will promote to

. The four runners-up will play a repechage to decide two more promotion spots.

Group A –
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Group 1

Group 2

Repechage

Group B –
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Group 3

Group 4

Repechage

References

External links

Liga EBA at FEB.es
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Competition format

Regular season

Final stage

Eligibility of players

Regular season

Group A

Group A–A

Group A–B

Finals

=First-qualified teams playoff

Group B

Group C

Group C–A

Group C–B

Finals

=Final Four

=Relegation playoffs

Group D

Regular season

=Group D–A

=Group D–B

Second stage

=Group D–Qualification

=Group D–Relegation

Group E

Regular season

=Group E–A

=Group E–B

Second stage

=Group E–Qualification

=Group E–Relegation

Promotion playoffs

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Group 1

Group 2

Repechage

Group B – Algeciras Algeciras () is a city and a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of G ...

Group 3

Group 4

Repechage

References

External links

Group A –
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Group B –
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