The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second
basketball
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division of the
Spanish basketball league system
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after the
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 ...
. It is run by the
FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categories (the other two are the
Segunda FEB and the
Tercera FEB). The league was founded in 1996 and is played under
FIBA
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rules.
The league is contested by 18 clubs. Each season, the top-finishing team in the Primera FEB are automatically promoted to the Liga ACB. The teams that finish the season in 2nd to 9th place enter a playoff tournament, with the winner also gaining promotion to the Liga ACB. The three lowest-finishing teams in the Primera FEB are relegated to
Segunda FEB.
A total of
81 teams have competed in Primera FEB since its inception in 1996. 19 teams have been crowned champions and 30 teams have gained promotion to Liga ACB, of which only four teams could not play in Liga ACB.
Club Melilla Baloncesto is the only team that played all seasons of the league.
Championship format
Each team of has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's arena.
Each victory adds two points to the team in the league ranking, while each loss adds only one. At the end of the league:
* The winner of the Regular season promotes directly to
Liga ACB
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.
* Teams qualified between second and ninth position play the promotion play-offs, where the winner promotes with the regular season champion to Liga ACB.
* The worst or the two worst teams are relegated to
LEB Plata.
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the
Copa Princesa at home of the winner of the first half season. 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.
LEB History
The two first teams are promoted to ACB. Since
2007–08, the regular season champion promotes to ACB without playing the playoffs. The winner of the Playoffs Finals is the other promoted team.
League names
* 1996–2006: LEB
* 2006–2007:
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LEB
* 2007–2015:
Adecco
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Oro
* 2015–2024: LEB Oro
* From 2024 onwards: Primera FEB
Champions
Performance by club
Awards at LEB Oro
*
LEB Oro Final Four MVP
Records at LEB Oro
Stats leaders
All-time top performances
Games played
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Records in a game
*Most points
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FEB.es, 11 April 2008
:*50 by Antwain Barbour (Tenerife
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) vs. Lucentum
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on November 21, 2008
*Most rebounds
:*26 by Jakim Donaldson ( Canarias) vs. Melilla on February 15, 2008
*Most offensive rebounds
:*21 by Willie Walls (Inca
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) vs. Gijón on February 8, 2003
*Most defensive rebounds
:*16 by Willie Walls (Inca
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) vs. Tenerife
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on April 16, 2003
*Most assists
:*17 by Silas Mills ( Calpe) vs. Cantabria on December 12, 2004
*Most three-pointers
:*11 by Tony Smith ( Murcia) vs. Tenerife
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on April 3, 1998 ''(6,25m)''
:*9 by Albert Sàbat ( Canarias) vs. Cáceres on March 2, 2011 ''(6,75m)''
*Most steals
:*11 by Gimel Lewis ( Cantabria) vs. Gijón on March 30, 2007
:*11 by Jeff Xavier ( Palencia) vs. Huesca on September 30, 2011
*Most blocks
:*13 by Lester Earl ( Melilla) vs. Coruña on January 18, 2002
*Most PIR
:*65 by Derrell Washington ( Pineda de Mar) vs. Askatuak on September 28, 1996
Current clubs
Copa Princesa de Asturias
All-time Primera FEB table
The All-time Primera FEB table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Primera FEB since the 1996–97 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019–20 season.
League or status at 2019–20 season:
The second division before LEB Oro
Before 1996, teams promoted to Liga ACB
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from other second division leagues. The number of teams promoted varies each year.
Segunda FEB
The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the Spanish basketball third league since 2001, the second division of the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The best teams promotes to Primera FEB and the last qualified ones are relegated to Tercera FEB.
LEB Bronce
In 2007, the Spanish Basketball Federation decided to create a third LEB with 18 teams, like the other two. Since that day, renamed LEB as LEB Oro (''LEB Gold'') and LEB-2 as LEB Plata (''LEB Silver''). This new league was called LEB Bronce, three first teams were promoted each year to LEB Plata and the four last teams were relegated to Liga EBA.
LEB Bronce had also its Cup, like the other LEBs. In 2009, after two seasons, LEB Bronce was removed due to the difficulties of the teams that enjoyed the new league.
Copa LEB Bronce
Notes
References
External links
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Official website
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Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website
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