2020–21 LEB Oro season

The 2020–21 LEB Oro season is the 25th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 16 October 2020 with the first round of the regular season and will end on 19 June 2021 with the Final Four.

LEB Oro
Season	2020–21
Teams	19
Games played	121
Records
Biggest home win	Breogán 90–53 Tizona (25 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Murcia 58–86 Castelló (17 October 2020) Tizona 50–78 Coruña (10 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Castelló 105–100 Granada (18 December 2020)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 5 February 2021.

It is the following season after the 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league was expanded to 19 teams, record of the league, and it was divided into two groups for the first time in its history.[1] On August 27, 2020, FEB and acb agreed a support plan for the league and intended to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to guarantee the broadcast of all the matches of the league. The total of these grants, therefore, amount to one million euros, which are distributed evenly among the clubs registered in the league for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Format changes

For this season, the league consist of two group phases with two groups of 9 and 10 teams in each phase. At the end of the first phase, the top five teams of each group will join the promotion group and the rest of the teams will join the relegation group. In the second phase, the results of the teams that played in the first phase will sweep to the second phase avoiding to play four times with the same team. At the end of the second phase, the eight top teams of the promotion group will qualify for the promotion playoffs and the last four teams of the relegation group will be relegated to LEB Plata.[3]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 19 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 LEB Plata. On July 21, 2020, Marín Ence PeixeGalego did not register in the league.[4]

Teams promoted from LEB Plata

• Real Murcia
• Bàsquet Girona
• Tizona Universidad de Burgos

Venues and locations

Breogán

Cáceres

Coruña

Melilla

Ourense

Oviedo

Palencia

Tizona

Valladolid

Alicante

Almansa

Castelló

Força Lleida

Girona

Granada

Huesca

Murcia

Palma

Real Canoe

Location of teams in 2020–21 LEB Oro
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Afanion CB Almansa	Almansa	Municipal	1,500
Bàsquet Girona	Girona	Fontajau	5,500
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Cáceres	Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres	6,500
Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	Valladolid	Pisuerga	6,800
Covirán Granada	Granada	Palacio de Deportes	7,242
Destino Palencia	Palencia	Pabellón Municipal	5,000
HLA Alicante	Alicante	Pedro Ferrándiz	5,700
Ibereólica Renovables Ourense	Ourense	Pazo Paco Paz	5,500
ICG Força Lleida	Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	6,100
Leche Río Breogán	Lugo	Pazo dos Deportes	6,500
Levitec Huesca	Huesca	Palacio Municipal de Huesca	4,900
Leyma Coruña	A Coruña	Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor	5,000
Liberbank Oviedo	Oviedo	Polideportivo de Pumarín	1,138
Melilla Sport Capital	Melilla	Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz	3,800
Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	Palma	Son Moix	3,800
Real Murcia	Murcia	Príncipe de Asturias	3,500
TAU Castelló	Castellón	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló	6,000
Tizona Universidad de Burgos	Burgos	Polideportivo El Plantío	2,432
ZTE Real Canoe NC	Madrid	Polideportivo Pez Volador	800

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Afanion CB Almansa	Rubén Perelló	Besten 10	Afanion
Bàsquet Girona	Carles Marco	Nike
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Roberto Blanco	Besten 10	Extremadura
Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	Hugo López	Kappa	Grupo Aspasia, Clínica Sur
Covirán Granada	Pablo Pin	Vive	Supermercados Covirán
Destino Palencia	Arturo Álvarez	Kappa	Palencia
HLA Alicante	Pedro Rivero	Score Tech	Grupo Hospitalario HLA
Ibereólica Renovables Ourense	Gonzalo García de Vitoria	34ers	Grupo Ibereólica Renovables
ICG Força Lleida	Gustavo Aranzana	Joma	ICG Software
Leche Río Breogán	Diego Epifanio	Hummel	Leche Río
Levitec Huesca	Óscar Lata	Barri-Ball	Levitec, Aragon
Leyma Coruña	Sergio García	Wibo	Leche Leyma, Galega 100%
Liberbank Oviedo	Natxo Lezkano	Spalding	Liberbank
Melilla Sport Capital	Alejandro Alcoba	Pentex
Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	Pau Tomàs	Pentex	Palmer Inmobiliaria
	Álex Pérez
Real Murcia	Rafa Monclova	Vive	Terra Training
TAU Castelló	Toni Ten	Score Tech	TAU Cerámica
Tizona Universidad de Burgos	Lluís Riera	Luanvi	Ford Autocid
ZTE Real Canoe NC	José Rey	Spalding	ZTE

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Levitec Huesca	Guillermo Arenas	End of contract	15 May 2020[5]	Pre-season	David Gómez	16 July 2020[6]
Bàsquet Girona	Àlex Formento	Sacked	7 June 2020[7]		Carles Marco	11 June 2020[8]
Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	Félix Alonso	End of contract	8 June 2020[9]		Pau Tomàs	8 June 2020
					Álex Pérez
Destino Palencia	Carles Marco	Signed for Bàsquet Girona	11 June 2020[10]		Arturo Álvarez	15 July 2020[11]
ZTE Real Canoe NC	Miguel Ángel Aranzábal	End as head coach	16 July 2020[12]		José Rey	16 July 2020
Tizona Universidad de Burgos	Jorge Elorduy	Sacked	28 November 2020[13]	9th of Group A (1–3)	Lluís Riera	29 November 2020[14]
Levitec Huesca	David Gómez		25 January 2021[15]	8th of Group B (3–10)	Óscar Lata	1 February 2020[16]

First phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leche Río Breogán	13	11	2	1013	891	+122	24	Qualification to promotion group
2	Destino Palencia	14	8	6	1036	982	+54	22
3	Leyma Coruña	12	8	4	900	836	+64	20
4	Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	13	7	6	1040	1021	+19	20
5	Liberbank Oviedo	12	7	5	921	908	+13	19
6	Melilla Sport Capital	14	5	9	1053	1122	−69	19	Qualification to relegation group
7	Ibereólica Renovables Ourense	13	4	9	973	1026	−53	17
8	Tizona Universidad de Burgos	13	4	9	995	1100	−105	17
9	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	12	4	8	869	914	−45	16

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: FEB

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Leche Río Breogán	2	4	7	7	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Leyma Coruña	8	7	8	8	6	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	3	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3
Destino Palencia	1	2	3	2	3	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4
Liberbank Oviedo	5	8	5	3	7	9	6	4	4	5	5	6	5	5
Melilla Sport Capital	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	8	6	6	6	7	6	6
Ibereólica Ourense	4	3	4	5	2	4	5	7	8	8	8	5	8	7
Tizona Universidad Burgos	7	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	8	7	8
Cáceres P. Humanidad	9	5	2	4	4	7	8	6	7	9	9	9	9	9

	Qualification to promotion group
	Qualification to relegation group

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	CAC	VLL	PAL	COB	BRE	COR	OVI	MEL	TIZ
Cáceres P. Humanidad	—	80–93	60–72	75–66		71–78	88–72	82–80
Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	73–67	—	73–66	89–87	70–80	67–78		89–84
Destino Palencia	76–65	72–67	—	87–69	65–76		78–81	81–50	71–85
Ibereólica Ourense	73–67	78–88	75–68	—		71–88	69–82		89–70
Leche Río Breogán	76–63	87–82		79–71	—	68–72	80–66	81–72	90–53
Leyma Coruña		67–80	66–64		60–68	—	62–60	93–71	83–88
Liberbank Oviedo		83–78	78–79	83–75	64–78		—	82–76	90–73
Melilla Sport Capital	74–75		58–71	81–70	74–67	78–75	72–80	—	93–88
Tizona Universidad Burgos	81–76	92–91	79–86	69–80	79–83	50–78		88–90	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	HLA Alicante	14	10	4	1124	1020	+104	24	Qualification to promotion group
2	TAU Castelló	13	10	3	1054	961	+93	23
3	ICG Força Lleida	13	7	6	948	961	−13	20
4	Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	13	7	6	1039	1055	−16	20
5	Covirán Granada	11	7	4	898	813	+85	18
6	Afanion CB Almansa	11	7	4	849	822	+27	18	Qualification to relegation group
7	Levitec Huesca	14	4	10	962	1058	−96	18
8	Bàsquet Girona	12	5	7	906	919	−13	17
9	Real Murcia	13	4	9	875	947	−72	17
10	ZTE Real Canoe NC	12	2	10	877	976	−99	14

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: FEB

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
HLA Alicante	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
TAU Castelló	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2
ICG Força Lleida	6	9	6	8	5	6	6	5	6	6	7	8	7	3
Palmer Alma Mediterrànea	8	8	9	6	8	10	9	7	7	5	5	4	3	4
Covirán Granada	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	5	5
Afanion Almansa	5	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	6
Levitec Huesca	9	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	7
Bàsquet Girona	7	4	5	7	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	6	8
Real Murcia	10	5	4	5	6	5	5	6	5	7	6	6	9	9
ZTE Real Canoe NC	3	7	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Qualification to promotion group
	Qualification to relegation group

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	ALM	GIR	GRA	ALI	FLL	HUE	PLM	MUR	CAS	CAN
Afanion Almansa	—		64–89	93–99	80–71				52–66	74–69
Bàsquet Girona	78–89	—		77–83	86–70	67–50	80–83	75–63	72–74
Covirán Granada		83–60	—		80–83	89–75	63–70	73–67
HLA Alicante		74–62	67–70	—	82–65	84–50	96–89		81–87	82–77
ICG Força Lleida	62–67		83–79	67–87	—	67–63	91–78	78–55
Levitec Huesca	71–83	90–84	71–78	76–64		—	66–73	69–82		63–53
Palmer Alma Mediterrànea	73–97	78–81		80–69	82–71		—	77–72	73–79	100–99
Real Murcia	65–63			65–71	57–66	68–65		—	58–86	76–67
TAU Castelló		82–84	105–100	62–85	65–74	91–69		88–83	—	92–63
ZTE Real Canoe NC	79–87		68–94			75–84	91–83	69–64	67–77	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to playoffs
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	S	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

	Qualification to playoffs

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	AAA	BBB	CCC	DDD	EEE	FFF	GGG	HHH	III	JJJ
0	—
0		—
0			—
0				—
0					—
0						—
0							—
0								—
0									—
0										—

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to playoffs
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to LEB Plata
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	S	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

	Qualification to playoffs
	Relegation to LEB Plata

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB

Results

Home \ Away	AAA	BBB	CCC	DDD	EEE	FFF	GGG	HHH	III
0	—
0		—
0			—
0				—
0					—
0						—
0							—
0								—
0									—

First match(es) will be played on 12 March 2021. Source: FEB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
		0	0	0
		0	0	0
								0	0	0
								0	0	0
		0	0	0
		0	0	0
														0	0	0
														0	0	0
		0	0	0
		0	0	0
								0	0	0
								0	0	0
		0	0	0
		0	0	0

Source: FEB

Copa Princesa de Asturias

The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 22 January 2021, by the top team of each group after the end of the first half of the season (round 9 of first phase). The champion of the cup will play the playoffs as the top seed if it qualify for the playoffs.

Teams qualified

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	A	Leche Río Breogán (H)	8	7	1	621	532	+89	15
1	B	HLA Alicante	9	8	1	749	648	+101	17

Source: FEB
(H) Host.

Game

Leche Río Breogán v HLA Alicante

22 January 2021	Leche Río Breogán	85–740(OT)	HLA Alicante	Lugo
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 15–15, 15–22, 15–14, Overtime: 16–5
	Pts: Kačinas 20 Rebs: Cruz 7 Asts: Sollazzo 3 Eff: Kačinas 25	Report	Pts: Bergstedt, Urtasun 13 Rebs: Ortega 9 Asts: Llompart 3 Eff: Bergstedt 13	Arena: Pazo dos Deportes Attendance: 250 Referees: Francisco José Zafra, Guillermo Ríos, Eric Carrera

Awards

All official awards of the 2020–21 LEB Oro season.

Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP

Pos.	Player	Team
PF	Mindaugas Kačinas	Leche Río Breogán

Source: [17]

First phase

Round	Player	Team	Eff.	Ref
1	Justin Pitts	HLA Alicante	27	[18]
2	Jacobo Díaz	Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	29	[19]
3	Pedro Llompart	HLA Alicante	26	[20]
	Elijah Brown	Liberbank Oviedo
	Jonas Bergstedt	HLA Alicante
4	Luis Parejo	Levitec Huesca	34	[21]
5	Karamo Jawara	Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	33	[22]
6	Lluís Costa	Covirán Granada	35	[23]
7	Adala Moto	TAU Castelló	23	[24]
8	Joey van Zegeren	Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB	39	[25]
9	Karamo Jawara (2)	Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma	29	[26]
10	Daniel Clark	ZTE Real Canoe NC	33	[27]
11	Iván Cruz	Leche Río Breogán	33	[28]
12	Justin Pitts (2)	HLA Alicante	26	[29]
13	Juan José García	TAU Castelló	36	[30]
14	Michael Buchanan	ICG Força Lleida	29	[31]

References

1. "Guía rápida de la LEB Oro 2020/2021". Zona de Básquet (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
2. "La FEB y la acb alcanzan un acuerdo para estabilizar el baloncesto español en la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
3. "La Comisión Gestora de la FEB aprueba las Bases de Competición para la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 3 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
4. "Definidos los grupos y equipos de la temporada 2020/21 | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 21 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
5. "Guillermo Arenas no continuará al frente de Levitec Huesca la próxima temporada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
6. "David Gómez dirigirá a CB Peñas en LEB Oro durante la próxima temporada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
7. "El Bàsquet Girona y Alex Formento llegan a un acuerdo de desvinculación | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 7 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
8. "Carles Marco, nuevo entrenador del Bàsquet Girona | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
9. "El cuerpo técnico y los jugadores extranjeros no continuarán en el Bahía San Agustín-Ávoris | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
10. "Carles Marco y el Chocolates Trapa Palencia separan sus caminos | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
11. "Arturo Álvarez, nuevo técnico del Palencia Baloncesto | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
12. "José Rey, nuevo entrenador del Real Canoe | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
13. "Jorge Elorduy pone fin a su trayectoria como técnico del Tizona | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
14. "Lluis Riera, nuevo entrenador del Tizona Universidad de Burgos | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
15. "El técnico David Gómez no seguirá al frente de Levitec Huesca | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
16. "El Levitec Huesca anuncia a Óscar Lata como nuevo técnico del equipo | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
17. "COPA: La histórica conquista lucense pasaba por el MVP Mindaugas Kacinas | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
18. "J.1: La cuenta pendiente del MVP se llamaba Justin Pitts | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
19. "J.2: El vuelo interislas de Jacobo Díaz despega con el primer MVP de su carrera | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
20. "J.3: Llompart, Brown y Zohore, ilusiones compartidas en el MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
21. "J.4: Luis Parejo, el abanderado de un MVP teñido de carácter nacional | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 9 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
22. "J.5: Karamo Jawara, un MVP de ida y vuelta pero con idéntico sentimiento | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
23. "J.6: Lluis Costa, el MVP del sacrificio personal se revela en el Covirán Granada | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
24. "J.7: Adala Moto alimenta las ilusiones del TAU Castelló a ritmo de MVP | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
25. "J.8: Joey van Zegeren, el MVP al que no deslumbró el astro brasileño | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 14 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
26. "J.9: Karamo Jawara, el MVP de la regeneración balear | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
27. "J.10: La esperanza del ZTE Real Canoe se llama Daniel MVP Clark | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
28. "J.11: Iván Cruz, la cara de un Leche Río Breogán al abordaje | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
29. "J.12: Justin Pitts aviva a golpe de MVP el deseo del HLA Alicante | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
30. "J.13: Juan José García, un MVP con el que madurar el liderato castellonense | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
31. "J.14: Michael Buchanan conquista el MVP de las buenas intenciones | Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)