LEB Plata

LEB Plata
Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 LEB Plata season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2000
CEO	José Luis Sáez
No. of teams	16
Country	Spain
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Cáceres CdB
Level on pyramid	3rd Tier (Spain)
Promotion to	LEB Oro - 2nd Tier (First 2)
Relegation to	Liga EBA - 4th Tier (Last 1)
Domestic cup(s)	Copa LEB Plata
Official website	lebplata.es (Spanish)

The LEB Plata is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, the second tier in the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.

Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, promotes to LEB Oro. The last qualifieds are relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Plata history

From 2000 to 2007, the league was known as LEB 2.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	MVP
2000–01	Llobregat Centre Cornellà	CD Universidad Complutense	Rahshon Turner
2001–02	Basket Bilbao Berri	CB Tarragona	Melvin Simon
2002–03	CB Aracena	CBC Algeciras Cepsa	John Schuck
2003–04	Valls Félix Hotel	Calpe Aguas de Calpe	Shalawn Miller
2004–05	CB L'Hospitalet	Alcúdia-Aracena	Thomas Terrell
2005–06	Autocid Ford Burgos	Aguas de Valencia Gandía	Brett Beeson
2006–07	Beirasar Rosalía	Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias	Jason Blair
2007–08	Akasvayu Vic	Illescas Urban CLM	Stevie Johnson
2008–09	Faymasa Palencia	WTC Almeda Park Cornellà	Robert Joseph
2009–10	Fundación Adepal Alcázar	Lobe Huesca	Ronald Thompson
2010–11	Knet Rioja	Iberostar Mallorca Bàsquet	Ian O'Leary
2011–12	River Andorra	Aguas de Sousas Ourense	Marko Todorović
2012–13	Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto	Palma Air Europa	Will Hanley
2013–14	Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	CB Prat	Ola Atoyebi
2014–15	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Amics Castelló	Nick Washburn

Current clubs

Main article: 2015–16 LEB Plata season

El Olivar

Location of teams in 2015–16 LEB Plata season

Team	City	Arena
Aceitunas Fragata Morón	Morón de la Frontera	Alameda
Ametx Zornotza	Amorebieta-Etxano	Larrea
Brico Dépôt Ciudad de Valladolid	Valladolid	Pisuerga
Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila	Ávila	Carlos Sastre
CB Tarragona	Tarragona	El Serrallo
Covirán Granada	Granada	Palacio de Deportes
Fundación Lucentum	Alicante	Pedro Ferrándiz
Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón	Torremolinos	San Miguel
Marín Ence Peixegalego	Marín	A Raña
Sáenz Horeca Araberri	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorroza
Sammic ISB	Azpeitia	Municipal
Simply Olivar	Zaragoza	Miralbueno El Olivar
Viten Getafe	Getafe	Juan de la Cierva
Xuven Cambados	Cambados	O Pombal

Copa LEB Plata

The Copa LEB Plata (LEB Plata Cup) is a championship played since 2001.

In the first editions, the three top teams in the first half season and an organizer team played the Cup in a Final Four format. Since 2009, the teams who play this cup are two first qualified in the half season, and it's hosted by the first qualified . The winner of the Copa LEB Plata will be the first team in the play-offs if it finishes between the second and the fifth at the final of the Regular Season.

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Score	MVP
2001	Algeciras	CB Tarragona	CB Cornellà	84–82	Salva Camps
2002	Bilbao	Bilbao Basket	CB Tarragona	84–74	Lucho Fernández
2003	Plasencia	CB Aracena	CB Plasencia	80–71	DeCarlo Deveaux
2004	Logroño	CB Clavijo	CI Rosalía de Castro	77–75	Manu Coego
2005	Gandía	CB Atapuerca	Gandía Bàsquet	98–78	Tony Smith
2006	Pontevedra	CB Atapuerca	CB Peñas Huesca	88–78	Diego Guaita
2007	Santiago de Compostela	Club Ourense Baloncesto	CB 1939 Canarias	90–89	Sony Vázquez
2008	Palencia	CB Vic	CB Illescas	66–64	Eulis Báez
2009	Palencia	Palencia Baloncesto	CB L'Hospitalet	69–65	Carles Bravo
2010	Huesca	CB Peñas Huesca	CD Huelva Baloncesto	89–67	Stevie Johnson
2011	Logroño	CB Clavijo	BC Andorra	79–72	Sidão Santana
2012	Andorra la Vella	Araberri BC	BC Andorra	82–74	Alberto Ausina
2013	Guadalajara	CEBA Guadalajara	Oviedo CB	78–71	Sergio Llorente
2014	Fuenlabrada	CB Prat	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada B	83–79	Sergio Pérez
2015	Castellón de la Plana	AB Castelló	CEBA Guadalajara	88–73	Nick Washburn
2016	Ávila	CB Peixefresco	Óbila CB	76–66	Antonio Pantín

Final Four Editions

2001

Semifinals			Final


1	CB Cornellà	90

4	UB La Palma	77
			CB Cornellà	82

			CB Tarragona	84
3	CBC Algeciras	91

2	CB Tarragona	97

2002

Semifinals			Final


1	CB Tarragona	73

4	CB Guadalajara	68
			CB Tarragona	74

			Bilbao Basket	84
3	Bilbao Basket	80

2	CB Calpe	66

2003

Semifinals			Final


1	CB Plasencia	103

4	CB Galicia	73
			CB Plasencia	71

			CB Aracena	80
3	CB Aracena	81

2	Gandía BA	67

2004

Semifinals			Final


1	CI Rosalía de Castro	79

4	CB Valls	68
			CI Rosalía de Castro	75

			CB Clavijo	77
3	CB Clavijo	82

2	CB Atapuerca	76

2005

Semifinals			Final


1	CB Atapuerca	80

4	Gipuzkoa BC	66
			CB Atapuerca	98

			Gandía BA	78
3	Baloncesto Pozuelo	88

2	Gandía BA	98

2006

Semifinals			Final


1	CB Peñas Huesca	75

4	CB Ciudad de Pontevedra	71
			CB Peñas Huesca	79

			CB Atapuerca	88
3	CB Atapuerca	81

2	UB Sabadell	72

2007

Semifinals			Final


1	CB 1939 Canarias	91

4	Bàsquet Muro	84
			CB 1939 Canarias	80

			Club Ourense Baloncesto	90
3	Club Ourense Baloncesto	78

2	CI Rosalía de Castro	66

2008

Semifinals			Final


1	Palencia Baloncesto	65

4	CB Illescas	80
			CB Illescas	64

			CB Vic	66
3	CB Vic	78

2	Gijón Baloncesto	69

Since 2009, the Copa Príncipe de Asturias is only played with the two top teams at the first half of the LEB Plata season

Stat leaders at LEB Plata

Season	Top rating	PIR	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
2000–01	Rahshon Turner	24.48	Nacho Yáñez	21.83	Richard Lugo	11.00	Carlos Braña	4.20
2001–02	Melvin Simon	24.31	Danny Moore	20.60	Melvin Simon	10.69	Fernando Pérez	4.15
2002–03	David Schuck	21.86	Duane Virgil	20.12	David Schuck	9.97	José Báez	4.90
2003–04	Shalawn Miller	25.42	Tony Smith	22.69	José Manuel Coego	11.31	Lino López	4.96
2004–05	Thomas Terrell	30.39	Thomas Terrell	22.97	Antonio García	13.07	Lino López	5.10
2005–06	Brett Beeson	22.23	Tony Smith	21.03	Rammel Allen	9.84	Jorge Jiménez	6.03
2006–07	Jason Blair	25.38	Brett Beeson	19.21	Jakim Donaldson	11.26	Frederic Castelló	4.64
2007–08	Stevie Johnson	25.39	Stevie Johnson	21.39	Paulão Prestes	9.40	Josep Marcos	4.66
2008–09	Robert Joseph	23.90	Tarick Johnson	20.11	Pep Ortega	8.73	Lino López	4.40
2010–11	Ian O'Leary	20.38	Mat Witt	16.39	Ian O'Leary	9.50	Mat Witt	6.04
2011–12	Marko Todorović	20.38	Alfredo Ott	17.58	Alex Thompson	8.48	Federico Bavosi	5.83
2012–13	Will Hanley	23.65	Will Hanley	17.65	Will Hanley	11.20	Fran Cárdenas	6.35
2013–14	Olasumbo Atoyebi	20.05	Ibon Carreto	16.25	Olasumbo Atoyebi	10.50	José Antonio Marco	6.08
2014–15	Nick Washburn	20.04	Ridge McKeither	17.70	Dane Johnson	9.13	José Antonio Marco	7.12

External links

LEB Plata in FEB.es

LEB Plata

2015–16 teams	Aceitunas Fragata Morón Ametx Zornotza Brico Dépôt Ciudad de Valladolid Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila CB Tarragona Covirán Granada Fundación Lucentum Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón Marín Ence Peixegalego Sáenz Horeca Araberri Sammic ISB Simply Olivar Viten Getafe Xuven Cambados

LEB Plata seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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