The 2010–11 LEB Oro season is the 15th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. It's named too Adecco Oro by sponsorship reasons. The 306-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, October 1, 2010, and will end on Friday, April 15, 2011. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to Liga ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 5 games play off, where the winner will be promoted too to the higher division. The teams 16th and 17th will play a best of 5 games play-out where the loser will be relegated to LEB Plata, with the 18th team.
Competition format
Eligibility of players All teams must have in their roster: A minimum of six eligible players with the Spanish national team. A maximum of two non-EU players. A maximum of three EU players, which one can be a player from an ACP country. If a team has not two non-EU players, it can sign a player of everywhere.
Teams can not sign any player after February 28.
Regular season Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 34 games.
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.
If two or more teams have got the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these: Head-to-head winning games. Head-to-head points difference. Total points difference.
At the final of the season: The regular season winner promotes directly to Liga ACB. Teams qualified between 2nd and 9th, will join the promotion play-offs to ACB. Teams qualified in 16th and 17th will play a relegation play-out to LEB Plata. Team qualified in 18th position is relegated directly to LEB Plata.
Team information CB Murcia and Xacobeo Blu:sens were directly relegated from ACB after finishing in the bottom two places and they will substitute CAI Zaragoza (champion) and ViveMenorca.
CB Cornellà and Ciudad de Vigo Básquet left the league after finishing in 17th and 18th position. Also, CB Cornellà lost the play-out with CB Tarragona 2017. Fundación Adepal Alcázar as champion of LEB Plata and Lobe Huesca as LEB Plata play-off winner will enjoy the league.
Tenerife Baloncesto renounced because of a future fusion with CB 1939 Canarias and Bàsquet Mallorca will play LEB Plata after the Spanish Basketball Federation didn't accept their request. CE Lleida Bàsquet and Grupo Iruña Navarra will substitute them.
TeamCityArenaCapacityFoundedStarting head coach UB La Palma Santa Cruz de La Palma Multiusos de Santa Cruz de La Palma 1978 Carlos Frade CB Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes de Murcia 1985 Luis GuilAguas de Sousas Ourense Ourense Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz 1979 Paco García Leche Río Breogán Lugo Pazo Provincial Dos Deportes 1966 Rubén DomínguezGirona FC Girona Palau Girona-Fontajau 1962 Ricard Casas Isla de Tenerife Canarias San Cristóbal de La Laguna Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín 1991 Alejandro Martínez Blu:sens Monbús Santiago de Compostela Pabellón Multiusos Fontes Do Sar 1970 Moncho Fernández Cáceres Creativa Cáceres Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres 2007 Gustavo Aranzana Fundación Adepal Alcázar Alcázar de San Juan Pabellón Antonio Díaz Miguel 2006 Javier JuárezCB Tarragona 2017 Tarragona Pavelló El Serrallo 1978 Berni Álvarez Baloncesto León León Palacio de los Deportes de León 1981 Javier de Grado Ford Burgos Burgos Polideportivo El Plantío 1997 Andreu CasadevallPalencia Baloncesto Palencia Pabellón Marta Domínguez 1979 Natxo Lezkano Melilla Baloncesto Melilla Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz 1991 Gonzalo García Lobe Huesca Huesca Palacio Municipal de Huesca 1977 Ángel Navarro Grupo Iruña Navarra Pamplona Polideportivo Anaitasuna 2006 Ángel Jareño Clínicas Rincón Rincón de la Victoria Torre de Benagalbón 1988 Paco Aurioles CE Lleida Bàsquet Lleida Pavelló Barris Nord 1997 Josep María Raventós
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
Team Outgoing manager Replaced by Position in table Blu:sens Monbús Curro Segura Moncho Fernández 17th (2009–10 ACB) CB Murcia Edu Torres Luis Guil 18th (2009–10 ACB) Girona FC Borja Comenge Ricard Casas 9th (2009–10) UB La Palma Rafa Sanz Carlos Frade 10th (2009–10) Tarragona 2017 Juan Pablo Márquez Berni Álvarez 16th (2009–10) Grupo Iruña Navarra José María Urabayen Ángel Jareño 5th (2009–10 LEB Plata) CE Lleida Bàsquet Josep María Torres Josep María Raventós 8th (2009–10 EBA)
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table Leche Río Breogán Rubén Domínguez Sacked 12 December 2010 Pepe Rodríguez 14 December 2010 15th (4–9) Aguas de Sousas Ourense Paco García Sacked 10 January 2011 Rafa Sanz 13 January 2011 18th (3–15) Clínicas Rincón Paco Aurioles Signed as Unicaja assistant coach 18 January 2011 Paco Alonso 18 January 2011 12th (7–11) Fundación Adepal Alcázar Javier Juárez Sacked 18 February 2011 Iván Cuesta 18 February 2011 17th (7–15) Fundación Adepal Alcázar Iván Cuesta End of tenure as caretaker 21 February 2011 Xavi García 21 February 2011 17th (7–16) Fundación Adepal Alcázar Xavi García Mutual consent 16 April 2011 Josep Maria Izquierdo1 16 April 2011 17th (10–24) 1Josep Maria Izquierdo signed before the relegation playoffs.
Regular season
Results Results on FEB.es
League table # Teams P W L PF PA PT Qualification or relegation1CB Murcia 34 30 4 2824 2441 64 Promotion to ACB 2Blu:sens Monbús (C) 34 28 6 2611 2210 62 Promotion playoffs3Ford Burgos 34 26 8 2610 2374 604Girona FC 34 20 14 2656 2537 545Baloncesto León 34 20 14 2596 2580 546Leche Río Breogán 34 18 16 2541 2456 527Isla de Tenerife Canarias 34 18 16 2759 2743 528Grupo Iruña Navarra 34 18 16 2447 2442 529Cáceres Creativa 34 18 16 2574 2643 5210UB La Palma1 34 16 18 2660 2626 4911Melilla Baloncesto 34 14 20 2463 2579 4812CE Lleida Bàsquet 34 13 21 2505 2712 4713Tarragona 2017 34 12 22 2582 2738 4614Clínicas Rincón 34 12 22 2471 2577 4615Lobe Huesca 34 12 22 2800 2951 4616Palencia Baloncesto 34 12 22 2461 2575 46 Relegation playoffs17Fundación Adepal Alcázar 34 10 24 2326 2589 4418Aguas de Sousas Ourense 34 9 25 2465 2578 43 Relegation to LEB Plata
1UB La Palma were docked one point for problems with Chukwudinma Odiakosa's trading in day 1.UB, sanctioned with one point less (C) means Copa Príncipe Champion.
Positions by round Team\Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34CB Murcia13763366322222222222222211111222111Blu:sens Monbús1111111111111111111111122222111222Ford Burgos4648655466543433343333333333333333Girona FC1712131491197979997810810810108696978775544Baloncesto León3222222233334344454445555544444455Leche Río Breogán695101113131515151515151312121211131112111111111111101099776Isla de Tenerife Canarias15111411121011141414141411877776666877686566667Grupo Iruña Navarra559588108787665666677910101010867887888Cáceres Creativa2336 433544455655535554444455658999UB La Palma18*1310754465567810119111412131113131213131413121212111010Melilla Baloncesto98 84798108988791081081098976879991010101111CE Lleida Bàsquet1618121513779101012111211911999877989101011111111121212Tarragona 201712141717171518181818161717171516151515151516151614151212131313131313Clínicas Rincón8479101212111112131013141413131211121312121312121314151414141414Lobe Huesca14171818181814121211101214151617171616161617161717171515141515151515Palencia Baloncesto10161616151717171617181616161715161717171714141415141716161616161616Fundación Adepal7101112141415131313111310121314141314141415171516161617171717171717Aguas de Sousas Ourense11151513161616161716171818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
UB La Palma with one point deducted.
Copa Príncipe de Asturias At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias at home of the winner of the first half season (17th round). 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 Príncipe will be played on January 30, 2011.
Teams qualified # Teams P W L PF PA PT1Blu:sens Monbús 17 15 2 1316 1086 322CB Murcia 17 14 3 1348 1197 31
The game
Playoffs
Promotion playoffs
Teams qualified from 2nd to 9th will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa Príncipe is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. Three best-of-five series will decide who promotes to ACB.
Blu:sens Monbús promotes to Liga ACB as second qualified
Relegation playoffs The loser of a best-of-five series will be relegated to LEB Plata.
Stats leaders in regular season
Points Rk Name Team Games Points PPG1 Ricardo GuillénIsla de Tenerife Canarias 2751619.12 Juan PalaciosUB La Palma2949016.93 Alhaji MohammedCE Lleida Bàsquet3353516.24 Jason DetrickMelilla Baloncesto3351815.75 Kahiem SeawrightBaloncesto León3452815.5
Rebounds Rk Name Team Games Rebounds RPG1 Curtis DwyaneCE Lleida Bàsquet343149.22 Kiril WachsmannFundación Adepal Alcázar312869.23 Nedžad SinanovićClínicas Rincón231848.04 Kahiem SeawrightBaloncesto León342617.75 Ricardo GuillénIsla de Tenerife Canarias 271977.3
Assists Rk Name Team Games Assists APG1 Juan Alberto AguilarTarragona 2017341554.62 Andrés RodríguezBlu:sens Monbús321374.33 Albert SàbatIsla de Tenerife Canarias341434.24 Jorge JiménezMelilla Baloncesto331153.55 Juanjo BernabéBaloncesto León311043.4
Performance Index Rating Rk Name Team Games Rating PIR1 Ricardo GuillénIsla de Tenerife Canarias 2765124.12 Kahiem SeawrightBaloncesto León3463718.73 Juan PalaciosUB La Palma2954218.74 Ryan HumphreyCáceres Creativa2849317.65 David NavarroGirona FC2136917.6
MVP week by week DayNameTeamPIR1 José Ángel Antelo Cáceres Creativa 302 Ricardo Guillén Isla de Tenerife Canarias 493 Alex Franklin Tarragona 2017 354 Oriol Junyent Blu:sens Monbús 325 Carlos Cherry Cáceres Creativa 336 Javier Salsón Lobe Huesca 357 David Navarro Girona FC 338 Jason Blair Grupo Iruña Navarra 359 Josep Ortega Girona FC 3510 Michel Diouf Tarragona 2017 3211 Lucio Angulo Cáceres Creativa 3812 Xavi Ventura Lobe Huesca 3813 Kiril Wachsmann Fundación Adepal Alcázar 3414 Alex Franklin Tarragona 2017 3815 José Ángel Antelo Cáceres Creativa 3216 Ricardo Guillén Juan Palacios Isla de Tenerife CanariasUB La Palma 3317 Kahiem Seawright Baloncesto León 3218 Juan Palacios UB La Palma 3619 Alhaji Mohamed CE Lleida Bàsquet 4220 Jeff Bonds Lobe Huesca 4021 Tim Frost Jorge Jiménez Nacho Ordín Juan Palacios Palencia BaloncestoMelilla BaloncestoGirona FCUB La Palma 2622 Ricardo Guillén Isla de Tenerife Canarias 3223 Vítor Faverani Roger Fornas CB MurciaTarragona 2017 2924 Nedžad Sinanović Clínicas Rincón 3025 Jesús Chagoyen Isla de Tenerife Canarias 3626 Kahiem Seawright Baloncesto León 3527 Levi Rost Girona FC 3128 Oriol Junyent Blu:sens Monbús 3529 Jesús Chagoyen Isla de Tenerife Canarias 4230 Vítor Faverani CB Murcia 3131 Alhaji Mohamed CE Lleida Bàsquet 2832 Jesús Chagoyen Isla de Tenerife Canarias 3433 Ricardo Guillén Isla de Tenerife Canarias 3634 Ricardo Guillén Isla de Tenerife Canarias 35
Honors The best five of the Adecco Oro FEB.es
All LEB Oro team Pedro Rivero (CB Murcia) Levi Rost (Girona FC) Micah Downs (Ford Burgos) Ricardo Guillén (Isla de Tenerife Canarias) Oriol Junyent (Blu:sens Monbús)
MVP of the regular season Ricardo Guillén (Isla de Tenerife Canarias)
Coach of the season Luis Guil (CB Murcia)