2012–13 LEB Plata season
The 2012–13 LEB Plata season is the 13th season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division of Spanish basketball. It is also known as Adecco Plata in its sponsored identity.
Competition format
Teams will play a regular season with a Round-robin tournament format. The regular season champion will promote directly to LEB Oro and the last qualified will be relegated to Liga EBA. Teams qualified from second to ninth will join the promotion playoffs. The winner will promote also to LEB Oro.The two first qualified teams after the first half of the league will play the Copa LEB Plata.
Regular season will start in October 10.
Eligibility of players
All teams must have in their roster:- A minimum of seven players who played in Spain during three season being between 15 and 20 years old.
- A maximum of two non-EU players. This players can be replaced by players from the EU or ACP countries.
- A maximum of two players from the EU or ACP countries.
Team information
New teams in the league:- Clínicas Rincón
- Cafés Aitona
- Palma Air Europa
- Amics Castelló
- Gran Canaria 2014 B
- CEBA Guadalajara
- River Andorra
- Aguas de Sousas Ourense
- CB Las Rozas
- FC Barcelona Regal B
- Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña
- Plasencia Extremadura
- Tenerife Baloncesto
- Gandía Bàsquet
Team | City | Arena | Founded | Coach |
Amics Castelló | Castellón de la Plana | Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló | 1994 | Antonio Ten |
Aurteneche Maquinaria Euskadi | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Polideportivo Mendizorroza | 1994 | Iñaki Merino |
Cafés Aitona | San Sebastián | Polideportivo Municipal J.A. Gasca | 1975 | David Blanca |
Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB | Azpeitia | Polideportivo Municipal | 1975 | Iurgi Caminos |
CB Prat Joventut | El Prat de Llobregat | Pavelló Joan Busquets | 1951 | Carles Durán |
CEBA Guadalajara | Guadalajara | Polideportivo San José | 2011 | Ángel Cepeda |
Clínicas Rincón | Málaga | Pabellón de Los Guindos | 1992 | Francis Tomé |
Grupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila | Ávila | Multiusos Carlos Sastre | 2001 | Armando Gómez |
Gran Canaria 2014 B | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Centro Insular de Deportes | Pablo Melo | |
Palma Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca | Pabellón Toni Servera | 2006 | Maties Cerdà |
Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto | Oviedo | Polideportivo de Pumarín | 2004 | Guillermo Arenas |
Regular season
League table
= Copa LEB Plata championResults
Promotion playoffs
Teams 2nd to 9th qualify for the promotion playoffs to LEB Oro. The quarterfinals will be played in a two-legged tie, where the seeded team will play the second game at home. Semifinals and final winners, will be decided in a best-of-five series, played with 2-2-1 format.Copa LEB Plata
At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season. If this team doesn't want to host the Copa LEB Plata, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.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 LEB Plata will be played on February 2, 2012.