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:
Teams can not sign any player after February 28, 2012.

Team information

New teams in the league:
Teams that left the league:

TeamCityArenaFoundedCoach
Amics CastellóCastellón de la PlanaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló1994 Antonio Ten
Aurteneche Maquinaria EuskadiVitoria-GasteizPolideportivo Mendizorroza1994 Iñaki Merino
Cafés AitonaSan SebastiánPolideportivo Municipal J.A. Gasca1975 David Blanca
Azpeitia Azkoitia ISBAzpeitiaPolideportivo Municipal1975 Iurgi Caminos
CB Prat JoventutEl Prat de LlobregatPavelló Joan Busquets1951 Carles Durán
CEBA GuadalajaraGuadalajaraPolideportivo San José2011 Ángel Cepeda
Clínicas RincónMálagaPabellón de Los Guindos1992 Francis Tomé
Grupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de ÁvilaÁvilaMultiusos Carlos Sastre2001 Armando Gómez
Gran Canaria 2014 BLas Palmas de Gran CanariaCentro Insular de Deportes Pablo Melo
Palma Air EuropaPalma de MallorcaPabellón Toni Servera2006 Maties Cerdà
Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo BaloncestoOviedoPolideportivo de Pumarín2004 Guillermo Arenas

Regular season

League table

= Copa LEB Plata champion

Results

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.

Teams qualified

The game

Awards

MVP Week by Week

Regular season

Playoffs