2019–20 LEB Oro season
The 2019–20 LEB Oro season was the 24th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 25 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and was curtailed on 25 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2018–19 season, two relegated from the 2018–19 ACB and three promoted from the 2018–19 LEB Plata.;Teams relegated from Liga ACB
- Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket
- Leche Río Breogán
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
Afanion CB Almansa | Almansa | Municipal | |
B the travel brand Mallorca Palma | Palma | Son Moix | |
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | Cáceres | Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres | |
Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | Valladolid | Pisuerga | |
Chocolates Trapa Palencia | Palencia | Pabellón Municipal | |
Club Melilla Baloncesto | Melilla | Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz | |
Club Ourense Baloncesto | Ourense | Pazo Paco Paz | |
Covirán Granada | Granada | Palacio de Deportes | |
Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | San Sebastián | José Antonio Gasca | |
HLA Alicante | Alicante | Pedro Ferrándiz | |
ICG Força Lleida | Lleida | Pavelló Barris Nord | |
Leche Río Breogán | Lugo | Pazo dos Deportes | |
Levitec Huesca | Huesca | Palacio Municipal de Huesca | |
Leyma Coruña | A Coruña | Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor | |
Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto | Oviedo | Polideportivo de Pumarín | |
Marín Ence PeixeGalego | Marín | A Raña | |
TAU Castelló | Castellón | Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló | |
ZTE Real Canoe NC | Madrid | Polideportivo Pez Volador | 800 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Season summary
On March 10, 2020, the Government of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation postponed all the games of the next two weeks. On March 18, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until March 29 due to the state of alarm. On March 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until April 12 due to the extension of state of alarm. On April 15, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation started talks with the LEB Oro clubs to resolve the future of the league. On April 23, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed with the LEB Oro clubs to revoke relegations to LEB Plata and advance in the formula to define the promotions to Liga ACB.On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to force majeure with the following decisions:
- Relegations to LEB Plata were revoked.
- Promotions to Liga ACB remained.
- Promotion playoffs would be played, as long as, on May 25, the Spanish Basketball Federation had the confirmation that it could be played before June 30, setting the health of the players as an absolute priority, and provided that it was certain that health authorities and clubs could comply with approved health protocols.
- Promotion playoffs would be as follows:
- *The two top teams as of March 8 would play a game for decide the direct promotion. For this game, the game held in the regular season between the teams involved would be taken into consideration, and the winner of the basket average of both games would promote directly to Liga ACB.
- *Three matches would be played between the next six top teams as of March 8: 3rd vs. 8th, 4th vs. 7th, and 5th vs. 6th. The three winners, together with the losing team of the direct promotion game, would play a Final Four, whose winner would promote to Liga ACB.
- If the sanitary conditions would make it impossible to play the promotion playoffs, the two top teams as of March 8 would promote to Liga ACB.