2012–13 LEB Oro season

The 2012–13 LEB Oro season was the 17th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, a Spanish basketball league. It was named Adecco Oro as its sponsored identity. The champion of the regular season would be promoted to Liga ACB. The teams between second and ninth position will play a best of five games play off, where the winner would be promoted too to the higher division.

2012–13 LEB Oro season
League	LEB Oro
Sport	Basketball
Number of games	182 (regular season)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Teledeporte FEB TV (online)
Regular Season
Season champions	Ford Burgos
Season MVP	Ondřej Starosta
Top scorer	Francis Sánchez
Playoffs
Playoffs champions	Lucentum Alicante
Playoffs runners-up	River Andorra
Copa Príncipe
Champions	Ford Burgos
Runners-up	River Andorra
Finals MVP	Isaac López

Competition format

Eligibility of players

All teams must have in their roster:

• A minimum of six players who played in Spain during three season being between 15 and 20 years old.^[1]
• A maximum of two non-EU players. This players can be replaced by players from the EU or ACP countries.
• A maximum of three players from the EU or ACP countries.

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

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.

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.

Since the first round of the second leg, if two or more teams have accumulated the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:

1. Head-to-head winning games.
2. Head-to-head points coefficient.
3. Total points coefficient.

After the first leg of the season, the two top qualified teams will play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias and the leader will be the host team.

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 positions 12th and 13th will play the relegation playoffs.
• Team qualified in last position is relegated directly to LEB Plata.

Team information

New teams in the league:

• Lucentum Alicante (sold its berth in Liga ACB to CB Canarias)
• River Andorra (promoted as 2011–12 LEB Plata champion)
• Club Ourense Baloncesto (promoted as 2011–12 LEB Plata runner-up)
• FC Barcelona Regal B (achieved a vacant berth in the league)
• Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña (achieved a vacant berth in the league)
• Força Lleida CE (new creation team, achieved a vacant berth in the league)

Teams that left the league:

• CB Canarias (promoted to Liga ACB as champion of 2011–12 LEB Oro, bought Lucentum Alicante's spot)
• Menorca Bàsquet (dissolved after its promotion to Liga ACB as 2011–12 LEB Oro runner-up)
• Lleida Basquetbol (will not join any competition)
• UB La Palma (dissolved)
• CB Sant Josep Girona (will play in Liga EBA)
• Bàsquet Mallorca (will play in Liga EBA)
• Baloncesto León (dissolved)
• CB Tarragona (will play in Liga EBA)
• Clínicas Rincón (relegated to LEB Plata)
• CB Granada (dissolved after its relegation to LEB Plata)

Team	City	Arena	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Cáceres	Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres	6,500	2007	Carlos Frade
CB Breogán	Lugo	Pazo Provincial Dos Deportes	6,500	1966	Lisardo Gómez
Club Melilla Baloncesto	Melilla	Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz	3,800	1991	Gonzalo García de Vitoria
Club Ourense Baloncesto	Ourense	Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz	5,000	1979	Rafa Sanz
FC Barcelona Regal B	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,500	1926	Borja Comenge
Força Lleida CE	Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	6,100	2012	Joaquín Prado
Ford Burgos	Burgos	Polideportivo El Plantío	3,150	1997	Andreu Casadevall
Knet	Logroño	Palacio de los Deportes	3,851	1967	Jesús Sala
Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña	A Coruña	Polideportivo de Riazor	3,500	1995	Antonio Pérez
Lobe Huesca	Huesca	Palacio Municipal de Huesca	5,018	1977	Quim Costa
Lucentum Alicante	Alicante	Centro de Tecnificación de Alicante	5,425	1994	Rubén Perelló
Palencia Baloncesto	Palencia	Pabellón Marta Domínguez	1,806	1979	Natxo Lezkano
Planasa Navarra	Pamplona	Polideportivo Anaitasuna	3,000	2006	Ángel Jareño
River Andorra	Andorra La Vella	Poliesportiu d'Andorra	1,784	1970	Joan Peñarroya

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	Gustavo Aranzana	End of contract	Carlos Frade	July 11, 2012[2]
Lucentum Alicante	Txus Vidorreta	End of contract	Josep Maria Berrocal	July 25, 2012[3]
Força Lleida CE	Vacant berth		Joaquín Prado	August 14, 2012[4]

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in the table
Lucentum Alicante	Josep Maria Berrocal	Signed by BC Donetsk	October 24, 2012[5]	Rubén Perelló	October 24, 2012	10th (1–2)
CB Breogán	Pepe Rodríguez	Sacked	December 17, 2012[6]	Lisardo Gómez	December 17, 2012[7]	6th (6–5)

Regular season

League table

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT	Qualification or relegation
1	Ford Burgos (C)	26	22	4	2163	1831	48	Promotion to Liga ACB
2	River Andorra	26	22	4	2080	1860	48	Promotion playoffs
3	Lucentum Alicante	26	18	8	2066	1883	44
4	Palencia Baloncesto	26	15	11	2078	2054	41
5	CB Breogán	26	14	12	1845	1805	40
6	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	26	12	14	1921	1980	38
7	Força Lleida CE	26	11	15	1929	1943	37
8	Lobe Huesca	26	11	15	1874	1946	37
9	Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña	26	11	15	1841	1879	37
10	FC Barcelona Regal B	26	11	15	1971	2130	37
11	Planasa Navarra	26	10	16	1897	2050	36
12	Knet	26	10	16	2008	2048	36	Relegation playoffs
13	Club Ourense Baloncesto	26	9	17	1890	2035	35
14	Club Melilla Baloncesto	26	6	20	2027	2146	32	Relegation to LEB Plata

(C) = Copa Príncipe de Asturias 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
Ford Burgos	3	1	4	6	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
River Andorra	7	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Lucentum Alicante	6	11	10	8	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Palencia Baloncesto	1	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
CB Breogán	4	7	7	4	6	7	6	6	4	4	6	4	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	13	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	12	11	12	11	7	10	9	8	9	9	11	7	10	11	7	6	6
Força Lleida CE	12	13	9	11	9	10	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	5	6	10	10	8	10	6	9	6	6	7	7
Lobe Huesca	8	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	10	9	8	7	9	11	10	6	9	6	7	10	8	8
Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña	5	2	1	1	1	2	3	5	7	7	5	6	7	10	9	12	7	12	13	13	12	12	13	11	9	9
FC Barcelona Regal B	11	6	6	5	8	6	7	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	8	6	8	10	7	9	9	10	10
Planasa Navarra	10	8	11	9	7	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	5	6	8	6	6	7	9	11	11	10	12	11	11
Knet	9	9	5	7	10	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	6	11	11	10	11	7	11	7	8	8	8	8	12	12
Club Ourense Baloncesto	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13
Club Melilla Baloncesto	2	5	8	10	11	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Results

CÁC

BREO

MEL

COB

FCB

LLE

BUR

KNET

COR

LOBE

LUC

PAL

NAV

BCA

Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad

71–65

74–65

85–76

85–71

81–76

75–81

72–70

66–63

84–76

65–64

83–72

69–75

69–71

CB Breogán

69–64

93–80

78–77

79–73

83–68

63–61

85–56

61–46

63–49

73–80

69–64

76–78

66–77

Club Melilla Baloncesto

95–78

57–64

76–75

103–104

89–86

76–92

91–70

75–80

76–79

66–84

84–91

88–73

72–79

Club Ourense Baloncesto

81–73

74–66

81–84

66–65

72–77

74–68

66–74

70–58

82–78

76–72

68–93

86–83

63–84

FC Barcelona Regal B

92–83

75–58

83–78

81–66

65–76

65–90

65–60

67–66

77–82

88–78

77–104

89–85

75–104

Força Lleida CE

83–70

76–65

87–70

79–64

83–76

52–67

90–71

68–75

72–58

66–79

51–57

90–61

67–76

Ford Burgos

91–88

77–85

85–79

98–76

87–72

81–62

87–72

92–52

93–82

64–69

101–75

91–61

76–68

Knet

70–57

77–69

86–82

75–71

94–74

95–73

82–83

80–83

65–79

75–76

97–87

95–89

79–72

Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña

91–67

69–71

81–72

70–57

93–56

73–80

75–84

79–72

70–62

73–81

63–69

77–73

57–71

Lobe Huesca

69–73

43–71

98–88

85–68

77–80

74–73

70–79

66–63

81–65

61–64

82–80

74–67

81–82

Lucentum Alicante

72–74

70–60

77–64

93–83

92–77

92–71

66–69

118–115

81–65

85–53

77–59

84–62

77–79

Palencia Baloncesto

87–84

77–67

82–73

73–75

95–87

67–61

62–93

84–81

76–85

87–75

72–78

86–80

74–82

Planasa Navarra

71–67

76–60

75–67

85–83

70–76

78–73

55–87

71–60

74–70

59–68

89–77

77–98

77–81

River Andorra

84–64

90–86

89–77

81–60

74–61

86–66

75–86

79–74

73–61

80–72

84–80

81–87

78–53

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). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa Príncipe, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.

The Champion of this Cup joined the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa Príncipe was played on February 1, 2013.

Teams qualified

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Ford Burgos	13	11	2	1090	933	24
2	River Andorra	13	11	2	1064	980	24

The game

Teledeporte

1 February 2013 20:00

Report Stats

Ford Burgos	73–67	River Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 20–15, 11–10, 25–28
Pts: I. López 17 Rebs: Sikma 7 Asts: D. López 5 PIR: I. López 17		Pts: Blanch 15 Rebs: Flis 9 Asts: Pérez, Schreiner 9 PIR: Wright 17
Ford Burgos, champion of the Copa Príncipe de Asturias

El Plantío, Burgos Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Garmendia Zorita, García León, López Córdoba

Playoffs

Promotion playoffs

Main article: 2013 LEB Oro Playoffs

	Quarterfinals April 26, 28, May 3, 5, 7									Semifinals May 10, 12, 17, 19, 21									Finals May 24, 26, 31, June 2, 4
	2	River Andorra	81	100	56	84	109
	9	Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña	88	75	67	69	94
										2	River Andorra	71	82	56	82	X
										6	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	68	59	73	70	X
	5	CB Breogán	88	77	74	65	72
	6	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	95	60	52	74	75
																			2	River Andorra	87	69	70	77	71
																			3	Lucentum Alicante	85	91	71	60	95
	3	Lucentum Alicante	73	81	66	71	X
	8	Lobe Huesca	59	61	68	61	X
										3	Lucentum Alicante	86	81	81	X	X
										4	Palencia Baloncesto	75	74	76	X	X
	4	Palencia Baloncesto	96	78	66	75	82
	7	Força Lleida CE	90	82	72	62	71

Relegation playoffs

The loser of a best-of-five series will be relegated to LEB Plata.

	Relegation playoffs April 26, 28, May 3, 5, 7
	12	Knet	57	76	58	65	85
	13	Club Ourense Baloncesto	74	59	67	64	65

Stats leaders in regular season

Points

Rk	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Francis Sánchez	Club Melilla Baloncesto	26	409	15.7
2	Ondřej Starosta	Planasa Navarra	26	404	15.5
3	Nick Barbour	Club Ourense Baloncesto	26	399	15.3
4	Anthony Winchester	CB Breogán	25	385	15.3
5	Asier Zengotitabengoa	Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña	26	387	14.9

Rebounds

Rk	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Ondřej Starosta	Planasa Navarra	26	255	9.8
2	Kiril Wachsmann	Club Melilla Baloncesto	26	231	8.9
3	Luke Sikma	Ford Burgos	25	203	8.1
4	Michel Diouf	CB Breogán	25	197	7.9
5	Jamar Samuels	Lobe Huesca	25	190	7.6

Assists

Rk	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Dani Pérez	River Andorra	26	143	5.5
2	Mikel Úriz	Knet	25	124	4.9
3	Dani Rodríguez	Força Lleida	26	127	4.9
4	José Antonio Marco	Club Melilla Baloncesto	25	118	4.7
5	Dani López	Ford Burgos	26	111	4.3

Performance Index Rating

Rk	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1	Ondřej Starosta	Planasa Navarra	26	565	21.7
2	Urko Otegui	Palencia Baloncesto	26	484	18.6
3	Taylor Coppenrath	Lucentum Alicante	26	477	18.3
4	Luke Sikma	Ford Burgos	25	414	16.5
5	Jamar Samuels	Lobe Huesca	25	390	15.6

Awards and trophies

^[8]

All LEB Oro team

• Mikel Uriz (Knet)
• Anthony Winchester (CB Breogán)
• Marc Blanch (River Andorra)
• Urko Otegui (Palencia Baloncesto)
• Ondřej Starosta (Planasa Navarra)

MVP of the regular season

• Ondřej Starosta (Planasa Navarra)

Coach of the season

• Andreu Casadevall (Ford Burgos)

LEB Oro Rising star

• Mario Hezonja (FC Barcelona Regal B)

MVP week by week

Regular season

Day	Name	Team	PIR
1	Taylor Coppenrath	Lucentum Alicante	49
2	Luke Sikma	Ford Burgos	25
3	José Amador	Club Melilla Baloncesto	27
4	Andy Ogide	Club Ourense Baloncesto	30
5	Taylor Coppenrath (2)	Lucentum Alicante (2)	38
6	Mario Cabanas	Planasa Navarra	30
7	Jamar Samuels	Lobe Huesca	28
	Kiril Wachsmann	Club Melilla Baloncesto (2)
8	Adrián Fuentes	Lobe Huesca (2)	36
9	Dominic Calegari	Força Lleida CE	31
10	Iñaki Narros	Planasa Navarra (2)	36
11	Jamar Samuels (2)	Lobe Huesca (3)	33
12	Luke Sikma (2)	Ford Burgos (2)	39
13	Jamar Samuels (3)	Lobe Huesca (4)	50
14	Ondřej Starosta	Planasa Navarra (3)	32
15	Taylor Coppenrath (3)	Lucentum Alicante (3)	33
16	Ondřej Starosta (2)	Planasa Navarra (4)	34
17	Michel Diouf	CB Breogán	28
	Urko Otegui	Palencia Baloncesto
18	Olu Ashaolu	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad	30
19	Chris Mortellaro	Palencia Baloncesto (2)	27
20	Urko Otegui (2)	Palencia Baloncesto (3)	33
	Jamar Samuels (4)	Lobe Huesca (5)
21	Pierre Oriola	Força Lleida CE (2)	29
22	Taylor Coppenrath (4)	Lucentum Alicante (4)	36
23	Urko Otegui (3)	Palencia Baloncesto (4)	34
24	Michel Diouf (2)	CB Breogán (2)	29
25	Dani López	Ford Burgos (3)	27
26	Ondřej Starosta (3)	Planasa Navarra (5)	33

Playoffs

Day	Name	Team	PIR
QF1	Anthony Winchester	CB Breogán (3)	31
QF2	Marc Blanch	River Andorra	35
QF3	Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca	Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña (4)	30
QF4	Michel Diouf (3)	CB Breogán	32
	Urko Otegui (4)	Palencia Baloncesto (5)
QF5	Braydon Hobbs	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad (2)	26
SF1	Roberto Morentin	Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad (3)	19
SF2	Shaun Green	Lucentum Alicante (5)	31
SF3	Jānis Porziņģis	Palencia Baloncesto (6)	24
SF4	Marc Blanch (2)	River Andorra (2)	26
F1	Dmitry Flis	River Andorra (3)	21