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.ADECCO PLATA: Nuevo calendario y representantes FEB.es September 28, 2011

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.Training players, the proposal of the Federation to the Adecco Oro clubs Solobasket.com April 27, 2011 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.

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

Team information New teams in the league: Clínicas Rincón (relegated after the 2011–12 LEB Oro) Cafés Aitona (promoted after the 2011–12 Liga EBA) Palma Air Europa (promoted after the 2011–12 Liga EBA) Amics Castelló (achieved a vacant berth in the league) Gran Canaria 2014 B (achieved a vacant berth in the league) CEBA Guadalajara (new creation team, achieved a vacant berth in the league)

Teams that left the league: River Andorra (promoted to LEB Oro as 2011–12 LEB Plata champion) Aguas de Sousas Ourense (promoted to LEB Oro as 2011–12 LEB Plata runner-up) CB Las Rozas (will play in Primera División) FC Barcelona Regal B (achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB Oro) Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña (achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB Oro) Plasencia Extremadura (will play in Liga EBA) Tenerife Baloncesto (will play in Primera División) Gandía Bàsquet (relegated to Liga EBA) TeamCityArenaFoundedCoachAmics Castelló Castellón de la Plana Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló 1994 Antonio TenAurteneche Maquinaria Euskadi Vitoria-Gasteiz Polideportivo Mendizorroza 1994 Iñaki MerinoCafés Aitona San Sebastián Polideportivo Municipal J.A. Gasca 1975 David BlancaAzpeitia Azkoitia ISB Azpeitia Polideportivo Municipal 1975 Iurgi CaminosCB Prat Joventut El Prat de Llobregat Pavelló Joan Busquets 1951 Carles DuránCEBA Guadalajara Guadalajara Polideportivo San José 2011 Ángel CepedaClínicas Rincón Málaga Pabellón de Los Guindos 1992 Francis ToméGrupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila Ávila Multiusos Carlos Sastre 2001 Armando GómezGran Canaria 2014 B Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Centro Insular de Deportes Pablo MeloPalma Air Europa Palma de Mallorca Pabellón Toni Servera 2006 Maties CerdàUnión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto Oviedo Polideportivo de Pumarín 2004 Guillermo Arenas

Regular season

League table # Teams P W L PF PA PT Qualification or relegation1Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto 20 15 5 1557 1381 35Promotion to LEB Oro2CB Prat Joventut 20 13 7 1399 1350 33Promotion playoffs3CEBA Guadalajara (C) 20 12 8 1490 1484 324Clínicas Rincón 20 12 8 1376 1348 325Palma Air Europa 20 11 9 1492 1463 316Aurteneche Maquinaria Euskadi 20 10 10 1507 1487 307Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB 20 10 10 1531 1478 308Amics Castelló 20 9 11 1519 1595 299Grupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila 20 7 13 1403 1350 2710Cafés Aitona 20 6 14 1263 1429 2611Gran Canaria 2014 B 20 5 15 1290 1462 25 Relegation to Liga EBA (C) = Copa LEB Plata champion

Results AMICSAURTISBAITPRATCEBACLIÁVILAGCAPALMOVIEAmics Castelló97–9371–7072–5964–8093–9472–7757–8085–7084–8585–80Aurteneche Maquinaria Euskadi85–5992–8767–5072–8489–6883–7576–7590–7077–8770–74Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB102–8361–6456–6679–7180–6277–8184–7366–7197–8684–80Cafés Aitona90–7373–6474–6347–5971–7856–8855–8060–4570–7651–57CB Prat Joventut67–5973–6674–6752–5968–7570–6669–6187–7964–8163–69CEBA Guadalajara69–7185–7174–8671–5969–7583–6280–6972–6575–6691–98Clínicas Rincón82–6778–6857–7757–6262–5966–6771–6068–5666–6154–67Grupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila63–6565–7372–83Last 13:51 of the game were replayed due to an error in the annotation of the game, with the score of 53–54. The first game finished 73–74. El Digital Deportivo. November 7, 2012112–7166–7563–4770–7573–4472–5479–66Gran Canaria 2014 B76–7763–7075–7276–7156–6865–7250–5762–4575–7459–89Palma Air Europa72–8686–7975–7173–5674–7786–7269–7568–6474–5271–68Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto81–7977–5879–5788–5579–6481–8674–5975–6192–8183–74

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 (11th round). 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 # Teams P W L PF PA PT1CEBA Guadalajara 10 8 2 746 718 182Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto 10 7 3 759 685 17

The game

Awards

MVP Week by Week

Regular season DatePlayerTeamPIR1 Mick HedgepethAurteneche Maquinaria Euskadi342 Alberto AusinaAmics Castelló253 Alberto DíazClínicas Rincón294 Antonio PantínAzpeitia Azkoitia ISB355 Moussa DiagnéGrupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila276 Will HanleyUnión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto367 Will Hanley (2) Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto (2) 30 David Ortega Amics Castelló (2)8 Gerbert MartíCB Prat Joventut319 José María Balmón CEBA Guadalajara3810 Carlos Martínez Cafés Aitona 29 Víctor Hidalgo Amics Castelló (3)11 Will Hanley (3)Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto (3)2912 Víctor Hidalgo (2)Amics Castelló (4)4413 Will Hanley (4)Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto (4)3114 Riley LuettgerodtGrupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila (2)3115 Toni VicensGrupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de Ávila (3)3516 Lance KearseAzpeitia Azkoitia ISB (2)3417 Will Hanley (5)Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto (5)3218 Víctor Arteaga CEBA Guadalajara (2) 37 Víctor Hidalgo (3) Amics Castelló (5)19 Guillem Vives CB Prat Joventut (2) 3420 Walter Tavares Gran Canaria 2014 B 3921 Robert Joseph Palma Air Europa 2922 Antonio Pantín (2)Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB (3)33

Playoffs DatePlayerTeamPIRQF1 Álex RosCB Prat Joventut (3)26QF2 Sergio Llorente (2)CEBA Guadalajara (3)31SF1 Sergio Llorente (3)CEBA Guadalajara (4)28SF2 Víctor Hidalgo (4)Amics Castelló (6)31SF3 Sergio Llorente (4)CEBA Guadalajara (5)28SF4 Maodo Nguirane Clínicas Rincón (2) 24F1 Robert Joseph (2)Palma Air Europa (2)24F2 Pepe Pozas Clínicas Rincón (3) 22

References

External links Official website LEB Plata website in FEB.es