The 2017–18 LEB Oro season was the 22nd season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 12 June 2018 with the final.
Cafés Candelas Breogán won the league and promoted to Liga ACB twelve years after.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2016–17 season, two relegated from the 2016–17 ACB and two promoted from the 2016–17 LEB Plata. On July 18, 2017, CB Clavijo achieved the vacant of Sáenz Horeca Araberri. On August 30, 2017, Sáenz Horeca Araberri achieved the vacant generated after the inclusion of Real Betis Energía Plus in Liga ACB.
Teams relegated from Liga ACB Real Betis Energía Plus ICL Manresa
Teams promoted from LEB Plata Sammic Hostelería Carramimbre CBC Valladolid
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Actel Força Lleida Lleida Pavelló Barris Nord Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Cáceres Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres Cafés Candelas Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes Carramimbre CBC Valladolid Valladolid Pisuerga CB Clavijo Logroño Palacio de los Deportes CB Prat El Prat de Llobregat Pavelló Joan Busquets Chocolates Trapa Palencia Palencia Pabellón Municipal Club Melilla Baloncesto Melilla Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz FC Barcelona Lassa B Sant Joan Despí Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper Iberostar Palma Palma Son Moix ICL Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Levitec Huesca Huesca Palacio Municipal de Huesca Leyma Coruña A Coruña Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor Río Ourense Termal Ourense Pazo Paco Paz Sáenz Horeca Araberri Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza Sammic Hostelería Azpeitia Municipal TAU Castelló Castellón de la Plana Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo Oviedo Polideportivo de Pumarín
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Actel Força Lleida Jorge Serna Joma ActelGrup Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Ñete Bohígas Vive Extremadura Cafés Candelas Breogán Natxo Lezkano Hummel Cafés Candelas Carramimbre CBC Valladolid Paco García Kappa Bodegas Carramimbre CB Clavijo Jenaro Díaz Mercury Calzados Robusta CB Prat Arturo Álvarez Spalding Chocolates Trapa Palencia Alejandro Martínez Kappa Trapa Club Melilla Baloncesto Alejandro Alcoba Super Sport FC Barcelona Lassa B Alfred Julbe Nike Lassa Tyres Iberostar Palma Félix Alonso Erreà Iberostar, esportsIB ICL Manresa Diego Ocampo Pentex ICL Iberia Levitec Huesca Guillermo Arenas Barri-Ball Levitec, Aragon Leyma Coruña Gustavo Aranzana Wibo Leche Leyma, Galega 100% Río Ourense Termal Gonzalo García de Vitoria Nike Leche Rio, Ourense Sáenz Horeca Araberri Antonio Pérez Wibo Sáenz Horeca, Álava Sammic Hostelería Lolo Encinas Wibo Sammic TAU Castelló Toni Ten Score Tech TAU Cerámica Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo Carles Marco Spalding Unión Financiera Asturiana, Oviedo, Asturias
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Leyma Coruña Tito Díaz End of contract 1 June 2017 Pre-season Gustavo Aranzana 28 June 2017 ICL Manresa Ibon Navarro Resigned 14 June 2017 Aleix Durán 15 July 2017 CB Prat Roberto Sánchez End of contract 18 June 2017 Arturo Álvarez 22 June 2017 Chocolates Trapa Palencia Sergio García Mutual consent 19 June 2017 Joaquín Prado 16 July 2017 Sáenz Horeca Araberri Arturo Álvarez Signed with CB Prat 22 June 2017 Antonio Pérez 5 September 2017 Sammic Hostelería Iker Bueno End of contract 12 July 2017 Lolo Encinas 13 July 2017 CB Clavijo Antonio Pérez Jenaro Díaz 28 July 2017 Iberostar Palma Xavier Sastre Resigned 24 December 2017 15th (5–10) Félix Alonso 28 December 2017 Chocolates Trapa Palencia Joaquín Prado Sacked 11 February 2018 12th (9–13) Alejandro Martínez 13 February 2017 Actel Força Lleida Borja Comenge Sacked 18 March 2018 14th (10–17) Jorge Serna 18 March 2018 ICL Manresa Aleix Duran Sacked 29 April 2018 3rd (before playoffs) Diego Ocampo 29 April 2018
Regular season
League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after the completion of each round. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16. Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Cafés Candelas Breogán 2 13 9 7 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1CB Prat 1 2 6 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2ICL Manresa 3 6 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3Unión Financiera Oviedo 8 1 1 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4Club Melilla Baloncesto 5 3 2 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5TAU Castelló 15 9 14 14 13 17 17 15 12 8 9 7 11 10 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6Trapa Palencia 14 15 16 17 15 11 11 11 13 10 12 10 8 9 11 8 10 11 12 10 11 12 10 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7Leyma Coruña 10 5 11 15 17 12 10 12 14 15 11 9 7 7 8 10 9 9 8 9 7 8 9 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8Carramimbre Valladolid 7 14 15 16 14 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9Cáceres P. Humanidad 16 4 10 11 16 13 13 10 8 7 7 13 15 13 13 13 11 8 10 8 9 10 8 10 11 12 12 14 14 12 11 12 10 10Sáenz Horeca Araberri 4 7 5 5 6 9 6 8 10 13 8 15 10 12 12 9 7 10 11 11 10 11 12 11 8 9 11 11 10 10 12 10 11 11FC Barcelona Lassa B 6 11 13 9 10 16 16 14 15 16 13 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 15 15 17 17 16 18 15 13 12Iberostar Palma 18 10 7 10 11 14 14 16 17 12 15 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 17 18 16 17 17 17 17 16 15 16 18 14 16 15 13Río Ourense Termal 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 15 15 15 15 14 14 11 9 10 11 11 10 11 12 14Levitec Huesca 12 17 17 12 8 6 9 9 7 9 10 8 12 11 10 11 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 15 17 13 16 15Actel Força Lleida 13 16 12 13 9 7 12 13 9 11 14 14 9 8 9 12 12 12 9 12 13 9 11 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 13 14 17 16Sammic Hostelería 9 12 8 6 7 10 8 7 11 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 17 18 16 16 15 16 17 18 18 17 16 18 14 17CB Clavijo 11 8 4 8 12 15 15 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 16 15 14 15 17 18 18 Source: FEB
Results
Playoffs
Source: FEB
Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 3 February 2018, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The champion of the cup play the playoffs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the second and the fifth qualified.
Teams qualified
Game
Final standings
Individual statistics Points Rank Name Team Games Points 1 Johnny Dee Sáenz Horeca Araberri 34 542 15.94 2 Reggie Johnson Río Ourense Termal 34 516 15.18 3 Sergio de la Fuente Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 34 511 15.03 4 Alec Wintering Sáenz Horeca Araberri 34 510 15 5 Volodymyr Gerun FC Barcelona Lassa B 30 444 14.8 Source: FEB
Rebounds Rank Name Team Games Rebounds 1 Emanuel Cățe CB Prat 30 256 8.53 2 Evan Yates CB Clavijo 34 288 8.47 3 Jordi Trias ICL Manresa 34 271 7.97 4 Volodymyr Gerun FC Barcelona Lassa B 30 237 7.9 5 Atoumane Diagne FC Barcelona Lassa B 33 252 7.64 Source: FEB
Assists Rank Player Team Games Assists 1 Óscar Alvarado Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 32 204 6.38 2 Guillermo Corrales Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad 29 161 5.55 3 Alec Wintering Sáenz Horeca Araberri 34 186 5.47 4 Pol Figueras FC Barcelona Lassa B 34 176 5.18 5 Zach Monaghan Leyma Coruña 28 136 4.86 Source: FEB
Efficiency Rank Player Team Games Efficiency 1 Volodymyr Gerun FC Barcelona Lassa B 30 634 21.13 2 Jordi Trias ICL Manresa 34 717 21.09 3 Óliver Arteaga Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo 25 508 20.32 4 Emanuel Cățe CB Prat 30 562 18.73 5 Evan Yates CB Clavijo 34 615 18.09 Source: FEB
Awards All official awards of the 2017–18 LEB Oro season.
MVP PlayerTeam PF Jordi Trias ICL Manresa Source:
All-LEB Oro Team PlayerTeam Alec Wintering Sáenz Horeca Araberri Johnny Dee Sáenz Horeca Araberri Kedar Edwards Sáenz Horeca Araberri Jordi Trias ICL Manresa Volodymyr Gerun FC Barcelona Lassa B Source:
Best Coach CoachTeam Natxo Lezkano Cafés Candelas Breogán Source:
Player of the round Round Player Team Eff. 1 Volodymyr Gerun FC Barcelona Lassa B 35 2 Edu Gatell TAU Castelló 31 3 Alec Wintering Sáenz Horeca Araberri 31 Kevin van Wijk Levitec Huesca 4 Jordi Trias ICL Manresa 37 5 Gediminas Žylė Iberostar Palma 28 Reggie Johnson Río Ourense Termal 6 Gediminas Žylė (2) Iberostar Palma 31 7 Johan Löfberg Cafés Candelas Breogán 34 8 Caleb Agada CB Prat 44 9 Dan Trist Río Ourense Termal 32 10 Jordi Trias (2) ICL Manresa 32 11 Kevin van Wijk (2) Levitec Huesca 37 12 Josep Pérez CB Prat 33 13 Volodymyr Gerun (2) FC Barcelona Lassa B 34 14 Alec Wintering (2) Sáenz Horeca Araberri 29 15 Kyle Rowley TAU Castelló 42 16 Matt Stainbrook Cafés Candelas Breogán 31 17 Tim Derksen Actel Força Lleida 31 18 Emanuel Cățe CB Prat 43 19 Volodymyr Gerun (3) FC Barcelona Lassa B 37 20 Evan Yates CB Clavijo 41 21 Johnny Dee Sáenz Horeca Araberri 44 22 Greg Gantt Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 32 23 Óliver Arteaga Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo 38 24 Evan Yates (2) CB Clavijo 40 25 Salva Arco Cafés Candelas Breogán 34 26 Alfredo Ott TAU Castelló 38 27 Leo Demetrio Cafés Candelas Breogán 33 28 Emanuel Cățe (2) CB Prat 28 Karamo Jawara Iberostar Palma 29 Erik Quintela CB Clavijo 29 30 Matt Stainbrook (2) Cafés Candelas Breogán 45 31 Emanuel Cățe (3) CB Prat 35 32 Evan Yates (3) CB Clavijo 36 33 Sergi Quintela Cafés Candelas Breogán 32 34 Alec Wintering (3) Sáenz Horeca Araberri 40 Jordi Trias (3) ICL Manresa 33 Fran Guerra Club Melilla Baloncesto 33 Óliver Arteaga (2) Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo 25 Urko Otegui Chocolates Trapa Palencia 36 Gabriel Lundberg ICL Manresa 34 Bryce Pressley Chocolates Trapa Palencia 26 Jordi Trias (4) ICL Manresa Nacho Martín ICL Manresa 27 Urko Otegui (2) Chocolates Trapa Palencia 22 Fran Guerra (2) Club Melilla Baloncesto 28 Marc Blanch CB Prat 22 Jordi Trias (5) ICL Manresa 32 Jordi Trias (6) ICL Manresa 20 Diego Kapelan Club Melilla Baloncesto 22 Fran Guerra (3) Club Melilla Baloncesto Mamadou Samb Club Melilla Baloncesto 21 Jordi Trias (7) ICL Manresa 22 Source: FEB
References and notes
External links Official website