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

Teams promoted from LEB Plata HLA Alicante Afanion CB Almansa Marín Ence PeixeGalego

Venues and locations 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 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

Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Afanion CB Almansa Rubén Perelló Besten 10 Afanion B the travel brand Mallorca Palma Félix Alonso Pentex B the travel brand Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Roberto Blanco Besten 10 Extremadura Carramimbre CBC Valladolid Hugo López Kappa Bodegas Carramimbre Chocolates Trapa Palencia Carles Marco Kappa Chocolates Trapa Club Melilla Baloncesto Alejandro Alcoba Pentex Club Ourense Baloncesto Gonzalo García de Vitoria 34ers Ourense Covirán Granada Pablo Pin Vive Supermercados Covirán Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket Marcelo Nicola Hummel Delteco HLA Alicante Pedro Rivero Score Tech Grupo Hospitalario HLA ICG Força Lleida Gustavo Aranzana Joma ICG Software Leche Río Breogán Diego Epifanio Hummel Leche Río Levitec Huesca Guillermo Arenas Barri-Ball Levitec, Aragon Leyma Coruña Sergio García Wibo Leche Leyma, Galega 100% Liberbank Oviedo Natxo Lezkano Spalding Liberbank Marín Ence PeixeGalego Javi Llorente Trezze Ence TAU Castelló Toni Ten Score Tech TAU Cerámica ZTE Real Canoe NC Miguel Ángel Aranzábal Spalding ZTE

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Leyma Coruña Gustavo Aranzana End of contract 6 May 2019 Pre-season Sergio García 9 June 2019 Carramimbre CBC Valladolid Paco García 11 June 2019 Hugo López 13 June 2019 Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket Sergio Valdeolmillos 12 June 2019 Marcelo Nicola 29 June 2019 Leche Río Breogán Tito Díaz 21 June 2019 Diego Epifanio 27 June 2019 ICG Força Lleida Jorge Serna Sacked 4 December 2019 15th (3–8) Gustavo Aranzana 12 December 2019 Liberbank Oviedo Javi Rodríguez 3 March 2020 16th (7–16) Natxo Lezkano 5 March 2020

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.

On May 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation cancelled the promotion playoffs and approved the promotions to Liga ACB of the two top teams.

Regular season

League table

Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order 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 afterwards.

Results

Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 5 February 2020, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The champion of the cup would play the playoffs against the ninth qualified if it would finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.

Teams qualified

Game

Awards All official awards of the 2019–20 LEB Oro season.

Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP PlayerTeam SG Johnny Dee Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket Source:

Player of the round Regular season Round Player Team Eff. 1 Bamba Fall HLA Alicante 40 2 Bamba Fall (2) HLA Alicante 44 3 Óscar Alvarado Club Ourense Baloncesto 27 David Škara Levitec Huesca 4 Rolandas Jakštas Liberbank Oviedo 31 5 Pedro Llompart HLA Alicante 30 6 Joey van Zegeren TAU Castelló 38 7 Taiwo Badmus Marín Ence PeixeGalego 36 Earl Watson Covirán Granada 8 Brano Đukanović TAU Castelló 43 9 Caleb Agada Club Melilla Baloncesto 46 10 Alexandru Olah Leche Río Breogán 28 11 David Škara (2) Levitec Huesca 35 12 Bamba Fall (3) HLA Alicante 33 13 Olle Lundqvist ZTE Real Canoe NC 36 14 Caleb Agada (2) Club Melilla Baloncesto 38 15 Shaquille Cleare ICG Força Lleida 35 16 Sergio de la Fuente Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 31 17 Bamba Fall (4) HLA Alicante 31 18 Guille Rubio Covirán Granada 36 19 Kyle Rowley Afanion CB Almansa 33 20 Salva Arco Leche Río Breogán 29 21 Stephen Maxwell Afanion CB Almansa 33 22 Joey van Zegeren TAU Castelló 33 23 Guille Rubio (2) Covirán Granada 37 24 Francis Alonso Liberbank Oviedo 36

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References

External links Official website