The 2019–20 LEB Plata season was the 20th season of the Spanish basketball third league. It started on 21 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and was curtailed on 25 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Format changes On 8 June 2019, the General Assembly of the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed to expand the promotion playoffs to eight teams, being these from the second to the ninth qualified of the Group A1 of the second stage and the winner of the Group A2.
In addition, every team must have always playing at least one Spanish player.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 15 sides from the 2018–19 season, three relegated from the 2018–19 LEB Oro and six promoted from the 2018–19 Liga EBA. On July 10, 2019, Círculo Gijón swapped place with Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B, JAFEP Fundación Globalcaja La Roda swapped place with Isover Basket Azuqueca, Gran Canaria B swapped place with NCS Alcobendas, and CB Benicarló and CB Marbella achieved the vacancies of Sáenz Horeca Araberri and Movistar Estudiantes B.
Teams relegated from LEB Oro CB Prat Barça B Sáenz Horeca Araberri (resigned)
Teams promoted from Liga EBA Ilerdauto Nissan Pardinyes Lleida CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP UBU Tizona Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras NCS Alcobendas (resigned to promotion) Movistar Estudiantes B (resigned to promotion)
Teams relegated to Liga EBA Círculo Gijón (swapped place with Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B) CB Extremadura Plasencia Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar" CB Vic Universitat de Vic JAFEP Fundación Globalcaja La Roda (swapped place with Isover Basket Azuqueca) Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes
Teams that applied to participate CB Benicarló Gran Canaria B (swapped place with NCS Alcobendas) CB Marbella
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Arcos Albacete Basket Albacete Pabellón del Parque Barça B Sant Joan Despí Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper Basket Navarra Pamplona Arrosadia Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau Bodegas Rioja Vega Logroño Palacio de los Deportes CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP Ponferrada Pabellón Lydia Valentín CB Benicarló Benicarló Pavelló Poliesportiu Municipal CB Marbella Marbella Carlos Cabezas CB Morón Morón de la Frontera Alameda CB Prat El Prat de Llobregat Pavelló Joan Busquets CB Villarrobledo Villarrobledo Los Pintores Círculo Gijón Gijón Palacio de Deportes Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras Algeciras Pabellón Ciudad de Algeciras Gran Canaria B Las Palmas Centro Insular de Deportes Hestia Menorca Mahón Pavelló Menorca Igualitorio Cantabria Estela Santander Palacio de Deportes Ilerdauto Nissan Pardinyes Lleida Lleida Pavelló Barris Nord Innova Chef Zamora Ángel Nieto JAFEP Fundación Globalcaja La Roda La Roda Juan José Lozano Jareño Juaristi ISB Azpeitia Municipal Real Murcia Murcia Príncipe de Asturias Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet L'Hospitalet Nou Pavelló del Centre UBU Tizona Burgos Polideportivo El Plantío Zornotza ST Amorebieta-Etxano Larrea
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 May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to force majeure with the following decisions: Relegations to Liga EBA were revoked. Promotions to LEB Oro remained. Likewise, the promotions from Liga EBA remained, although, due to exceptional circumstances, the Spanish Basketball Federation reserved the right to expand the league to 28 teams in the next season, if necessary. The top team from Group A1 as of March 8 would promote directly to LEB Oro. 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: One game would be played between the 5th and 6th qualified teams of the Group A1 as of March 8. The winner of the game would play a game against the 2nd qualified team of the Group A1 as of March 8, and the winner of this game would promote directly to LEB Oro. One game would be played between the 3rd and 4th qualified teams of the Group A1 as of March 8. The winner would promote directly to LEB Oro. If the sanitary conditions would make it impossible to play the promotion playoffs, the three top teams from Group A1 as of March 8 would promote to LEB Oro.
On May 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation cancelled the promotion playoffs and approved the promotions to LEB Oro of the three top teams.
First phase
Group East 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
Group West 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
Second phase
Group A1 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
Group A2 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 LEB Plata The Copa LEB Plata was played on 28 December 2019, by the first qualified team of each group after the end of the first half of the season (round 11 of first phase). The champion of the cup would play the promotion playoffs against the worst qualified if it would finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified of the Group A1.
Teams qualified
Game
Awards All official awards of the 2019–20 LEB Plata season.
Copa LEB Plata MVP PlayerTeam SG Spencer Reaves Juaristi ISB Source:
Player of the round First phase Round Player Team Eff. 1 Andrew Kelly Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras 35 2 Jamal Reynolds Círculo Gijón 44 3 Antonio Hester Bàsquet Girona 39 4 Andre Norris Real Murcia 45 5 Eddy Polanco Arcos Albacete Basket 44 6 Víctor Moreno Bàsquet Girona 33 7 Spencer Reaves Juaristi ISB 31 8 Ryan Nicholas Innova Chef 34 9 Urko Otegi Hestia Menorca 39 10 Ayoze Alonso UBU Tizona 35 11 Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Basket Navarra 42 12 Gerard Sevillano Bàsquet Girona 28 Javi Lucas Igualitorio Cantabria Estela 13 Javi Menéndez Círculo Gijón 36 14 Ryan Ejim Arcos Albacete Basket 32 15 Gerard Sevillano (2) Bàsquet Girona 30 Marcos Portález Bodegas Rioja Vega 16 Sean McDonnell CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP 34 17 Jeff Solarin Real Murcia 39 18 Clint Robinson Real Murcia 36 19 Ryan Ejim (2) Arcos Albacete Basket 32 20 Wendell Davis Ilerdauto Nissan Pardinyes Lleida 34 21 Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca (2) Basket Navarra 33 22 Sean McDonnell (2) CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP 36
Second phase Round Player Team Eff. 1 Jeff Solarin (2) Real Murcia 37 Andrew Kelly (2) Enerdrink UDEA Algeciras 2 Sean McDonnell (3) CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP 30 Leandro Bolmaro Barça B Alfonso Ortiz Arcos Albacete Basket 3 Sean McDonnell (4) CAT&REST Intragas-Clima CDP 40
Notes
References
External links Official website