2020–21 LEB Oro season

The 2020–21 LEB Oro season was the 25th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 16 October 2020 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 20 June 2021 with the final.

It was the following season after the 2019–20 season was curtailed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, there were not relegations to LEB Plata and the league was expanded to 19 teams, record of the league, which was divided into two groups for the first time in its history. On August 27, 2020, FEB and acb agreed a support plan for the league and intended to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to guarantee the broadcast of all the matches of the league. The total of these grants, therefore, amounted to one million euros, which were distributed evenly among the clubs registered in the league for the 2020–21 season. On March 1, 2021, the start of the second phase was postponed one week due to the impossibility of playing all the matches of the first phase before March 7 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak that emerged in ICG Força Lleida which affected eight team members.

Format changes For this season, the league consisted of two group phases with two groups of 9 and 10 teams in each phase. At the end of the first phase, the top five teams of each group joined the promotion group and the rest of the teams joined the relegation group. In the second phase, the results of the teams that played in the first phase swept to the second phase avoiding to play four times with the same team. At the end of the second phase, the seven top teams of the promotion group and the top team of the relegation group qualified for the playoffs and the last four teams of the relegation group were relegated to LEB Plata. For the playoffs, all rounds were played in a best-of-three series to decide the only promotion to Liga ACB.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 19 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2019–20 season and three promoted from the 2019–20 LEB Plata. On July 21, 2020, Marín Ence PeixeGalego did not register in the league.

Teams promoted from LEB Plata Real Murcia Bàsquet Girona Tizona Universidad de Burgos

Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Cáceres Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres CB Almansa con Afanion Almansa Municipal Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB Valladolid Pisuerga Covirán Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes Destino Palencia Palencia Pabellón Municipal HLA Alicante Alicante Pedro Ferrándiz Ibereólica Renovables Ourense Ourense Pazo Paco Paz ICG Força Lleida Lleida Pavelló Barris Nord Levitec Huesca Huesca Palacio Municipal de Huesca Leyma Coruña A Coruña Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor Liberbank Oviedo Oviedo Polideportivo de Pumarín Melilla Sport Capital Melilla Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma Palma Son Moix Real Murcia Murcia Príncipe de Asturias Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes TAU Castelló Castellón Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló Tizona Universidad de Burgos Burgos Polideportivo El Plantío ZTE Real Canoe NC Madrid Polideportivo Pez Volador

Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Bàsquet Girona Carles Marco Nike Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Roberto Blanco Besten 10 Extremadura CB Almansa con Afanion Rubén Perelló Besten 10 Albaluz Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB Hugo López Kappa Grupo Aspasia, Clínica Sur Covirán Granada Pablo Pin Vive Supermercados Covirán Destino Palencia Arturo Álvarez Kappa Palencia HLA Alicante Pedro Rivero Score Tech Grupo Hospitalario HLA Ibereólica Renovables Ourense Gonzalo García de Vitoria 34ers Grupo Ibereólica Renovables ICG Força Lleida Gustavo Aranzana Joma ICG Software Levitec Huesca Óscar Lata Barri-Ball Levitec, Aragon Leyma Coruña Sergio García Wibo Leche Leyma, Galega 100% Liberbank Oviedo Natxo Lezkano Spalding Liberbank Melilla Sport Capital Alejandro Alcoba Pentex Melilla Sport Capital Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma Pau Tomàs Pentex Palmer Inmobiliaria Álex Pérez Real Murcia Rafa Monclova Vive Terra Training Río Breogán Diego Epifanio Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0 TAU Castelló Toni Ten Score Tech TAU Cerámica Tizona Universidad de Burgos Lluís Riera Luanvi Ford Autocid ZTE Real Canoe NC José Rey Spalding ZTE

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Levitec Huesca Guillermo Arenas End of contract 15 May 2020 Pre-season David Gómez 16 July 2020 Bàsquet Girona Àlex Formento Sacked 7 June 2020 Carles Marco 11 June 2020 Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma Félix Alonso End of contract 8 June 2020 Pau Tomàs 8 June 2020 Álex Pérez Destino Palencia Carles Marco Signed for Bàsquet Girona 11 June 2020 Arturo Álvarez 15 July 2020 ZTE Real Canoe NC Miguel Ángel Aranzábal End as head coach 16 July 2020 José Rey 16 July 2020 Tizona Universidad de Burgos Jorge Elorduy Sacked 28 November 2020 9th of Group A (1–3) Lluís Riera 29 November 2020 Levitec Huesca David Gómez 25 January 2021 8th of Group B (3–10) Óscar Lata 1 February 2020

First phase

Group A 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 are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Results

Group B 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 are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Results

Second phase

Promotion group 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 are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Results

Relegation group 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 are originally scheduled, but added to the full round they are played immediately afterwards.

Results

Playoffs

Source: FEB

Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 22 January 2021, by the top team of each group after the end of the first half of the season (round 9 of first phase).

Teams qualified

Game

Final standings

Awards All official awards of the 2020–21 LEB Oro season.

Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP PlayerTeam PF Mindaugas Kačinas Río Breogán Source:

Player of the round First phase Round Player Team Eff. 1 Justin Pitts HLA Alicante 27 2 Jacobo Díaz Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma 29 3 Pedro Llompart HLA Alicante 26 Elijah Brown Liberbank Oviedo Jonas Bergstedt HLA Alicante 4 Luis Parejo Levitec Huesca 34 5 Karamo Jawara Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma 33 6 Lluís Costa Covirán Granada 35 7 Adala Moto TAU Castelló 23 8 Joey van Zegeren Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB 39 9 Karamo Jawara (2) Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma 29 10 Daniel Clark ZTE Real Canoe NC 33 11 Iván Cruz Río Breogán 33 12 Sergio Mendiola CB Almansa con Afanion 29 13 Juan José García TAU Castelló 36 14 Ronnie Harrell Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma 30 15 Adam Sollazzo Río Breogán 29 Dāvis Rozītis Bàsquet Girona 16 Reed Timmer Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB 32 17 Jaron Martin Real Murcia 36 18 Filip Djuran CB Almansa con Afanion 29

Second phase Round Player Team Eff. 1 Filip Djuran (2) CB Almansa con Afanion 30 2 Andris Misters Melilla Sport Capital 39 5 Álex Hernández Real Murcia 38 6 Ayoze Alonso Tizona Universidad de Burgos 45 7 Nacho Martín Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB 30 8 Alec Wintering Melilla Sport Capital 38 9 Reed Timmer (2) Clínica Sur-Aspasia RVB 31 10 Dagoberto Peña Leyma Coruña 33

Quarter-finals Round Player Team Eff. 1st leg Thomas Bropleh Covirán Granada 26 2nd leg Kristian Kullamäe Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma 26 Ronnie Harrell (2) 3rd leg Lluís Costa (2) Covirán Granada 25 Jaron Martin Real Murcia Alex Murphy Covirán Granada

Semi-finals Round Player Team Eff. 1st leg Stojan Gjuroski HLA Alicante 27 2nd leg Thomas Bropleh (2) Covirán Granada 23 3rd leg Kevin Larsen Río Breogán 26

Final Round Player Team Eff. 1st leg Thomas Bropleh (3) Covirán Granada 22 2nd leg Thomas Bropleh (4) Covirán Granada 26 3rd leg Adam Sollazzo (2) Río Breogán 21

References

External links Official website