The 2021–22 LEB Oro season was the 26th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 8 October 2021 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2022 with the Final Four.

Format changes For this season, the league was back to 18 teams and brought back the single group with a single group phase in which the top team of the regular season promoted directly to Liga ACB. At the same time, the teams placed between 2nd and 9th qualified for the playoffs to decide the second promotion to Liga ACB and the last three teams were relegated to LEB Plata. For the playoffs, the quarter-finals were played in a best-of-five series and the semi-finals and the final were played in a single-game format in a neutral venue.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2020–21 season, two relegated from the 2020–21 ACB and two promoted from the 2020–21 LEB Plata. On July 5, 2021, Real Murcia resigned to play in the league due to lack of financial support.

Teams relegated from Liga ACB Movistar Estudiantes Acunsa Gipuzkoa

Teams promoted from LEB Plata Juaristi ISB Barça B (swapped places with ICG Força Lleida which avoided relegation to LEB Plata) CB Prat

Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Acunsa Gipuzkoa San Sebastián Donostia Arena Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Cáceres Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres CB Almansa con Afanion Almansa Municipal CB Prat El Prat de Llobregat Pavelló Joan Busquets Covirán Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes HLA Alicante Alicante Pedro Ferrándiz ICG Força Lleida Lleida Pavelló Barris NordJuaristi ISB AzpeitiaMunicipal Azkoitia Levitec Huesca La Magia Huesca Palacio Municipal de Huesca Leyma Coruña A Coruña Pazo dos Deportes de RiazorMelilla Sport CapitalMelilla Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz Guillermo García PezziMovistar EstudiantesMadrid WiZink Center Antonio Magariños Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma Palma Son Moix TAU Castelló Castellón Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló UEMC Real Valladolid Valladolid Pisuerga Unicaja Banco Oviedo Oviedo Polideportivo de Pumarín Zunder Palencia Palencia Pabellón Municipal

Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Acunsa Gipuzkoa Lolo Encinas Hummel Acunsa, Gipuzkoa Kirolak Bàsquet Girona Jordi Sargatal Nike Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Roberto Blanco Erreà Extremadura CB Almansa con Afanion Rubén Perelló Joma Afanion CB Prat Josep Maria Berrocal Wibo Covirán Granada Pablo Pin Vive Supermercados Covirán HLA Alicante Gonzalo García de Vitoria Score Tech Grupo Hospitalario HLA ICG Força Lleida Gerard Encuentra Pentex ICG Software Juaristi ISB Iñaki Jiménez Wibo Juaristi, Orain Gipuzkoa Levitec Huesca La Magia Carlos Lanau Barri-Ball Levitec, Huesca La Magia Leyma Coruña Sergio García Macron Leche Leyma Melilla Sport Capital Rafa Monclova Wibo Melilla Sport Capital Movistar Estudiantes Diego Epifanio Puma Movistar Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma Pau Tomàs Erreà Palmer Inmobiliaria Álex Pérez TAU Castelló Toni Ten Score Tech TAU Cerámica UEMC Real Valladolid Paco García Adidas UEMC Unicaja Banco Oviedo Natxo Lezkano Spalding Unicaja, Oviedo, Asturias Zunder Palencia Pedro Rivero Kappa Zunder

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment UEMC Real Valladolid Hugo López Resigned 14 May 2021 Pre-season Roberto González 25 May 2021 Zunder Palencia Arturo Álvarez 17 May 2021 Pedro Rivero 25 June 2021 Melilla Sport Capital Alejandro Alcoba 19 May 2021 Arturo Álvarez 16 June 2021 ICG Força Lleida Gustavo Aranzana 19 May 2021 Gerard Encuentra 14 June 2021 Acunsa Gipuzkoa Marcelo Nicola End of contract 3 June 2021 Lolo Encinas 25 June 2021 HLA Alicante Pedro Rivero 24 June 2021 Gonzalo García de Vitoria 2 July 2021 Levitec Huesca La Magia Óscar Lata Signed for UCAM Murcia 6 July 2021 Sergio Lamúa 16 July 2021 CB Prat Dani Miret Signed for Joventut 16 July 2021 Josep Maria Berrocal 17 July 2021 Bàsquet Girona Carles Marco Sacked 15 November 2021 14th (2–6) Jordi Sargatal 30 November 2021 Levitec Huesca La Magia Sergio Lamúa 26 January 2022 18th (1–14) Carlos Lanau 26 January 2022 UEMC Real Valladolid Roberto González 16 March 2022 14th (9–15) Paco García 17 March 2022 Melilla Sport Capital Arturo Álvarez Resigned 26 March 2022 13th (11–15) Rafa Monclova 28 March 2022 Movistar Estudiantes Jota Cuspinera Sacked 21 April 2022 2nd (21–7) Diego Epifanio 21 April 2022

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 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 by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The cup was scheduled originally on 11–12 February 2022 and was postponed to 3 April 2022 with the aim to extend the term for the dispute of the games postponed from first half of the season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The champion of the cup played the playoffs against the ninth qualified as it finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.

Teams qualified

Game

Final standings

Awards All official awards of the 2021–22 LEB Oro season.

Final Four MVP PlayerTeam C Marc Gasol Bàsquet Girona Source:

Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP PlayerTeam SG Álex Urtasun Movistar Estudiantes Source:

Player of the round Regular season Round Player Team Eff. 1 Pedro Llompart HLA Alicante 33 2 Nick Ward Leyma Coruña 32 3 Nick Ward (2) Leyma Coruña 31 4 Lucas Faggiano Movistar Estudiantes 29 5 Michael Carrera ICG Força Lleida 35 6 Eddy Polanco CB Almansa con Afanion 35 7 Sergio de la Fuente UEMC Real Valladolid 40 8 Nemanja Đurišić Movistar Estudiantes 30 9 Lluís Costa Covirán Granada 39 10 Marc Gasol Bàsquet Girona 39 11 Michael Carrera (2) ICG Força Lleida 24 Nick Ward (3) Leyma Coruña 12 Nemanja Đurišić (2) Movistar Estudiantes 33 13 Kai Edwards TAU Castelló 33 14 Sergi Costa CB Prat 28 Joey van Zegeren HLA Alicante 15 Nick Ward (4) Leyma Coruña 35 16 Marc Gasol (2) Bàsquet Girona 39 17 Eddy Polanco (2) CB Almansa con Afanion 42 18 Xavi Rey Levitec Huesca la Magia 34 19 T.J. Crockett CB Prat 34 20 Moustapha Barro Zunder Palencia 26 21 Alec Wintering UEMC Real Valladolid 33 22 Zaid Hearst HLA Alicante 37 23 Sean McDonnell Unicaja Banco Oviedo 27 24 Michael Carrera (3) ICG Força Lleida 43 25 T.J. Crockett (2) CB Prat 26 26 Elijah Brown Palmer Alma Mediterránea Palma 29 27 Eddy Polanco (3) CB Almansa con Afanion 26 Wesley Van Beck Palmer Alma Mediterránea Palma 28 Marc Gasol (3) Bàsquet Girona 31 29 Marc Gasol (4) Bàsquet Girona 38 30 Alec Wintering (2) UEMC Real Valladolid 31 31 Morayo Soluade Leyma Coruña 30 32 Tomáš Pavelka Palmer Alma Mediterránea Palma 32 33 Zaid Hearst (2) HLA Alicante 40 34 Eddy Polanco (4) CB Almansa con Afanion 33

Quarter-finals Round Player Team Eff. 1st leg Prince Ali Zunder Palencia 21 Mark Hughes ICG Força Lleida 2nd leg Juani Marcos ICG Força Lleida 31 3rd leg Marc Gasol (5) Bàsquet Girona 30 4th leg Juani Marcos (2) ICG Força Lleida 29 5th leg Shaquille Cleare ICG Força Lleida 20

References

External links Official website