2013–14 LEB Plata season

The 2013–14 LEB Plata season is the 13th season of the LEB Plata, the Spanish basketball third division. It is named Adecco Plata as its sponsored identity. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to LEB Oro. The teams between second and ninth position will play a best of five games play off, where the winner will be promoted too to the higher division.

2013–14 LEB Plata season
LeagueLEB Plata
SportBasketball
Number of games156 (regular season)
Number of teams13
Regular Season
Season championsFundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Season MVPNigeria Ola Atoyebi
Playoffs
Playoffs championsCB Prat
  Playoffs runners-upPalma Air Europa
Copa LEB Plata
ChampionsCB Prat
  Runners-upFundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Finals MVPSpain Sergio Pérez Anagnostou
LEB Plata seasons

Competition format

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Eligibility of players

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All teams must have in their roster:

  • A minimum of seven players who played in Spain during three season being between 15 and 20 years old.[1]
  • A maximum of two non-EU players. This players can be replaced by players from the EU or ACP countries.
  • A maximum of two players from the EU or ACP countries.

Regular season

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Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium.

Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga LEB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the arenas used. This procedure is typical in Europe; it is also used by La Liga in football.

Since the first round of the second leg, if two or more teams have accumulated the same number of winning games, the criteria of tie-breaking are these:

  1. Head-to-head winning games.
  2. Head-to-head points coefficient.
  3. Total points coefficient.

After the first leg of the season, the two top qualified teams will play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias and the leader will be the host team.

At the final of the season:

  • The regular season winner promotes directly to LEB Oro.
  • Teams qualified between 2nd and 9th, will join the promotion play-offs.
  • Team qualified in last position is relegated directly to Liga EBA.

Team information and location

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New teams in the league
Teams that left the league
TeamCityArenaFoundedCoach
Amics CastellóCastellón de la PlanaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló1994 Antonio Ten
Araberri BCVitoria-GasteizPolideportivo Mendizorroza1994 Iñaki Merino
Cafés AitonaSan SebastiánPolideportivo Municipal J.A. Gasca1975 David Blanca
Azpeitia Azkoitia ISBAzpeitiaPolideportivo Municipal1975 Iurgi Caminos
Cáceres Patrimonio de la HumanidadCáceresMultiusos Ciudad de Cáceres2007 Ñete Bohígas
CB PratEl Prat de LlobregatPavelló Joan Busquets1951 Carles Durán
CEBA GuadalajaraGuadalajaraPolideportivo San José2011 Javier Juárez
Conservas de CambadosCambadosO Pombal1978 Yago Casal
Fundación Baloncesto FuenlabradaFuenlabradaPolideportivo Fernando Martín2013 Armando Gómez
Grupo Eulen Carrefour "El Bulevar" de ÁvilaÁvilaMultiusos Carlos Sastre2001
Marín PeixegalegoMarínA Raña Sergio Cubeiro
Palma Air EuropaPalma de MallorcaPabellón Toni Servera2006 Maties Cerdà
Zornotza STAmorebieta-EtxanoPolideportivo Larrea1959 Mikel Garitaonandia

Regular season

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League table

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPD Pts
Qualification or relegation
1Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada2417717301548+18241Promotion to LEB Oro
2CB Prat (C)2416818271739+8840Promotion playoffs
3Palma Air Europa2416818691738+13140
4Amics Castelló24141018341781+5338
5Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad24141017211579+14238
6CEBA Guadalajara24131115561578−2237
7Grupo Eulen Carrefour 'El Bulevar' de Ávila24131117751771+437
8Araberri BC24111316941772−7835
9Zornotza ST24101417471830−8334
10Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB24101418111804+734
11Marín Peixegalego2491516851754−6933
12Conservas de Cambados2481616231667−4432
13Askatuak2451914791790−31129Relegation to Liga EBA

(C): indicates Copa LEB Plata champion.

Playoffs

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                   
2CB Prat705674
9Zornotza ST615955
2CB Prat78571076884
5Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad64801028371
5Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad796667
6CEBA Guadalajara677159
2CB Prat818267XX
3Palma Air Europa697863XX
3Palma Air Europa846761
8Araberri BC886647
3Palma Air Europa1048981XX
4Amics Castelló718061XX
4Amics Castelló718383
7Grupo Eulen Carrefour 'El Bulevar' de Ávila737868

Copa LEB Plata

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At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season (13th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa LEB Plata, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.

The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified.

Teams qualified

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPD Pts
1Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada1293870783+8721
2CB Prat1293968892+7621

The game

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2 February 2014
12:00
Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada79–83CB Prat
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 15–23, 23–15, 29–21
Pts: Pérez Anagnostou 25
Rebs: Aramburu 7
Asts: R. Martínez, Sanz 7
PIR: Pérez Anagnostou 36
Pts: Sans 16
Rebs: Serrano 8
Asts: Ros 7
PIR: Ros 21
CB Prat, champion of the 2014 Copa LEB Plata
Polideportivo Fernando Martín, Fuenlabrada
Referees: Martínez Prada, Sánchez Benito, Murillo Khon

Awards and trophies

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MVP week by week

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DayNameTeamPIR
1 Albert AusinaAmics Castelló36
2 Jason BlairPalma Air Europa26
3 Ignacio UrtasunAskatuak34
4 Javier CarterCáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad32
5 Antonio PantínPalma Air Europa40
6 Alberto RodríguezConservas de Cambados31
7 Gediminas ŽylėAzpeitia Azkoitia ISB34
8 Toni VicensPalma Air Europa31
9 Kyle RowleyZornotza ST30
10 Antonio Pantín (2)Palma Air Europa27
11 Ola AtoyebiAmics Castelló34
12 Ola Atoyebi (2)Amics Castelló40
13 Antonio Lorenzo
Alberto Rodríguez (2)
Zornotza ST
Conservas de Cambados
40
14 Darío SuárezMarín Peixegalego26
15 Joan FanerAmics Castelló34
16 José Antonio MedinaCáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad27
17 John di BartolomeoPalma Air Europa39
18 Albert Ausina (2)Amics Castelló34
19 Joseba AramburuMarín Peixegalego34
20 Ola Atoyebi (3)Amics Castelló29
21 Miguel Alberto MontañanaCáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad31
22 Añaterve CruzPalma Air Europa28
23 Shalawn MillerAskatuak36
24 John di Bartolomeo (2)Palma Air Europa30
25 Emmanuel Okoye
Kyle Rowley (2)
Azpeitia Azkoitia ISB
Zornotza ST
28
26 Albert Ausina (3)Amics Castelló23

See also

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References

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