Liga Española de Baloncesto
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Liga Española de Baloncesto is a Spanish basketball championship that is the next level of the ACB. Is administered by the FEB.
The LEB league was founded in 1996, which is played also under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including ones like Tenerife Baloncesto, Plus Pujol Lleida, Polaris World Murcia, CB León, Tarragona.. etc.
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[edit] Liga championship rules
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. This means that in Liga LEB the league ends after every team plays 34 matches.
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 Spanish sport; it is also used by La Liga in football and the ACB.
Each victory adds 1 match of win to the team in the league ranking. Each match defeated adds 1 match defeated.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:
- The team that has most matches won in the ranking.
- If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best baskets
- If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall matches head to head difference wins.
[edit] Champions by year
| Season | Team |
| 1996/1997 | Ciudad de Huelva |
| 1997/1998 | Polaris World Murcia |
| 1998/1999 | Leche Rio Breogan |
| 1999/2000 | Etosa Alicante |
| 2000/2001 | Plus Pujol Lleida |
| 2001/2002 | Etosa Alicante |
| 2002/2003 | Polaris World Murcia |
| 2003/2004 | Lagun Aro Bilbao |
| 2004/2005 | Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada |
| 2005/2006 | Bruesa GBC |
[edit] Classification 2005/06
Season 2006/2007: LEB League - 2006/2007 LEB League Play-Off 2006/2007
Season 2005/2006: LEB League - 2005/2006 LEB League Play-Off 2005/2006
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[edit] Teams 2006/07 season
- Autocid Ford Burgos
- UB La Palma
- Aguas de Gandia-Valencia
- Basket CAI Zaragoza
- CB L'Hospitalet
- CB Los Barrios
- Leche Rio Breogan
- Plus Pujol Lleida
- Alerta Cantabria
- Leon Caja España
- Palma Aqua Magica
- Ricoh Manresa
- Drac Inca
- CB Tarragona
- Melilla Baloncesto
- Calefacciones Farho Gijón
- Ciudad de Huelva
- Tenerife Rural
[edit] Promoted to League ACB 2006/2007 season
[edit] Promoted from League LEB-2 2006/2007 season
- Autocid Ford Burgos
- Aguas de Gandia-Valencia
[edit] Relegated from League ACB 2006/2007 season
[edit] Relegated to League LEB-2 2006/2007 season
- Calpe-Aguas de Calpe
- Plasencia-Galco
[edit] Awards
[edit] LEB Most Valuable Player Award
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| 2005-06 | Thomas Terrell | CB L'Hospitalet | 25.3 |
| 2004-05 | Ricardo Guillén | Algeciras Cepsa | 23.6 |
| 2003-04 | Aaron Swinson | Algeciras Cepsa | 23.9 |
| 2002-03 | Jaime Peterson | Universidad Complutense | 22.4 |
| 2001-02 | Lawrence Lewis | Tenerife Baloncesto | 25 |
| 2000-01 | Michael Wilson | León Caja España | 23.7 |
| 1999-00 | Joseph Bunn | Caprabo Lleida | 28.2 |
| 1998-99 | Eric Cuthrell | Abeconsa Ferrol | 28.6 |
| 1997-98 | Tony Smith | Murcia Artel | 25.3 |
[edit] LEB Finals Most Valuable Player Award
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| 2005-06 | Marc Blanch | Drac Inca | 24.3 |
| 2004-05 | Lamont Barnes | León Caja España | 28.8 |
| 2003-04 | Aaron McGhee | CB Granada | 22.2 |
| 2002-03 | Maciej Lampe | Universidad Complutense | 21.7 |
| 2001-02 | Lawrence Lewis | Tenerife Baloncesto | 26.2 |
| 2000-01 | Óscar Rodríguez | Ciudad de Huelva | 25 |
| 1999-00 | Lou Roe | Drac Inca | 30.8 |
| 1998-99 | Cedric Moore | Caja Rural Melilla | 24.1 |
| 1997-98 | Tony Smith | Murcia Artel | 29.2 |
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