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The Primera FEB, formerly known as LEB or LEB Oro, is the second basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system after the Liga ACB. It is run by the FEB. The FEB leagues are divided into three categories (the other two are the Segunda FEB and the Tercera FEB). The league was founded in 1996 and is played under FIBA rules.

The league is contested by 18 clubs. Each season, the top-finishing team in the Primera FEB are automatically promoted to the Liga ACB. The teams that finish the season in 2nd to 9th place enter a playoff tournament, with the winner also gaining promotion to the Liga ACB. The three lowest-finishing teams in the Primera FEB are relegated to Segunda FEB.

A total of 81 teams have competed in Primera FEB since its inception in 1996. 19 teams have been crowned champions and 30 teams have gained promotion to Liga ACB, of which only four teams could not play in Liga ACB. Club Melilla Baloncesto is the only team that played all seasons of the league.

Championship format

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

Each victory adds two points to the team in the league ranking, while each loss adds only one. At the end of the league:

The winner of the Regular season promotes directly to Liga ACB.
Teams qualified between second and ninth position play the promotion play-offs, where the winner promotes with the regular season champion to Liga ACB.
The worst or the two worst teams are relegated to LEB Plata.

At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Princesa at home of the winner of the first half season. 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.

LEB History

The two first teams are promoted to ACB. Since 2007–08, the regular season champion promotes to ACB without playing the playoffs. The winner of the Playoffs Finals is the other promoted team.

League names

1996–2006: LEB
2006–2007: Adecco LEB
2007–2015: Adecco Oro
2015–2024: LEB Oro
From 2024 onwards: Primera FEB

Champions

Caja Cantabria	Sergio Valdeolmillos
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	Felipe Coello
Cabitel Gijón	Paco García
Club Ourense Baloncesto	Andreu Casadevall
CB Granada	Edu Torres
Minorisa.net Manresa	Julio Lamas
Tenerife CB	Felipe Coello
CB Granada	Txus Vidorreta
IBB Hoteles Menorca	Luis Casimiro
Polaris World Murcia	Porfirio Fisac
Climalia León	Jaume Ponsarnau
Gipuzkoa Basket	Curro Segura
CB Lucentum Alicante	Porfirio Fisac
ViveMenorca	José Luis Abós
	Luis Guil
Menorca Bàsquet	Alejandro Martínez
CB Lucentum Alicante	Andreu Casadevall
CB Tizona	Joan Peñarroya
Club Ourense Baloncesto	Andreu Casadevall
Club Melilla Baloncesto	Porfirio Fisac / Sergio García
San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos	Porfirio Fisac
ICL Manresa	Natxo Lezkano
Bilbao Basket	Curro Segura
Season curtailed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covirán Granada	Diego Epifanio
Bàsquet Girona	Pablo Pin
Zunder Palencia	Natxo Lezkano
ICG Força Lleida	Diego Epifanio
Real Betis	Bruno Savignani

Performance by club

1997–98, 2002–03, 2010–11

2005–06, 2016–17, 2019–20

1998–99, 2017–18, 2020–21

1999–00, 2001–02

2007–08, 2009–10

2013–14, 2022–23

2006–07

2003–04

2004–05

2014–15

2015–16

2018–19

2024–25

2021–22

1996–97

2000–01

2008–09

2011–12

2012–13

2019–20

2023–24

Awards at LEB Oro

LEB Oro Final Four MVP

Records at LEB Oro

Stats leaders

1996–97	31.72	30.56	11.96	4.73
1997–98	25.38	25.38	10.96	3.96
1998–99	28.65	22.62	11.57	4.38
1999–00	28.23	23.60	10.17	4.30
2000–01	23.70	23.91	9.53	4.93
2001–02	25.03	19.41	10.27	4.60
2002–03	22.47	18.97	14.76	4.87
2003–04	23.94	19.33	9.44	4.62
2004–05	23.67	18.56	12.27	4.70
2005–06	25.33	19.21	8.71	4.68
2006–07	20.97	20.65	10.70	5.00
2007–08	21.88	19.44	10.00	5.76
2008–09	23.26	18.05	9.50	6.09
2009–10	28.50	18.15	11.06	4.87
2010–11	24.11	19.11	9.24	4.56
2011–12	21.29	19.15	10.62	5.12
2012–13	21.73	15.73	9.81	5.50
2013–14	24.08	16.00	9.00	4.92
2014–15	20.40	16.44	9.07	5.18
2015–16	23.18	18.70	9.71	6.50
2016–17	20.50	20.18	10.18	5.58
2017–18	21.13	15.94	8.53	6.38
2018–19	20.46	19.79	10.62	6.18
2019–20On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic.	20.54	16.25	8.58	5.91
2020–21	16.81	16.70	7.70	5.30
2021–22	23.45	19.50	8.60	6.03
2022–23	25.30	20.35	9.30	5.96
2023–24	23.42	19.70	7.44	7.15
2024–25	21.06	16.38	8.04	6.61

All-time top performances

Active Primera FEB player

Games played

1	Point guard	17	2003–	558
2	C	14	2002–2019	542
3	Small forward	16	2005–2021	530
4	PF	16	1996–2017	512
5	C	15	2005–2023	491
6	SF	16	2003–2021	480
7	SF	14	2000–2014	473
8	PG	13	2002–2017	451
9	Shooting guard	13	1999–2012	449
10	SG	14	2004–2021	445

Points

1	PF	2004–2016	5,927	353	16.8
2	C	2005–2023	5,249	491	10.7
3	PG	2003–	5,015	524	9.6
4	PF	1996–2017	4,968	512	9.7
5	C	2002–2019	4,832	542	8.9
6	SG	2005–2022	4,801	444	10.8
7	PG	2002–2017	4,388	451	9.7
8	SF	2003–2021	4,351	480	9.1
6	SF	2000–2014	4,241	473	9.0
10	SG	2004–2021	4,118	399	10.6

Rebounds

1	C	2002–	2,544	505	5.0
2	PF	2004–2016	2,399	353	6.8
3	C	2005–	2,189	346	6.3
4	PF	1996–2017	1,992	512	3.9
5	PF	1997–2012	1,926	374	5.1
6	C	1998–2016	1,843	386	4.8
7	C	2006–2013	1,759	218	8.1
8	C	2000–2007	1,697	227	7.5
9	C	2002–2016	1,655	377	4.4
10	PF	2004–2018	1,655	421	3.9

Assists

1	PG	1999–2012	1,379	395	3.5
2	PG	2002–2017	1,312	451	2.9
3	PG	2002–2016	1,245	372	3.3
4	PG	2003–	1,143	404	2.8
5	PG	2002–2010	1,015	241	4.2
6	PG	2005–2015	905	298	3.0
7	PG	2010–2017	902	234	3.9
8	PG	1998–2011	894	439	2.0
9	SG	2006–2017	882	318	2.8
10	PG	1999–2010	862	292	2.9

Steals

1	PG	1999–2012	766	395	1.9
2	SG	2005–	628	385	1.6
3	PG	2002–2016	590	372	1.6
4	C	2002–	580	505	1.1
5	PG	1998–2011	535	439	1.2
5	SG	1999–2012	501	449	1.1
7	PG	2001–2010	467	266	1.7
8	PG	2002–2017	458	451	1.0
9	SF	1997–2007	439	259	1.7
10	PF	1996–2017	439	512	0.9

Blocks

1	C	2005–	303	346	0.9
2	C	1997–2007	279	188	1.5
3	C	1996–2000	268	93	2.9
4	C	2000–2007	268	227	1.2
5	C	2004–2018	251	193	1.3
6	C	2009–2015	246	174	1.4
7	C	2000–2003	244	117	2.1
8	PF	2003–2008	241	120	2.0
9	C	1997–2006	219	159	1.4
10	C	2002–2013	218	296	0.7

Records in a game

Most points Los topes de la AdeccoOro; FEB.es, 11 April 2008

* 50 by Antwain Barbour (Tenerife) vs. Lucentum on November 21, 2008

Most rebounds

* 26 by Jakim Donaldson (Canarias) vs. Melilla on February 15, 2008

Most offensive rebounds

* 21 by Willie Walls (CB Inca) vs. Gijón on February 8, 2003

Most defensive rebounds

* 16 by Willie Walls (CB Inca) vs. Tenerife on April 16, 2003

Most assists

* 17 by Silas Mills (CB Calpe) vs. Cantabria on December 12, 2004

Most three-pointers

* 11 by Tony Smith (CB Murcia) vs. Tenerife on April 3, 1998 (6,25m)

* 9 by Albert Sàbat (Canarias) vs. Cáceres on March 2, 2011 (6,75m)

Most steals

* 11 by Gimel Lewis (Cantabria) vs. Gijón on March 30, 2007

* 11 by Jeff Xavier (Palencia) vs. Huesca on September 30, 2011

Most blocks

* 13 by Lester Earl (Melilla) vs. Coruña on January 18, 2002

Most PIR

* 65 by Derrell Washington (Pineda de Mar) vs. Askatuak SBT on September 28, 1996

Current clubs

Copa Princesa de Asturias

All-time Primera FEB table

The All-time Primera FEB table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Primera FEB since the 1996–97 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019–20 season.

2
1
2
2
2
2
1
5
1
1
1
3
1
5
1
5
1
7
3
2
5
2
1
7
5
3
1
1
8
4
1
5
2
1
7
7
4
8
10
4
1
1
2
8
1
5
1
5
6
12
14
2
11
4
8
8
1
6
10
14
8
17
16
4
15
12
15
17
18
18
12
17
11
17
18

League or status at 2019–20 season:

2019–20 ACB season

2019–20 LEB Oro season

2019–20 LEB Plata season

2019–20 Liga EBA season

Lower divisions

Clubs that no longer exist or does not compete in senior competitions

The second division before LEB Oro

Before 1996, teams promoted to Liga ACB from other second division leagues. The number of teams promoted varies each year.

Segunda División
CE Laietà
Club Águilas Bilbao
CN Helios Zaragoza
CB Mollet
Club Agromán
UE Montgat
Sevilla FC
UER Pineda de Mar
Sevilla FC
RC Náutico Tenerife
Real Canoe NC
CD Manresa
Club Águilas Bilbao
Bàsquet Manresa
UER Pineda de Mar
CE Mataró
Club YMCA España
Club Águilas Bilbao
Granollers EB
ADC Castilla Valladolid
Granollers EB
CB Tempus

Primera División B
CN Helios Zaragoza
CB OAR Ferrol
CD La Salle Josepets
Saski Baskonia
CB Canarias
CB Breogán
CB Gran Canaria
Cajabilbao
CB Collado Villalba
Askatuak SBT
Primera División
CB Sevilla
Baloncesto León
CB Llíria
Cáceres CB
CB Guadalajara
CB Salamanca
Liga EBA
Gijón Baloncesto
Valencia BC

Segunda FEB

The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the Spanish basketball third league since 2001, the second division of the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The best teams promotes to Primera FEB and the last qualified ones are relegated to Tercera FEB.

LEB Bronce

In 2007, the Spanish Basketball Federation decided to create a third LEB with 18 teams, like the other two. Since that day, renamed LEB as LEB Oro ( LEB Gold) and LEB-2 as LEB Plata ( LEB Silver). This new league was called LEB Bronce, three first teams were promoted each year to LEB Plata and the four last teams were relegated to Liga EBA.

LEB Bronce had also its Cup, like the other LEBs. In 2009, after two seasons, LEB Bronce was removed due to the difficulties of the teams that enjoyed the new league.

Leyma Básquet Coruña

CD Huelva Baloncesto

Copa LEB Bronce

Notes

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