Primera FEB explained

Formerly:	Liga LEB (1996–2007) LEB Oro (2007–2024)
Primera FEB
Pixels:	200px
Country:	Spain
Confed:	FIBA Europe
First:	1996–97
Teams:	18
Promotion:	Liga ACB
Relegation:	Segunda FEB
Levels:	2
Pyramid:	Spanish basketball league system
Domest Cup:	Spain Cup Copa Princesa de Asturias (defunct)
Champions:	Leyma Coruña (1st title)
Season:	2023–24
Most Champs:	UCAM Murcia CB Gipuzkoa Basket CB Breogán (3 titles)
Tv:	LaLiga+
Current:	2024–25 season

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^[1]

Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	MVP	Champion's Coach
	CB Ciudad de Huelva	Caja Cantabria		Sergio Valdeolmillos
	Murcia Artel	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada		Felipe Coello
	Breogán Universidade	Cabitel Gijón		Paco García
	CB Lucentum Alicante	Club Ourense Baloncesto		Andreu Casadevall
	Caprabo Lleida	CB Granada		Edu Torres
	CB Lucentum Alicante	Minorisa.net Manresa		Julio Lamas
	Etosa Murcia	Unelco Tenerife		Felipe Coello
	Bilbao Basket	CB Granada		Txus Vidorreta
	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	IBB Hoteles Menorca		Luis Casimiro
	Bruesa GBC	Polaris World Murcia		Porfirio Fisac
	Ricoh Manresa	Climalia León		Jaume Ponsarnau
	Basket CAI Zaragoza	Bruesa GBC		Curro Segura
	CB Valladolid	CB Lucentum Alicante		Porfirio Fisac
	Basket CAI Zaragoza	ViveMenorca		José Luis Abós
	CB Murcia	Blu:sens Monbús		Luis Guil
	Iberostar Canarias	Menorca Bàsquet		Alejandro Martínez
	Ford Burgos	CB Lucentum Alicante		Andreu Casadevall
	River Andorra MoraBanc	Ford Burgos		Joan Peñarroya
	Ford Burgos	Club Ourense Baloncesto		Andreu Casadevall
	Quesos Cerrato Palencia	Club Melilla Baloncesto		Porfirio Fisac / Sergio García
	RETAbet.es GBC	San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos		Porfirio Fisac
	Cafés Candelas Breogán	ICL Manresa		Natxo Lezkano
	Real Betis Energía Plus	RETAbet Bilbao Basket		Curro Segura
	Season curtailed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Río Breogán	Covirán Granada		Diego Epifanio
	Covirán Granada	Bàsquet Girona		Pablo Pin
	MoraBanc Andorra	Zunder Palencia		Natxo Lezkano
	Leyma Coruña	ICG Força Lleida	Alex Barcello	Diego Epifanio

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Promotions	Winning Years
	3	1	4	1997–98, 2002–03, 2010–11
	3	1	4	2005–06, 2016–17, 2019–20
	3	0	3	1998–99, 2017–18, 2020–21
	2	2	4	1999–00, 2001–02
	2	0	2	2007–08, 2009–10
	2	0	2	2013–14, 2022–23
	1	2	3	2006–07
	1	1	2	2003–04
	1	1	2	2004–05
	1	1	2	2014–15
	1	1	2	2015–16
	1	1	1
	1	0	1	1996–97
	1	0	1	2000–01
	1	0	1	2008–09
	1	0	1	2011–12
	1	0	1	2012–13
	1	0	1	2018–19
	1	0	1	2019–20
	1	0	1	2023–24
	0	3	3
	0	2	2
	0	2	2
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1
	0	1	1

Awards at LEB Oro

• LEB Oro Final Four MVP

Records at LEB Oro

Stats leaders

Season		PIR	Top scorer	PPG	Top rebounder	RPG	Top Assistant	APG
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
2019–20^[2]		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

All-time top performances

Active Primera FEB player

Games played

Rank	Player	Position(s)	Seasons	Years	Games played
1		PG	17	2003–	558
2		C	14	2002–2019	542
3		SF	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		SG	13	1999–2012	449
10		SG	14	2004–2021	445

Points

Rank	Player	Position	Years	Points	Games played	Points per game
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

Rank	Player	Position	Years	Rebounds	Games played	Rebounds per game
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

Rank	Player	Position	Years	Assists	Games played	Assists per game
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

Rank	Player	Position	Years	Steals	Games played	Steals per game
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

Rank	Player	Position	Years	Blocks	Games played	Blocks per game
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^[3]

• 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 (Inca) vs. Gijón on February 8, 2003
• Most defensive rebounds

• 16 by Willie Walls (Inca) vs. Tenerife on April 16, 2003
• Most assists

• 17 by Silas Mills (Calpe) vs. Cantabria on December 12, 2004
• Most three-pointers

• 11 by Tony Smith (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 on September 28, 1996

Current clubs

See main article: 2024–25 Primera FEB.

Copa Princesa de Asturias

See main article: 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.

1		24	828	431	397	–	1	4	2	1			2
2		16	566	347	219	2	–	4	3	1			1
3		16	551	266	285	–	2	1	–	1			2
4		11	421	245	176	–	1	3	1	2			2
5		10	385	226	159	–	3	–	3	2			2
6		12	421	224	197	–	1	1	3	–			2
7		11	377	204	173	1	–	2	1	2			1
8		12	399	190	209	–	–	–	–	1			5
9		11	390	187	203	1	–	–	2	–			1
10		8	292	185	106	2	2	–	1	–			1
11		8	289	182	107	3	1	–	–	1			1
12		12	390	178	212	–	–	1	–	1			3
13		7	266	170	96	2	–	1	2	–			1
14		10	348	162	186	–	–	–	–	2			5
15		8	291	157	134	1	–	1	–	–			1
16		11	366	156	210	–	–	–	–	1			5
17		7	262	155	107	1	–	2	–	–			1
18		9	318	144	174	–	–	–	–	–			7
19		11	351	141	210	–	–	1	–	–			3
20		8	273	135	138	–	1	–	–	1			2
21		7	236	127	109	–	–	–	–	2			5
22		7	246	125	121	–	1	–	–	1			2
23		4	167	117	49	1	2	1	–	–			1
24		8	282	115	167	–	–	–	–	–			7
25		8	246	106	140	–	–	–	–	1			5
26		6	198	105	93	–	–	1	–	–			3
27		5	185	104	81	1	–	–	–	1			1
28		4	137	97	40	2	2	–	–	–			1
29		7	219	86	133	–	–	–	–	–			8
30		6	191	83	108	–	–	–	1	–			4
31		3	119	79	40	1	1	–	–	–			1
32		6	192	78	114	–	–	–	–	1			5
33		4	155	76	79	–	2	–	–	–			2
34		3	106	72	34	1	–	1	1	–			1
35		6	196	71	125	–	–	–	–	–			7
36		5	160	68	92	–	–	–	–	–			7
37		5	168	67	101	–	–	–	1	–			4
38		6	202	65	137	–	–	–	–	–			8
39		6	184	64	120	–	–	–	–	–			10
40		3	115	58	57	–	–	–	1	–			4
41		2	77	57	20	1	1	–	–	–			1
42		3	100	55	45	1	–	–	–	–			1
43		2	73	51	22	–	1	–	1	–			2
44		3	110	51	59	–	–	–	–	–			8
45		2	63	49	14	1	1	–	–	–			1
46		3	107	49	58	–	–	–	–	1			5
47		2	68	47	21	1	–	–	1	–			1
48		3	100	45	55	–	–	–	–	1			5
49		3	105	44	61	–	–	–	–	–			6
50		3	102	43	59	–	–	–	–	–			12
51		3	107	40	67	–	–	–	–	–			14
52		1	45	37	8	–	1	–	–	–			2
53		3	102	36	66	–	–	–	–	–			11
54		2	68	33	35	–	–	–	1	–			4
55		2	71	33	38	–	–	–	–	–			8
56		2	63	31	32	–	–	–	–	–			8
57		1	34	30	4	1	–	–	–	–			1
58		2	60	30	30	–	–	–	–	–			6
59		3	94	29	65	–	–	–	–	–			10
60		2	68	27	41	–	–	–	–	–			14
61		2	61	23	38	–	–	–	–	–			8
62		2	71	20	51	–	–	–	–	–			17
63		2	71	19	52	–	–	–	–	–			16
64		1	24	16	8	–	–	–	1	–			4
65		2	58	16	42	–	–	–	–	–			15
66		1	34	15	19	–	–	–	–	–			12
67		1	34	13	21	–	–	–	–	–			15
68		1	34	12	22	–	–	–	–	–			17
69		1	34	12	22	–	–	–	–	–			18
70		2	58	12	46	–	–	–	–	–			18
71		1	24	10	14	–	–	–	–	–			12
72		1	37	10	27	–	–	–	–	–			17
73		1	29	9	20	–	–	–	–	–			11
74		1	34	8	26	–	–	–	–	–			17
75		1	34	6	28	–	–	–	–	–			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
Season	Champion	Runner-up
1956–57	RCD Español	CE Laietà
1957–58	CD Iberia	Club Águilas Bilbao
1958–59	CB Fiesta Alegre	CN Helios Zaragoza
1959–60	Club Águilas Bilbao	CB Mollet
1960–61	Picadero JC	Club Agromán
1961–62	CE Laietà	UE Montgat
1962–63	CE Mataró	Sevilla FC
1963–64	CB Sant Josep Badalona	UER Pineda de Mar
1964–65	FC Barcelona	Sevilla FC
1965–66	SD Kas Vitoria	RC Náutico Tenerife
1966–67	Atlético San Sebastián	Real Canoe NC
1967–68	CB Sant Josep Badalona	CD Manresa
	RCD Espanyol	Club Águilas Bilbao
1969–70	UER Pineda de Mar	Bàsquet Manresa
1970–71	Club Vallehermoso OJE	UER Pineda de Mar
1971–72	Saski Baskonia	CE Mataró
1972–73	Círcol Catòlic de Badalona	Club YMCA España
1973–74	CB L'Hospitalet	Club Águilas Bilbao
	CB Breogán	Granollers EB
	Askatuak SBT	ADC Castilla Valladolid
	UE Mataró	Granollers EB
	CE Mollet	CB Tempus

Primera División B
Season	Champion	Runner-up
	CB Valladolid	CN Helios Zaragoza
	RC Náutico Tenerife	CB OAR Ferrol
1980–81	CB Caja de Ronda	CD La Salle Josepets
	CB Inmobanco	Saski Baskonia
	Cajamadrid	CB Canarias
	RCD Español	CB Breogán
	CB Peñas Huesca	CB Gran Canaria
	CB Canarias	Cajabilbao
	CB Caja de Ronda	CB Collado Villalba
	CB OAR Ferrol	Askatuak SBT
Primera División
	Club Ourense Baloncesto	CB Sevilla
	CB Murcia	Baloncesto León
	CB Gran Canaria	CB Llíria
	BC Andorra	Cáceres CB
	CB Cornellà	CB Guadalajara
	Cajabilbao	CB Salamanca
Liga EBA
	CB Gran Canaria	Gijón Baloncesto
	CB Granada	Valencia BC

Segunda FEB

See main article: 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.

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third
	Gestibérica Vigo		Leyma Básquet Coruña
	Alerta Cantabria		CD Huelva Baloncesto

Copa LEB Bronce

Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score
		Balneario de Archena
		Alerta Cantabria

External links

• Official website
• Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: La primera Comisión Delegada del periodo olímpico 2024-28 trae importantes novedades. Spanish Basketball Federation. 24 May 2024. es.
2. On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic.
3. http://www.feb.es/NoticiaDesarrollo.aspx?idNoticia=19014 Los topes de la AdeccoOro