2021–22 LEB Oro season
Basketball league season
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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.
| LEB Oro | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Games played | 324 |
| Teams | 18 |
| Regular season | |
| Promoted | Covirán Granada Bàsquet Girona |
| Relegated | CB Prat Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Levitec Huesca La Magia |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Covirán Granada (1st title) |
| Records | |
| Biggest home win | Girona 89–47 Huesca (3 December 2021) Granada 102–60 Almansa (13 May 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Huesca 50–85 Girona (31 March 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Castelló 103–98 Palma (8 April 2022) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
- Teams relegated from Liga ACB
- Teams promoted from LEB Plata
- Juaristi ISB
Barça B(swapped places with ICG Força Lleida which avoided relegation to LEB Plata)[6]- CB Prat
Venues and locations
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[7] | Pre-season | Roberto González | 25 May 2021[8] |
| Zunder Palencia | Arturo Álvarez | 17 May 2021[9] | Pedro Rivero | 25 June 2021[10] | ||
| Melilla Sport Capital | Alejandro Alcoba | 19 May 2021[11] | Arturo Álvarez | 16 June 2021[12] | ||
| ICG Força Lleida | Gustavo Aranzana | 19 May 2021[13] | Gerard Encuentra | 14 June 2021[14] | ||
| Acunsa Gipuzkoa | Marcelo Nicola | End of contract | 3 June 2021[15] | Lolo Encinas | 25 June 2021[16] | |
| HLA Alicante | Pedro Rivero | 24 June 2021[17] | Gonzalo García de Vitoria | 2 July 2021[18] | ||
| Levitec Huesca La Magia | Óscar Lata | Signed for UCAM Murcia | 6 July 2021[19] | Sergio Lamúa | 16 July 2021[20] | |
| CB Prat | Dani Miret | Signed for Joventut | 16 July 2021[21] | Josep Maria Berrocal | 17 July 2021[22] | |
| Bàsquet Girona | Carles Marco | Sacked | 15 November 2021[23] | 14th (2–6) | Jordi Sargatal | 30 November 2021[24] |
| Levitec Huesca La Magia | Sergio Lamúa | 26 January 2022[25] | 18th (1–14) | Carlos Lanau | 26 January 2022 | |
| UEMC Real Valladolid | Roberto González | 16 March 2022[26] | 14th (9–15) | Paco García | 17 March 2022[27] | |
| Melilla Sport Capital | Arturo Álvarez | Resigned | 26 March 2022[28] | 13th (11–15) | Rafa Monclova | 28 March 2022[29] |
| Movistar Estudiantes | Jota Cuspinera | Sacked | 21 April 2022[30] | 2nd (21–7) | Diego Epifanio | 21 April 2022[31] |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covirán Granada | 34 | 26 | 8 | 2755 | 2427 | +328 | 60 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Movistar Estudiantes | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2691 | 2384 | +307 | 59 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | ICG Força Lleida | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2757 | 2711 | +46 | 56 | |
| 4 | Bàsquet Girona | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2675 | 2488 | +187 | 55 | |
| 5 | Zunder Palencia | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2642 | 2579 | +63 | 54 | |
| 6 | Unicaja Banco Oviedo | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2610 | 2568 | +42 | 53 | |
| 7 | Leyma Coruña | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2738 | 2591 | +147 | 53 | |
| 8 | Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2607 | 2704 | −97 | 53 | |
| 9 | UEMC Real Valladolid | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2600 | 2601 | −1 | 52 | |
| 10 | TAU Castelló | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2703 | 2713 | −10 | 51 | |
| 11 | Acunsa Gipuzkoa | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2609 | 2622 | −13 | 51 | |
| 12 | HLA Alicante | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2672 | 2632 | +40 | 50 | |
| 13 | Melilla Sport Capital | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2559 | 2668 | −109 | 48 | |
| 14 | CB Almansa con Afanion | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2704 | 2830 | −126 | 47 | |
| 15 | Juaristi ISB | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2616 | 2721 | −105 | 47 | |
| 16 | CB Prat | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2615 | 2680 | −65 | 46 | Relegation to LEB Plata |
| 17 | Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2669 | 2813 | −144 | 44 | |
| 18 | Levitec Huesca La Magia | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2382 | 2872 | −490 | 39 |
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.
| Promotion to Liga ACB | |
| Qualification to playoffs | |
| Relegation to LEB Plata |
Results
Playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Movistar Estudiantes | 64 | 73 | 54 | 85 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 9 | UEMC Real Valladolid | 60 | 58 | 67 | 59 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Movistar Estudiantes | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Zunder Palencia | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Zunder Palencia | 76 | 83 | 75 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Unicaja Banco Oviedo | 71 | 70 | 67 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Movistar Estudiantes | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bàsquet Girona | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ICG Força Lleida | 87 | 98 | 71 | 73 | 79 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Cáceres P. Humanidad | 79 | 75 | 86 | 79 | 70 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | ICG Força Lleida | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bàsquet Girona | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bàsquet Girona | 74 | 92 | 85 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Leyma Coruña | 66 | 62 | 76 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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.[32] 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Movistar Estudiantes (H) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1323 | 1184 | +139 | 31 |
| 2 | Covirán Granada | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1381 | 1248 | +133 | 30 |
Game
| 3 April 2022 | Movistar Estudiantes | 73–72 | Covirán Granada | Madrid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 | Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–16, 9–26, 20–20 | |||
| Pts: Urtasun 14 Rebs: Martín 7 Asts: Urtasun 6 Eff: Urtasun 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Costa 15 Rebs: J. Diaz, Gatell 4 Asts: C. Díaz 6 Eff: Costa 18 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 9,432[33] |
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Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covirán Granada (C, P) | 34 | 26 | 8 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Bàsquet Girona (P) | 39 | 26 | 13 | |
| 3 | Movistar Estudiantes (X) | 40 | 29 | 11 | |
| 4 | ICG Força Lleida | 40 | 25 | 15 | |
| 5 | Zunder Palencia | 38 | 23 | 15 | |
| 6 | Unicaja Banco Oviedo | 37 | 19 | 18 | |
| 7 | Leyma Coruña | 37 | 19 | 18 | |
| 8 | Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | 39 | 21 | 18 | |
| 9 | UEMC Real Valladolid | 38 | 19 | 19 | |
| 10 | TAU Castelló | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
| 11 | Acunsa Gipuzkoa | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
| 12 | HLA Alicante | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
| 13 | Melilla Sport Capital | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
| 14 | CB Almansa con Afanion | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
| 15 | Juaristi ISB | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
| 16 | CB Prat (R) | 34 | 12 | 22 | Relegation to LEB Plata |
| 17 | Palmer Alma Mediterrànea Palma (R) | 34 | 10 | 24 | |
| 18 | Levitec Huesca La Magia (R) | 34 | 5 | 29 |
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Champion of the Copa Princesa de Asturias
Awards
All official awards of the 2021–22 LEB Oro season.
Final Four MVP
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Bàsquet Girona |
Source: [34]
Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SG | Movistar Estudiantes |
Source: [35]
Player of the round
Regular season
Quarter-finals
| Round | Player | Team | Eff. | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st leg | Zunder Palencia | 21 | [68] | |
| ICG Força Lleida | ||||
| 2nd leg | ICG Força Lleida | 31 | [69] | |
| 3rd leg | Bàsquet Girona | 30 | [70] | |
| 4th leg | ICG Força Lleida | 29 | [71] | |
| 5th leg | ICG Força Lleida | 20 | [72] |