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LEB Plata

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Sport
  
Basketball

No. of teams
  
16

Continent
  
Europe

Number of teams
  
16

Relegation to
  
Liga EBA

CEO
  
Jorge Garbajosa

Country
  
Spain

Most recent champion(s)
  
Cáceres CdB

Date founded
  
2000

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Promotion to
  
Liga Española de Baloncesto

Level on pyramid
  
Spanish basketball league system

Instances
  
2016–17 LEB Plata season

Teams
  
Fundación CB Granada, Xuventude Baloncesto, CB Morón, Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto, CB Ciudad de Valladolid

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The LEB Plata is the third tier in the Spanish basketball league system, the second tier in the leagues organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.

Contents

Each year, the winner and the runner-up of the league, promotes to LEB Oro. The last qualifieds are relegated to Liga EBA.

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LEB Plata history

From 2000 to 2007, the league was known as LEB 2.

Copa LEB Plata

The Copa LEB Plata (LEB Plata Cup) is a championship played since 2001.

In the first editions, the three top teams in the first half season and an organizer team played the Cup in a Final Four format. Since 2009, the teams who play this cup are two first qualified in the half season, and it's hosted by the first qualified . The winner of the Copa LEB Plata will be the first team in the play-offs if it finishes between the second and the fifth at the final of the Regular Season.

Final Four Editions

Since 2009, the Copa Príncipe de Asturias (renamed Copa Princesa de Asturias in 2015) is only played with the two top teams at the first half of the LEB Plata season

References

LEB Plata Wikipedia