Sport Basketball No. of teams 86 Continent Europe Number of teams 86 Promotion to LEB Plata | CEO Jorge Garbajosa Country Spain Official website www.feb.es (Spanish) Date founded 1995 | |
Level on pyramid Spanish basketball league system Relegation to Primera División de Baloncesto | ||
Liga Española de Baloncesto Amateur is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth level in the Spanish basketball league system, behind Liga ACB, LEB Oro and LEB Plata. Is administered by the FEB. It was the second tier competition from 1994 to 1996, the third tier from 1996 to 2000, and the fifth tier from 2007 to 2009.
Contents
- Final Eight Format
- Final groups format
- May madness format
- Comeback to the Final groups format
- Copa EBA
- 201415 groups composition
- References
The Liga EBA is constituted by five inter-regional groups.
After the regular season, sixteen teams will join the playoffs, where only four teams promote to LEB Plata. The last qualified teams of each group, are relegated to Primera División.
Final Eight Format
The best teams in the Final Eight were usually promoted to a higher division. Due to economical problems, sometimes the winners couldn't promote to other divisions.
Final groups format
The 16 qualified teams were divided in four groups of four teams. The winners of the regular season groups hosted each group. The four group winners were promoted to the disappeared LEB Bronce.
After the play-offs, the FEB sets a table to determine the officious champion of the Liga EBA. In this table, the four group winners were the four first qualified teams, the runners-up from 5th to 8th, third qualifieds from 9th to 12th and last teams from 13th to 16th.
'May madness' format
The 32 teams qualified play a two-leg play-off where four teams promote to the higher division. Since the 2010–11 season, only 16 teams are qualified to the 'May madness' format. Four teams are promoted each season to LEB Plata. For the 2012–13 season, FEB decided to come back to the Final Groups format
After the play-offs, the FEB sets a table to determine the officious champion of the Liga EBA.
Comeback to the Final groups format
As in 2008 and 2009, the final round was played by 16 teams divided in four groups, where the winners were promoted to LEB Plata.
Copa EBA
The Copa EBA was a competition held from 1996 to 2000 season. This Cup was held after the end of the regular season and was played by the champions of the groups.