2009–10 LEB Plata season

The 2009–10 LEB Plata season was the 10th season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division in Spain. It was also named Adecco Plata for sponsorship reasons.

2009–10 LEB Plata season
League	LEB Plata
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Fundación Adepal Alcázar
Season MVP	Ronald Thompson
Play-offs
Play-offs champions	Lobe Huesca
Play-offs runners-up	Promobys BS Tíjola
Copa LEB Plata
Champions	Lobe Huesca
Runners-up	Huelva La Luz
Finals MVP	Stevie Johnson

Competition format

21 teams were divided in the first round in two groups of 12 and 11 teams. The six first qualified teams of each group will join the Group 1. In this Group 1, the winner will be promoted directly to LEB Oro. Teams from 2nd to 8th will join the promotion playoffs with the winner of the Group 2 (played with the remaining teams). The Group B winner will be the last seeded team in the playoffs. The results of the games of the first round between teams of the same group were included in the table for the second round.

The last qualified of the Group 2 was relegated to Liga EBA.

The leading teams of the first half of Groups A and B, played the Copa LEB Plata. The winner of this Cup, was the first seeded team in the promotion playoffs if it finished between the second and the fifth position of the Group 1 of the second round.

Eligibility of players

All teams must have in their roster:

• A minimum of seven eligible players with the Spanish national team.
• A maximum of two non-EU players.
• A maximum of two EU players, which one can be a player from an ACP country.
• If a team has not two non-EU players, it can sign a player of everywhere.

Teams can not sign any player after February 28.

Regular season

First round

Group A

#	Teams	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PT	Qualification
1	Lobe Huesca (C)	20	15	5	1725	1596	35	Group 1
2	CajaRioja	20	14	6	1636	1411	34
3	River Andorra	20	13	7	1560	1460	33
4	Leyma Básquet Coruña	20	12	8	1478	1429	32
5	CB Prat Joventut	20	10	10	1483	1491	30
6	Grupo Iruña Navarra	20	10	10	1506	1418	30
7	Santurtzi	20	9	11	1457	1610	29	Group 2
8	ADT Tarragona	20	7	13	1467	1572	27
9	Alaior Menorcarentals.com Coinga	20	7	13	1422	1478	27
10	Beirasar Rosalía	20	7	13	1392	1492	27
11	Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet	20	6	14	1368	1537	26

Group B

#	Teams	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PT	Qualification
1	Promobys BS Hoteles Tíjola	18	13	5	1453	1333	31	Group 1
2	Huelva La Luz	18	12	6	1339	1264	30
3	Fundación Adepal Alcázar	18	11	7	1354	1270	29
4	Plasencia Extremadura	18	9	9	1350	1320	27
5	CB Guadalajara	18	9	9	1415	1409	27
6	CB Illescas	18	9	9	1355	1358	27
7	Real Madrid B	18	8	10	1270	1278	26	Group 2
8	Fontedoso Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila	18	7	11	1322	1416	25
9	Qalat Cajasol	18	7	11	1322	1426	25
10	Cajasol Córdoba 2016	18	5	13	1304	1410	23

Second round

Group 1

#	Teams	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PT	Qualification
1	Fundación Adepal Alcázar	22	17	5	1725	1615	39	Promotion to LEB Oro
2	Promobys BS Hoteles Tíjola	22	17	5	1783	1593	39	Promotion playoffs
3	Lobe Huesca (C)	22	15	7	1906	1751	37
4	Grupo Iruña Navarra	22	12	10	1626	1576	34
5	River Andorra	22	11	11	1671	1681	34
6	CajaRioja	22	11	11	1703	1702	34
7	Plasencia Extremadura	22	11	11	1553	1580	34
8	Huelva La Luz	22	10	12	1631	1614	32
9	Leyma Básquet Coruña	22	8	14	1576	1694	30
10	CB Prat Joventut	22	8	14	1579	1656	30
11	CB Guadalajara	22	7	15	1630	1798	29
12	CB Illescas	22	5	17	1647	1770	27

Group B

#	Teams	GP	W	L	PF	PA	PT	Qualification or relegation
1	Alaior Menorcarentals.com Coinga	16	10	6	1209	1156	26	Promotion playoffs
2	CB Santurtzi	16	10	6	1199	1192	26
3	Beirasar Rosalía	16	10	6	1224	1188	26
4	Real Madrid B	16	8	8	1199	1165	24
5	Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet	16	8	8	1128	1162	24
6	Fontedoso Carrefour El Bulevar	16	8	8	1154	1181	24
7	Qalat Cajasol	16	7	9	1206	1206	23
8	ADT Tarragona	16	7	9	1183	1201	23
9	Cajasol Córdoba 2016	16	4	12	1212	1263	20	Relegated to Liga EBA

Copa LEB Plata

At the half of the first round, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season. The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified of the Group 1.

Lobe Huesca was the champion after defeating Huelva La Luz by 89–67.

Playoffs

Teams qualified from 2nd to 8th of the Group 1 and the winner of the Group 2 will play the promotion play-off. If the winner of Copa LEB Plata is qualified between 2nd and 5th at the final of the Regular Season, it will join the play-offs as 2nd qualified. Three best-of-five series will decide who promotes to LEB Oro with the champion of the league.

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	C	Lobe Huesca	102	89	81	95	X
	W2	Alaior MR Coinga	84	84	93	71	X
										C	Lobe Huesca	77	72	94	81	80
										6	CajaRioja	76	70	96	89	80
	5	River Andorra	82	66	81	77	X
	6	CajaRioja	76	68	90	82	X
																			C	Lobe Huesca	93	88	84	82	X
																			2	Promobys BS Tíjola	77	75	91	80	X
	2	Promobys BS Tíjola	65	94	69	84	90
	8	Huelva La Luz	66	71	85	73	80
										2	Promobys BS Tíjola	77	69	69	78	X
										4	Grupo Iruña Navarra	68	62	79	77	X
	4	Grupo Iruña Navarra	79	69	59	62	X
	7	Plasencia Extrem.	67	67	83	56	X

Final standings

Pos Team 1 Fundación Adepal Alcázar 2 Lobe Huesca 3 Promobys BS Hoteles Tíjola 4 Grupo Iruña Navarra 5 CajaRioja 6 River Andorra 7 Plasencia Extremadura

Pos Team 8 Huelva La Luz 9 Alaior Menorcarentals.com Coinga 10 Leyma Básquet Coruña 11 CB Prat Joventut 12 CB Guadalajara 13 CB Illescas 14 Santurtzi

Pos Team 15 Beirasar Rosalía 16 Real Madrid B 17 Torrons Vicens L'Hospitalet 18 Fontedoso Carrefour El Bulevar de Ávila 19 Qalat Cajasol 20 ADT Tarragona 21 Cajasol Córdoba 2016

MVP of the regular season

• Ronald Thompson (ADT Tarragona)

External links

• LEB Plata website in FEB.es
• Competition rules