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Spanish basketball league system

Series of connected competitions

Series of connected competitions

The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels.

Men

There are currently four different nation-wide leagues in the system - the 1st tier Liga ACB, the 2nd tier LEB Oro, the 3rd tier LEB Plata and the 4th tier Liga EBA.

Liga ACB is organized by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (Basketball Clubs Association), which is a private organization. LEB leagues and Liga EBA are organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation while the lower tiers are organized by the regional federations.

Levels

For the 2018–19 season, the Spanish basketball league system is as follows:

LevelLeague
1**Liga ACB**
(18 teams)
(previously Liga Nacional)
2**Primera FEB**
Formerly *LEB Oro*
(18 teams)
3**Segunda FEB**
Formerly *LEB Plata*
(24 teams)
4**Tercera FEB** Group A
Formerly *Liga EBA*
Asturias Basque Country Cantabria Castile and León Galicia Navarre La Rioja (Spain)
(2 sub-groups of 14 teams each)
5**Primera División**
(15 groups, one for each autonomous community except Basque Country, La Rioja, and Navarra, who share the same group; in Catalonia, known as *Copa Catalunya*)
**Regional and lower divisions**

Lower divisions

For the 2015–16 season, the lower divisions for each of the Autonomous Communities is as follows:

CommunityLevel 5Level 6Level 7Level 8Level 9
Andalusia **Andalusia**1ª División
(2 groups of 10 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Aragon **Aragon**1ª División
(8 teams)1ª Aragonesa
(8 teams)2ª Aragonesa
(28 teams)3ª Aragonesa
(3 groups of 7 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Asturias **Asturias**1ª División
(11 teams)1ª Autonómica
(12 teams)2ª Autonómica
(9 teams)3ª Autonómica
(10 teams)*None*
Balearic Islands **Balearic Islands**1ª División
(11 teams)*Insular leagues*
Basque Country **Basque Country**1ª División
(14 teams)2ª División
(14 teams)*Provincial leagues*
La Rioja (Spain) **La Rioja**2ª Interautonómica
(14 teams)Sénior Masculina
(9 teams)*None*
Navarre **Navarre**1ª Autonómica
(11 teams)2ª Autonómica
(12 teams)*None*
Canary Islands **Canary Islands**1ª División
(9 teams)*Provincial and insular leagues*
Cantabria **Cantabria**1ª División
(8 teams)1ª Autonómica
(8 teams)2ª Autonómica
(7 teams)*None*
Castile and Leon **Castile and León**1ª División
(9 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Castile-La Mancha **Castile-La Mancha**1ª División
(2 groups of 8 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Catalonia **Catalonia**Copa Catalunya
(2 groups of 14 teams)CC 1ª Categoria
(3 groups of 16 teams)CC 2ª Categoria
(4 groups of 16 teams)CC 3ª Categoria
(8 groups of 16 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Madrid **Community of Madrid**1ª División
(24 teams)1ª Autonómica A
(24 teams)1ª Autonómica B
(24 teams)2ª Autonómica*Local leagues*
Extremadura **Extremadura**1ª División
(7 teams)*Provincial leagues*
Galicia **Galicia**1ª División
(17 teams in 2 groups)2ª División
(2 groups of 7 teams)3ª División
(79 teams in 10 groups)*None*
Region of Murcia **Region of Murcia**1ª División
(12 teams)1ª Autonómica
(8 teams)2ª Autonómica
(8 teams)*None*
Valencian Community **Valencian Community**1ª División
(2 groups of 12 teams)Sénior Autonómico
(3 groups of 14 teams)Sénior Preferente
(55 teams in 4 groups)1ª Zonal
(69 teams in 5 groups)2ª Zonal
(72 teams in 6 groups)

Evolution of the Spanish basketball league system

Tier\Years1957–781978–831983–881988–941994–961996–20002000–072007–092009–
11ª DivisiónACB
22ª División1ª División B1ª DivisiónEBALEBLEB Oro
33ª División2ª DivisiónEBALEB 2LEB Plata
4Lower3ª DivisiónLowerLowerLower2ª DivisiónEBALEB BronceEBA
5LowerLower1ª DivisiónEBA1ª División
6Lower1ª DivisiónLower
7Lower

Other competitions

  • Spanish King's Cup
  • Spanish Supercup

Women

Since the 2001–02 season, there are currently different competitions on the pyramid.

  1. Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation and composed by 14 teams.
  2. Liga Femenina 2, composed by 28 teams divided into two groups and also organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation.
  3. Primera División Femenina, where teams are divided into several inter-Regional groups. This competition is co-organized by the Regional Federations.
  4. Regional Leagues.
LevelLeague
1**Liga Femenina**
(14 teams)
2**Liga Femenina 2 Group A**
(14 teams)
3**1ª División Group A**
Asturias Cantabria Castile and León Galicia
4**Regional divisions**

References and notes

References

  1. "Spain Basketball, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - eurobasket".
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