# 2019–20 LEB Oro season

The 2019–20 LEB Oro season was the 24th season of the Spanish basketball second league. It started on 25 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and was curtailed on 25 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 2018–19 season, two relegated from the 2018–19 ACB and three promoted from the 2018–19 LEB Plata.

#### Teams relegated from Liga ACB

* Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket
* Leche Río Breogán

#### Teams promoted from LEB Plata

* HLA Alicante
* Afanion CB Almansa
* Marín Ence PeixeGalego

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Afanion CB Almansa | Almansa | Municipal | 1,500 |
| B the travel brand Mallorca Palma | Palma | Son Moix | 3,800 |
| Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | Cáceres | Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres | 6,500 |
| Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | Valladolid | Pisuerga | 6,800 |
| Chocolates Trapa Palencia | Palencia | Pabellón Municipal | 5,000 |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | Melilla | Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz | 3,800 |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | Ourense | Pazo Paco Paz | 5,500 |
| Covirán Granada | Granada | Palacio de Deportes | 7,242 |
| Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | San Sebastián | José Antonio Gasca | 2,000 |
| HLA Alicante | Alicante | Pedro Ferrándiz | 5,700 |
| ICG Força Lleida | Lleida | Pavelló Barris Nord | 6,100 |
| Leche Río Breogán | Lugo | Pazo dos Deportes | 6,500 |
| Levitec Huesca | Huesca | Palacio Municipal de Huesca | 4,900 |
| Leyma Coruña | A Coruña | Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor | 5,000 |
| Liberbank Oviedo | Oviedo | Polideportivo de Pumarín | 1,138 |
| Marín Ence PeixeGalego | Marín | A Raña | 2,000 |
| TAU Castelló | Castellón | Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló | 6,000 |
| ZTE Real Canoe NC | Madrid | Polideportivo Pez Volador | 800 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Afanion CB Almansa | Rubén Perelló | Besten 10 | Afanion |
| B the travel brand Mallorca Palma | Félix Alonso | Pentex | B the travel brand |
| Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | Roberto Blanco | Besten 10 | Extremadura |
| Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | Hugo López | Kappa | Bodegas Carramimbre |
| Chocolates Trapa Palencia | Carles Marco | Kappa | Chocolates Trapa |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | Alejandro Alcoba | Pentex | |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | Gonzalo García de Vitoria | 34ers | Ourense |
| Covirán Granada | Pablo Pin | Vive | Supermercados Covirán |
| Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | Marcelo Nicola | Hummel | Delteco |
| HLA Alicante | Pedro Rivero | Score Tech | Grupo Hospitalario HLA |
| ICG Força Lleida | Gustavo Aranzana | Joma | ICG Software |
| Leche Río Breogán | Diego Epifanio | Hummel | Leche Río |
| Levitec Huesca | Guillermo Arenas | Barri-Ball | Levitec, Aragon |
| Leyma Coruña | Sergio García | Wibo | Leche Leyma, Galega 100% |
| Liberbank Oviedo | Natxo Lezkano | Spalding | Liberbank |
| Marín Ence PeixeGalego | Javi Llorente | Trezze | Ence |
| TAU Castelló | Toni Ten | Score Tech | TAU Cerámica |
| ZTE Real Canoe NC | Miguel Ángel Aranzábal | Spalding | ZTE |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Leyma Coruña | Gustavo Aranzana | End of contract | 6 May 2019 | Pre-season | Sergio García | 9 June 2019 |
| Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | Paco García | End of contract | 11 June 2019 | Pre-season | Hugo López | 13 June 2019 |
| Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | Sergio Valdeolmillos | End of contract | 12 June 2019 | Pre-season | Marcelo Nicola | 29 June 2019 |
| Leche Río Breogán | Tito Díaz | End of contract | 21 June 2019 | Pre-season | Diego Epifanio | 27 June 2019 |
| ICG Força Lleida | Jorge Serna | Sacked | 4 December 2019 | 15th (3–8) | Gustavo Aranzana | 12 December 2019 |
| Liberbank Oviedo | Javi Rodríguez | Sacked | 3 March 2020 | 16th (7–16) | Natxo Lezkano | 5 March 2020 |

## Season summary

On March 10, 2020, the Government of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation postponed all the games of the next two weeks. On March 18, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until March 29 due to the state of alarm. On March 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation extended the postponement of the games until April 12 due to the extension of state of alarm. On April 15, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation started talks with the LEB Oro clubs to resolve the future of the league. On April 23, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed with the LEB Oro clubs to revoke relegations to LEB Plata and advance in the formula to define the promotions to Liga ACB.
On May 8, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation finished prematurely the regular season due to force majeure with the following decisions:
* Relegations to LEB Plata were revoked.
* Promotions to Liga ACB remained.
* Promotion playoffs would be played, as long as, on May 25, the Spanish Basketball Federation had the confirmation that it could be played before June 30, setting the health of the players as an absolute priority, and provided that it was certain that health authorities and clubs could comply with approved health protocols.
* Promotion playoffs would be as follows:
** The two top teams as of March 8 would play a game for decide the direct promotion. For this game, the game held in the regular season between the teams involved would be taken into consideration, and the winner of the basket average of both games would promote directly to Liga ACB.
** Three matches would be played between the next six top teams as of March 8: 3rd vs. 8th, 4th vs. 7th, and 5th vs. 6th. The three winners, together with the losing team of the direct promotion game, would play a Final Four, whose winner would promote to Liga ACB.
* If the sanitary conditions would make it impossible to play the promotion playoffs, the two top teams as of March 8 would promote to Liga ACB.
On May 25, 2020, the Spanish Basketball Federation cancelled the promotion playoffs and approved the promotions to Liga ACB of the two top teams.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1917 | 1802 | +115 | 42 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1821 | 1659 | +162 | 42 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 3 | Leyma Coruña | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1782 | 1783 | −1 | 40 | |
| 4 | HLA Alicante | 24 | 16 | 8 | 1931 | 1786 | +145 | 40 | |
| 5 | Chocolates Trapa Palencia | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1980 | 1870 | +110 | 39 | |
| 6 | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1827 | 1710 | +117 | 39 | |
| 7 | B the travel brand Mallorca Palma | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1839 | 1732 | +107 | 39 | |
| 8 | Leche Río Breogán | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1950 | 1813 | +137 | 39 | |
| 9 | Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1837 | 1749 | +88 | 38 | |
| 10 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1710 | 1794 | −84 | 34 | |
| 11 | TAU Castelló | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1901 | 1961 | −60 | 34 | |
| 12 | Afanion CB Almansa | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1838 | 1951 | −113 | 34 | |
| 13 | Covirán Granada | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1734 | 1753 | −19 | 33 | |
| 14 | Levitec Huesca | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1760 | 1853 | −93 | 33 | |
| 15 | ICG Força Lleida | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1749 | 1856 | −107 | 33 | |
| 16 | Liberbank Oviedo | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1682 | 1818 | −136 | 32 | |
| 17 | ZTE Real Canoe NC | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1844 | 1942 | −98 | 29 | |
| 18 | Marín Ence PeixeGalego | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1610 | 1880 | −270 | 28 | |

### 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 were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Carramimbre Valladolid | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Delteco Gipuzkoa | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Leyma Coruña | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| HLA Alicante | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Trapa Palencia | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| B the travel brand Palma | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Leche Río Breogán | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Cáceres P. Humanidad | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| TAU Castelló | 18 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Afanion CB Almansa | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Covirán Granada | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Levitec Huesca | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| ICG Força Lleida | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Liberbank Oviedo | 7 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| ZTE Real Canoe NC | 10 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Marín Ence PeixeGalego | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Promotion to Liga ACB
* Qualification to playoffs
* Relegation to LEB Plata

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | PLM | CAC | VLL | PAL | MEL | COB | GRA | GBC | ALI | FLL | BRE | HUE | COR | OVI | MAR | CAS | CAN |
| Afanion CB Almansa | — | 71–81 | | 67–64 | 70–95 | | 67–78 | 97–77 | | 76–88 | 91–81 | | 86–76 | 62–93 | 81–64 | | 67–85 | 79–77 |
| B the travel brand Palma | | — | 64–75 | 87–80 | 79–80 | | | 77–53 | 71–62 | 63–78 | 73–83 | 102–84 | 80–64 | 99–71 | 83–76 | | 78–76 | 66–78 |
| Cáceres P. Humanidad | 76–68 | 62–68 | — | | | 58–54 | 68–69 | 88–67 | | 63–65 | | 77–76 | 63–71 | | 85–73 | 95–89 | | 79–57 |
| Carramimbre Valladolid | | 74–66 | 77–76 | — | 86–79 | 78–70 | 74–73 | | 81–77 | | 80–61 | 94–82 | | | | 82–66 | 87–79 | 89–84 |
| Trapa Palencia | 106–77 | 68–79 | 87–86 | | — | 69–81 | 87–80 | | 60–73 | 93–84 | 89–87 | 90–76 | | | | 90–58 | 108–87 | |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | 90–74 | 68–65 | 71–60 | 88–85 | 74–66 | — | 80–75 | 71–68 | 63–68 | 66–83 | | | 87–62 | 72–76 | 76–46 | 78–67 | | |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | 80–86 | 75–87 | 74–86 | 56–77 | 72–81 | | — | 79–74 | | 68–70 | 64–49 | | 71–69 | | 65–72 | | 82–65 | 77–73 |
| Covirán Granada | | 68–67 | | 63–70 | 73–68 | 63–70 | | — | 68–58 | | 86–47 | 83–88 | 71–54 | 70–78 | | 83–56 | 72–65 | 84–65 |
| Delteco Gipuzkoa | 74–66 | 65–78 | 72–64 | | | 70–62 | 73–62 | 70–66 | — | 83–58 | | | 68–64 | 77–67 | 76–63 | 94–66 | | 86–68 |
| HLA Alicante | 83–82 | 74–75 | | 77–81 | | 65–61 | 85–58 | 85–67 | | — | 67–55 | 83–66 | 91–70 | | 90–54 | | | 99–96 |
| ICG Força Lleida | 82–80 | | 67–72 | 78–67 | 74–90 | 72–101 | | | 65–69 | 92–84 | — | 61–64 | | 81–56 | 83–89 | 82–70 | 87–80 | |
| Leche Río Breogán | 85–86 | | 85–92 | 95–71 | 75–74 | 88–84 | 85–52 | 86–63 | 74–97 | 87–84 | | — | | 97–55 | 72–54 | 72–56 | 87–69 | |
| Levitec Huesca | | | 83–94 | 80–100 | 92–84 | 86–67 | | 71–70 | 69–89 | | 97–73 | 71–87 | — | 65–66 | | 93–71 | 76–90 | 81–73 |
| Leyma Coruña | 75–71 | | 88–77 | 83–81 | 82–76 | | 72–65 | | 88–75 | 100–72 | 65–82 | | 70–64 | — | 78–81 | 68–60 | 74–67 | |
| Liberbank Oviedo | 70–72 | 70–61 | | 65–71 | 66–73 | | 81–84 | 82–81 | | | 65–72 | 72–66 | 74–84 | 88–70 | — | | 76–81 | 62–78 |
| Marín Ence PeixeGalego | 74–79 | 77–90 | 64–75 | 69–75 | | | 55–65 | 80–72 | 64–76 | 65–97 | | | 59–64 | 49–63 | 53–73 | — | | 72–58 |
| TAU Castelló | 97–83 | | 65–85 | | 82–87 | 81–91 | 78–86 | | 91–87 | 91–85 | 68–64 | 68–91 | | 83–68 | 83–66 | 80–89 | — | |
| ZTE Real Canoe NC | | | 95–81 | 81–93 | 77–80 | 85–102 | | 81–92 | 81–82 | 74–84 | 89–71 | 75–82 | 69–54 | 69–76 | | 76–81 | 85–90 | — |

## Copa Princesa de Asturias

The Copa Princesa de Asturias was played on 5 February 2020, by the two first qualified teams after the end of the first half of the season (round 17). The champion of the cup would play the playoffs against the ninth qualified if it would finished the league between the second and the fifth qualified.

### Teams qualified

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1382 | 1249 | +133 | 31 |
| 2 | Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1279 | 1156 | +123 | 30 |

### Game
## Awards

All official awards of the 2019–20 LEB Oro season.

### Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| SG | Johnny Dee | Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket |
Source:

### Player of the round
#### Regular season

| Round | Player | Team | Eff. |
| 1 | Bamba Fall | HLA Alicante | 40 |
| 2 | Bamba Fall (2) | HLA Alicante | 44 |
| 3 | Óscar Alvarado | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 27 |
| 3 | David Škara | Levitec Huesca | 27 |
| 4 | Rolandas Jakštas | Liberbank Oviedo | 31 |
| 5 | Pedro Llompart | HLA Alicante | 30 |
| 6 | Joey van Zegeren | TAU Castelló | 38 |
| 7 | Taiwo Badmus | Marín Ence PeixeGalego | 36 |
| 7 | Earl Watson | Covirán Granada | 36 |
| 8 | Brano Đukanović | TAU Castelló | 43 |
| 9 | Caleb Agada | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 46 |
| 10 | Alexandru Olah | Leche Río Breogán | 28 |
| 11 | David Škara (2) | Levitec Huesca | 35 |
| 12 | Bamba Fall (3) | HLA Alicante | 33 |
| 13 | Olle Lundqvist | ZTE Real Canoe NC | 36 |
| 14 | Caleb Agada (2) | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 38 |
| 15 | Shaquille Cleare | ICG Força Lleida | 35 |
| 16 | Sergio de la Fuente | Carramimbre CBC Valladolid | 31 |
| 17 | Bamba Fall (4) | HLA Alicante | 31 |
| 18 | Guille Rubio | Covirán Granada | 36 |
| 19 | Kyle Rowley | Afanion CB Almansa | 33 |
| 20 | Salva Arco | Leche Río Breogán | 29 |
| 21 | Stephen Maxwell | Afanion CB Almansa | 33 |
| 22 | Joey van Zegeren | TAU Castelló | 33 |
| 23 | Guille Rubio (2) | Covirán Granada | 37 |
| 24 | Francis Alonso | Liberbank Oviedo | 36 |