# 2014–15 LEB Oro season

The 2014–15 LEB Oro season is the 19th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, the Spanish basketball second division. It is named Adecco Oro as its sponsored identity. The season will start on October 3 and will end on May 15, 17 or 19 with the last game of the promotion playoffs finals.

## Competition format
### Regular season

The regular season was played by round-robin system.
After the first leg of the season, the two top qualified teams played the Copa Príncipe de Asturias and the leader will be the host team.
At the final of the season:
* The regular season winner promoted directly to Liga ACB.
* Teams qualified between 2nd and 9th, joined the promotion play-offs to ACB. Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-3 format and semifinals and the final in a best-of-5 one.
* Only the last qualified team was relegated to LEB Plata.

## Team information and location
### New teams in the league

* MyWigo Valladolid (relegated from 2013–14 ACB)
* CB Prat Joventut (runner-up of the 2013–14 LEB Plata)
* Palma Air Europa (3rd qualified of 2013–14 LEB Plata, promoted after the resignation of Fundación Baloncesto Fuenlabrada)

### Teams that left the league

* MoraBanc Andorra (promoted to 2014–15 ACB)
* FC Barcelona B (relegated to 2014–15 LEB Plata)
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity | Head coach |
| Actel Força Lleida | Lleida | Pavelló Barris Nord | 6,100 | Joaquín Prado |
| CB Prat Joventut | El Prat de Llobregat | Pavelló Joan Busquets | 1,500 | Agustí Julbe |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | Melilla | Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz | 3,800 | Alejandro Alcoba |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | Ourense | Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz | 5,000 | Gonzalo García de Vitoria |
| Cocinas.com | Logroño | Palacio de los Deportes | 3,851 | Antonio Pérez |
| Ford Burgos | Burgos | Polideportivo El Plantío | 2,432 | Andreu Casadevall |
| Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | Málaga | Ciudad Deportiva de Carranque | 1,500 | Paco Aurioles |
| Leyma Básquet Coruña | A Coruña | Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor | 3,500 | Antonio Pérez |
| MyWigo Valladolid | Valladolid | Polideportivo Pisuerga | 6,800 | Porfirio Fisac |
| Palma Air Europa | Palma de Mallorca | Son Moix | 5,076 | Maties Cerdà |
| Peñas Huesca | Huesca | Palacio Municipal de Huesca | 5,018 | Quim Costa |
| Planasa Navarra | Pamplona | Polideportivo Anaitasuna | 3,000 | Sergio Lamúa |
| Quesos Cerrato Palencia | Palencia | Pabellón Marta Domínguez | 1,806 | Natxo Lezkano |
| Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | Lugo | Pazo dos Deportes | 6,500 | Lisardo Gómez |
| Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | Oviedo | Polideportivo de Pumarín | 1,250 | Guillermo Arenas |

### Managerial changes during the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Clínicas Rincón | Francis Tomé | Sacked | 27 January 2015 | Paco Aurioles | 28 January 2015 | 15th (4–14) |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ford Burgos (C, P) | 28 | 22 | 6 | 2283 | 1875 | +408 | 50 | Promotion to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2163 | 1897 | +266 | 48 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2110 | 2028 | +82 | 48 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 4 | MyWigo Valladolid | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2053 | 1993 | +60 | 47 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 5 | Palma Air Europa | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2110 | 2077 | +33 | 44 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 6 | Actel Força Lleida | 28 | 16 | 12 | 1897 | 1910 | −13 | 44 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 7 | Planasa Navarra | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1942 | 1965 | −23 | 43 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 8 | Quesos Cerrato Palencia (X) | 28 | 14 | 14 | 2027 | 1901 | +126 | 42 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 9 | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2030 | 2053 | −23 | 41 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 10 | Leyma Básquet Coruña | 28 | 12 | 16 | 1928 | 1996 | −68 | 40 | |
| 11 | Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2108 | 2198 | −90 | 39 | |
| 12 | Peñas Huesca | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2026 | 2160 | −134 | 37 | |
| 13 | Cocinas.com | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2034 | 2202 | −168 | 37 | |
| 14 | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 28 | 9 | 19 | 1859 | 2128 | −269 | 37 | |
| 15 | CB Prat Joventut (R) | 28 | 5 | 23 | 1904 | 2091 | −187 | 33 | Relegation to LEB Plata |

### Results

| Home \ Away | FLL | PRA | MEL | COB | COC | BUR | RIN | COR | VAD | PLM | PEÑ | NAV | PAL | BRE | OVI |
| Actel Força Lleida | | 81–70 | 75–68 | 72–71 | 74–56 | 72–81 | 65–57 | 69–65 | 59–65 | 73–68 | 66–59 | 77–68 | 76–75 | 73–75 | 67–84 |
| CB Prat Joventut | 53–59 | | 70–65 | 55–56 | 77–72 | 51–77 | 54–66 | 63–69 | 74–60 | 51–62 | 85–74 | 70–69 | 68–73 | 83–86 | 77–81 |
| Club Melilla Baloncesto | 76–73 | 83–77 | | 61–81 | 73–74 | 57–68 | 86–75 | 83–70 | 79–66 | 77–72 | 79–72 | 65–74 | 73–69 | 77–83 | 83–64 |
| Club Ourense Baloncesto | 68–70 | 67–55 | 80–56 | | 71–47 | 61–67 | 74–66 | 73–66 | 68–70 | 76–87 | 86–67 | 89–49 | 63–65 | 73–75 | 94–66 |
| Cocinas.com | 69–80 | 87–83 | 72–65 | 76–96 | | 68–89 | 67–73 | 64–71 | 87–89 | 73–78 | 104–84 | 63–73 | 95–89 | 79–70 | 78–83 |
| Ford Burgos | 89–52 | 76–67 | 89–68 | 91–95 | 105–74 | | 88–63 | 81–61 | 83–69 | 99–65 | 74–59 | 88–60 | 85–62 | 93–73 | 109–64 |
| Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 66–74 | 79–72 | 50–79 | 66–88 | 69–79 | 59–80 | | 82–73 | 45–85 | 90–71 | 72–74 | 61–70 | 48–77 | 73–80 | 88–86 |
| Leyma Básquet Coruña | 71–64 | 73–62 | 75–65 | 63–70 | 71–66 | 71–68 | 78–57 | | 72–61 | 68–77 | 77–74 | 60–62 | 76–73 | 57–62 | 78–84 |
| MyWigo Valladolid | 72–68 | 85–59 | 72–63 | 66–92 | 73–75 | 77–70 | 66–64 | 77–68 | | 81–77 | 84–79 | 71–58 | 70–67 | 87–85 | 67–65 |
| Palma Air Europa | 70–62 | 75–73 | 84–88 | 80–87 | 79–65 | 93–88 | 62–76 | 69–63 | 62–75 | | 89–74 | 77–56 | 66–58 | 83–70 | 77–64 |
| Peñas Huesca | 62–68 | 80–76 | 80–76 | 76–86 | 74–63 | 51–76 | 91–56 | 83–73 | 74–82 | 71–70 | | 73–67 | 66–81 | 58–74 | 72–71 |
| Planasa Navarra | 51–54 | 71–56 | 72–67 | 80–76 | 79–61 | 72–81 | 68–71 | 85–67 | 69–65 | 67–73 | 78–73 | | 80–76 | 68–71 | 78–87 |
| Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 58–46 | 79–77 | 59–62 | 62–64 | 79–61 | 84–54 | 91–59 | 64–46 | 67–76 | 89–66 | 90–74 | 65–79 | | 75–50 | 65–73 |
| Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 77–68 | 85–80 | 86–74 | 68–74 | 72–66 | 68–55 | 70–45 | 67–69 | 80–62 | 94–92 | 78–74 | 63–72 | 74–58 | | 88–78 |
| Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | 66–60 | 101–66 | 71–82 | 75–84 | 83–93 | 59–79 | 80–83 | 77–70 | 84–80 | 62–72 | 79–78 | 65–67 | 74–77 | 82–86 | |

## Copa Príncipe de Asturias

At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa Príncipe de Asturias at home of the winner of the first half season (15th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa Príncipe, the second qualified can do it. If nobody wants to host it, the Federation will propose a neutral venue.
The Champion of this Cup will play the play-offs as first qualified if it finishes the league between the 2nd and the 5th qualified. The Copa Príncipe will be played on January 30, 2014.

### Teams qualified

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1036 | 875 | +161 | 24 |
| 2 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1046 | 1008 | +38 | 24 |

### The game

* 30 January 2014 21:15
* Boxscore
| Quesos Cerrato Palencia | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 17–13, 19–23, 21–23 |||
| Pts: Forcada 19 Rebs: Arteaga 12 Asts: Forcada 7 PIR: McDowell 23 | Pts: López 16 Rebs: McGhee 11 Asts: López 4 PIR: Walton 18 |
| Quesos Cerrato Palencia, champion of the 2015 Copa Príncipe de Asturias |||
* Polideportivo Marta Domínguez, Palencia Referees: Morales Ruiz, Vázquez García, Zamorano Sánchez

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 86 | 81 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 84 | 77 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 84 | 77 | X | 2 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 75 | 83 | 77 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Actel Força Lleida | 61 | 81 | 59 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Palma Air Europa | 52 | 74 | X | 6 | Actel Força Lleida | 61 | 81 | 59 | X | X | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Actel Força Lleida | 73 | 89 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Actel Força Lleida | 73 | 89 | X | | | | | | | | 2 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 83 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 91 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 52 | 77 | 81 | 69 | 65 |
| 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 91 | 66 | 88 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 52 | 77 | 81 | 69 | 65 |
| 8 | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 75 | 81 | 86 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 75 | 81 | 86 | 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 80 | 73 | 85 | 86 | X | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | MyWigo Valladolid | 65 | 76 | 77 | 76 | X | | | | | | | |
| 4 | MyWigo Valladolid | 68 | 74 | X | 4 | MyWigo Valladolid | 65 | 76 | 77 | 76 | X | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Planasa Navarra | 63 | 73 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final standings

| Pos. | Team | GP | W | L | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ford Burgos | 28 | 22 | 6 | Promoted to Liga ACB |
| 2 | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 38 | 28 | 10 | Promoted to Liga ACB |
| 3 | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 40 | 27 | 13 |
| 4 | MyWigo Valladolid | 34 | 22 | 12 |
| 5 | Actel Força Lleida | 33 | 18 | 15 |
| 6 | Palma Air Europa | 30 | 16 | 14 |
| 7 | Planasa Navarra | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| 8 | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 31 | 15 | 16 |
| 9 | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 30 | 13 | 17 |
| 10 | Leyma Básquet Coruña | 28 | 12 | 16 |
| 11 | Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | 28 | 11 | 17 |
| 12 | Peñas Huesca | 28 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | Cocinas.com | 28 | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | Instituto Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 28 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | CB Prat Joventut | 28 | 5 | 23 | Relegated to LEB Plata |

## Stats leaders in regular season
### Points

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 25 | 411 | 16.4 |
| 2 | Shawn Glover | Palma Air Europa | 26 | 398 | 15.3 |
| 3 | Alfonso Sánchez | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 22 | 281 | 12.8 |
| 4 | Alberto Abalde | CB Prat Joventut | 22 | 279 | 12.7 |
| 5 | Beka Burjanadze | Leyma Básquet Coruña | 27 | 342 | 12.7 |

### Rebounds

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Kyle Rowley | Leyma Básquet Coruña | 28 | 254 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Óliver Arteaga | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 26 | 199 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Urko Otegui | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 28 | 209 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Gary McGhee | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 16 | 119 | 7.4 |
| 5 | Javier Múgica | Actel Força Lleida | 28 | 204 | 7.3 |

### Assists

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Mikel Uriz | MyWigo Valladolid | 28 | 145 | 5.2 |
| 2 | Ferran Bassas | Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | 27 | 130 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Jakub Kudláček | Cocinas.com | 21 | 101 | 4.8 |
| 4 | José Simeón | Actel Força Lleida | 27 | 108 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Xavier Forcada | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 25 | 100 | 4.0 |

### Performance Index Rating

| Rk | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 25 | 510 | 20.4 |
| 2 | Taylor Coppenrath | Ford Burgos | 28 | 462 | 16.5 |
| 3 | Álex Llorca | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 26 | 425 | 16.3 |
| 4 | Urko Otegui | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 28 | 422 | 15.1 |
| 5 | Mikel Uriz | MyWigo Valladolid | 28 | 411 | 14.7 |

## Awards
### All LEB Oro team

The all LEB Oro team was selected after the end of the playoffs.
* Mikel Uriz (MyWigo Valladolid)
* Álex Llorca (Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo)
* Pablo Almazán (Planasa Navarra)
* Taylor Coppenrath (Ford Burgos)
* Ricardo Guillén (Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón)

### MVP of the regular season

* Ricardo Guillén (Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón)

### Coach of the season

* Andreu Casadevall (Ford Burgos)

### MVP of the week

| Rk | Name | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Álex Ros | CB Prat Joventut | 30 |
| 2 | Urko Otegui | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 26 |
| 3 | Álex Llorca | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 36 |
| 4 | Javi Múgica | Actel Força Lleida | 32 |
| 5 | Oliver Arteaga | Quesos Cerrato Palencia | 25 |
| 6 | Mario Cabanas | Palma Air Europa | 27 |
| 7 | Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca | Planasa Navarra | 41 |
| 8 | Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca | Planasa Navarra | 36 |
| 9 | Greg Kahlig | Actel Força Lleida | 32 |
| 10 | Sergi Pino | MyWigo Valladolid | 30 |
| 11 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 35 |
| 12 | Mario Cabanas | Palma Air Europa | 36 |
| 13 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 34 |
| 14 | Pedro Rivero | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 34 |
| 15 | Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca | Planasa Navarra | 35 |
| 16 | Quique Garrido Tautvydas Sabonis | Club Melilla Baloncesto Instituto Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 28 |
| 17 | Kyle Rowley | Leyma Básquet Coruña | 32 |
| 18 | Ferran Bassas | Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo | 37 |
| 19 | Adrián Laso | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 31 |
| 20 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 34 |
| 21 | Édgar Vicedo | Peñas Huesca | 27 |
| 22 | Chase Fieler | Club Ourense Baloncesto | 38 |
| 23 | Devin Wright | Club Melilla Baloncesto | 31 |
| 24 | John di Bartolomeo | Palma Air Europa | 31 |
| 25 | Sergio de la Fuente | CB Valladolid | 31 |
| 26 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 33 |
| 27 | Jorge Romero | Planasa Navarra | 27 |
| 28 | Ricardo Guillén | Instituto de Fertilidad Clínicas Rincón | 51 |
| 29 | Carles Bravo Maksim Salash | Quesos Cerrato Palencia Peñas Huesca | 27 |
| 30 | Brandon Edwards | Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo | 34 |
| QF1 | Javi Múgica | Actel Força Lleida | 41 |