2012–13 LEB Plata season
The 2012–13 LEB Plata season is the 13th season of the LEB Plata, second league of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and third division of Spanish basketball. It is also known as Adecco Plata in its sponsored identity. Competition format. Teams will play a regular season with a Round-robin tournament format. The regular season champion will promote directly to LEB Oro and the last qualified will be relegated to Liga EBA. Teams qualified from second to ninth will join the promotion playoffs. The winner will promote also to LEB Oro. The two first qualified teams  after the first half of the league will play the Copa LEB Plata. Regular season will start in October 10. Eligibility of players. All teams must have in their roster: Teams can not sign any player after February 28, 2012. Team information. New teams in the league: Teams that left the league: <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Promotion playoffs. Teams 2nd to 9th qualify for the promotion playoffs to LEB Oro. The quarterfinals will be played in a two-legged tie, where the seeded team will play the second game at home. Semifinals and final winners, will be decided  in a best-of-five series, played with 2-2-1 format. Copa LEB Plata. At the half of the league, the two first teams in the table play the Copa LEB Plata at home of the winner of the first half season (11th round). If this team doesn't want to host the Copa LEB Plata, 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 LEB Plata will be played on February 2, 2012.