Liga EBA

Liga EBA
	Current season, competition or edition:; 2020–21 Liga EBA season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1995
CEO	Jorge Garbajosa
No. of teams	109
Country	Spain
Continent	Europe
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	LEB Plata
Relegation to	Primera División
Official website	www.feb.es (in Spanish)

Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered by the FEB. It was previously the Spanish second tier level competition from 1994 to 1996, the third tier level from 1996 to 2000, and the fifth tier level, from 2007 to 2009.

The Liga EBA is made up of five inter-regional groups.

After the regular season, sixteen teams advance to the playoffs, where only four teams are promoted to the LEB Plata. The lowest ranked teams of each group, are relegated to the Primera División.

Current clubs

Conference A

Team	Home city	Autonomous federation	Arena
AC1+ Piélagos	Renedo de Piélagos	Cantabria	Fernando Expósito
Aquimisa Carbajosa	Carbajosa de la Sagrada	Castile and León	Municipal
Arha Hoteles	Santander	Cantabria	Palacio de Deportes
Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar"	Ávila	Castile and León	Carlos Sastre
Baskonia B	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Basque Country	Mendizorrotza
Caja Rural de Zamora	Zamora	Castile and León	Ángel Nieto
Calvo Basket Xiria	Carballo	Galicia	Vila de Noia
CB La Flecha	Arroyo de la Encomienda	Castile and León	La Vega
CB Santurtzi SK	Santurtzi	Basque Country	Mikel Trueba
CB Solares	Medio Cudeyo	Cantabria	Mies del Corro
CB Valle de Egüés	Valle de Egüés	Navarre	Maristas
Easo Bodegas Muga	San Sebastián	Basque Country	José Antonio Gasca
Estudiantes Lugo Leyma Natura	Lugo	Galicia	Pazo dos Deportes
Goierri Iparragirre 2020	Urretxu	Basque Country	Aldiri
KFC Culleredo	Culleredo	Galicia	O Burgo
Manteneo Filipenses	Palencia	Castile and León	Municipal
Megacalzado Ardoi	Zizur Mayor-Zizur Nagusia	Navarre	Municipal
Mondragón Unibersitatea	Mondragón	Basque Country	Iturripe
Nissan Grupo de Santiago	Burgos	Castile and León	El Plantío
Noxtrum Gijón Basket	Gijón	Asturias	Palacio de Deportes
Obradoiro Silleda B	Santiago de Compostela	Galicia	César González Fares
Porriño Baloncesto Base	O Porriño	Galicia	Porriño 2
Santo Domingo Betanzos	Betanzos	Galicia	Municipal
Tabirako Baqué	Durango	Basque Country	Landako
Ucoga Seguros CB Chantada	Chantada	Galicia	Municipal
Ulacia Zarautz	Zarautz	Basque Country	Aritzbatalde
ULE RBH Global	León	Castile and León	Palacio de los Deportes
Universidad de Valladolid	Valladolid	Castile and León	Fuente de La Mora
USAL La Antigua	Salamanca	Castile and León	Würzburg

Conference B

Team	Home city	Autonomous federation	Arena
Aloe Plus Lanzarote Conejeros	Arrecife	Canary Islands	Ciudad Deportiva
Baloncesto Alcalá	Alcalá de Henares	Community of Madrid	Espartales
CB Agüimes	Agüimes	Canary Islands	Municipal
CB Pozuelo Arrabe Asesores	Pozuelo de Alarcón	Community of Madrid	El Torreón
Distrito Olímpico	Madrid	Community of Madrid	San Blas
Estudio	Madrid	Community of Madrid	Paco Hernández
Globalcaja Quintanar	Quintanar del Rey	Castilla–La Mancha	Ángel Lancho
Isover Basket Azuqueca	Azuqueca de Henares	Castilla–La Mancha	La Paz
Lujisa Guadalajara Basket	Guadalajara	Castilla–La Mancha	San José
Movistar Estudiantes B	Madrid	Community of Madrid	Antonio Magariños
Náutico Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Canary Islands	RCNT
NCS Alcobendas	Alcobendas	Community of Madrid	Antela Parada
Real Madrid B	Madrid	Community of Madrid	Ciudad Real Madrid
Tobarra CB	Tobarra	Castilla–La Mancha	La Granja
Uros de Rivas	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	Community of Madrid	Cerro del Telégrafo
Zentro Basket Madrid	Madrid	Community of Madrid	Antonio Díaz Miguel

Conference C

Team	Home city	Autonomous federation	Arena
70&80 American Dinner CB Salou	Salou	Catalonia	Centre Salou
AE Badalonès	Badalona	Catalonia	Pavelló La Plana
Anagan Olivar	Zaragoza	Aragon	Miralbueno
Barberà Team Values	Barberà del Vallès	Catalonia	Can Serra
BBA Castelldefels	Castelldefels	Catalonia	Can Vinader
Camping Bianya Roser	Barcelona	Catalonia	Poliesportiu Estacio del Nord
CB Cornellà	Cornellà de Llobregat	Catalonia	Parc Esportiu
CB Martorell	Martorell	Catalonia	Municipal
CB Quart Germans Cruz	Quart	Catalonia	Municipal
CB Valls Nutrion	Valls	Catalonia	Joana Ballart
CB Vic Universitat de Vic	Vic	Catalonia	Castell d'en Planes
FC Martinenc Bàsquet	Barcelona	Catalonia	Guinardó
Flanigan Calvià	Calvià	Balearic Islands	Galatzó
Ibersol CB Tarragona	Tarragona	Catalonia	El Serrallo
JAC Sants	Barcelona	Catalonia	Espanya Industrial
Maristes Ademar	Badalona	Catalonia	Pavelló La Plana
Mataró Parc Boet	Mataró	Catalonia	Eusebi Millán
MCNTeam SESE	Barcelona	Catalonia	Ramon Aldufreu Virrei Amat
Monbus CB Igualada	Igualada	Catalonia	Les Comes
MoraBanc Andorra Vivand B	Andorra la Vella	Catalonia	Poliesportiu d'Andorra
Oic Penta UB Sant Adrià	Sant Adrià de Besòs	Catalonia	Municipal
Opel Zavisa Alfindén CB	La Puebla de Alfindén	Aragon	Municipal
Open Sports Arenys Bàsquet	Arenys de Mar	Catalonia	Fons de les Creus
Palma Air Europa B	Palma de Mallorca	Balearic Islands	Toni Servera
Patria Hispana Seguros Almozara	Zaragoza	Aragon	CDM Siglo XXI
Recambios Gaudí CB Mollet	Mollet del Vallès	Catalonia	Plana Lledó
Tenea CB Esparreguera	Esparreguera	Catalonia	Ramon Martí
UE Mataró Germans Homs	Mataró	Catalonia	Josep Mora

Conference D

Team	Home city	Autonomous federation	Arena
AD Plasencia Basket	Plasencia	Extremadura	Centro Universitario
Alba Ibs Club Baloncesto Utrera	Utrera	Andalusia	Pepe Álvarez
Benahavís Costa del Sol	Benahavís	Andalusia	Municipal
CAM Enrique Soler	Melilla	Melilla	Guillermo García Pezzi
CB La Zubia	La Zubia	Andalusia	11 de marzo
CB Novaschool	Rincón de la Victoria	Andalusia	Novaschool Añoreta
CP Mijas Quabit	Mijas	Andalusia	Regino Hernández
DKV San Fernando	San Fernando	Andalusia	Almirante Laulhé
Ecoculture CB Almería	Almería	Andalusia	Moisés Ruiz
Huelva	Huelva	Andalusia	Andrés Estrada
Jaén Paraíso Interior CB Andújar	Andújar	Andalusia	Municipal
Jaén Paraíso Interior CB Cazorla	Cazorla	Andalusia	Municipal
Jaén Paraíso Interior CB Martos	Martos	Andalusia	Municipal de la Juventud
Matenglish CB San Fernando	San Fernando	Andalusia	Municipal
Oh!Tels ULB	La Línea de la Concepción	Andalusia	Municipal
Real Betis Baloncesto B	Seville	Andalusia	Illanes
Rus CB Ciudad de Dos Hermanas	Dos Hermanas	Andalusia	Los Montecillos
Torta del Casar Extremadura B	Cáceres	Extremadura	Casar de Cáceres
Unicaja Andalucía B	Málaga	Andalusia	Los Guindos

Conference E

Team	Home city	Autonomous federation	Arena
Angels Visión UPB Gandia	Gandia	Valencian Community	Municipal
CB Ifach Calpe	Calp	Valencian Community	Municipal
CB Puerto Sagunto	Sagunto	Valencian Community	José Veral
CB Tabernes Blanques	Tavernes Blanques	Valencian Community	Municipal
Conciencia2s Valencia CB Aldaia	Aldaia	Valencian Community	Municipal
Guillén Group Alginet	Alginet	Valencian Community	Municipal
Hero Jairis	Alcantarilla	Murcia	Fausto Vicent
Picken Claret	Valencia	Valencian Community	Benimaclet
Power Electronics Paterna	Paterna	Valencian Community	Municipal
Refitel Bàsquet Llíria	Llíria	Valencian Community	Pla del Arc
Sha Wellness Clinic L'Alfàs	L'Alfàs del Pi	Valencian Community	Pau Gasol
Servigroup Benidorm	Benidorm	Valencian Community	Illa Benidorm
Sonia Bath Godella	Godella	Valencian Community	Municipal
UCAM Murcia Jiffy B	Murcia	Murcia	Palacio de Deportes
TAU Castelló B	Castellón de la Plana	Valencian Community	Ciutat de Castelló
UPCT Basket Cartagena	Cartagena	Murcia	El Albujón
Valencia Basket B	Valencia	Valencian Community	L'Alquería

History

Final Eight Format

The best teams in the Final Eight were usually promoted to a higher division. Due to economic problems, sometimes the winners couldn't be promoted to higher divisions.

Year	Tier	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Promoted to	Teams promoted
1994–95	2	Gijón	CB Gran Canaria	Gijón Baloncesto	86–84	ACB	2
1995–96	2	Lugo	CB Granada	Valencia BC	104–87	None
1996–97	3	Chipiona	Menorca Bàsquet	CB Cornellà	73–70	LEB	1
1997–98	3	Cabra	SD Bidegintza Zalla	CB Galicia	74–71	LEB	2
1998–99	3	Gandía	UB La Palma	CB Calpe	71–62	None
1999–00	3	Guadalajara	CB Cornellà	UB La Palma	74–58	LEB 2	2
2000–01	4	Pamplona	Gramenet CB	CB Montcada	91–76
2001–02	4	La Laguna	CB Aracena	CB 1939 Canarias	87–79
2002–03	4	Huesca	FC Barcelona B	CB Montcada	72–64
2003–04	4	Montilla	CB L'Hospitalet	UB Sabadell	89–73		3
2004–05	4	Palencia	CB Peñas Huesca	CB Vic	82–69		2
2005–06	4	Guadalajara	CB Prat	CB Muro	83–65
2006–07	4	Murcia	CB Santa Pola	CB Illescas	78–71

Final groups format

The 16 qualified teams were divided in four groups of four teams. The winners of the regular season groups hosted each group. The four group winners were promoted to the disappeared LEB Bronce.

After the play-offs, the FEB set a table to determine the official champion of the Liga EBA. In this table, the four group winners were the four first qualified teams, the runners-up from 5th to 8th, third qualifieds from 9th to 12th and last teams from 13th to 16th.

Year	Tier	Champion	Runner-up	Third qualified	Fourth qualified
2007–08	5	Fundación Adepal	Oviedo CB	CB Valls	CB Villa de Valdemoro
2008–09	5	CB Olesa	CB Santurtzi SK	BC Andorra	CB La Vila

'May madness' format

The 32 qualified teams played a two-leg play-off where four teams were promoted to the higher division. From the 2010–11 season, only 16 teams qualified for the 'May madness' format. Four teams were promoted each season to LEB Plata. For the 2012–13 season, FEB decided to return to the Final Groups format.

After the play-offs, the FEB set a table to determine the official champion of the Liga EBA.

Year	Tier	Champion	Runner-up	Third qualified	Fourth qualified
2009–10	4	Oviedo CB	Iraurgi SB	CDB Ciudad Real	CB L'Alfàs
2010–11	4	Araberri BC	CB Bahía San Agustín	CB Santfeliuenc	Gandía BA
2011–12	4	Askatuak SBT	CB Bahía San Agustín	CB Santfeliuenc	CE Sant Nicolau
2012–13	4	Xuventude Baloncesto	Real Canoe NC	CB Estudiantes B	Zornotza ST

Comeback to the Final groups format

As in 2008 and 2009, the final round was played by 16 teams divided in four groups, where the winners were promoted to LEB Plata. Since the 2018–19 season, teams were divided into two stages for six promotions.

Year	Tier	Champion	Runner-up	Third qualified	Fourth qualified
2013–14	4	Univ. Valladolid	CE Sant Nicolau	CB Pla de Na Tesa	AEC Collblanc-Torrassa
2014–15	4	CB Morón	CB Deportivo Coín	Fundación CB Granada	CB Andratx
2015–16	4	CB L'Hospitalet	UPB Gandia	Albacete Basket	Alcázar Basket
2016–17	4	CB Myrtia	CB Martorell	Real Canoe NC	CP La Roda
2017–18	4	CB Peixefresco	CB Almansa	CB Menorca	CB Villarrobledo
2018–19	4	CB Pardinyes	CB Ciudad de Ponferrada	CB Tizona	UDEA Baloncesto

Copa EBA

The Copa EBA was a competition held from 1996 to 2000 season. This cup was held after the end of the regular season and was played by the champions of the groups.

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1996–97	Gandía BA	CB Coruña
1997–98	CB Calpe	FC Barcelona B
1998–99	CB Cornellà	CB Calpe
1999–00	CB Cornellà	Baloncesto León B

External links

(in Spanish) Spanish Basketball Federation Official Website
(in Spanish) Liga EBA History

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