2011–12 Liga EBA season

The 2011–2012 Liga EBA season is the 18th edition of the Liga EBA. This is the fourth division of Spanish basketball. Four teams will be promoted to LEB Plata. The regular season (and all games before the final playoffs) will start on September 18, 2011, and will finish on April 28, 2012.

Format

Regular season

Teams are divided in five groups by geographical criteria. Group A is also divided in two:

Sub-group A-A: Cantabria, Basque Country, La Rioja and Castile and León (except teams from Zamora).
Sub-group A-B: Galicia, Asturias and Zamora.
Group B: Community of Madrid, Castile-La Mancha and Canary Islands.
Group C: Catalonia and Aragón.
Group D: Andalusia, Extremadura and Melilla.
Group E: Valencian Community, Region of Murcia and Balearic Islands.

Final play-off

The three best teams of each group plus a fourth qualified decided with special criteria will play a double leg play-off. From these 16 teams, only four will be promoted to LEB Plata.

The first round games will be played on May 13 and 20, 2012; the second and last round on May 27 and June 3, 2012.

Regular season tables

Key to colors
	Qualify to the Final Stage Playoffs
	Qualify to the Second Round Playoffs
	Relegate to Primera División

Group A

Sub group A-A

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Cafés Aitona	22	18	4	1792	1547	40
2	CD Estela	22	16	6	1863	1637	38
3	SAB Torrelavega	22	13	9	1614	1599	35
4	Universidad de Valladolid	22	13	9	1859	1704	35
5	Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea	22	11	11	1640	1698	33
6	Pas Piélagos	22	11	11	1730	1719	33
7	UPV Álava	22	10	12	1548	1572	32
8	Easo Pastas Arruabarrena	22	10	12	1502	1542	32
9	Deportes Ferrer Santa María	22	9	13	1453	1597	31
10	Miguel Antonio Robleda	22	9	13	1576	1667	31
11	Merkamueble Torrelavega	22	7	15	1630	1780	29
12	Natra Oñati	22	5	17	1694	1839	27

Sub group A-B

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Establecimientos Otero	20	18	2	1607	1236	38
2	Marín Peixegalego	20	15	5	1545	1313	35
3	Recinor Ferrol CB	20	14	6	1469	1336	34
4	CB Chantada Galicia Vento	20	11	9	1346	1329	31
5	Grupo INEC-Queso Zamorano	20	11	9	1437	1451	31
6	Universidad de Oviedo	20	10	10	1444	1416	30
7	Baloncesto Narón	20	8	12	1350	1474	28
8	Ourense Capital Termal	20	8	12	1281	1375	28
9	Estudiantes Lugo Leyma Natura	20	8	12	1366	1411	28
10	Fidalgo Vecino	20	5	15	1299	1426	25
11	CI Rosalía de Castro	20	2	18	1158	1535	22

Second round playoffs

The three first qualified teams of each group played against each other a two-legged tie. The winners of the games join the Final Stage playoffs. Team #1 played the second game at home.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cafés Aitona	151–141	Recinor Ferrol CB	67–63	84–78
Marín Peixegalego	140–149	CD Estela	70–65	70–84
Establecimientos Otero	155–133	SAB Torrelavega	74–73	81–60

Group A final standings

After the regular season of the groups A-A and A-B, the team qualified in the same position play a double game play-off to determine their final position in the table.

Pos	Team
1	Establecimientos Otero
2	Cafés Aitona
3	CD Estela
4	Marín Peixegalego
5	Recinor Ferrol CB
6	SAB Torrelavega

Pos	Team
7	Universidad de Valladolid
8	CB Chantada Galicia Vento
9	Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea
10	Grupo INEC-Queso Zamorano
11	Pas Piélagos
12	Universidad de Oviedo

Pos	Team
13	Baloncesto Narón
14	UPV Álava
15	Easo Pastas Arruabarrena
16	Ourense Capital Termal
17	Estudiantes Lugo Leyma Natura
18	Deportes Ferrer Santa María

Pos	Team
19	Miguel Antonio Robleda
20	Fidalgo Vecino
21	CI Rosalía de Castro
22	Merkamueble Torrelavega
23	Natra Oñati

Group B

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Real Canoe NC	30	26	4	2263	1933	56
2	Euroconsult Alcobendas	30	25	5	2453	2173	55
3	CC Meridiano Santa Cruz	30	25	5	2442	2122	55
4	Real Madrid B	30	24	6	2329	2039	54
5	Torrejón Conteplast Medioambiente	30	19	11	2318	2222	49
6	Eurocolegio Casvi	30	17	13	2212	2069	47
7	Reale Baloncesto Ciudad Real	30	17	13	2390	2305	47
8	Espacio Torrelodones	30	16	14	2311	2225	46
9	Santa Cruz de La Palma	30	14	16	2243	2339	44
10	RC Náutico de Tenerife	30	12	18	2282	2422	42
11	Basket Globalcaja Quintanar	30	11	19	2271	2419	41
12	Alza Basket Azuqueca	30	11	19	2192	2251	41
13	CB Aridane	30	9	21	2164	2356	39
14	Asefa Estudiantes B	30	8	22	2112	2246	38
15	San Agustín del Guadalix	30	3	27	1980	2388	33
16	Fuenlabrada B-Illescas	30	3	27	1987	2440	33

Group C

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Eninter CB Santfeliuenc	28	21	7	2215	2012	49
2	Girona FC B	28	18	10	2126	2006	46
3	Sabadell Sant Nicolau	28	17	11	1903	1826	45
4	CB L'Hospitalet	28	17	11	2080	2005	45
5	Valentine Montcada	28	17	11	2162	2095	45
6	Sedis La Seu d'Urgell	28	17	11	2307	2208	45
7	Stadium Casablanca	28	16	12	2129	2174	44
8	AEC Collblanc Torrassa	28	15	13	2221	2184	43
9	Recambios Gaudí CB Mollet	28	13	15	2279	2285	41
10	Sabadell Bàsquet	28	13	15	1961	1963	41
11	Bàsquet Sitges	28	13	15	1949	2022	41
12	CB Cornellà	28	12	16	1922	1967	40
13	Monte Ducay Olivar	28	9	19	1926	2045	37
14	Queso Milner Arenys Bàsquet	28	6	22	1916	2074	34
15	CB Granollers	28	6	22	1888	2118	34

Group D

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Cajasol Banca Cívica B	16	11	5	1217	1157	27
2	CB Cimbis	16	11	5	1232	1165	27
3	ABP Badajoz	16	10	6	1295	1149	26
4	CAM Enrique Soler	16	10	6	1327	1257	26
5	Etiquetas Macho Morón	16	10	6	1310	1240	26
6	Baloncesto Córdoba	16	9	7	1071	1132	25
7	Montajes Rueda Andújar	16	7	9	1116	1167	23
8	Baños de Montemayor Villa Termal	16	3	13	1080	1194	19
9	CB Novaschool	16	1	15	1038	1225	17

Group E

#	Teams	P	W	L	PF	PA	PT
1	Platja de Palma	22	17	5	2017	1767	39
2	AB Castelló	22	17	5	1858	1657	39
3	Festival de Cine L'Alfàs	22	15	7	1818	1653	37
4	Opentach Bàsquet Pla	22	13	9	1800	1748	35
5	CE Bàsquet Llíria	22	13	9	1685	1657	35
6	CB UCAM Begastri	22	13	9	1777	1676	35
7	Aguas de Calpe	22	11	11	1712	1699	33
8	CB Alginet	22	10	12	1581	1591	32
9	Valencia BC B	22	8	14	1624	1732	30
10	Aquidos Arquitects Burriana	22	5	17	1708	1804	27
11	Space Eivissa Bàsquet	22	5	17	1633	1958	27
12	Universitat Politècnica de València	22	5	17	1669	1940	27

Final playoffs

16 teams will join the Final play-offs. Four of them will promote to LEB Plata.

Semifinals 12, 19 May					Finals 26 May, 2 June

3D	ABP Badajoz	84	58	142

1E	Platja de Palma	83	68	151
					1E	Platja de Palma	84	94	178

					3B	CC Meridiano Santa Cruz	78	84	162
3B	CC Meridiano Santa Cruz	91	70	161

2C	Girona FC B	55	75	130

Semifinals					Finals

2E	AB Castelló	82	83	165

2D	CB Cimbis	81	89	170
					2D	CB Cimbis	66	68	134

					1C	Eninter CB Santfeliuenc	69	85	154
3A	CD Estela	74	65	139

1C	Eninter CB Santfeliuenc	62	84	146

Semifinals

Finals

3E

Festival de Cine L'Alfàs

60

56

116

1B

Real Canoe NC

68

84

152

1B

Real Canoe NC

54

65

119

2A

Cafés Aitona

72

56

128

2A

Cafés Aitona

*D

Withdrew^[1]

Semifinals					Finals

4E	Opentach Bàsquet Pla	63	56	119

1A	Establecimientos Otero	73	85	158
					1A	Establecimientos Otero	66	64	130

					3C	Sabadell Sant Nicolau	71	64	135
3C	Sabadell Sant Nicolau	76	63	139

2B	Euroconsult Alcobendas	55	80	135

Playoffs table

Pos	Team
1	Cafés Aitona
2	Platja de Palma
3	CB Santfeliuenc
4	Sabadell Sant Nicolau
5	Establecimientos Otero

Pos	Team
6	Real Canoe NC
7	CB Cimbis
8	CC Meridiano Santa Cruz
9	Euroconsult Alcobendas
10	AB Castelló

Pos	Team
11	CD Estela
12	Girona FC B
13	Festival de Cine L'Alfàs
14	ABP Badajoz
15	Opentach Bàsquet Pla

References and notes

^ Cajasol Banca Cívica B officially withdrew of the playoffs. The next qualified teams also withdrew, so Cafés Aitona advances to the Final. Cajasol Banca Cívica y el CAM Enrique Soler renuncian a su participación en la fase de ascenso a LEB Plata Andalusian Basketball Federation.

Competition rules (in Spanish)
Promotion and relegation rules to 1ª División (in Spanish)

External links

Liga EBA in FEB.es (Spanish)

[1] Cajasol Banca Cívica B officially withdrew of the playoffs. The next qualified teams also withdrew, so Cafés Aitona advances to the Final. Cajasol Banca Cívica y el CAM Enrique Soler renuncian a su participación en la fase de ascenso a LEB Plata Andalusian Basketball Federation.

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