2008-09 LEB season | |
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League | Liga Española de Baloncesto |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | September 18, 2008-May 15, 2009 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Valladolid |
Season MVP | Jakim Donaldson (Ciudad de La Laguna Canarias) |
Top scorer | Ricardo Guillén (Villa de Los Barrios) |
Play-offs | |
Final Four champions | Lucentum Alicante |
Final Four runners-up | Melilla Baloncesto |
The 2008–09 LEB season is the 13th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Thursday, September 18, 2008, and will end on Friday, May 15, 2009. The champion of the regular season will be promoted to ACB. The teams between 2nd and 9th position will play a best of 3 games play off to see who plays the Final Four. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.
1CB Villa de Los Barrios relegated due economic problems.
2Plus Pujol Lleida relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.
3CB Vic relegated due economic problems and sold its berth to CB Sant Josep Girona.
4Gandía Bàsquet relegated to Liga EBA due economic problems.
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three (if third serie necessary) series between teams in the 2-9 positions, with the best-place team receiving home advantage. All opening games were played on May 19, 2009, and all second games were played on May 22. The deciding third games were played on May 24.
* if necessary
The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Fuenlabrada. The semifinal games are played on May 30. The championship final is played on May 31.