2007–08 LEB Oro season

The 2007–08 LEB season is the 12th season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The 612-game regular season (34 games for each of the 18 teams) began on Friday, September 21, 2007, and will end on Friday, May 16, 2008. 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 between May 20 and May 27 to see who plays the Final Four in Cáceres, between May 31 and June 1. Two bottom teams will be relegated to LEB Plata.

2007-08 LEB season
LeagueLiga Española de Baloncesto
SportBasketball
DurationSeptember 21, 2007-May 16, 2008
TV partner(s)Popular TV
Regular season
Season championsCAI Zaragoza
Season MVPUnited States Andrew Panko (Bruesa)
Top scorerUnited States Antwain Barbour (Tenerife)
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsBruesa
Finals MVPLithuania Martynas Andriuskevicius (Alicante)

LEB Oro Regular season

Pos.TeamsPldWLPFPAAvgQualification or relegation
1CAI Zaragoza3428629502465+485Promotion to Liga ACB
2Alicante Costa Blanca34241027952648+147Promotion playoffs
3Bruesa GBC34241028512684+167
4Leche Río Breogán34241027392546+193
5Tenerife Rural34191528092678+131
6Plus Pujol Lleida34191527142655+59
7Ciudad de La Laguna34171726962752-56
8Beirasar Rosalía34171726362739-103
9Villa de Los Barrios34171725052557-52
10Melilla Baloncesto34151925242586-62
11Ford Burgos34151926392661-22
12Ciudad de Huelva 134142025762657-81
13CB Alcúdia 234132124642596-132
14Aguas de Valencia34132125992686-87
15Alerta Cantabria 334122225672736-169
16Basquetinca.com 434122225902679-89
17La Palma 534122226262782-156Relegation to LEB Plata
18L'Hospitalet34112326632836-173

1 Ciudad de Huelva relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems.
2 CB Alcúdia disappeared.
3 Alerta Cantabria relegated to LEB Bronce due economic problems.
4 Basquetinca.com refounded with Bàsquet Muro under the name of Bàsquet Mallorca.
5 UB La Palma clinched a vacant LEB berth and was not relegated

LEB Oro Playoffs

Quarterfinals

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 20, 2008, and all second games were played on May 24. The deciding third games were played on May 27.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg*
Alicante Costa Blanca2 - 1Villa de Los Barrios73 - 6752 - 66103 - 67
Bruesa GBC2 - 0Beirasar Rosalía76 - 6774 - 73
Leche Río Breogán2 - 0Ciudad de La Laguna76 - 6494 - 79
Tenerife Rural2 - 1Plus Pujol Lleida86 - 8992 - 8191 - 85

* if necessary

Final Four

The Final Four is the last phase of the LEB Oro season, and is held over a weekend in Cáceres. The semifinal games are played on May 31. The championship final is played on June 1.

Semifinals Finals
      
2 Alicante Costa Blanca 78
5 Tenerife Rural 79
5 Tenerife Rural 76
3 Bruesa GBC 81
3 Bruesa GBC 83
4 Leche Río Breogán 72

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.United States Antwain BarbourTenerife Rural3976219.5
2.United States Brad OlesonBeirasar Rosalía3257017.8
3.United Kingdom Darren PhillipCAI Zaragoza3460017.6
4.Argentina Paolo QuinterosCAI Zaragoza3459517.5
5.United States Andrew PankoBruesa GBC3859715.7

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.United States Jakim DonaldsonCiudad de La Laguna363579.9
2.Spain Oriol JunyentCiudad de Huelva212049.7
3.Republic of the Congo Serge IbakaL'Hospitalet282348.4
4.Czech Republic Ondrej StarostaCAI Zaragoza342597.6
5.United States Andrew PankoBruesa GBC382877.5

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Argentina Lucas VictorianoCAI Zaragoza341965.8
2.Spain Jorge JiménezAguas de Valencia331544.7
3.Argentina Diego CiorciariMelilla Baloncesto341524.5
3.Spain Xavier PuyadaCB Alcúdia341524.5
5.France Stéphane DumasAlicante Costa Blanca361574.4
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