2018–19 LEB Plata season
The 2018–19 LEB Plata season was the 19th season of the Spanish basketball third league. It started on 6 October 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 25 May 2019 with the promotion playoffs.
Format changes
On 2 June 2018, the General Assembly of the Spanish Basketball Federation agreed some changes in the competition format:- The competition will be expanded to 24 teams, divided into two groups of twelve by economical and geographical criteria. The top six teams of each group will join the group A1 for the promotion and the bottom six, the group A2 for avoiding relegation.
- Three teams will be promoted to LEB Oro and six relegated to Liga EBA.
- Four teams will join the playoffs for two more spots, decided by two-legged series.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 season, two relegated from the 2017–18 LEB Oro, four promoted from the 2017–18 Liga EBA and eight guest teams according to the FEB criteria. On July 11, 2018, Isover Basket Azuqueca, CB Vic Universitat de Vic, Bàsquet Girona, Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano, Igualitorio Cantabria Estela, Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes, TeslaCard Círculo Gijón and Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea achieved the vacancies from the expansion to 24 teams.;Teams relegated from LEB Oro
- Juaristi ISB
- CB Clavijo
- Marín Ence PeixeGalego
- Afanion CB Almansa
- Hestia Menorca
- CB Villarrobledo
- Xuven Cambados
Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano- Agustinos Leclerc
- CB Martorell
- Bàsquet Girona
- CB Vic Universitat de Vic
- Igualitorio Cantabria Estela
- Isover Basket Azuqueca
- Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes
- TeslaCard Círculo Gijón
- Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea
Venues and locations
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Aceitunas Fragata Morón | Morón de la Frontera | Alameda | 600 |
| Afanion CB Almansa | Almansa | Polideportivo Municipal | |
| Aquimisa Laboratorios Queso Zamorano | Zamora | Ángel Nieto | |
| Arcos Albacete Basket | Albacete | Pabellón del Parque | |
| Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar" | Ávila | Carlos Sastre | |
| Basket Navarra | Pamplona | Arrosadia | |
| Bàsquet Girona | Girona | Fontajau | |
| Bodegas Rioja Vega | Logroño | Palacio de los Deportes | |
| CB Extremadura Plasencia | Plasencia | Ciudad de Plasencia | |
| CB Vic Universitat de Vic | Vic | Castell d'en Planes | |
| CB Villarrobledo | Villarrobledo | Los Pintores | |
| Grupo Eleyco Baskonia B | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Mendizorrotza | |
| Hestia Menorca | Mahón | Pavelló Menorca | |
| HLA Alicante | Alicante | Pedro Ferrándiz | |
| Igualitorio Cantabria Estela | Santander | Palacio de Deportes | |
| Isover Basket Azuqueca | Azuqueca de Henares | La Paz | |
| JAFEP Fundación Globalcaja La Roda | La Roda | Juan José Lozano Jareño | 500 |
| Juaristi ISB | Azpeitia | Municipal | |
| Marín Ence PeixeGalego | Marín | A Raña | |
| Real Murcia Baloncesto | Murcia | Príncipe de Asturias | |
| Torrons Vicens CB L'Hospitalet | L'Hospitalet | Nou Pavelló del Centre | 700 |
| Quesería La Antigua CB Tormes | Salamanca | Würzburg | |
| TeslaCard Círculo Gijón | Gijón | Palacio de Deportes | |
| Zornotza Saskibaloi Taldea | Amorebieta-Etxano | Larrea | 600 |