Liga ACB

Liga Endesa
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 ACB season

Logo ACB
Formerly Liga Nacional
(1957–1983)
ACB Primera División
(1983–1988)
Sport Basketball
Founded 1957
(as Liga Nacional)
Inaugural season 1983–84
CEO Francisco Roca Pérez
No. of teams 18
Country  Spain (17 teams)
 Andorra (1 team)
Continent Europe FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s) Real Madrid (32nd title)
Most titles Real Madrid (32 titles)
TV partner(s) Teledeporte (TVE) (best match per week, free)
Canal+ Deportes (Movistar+) (Rest of the matches live)
Level on pyramid 1st Tier on Spanish Pyramid
Relegation to LEB Oro – 2nd Tier (Last 2)
Domestic cup(s) Spanish King's Cup
Spanish Supercup
Official website ACB.com (Spanish)

The Liga ACB[N 1] (English: ACB League), known as the Liga Endesa[N 2] (English: Endesa League) for sponsorship reasons, is the first tier level professional men's basketball league in Spain. It began in 1957, with the name of Liga Nacional, and was originally organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1983–84 season, after the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) took control over the league. The league is rated as one of the top three European national domestic/regional leagues in the European national basketball league rankings system.

The ACB League, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, of which the most successful have been Real Madrid and FC Barcelona Regal.

Competition format

Real Madrid playing against Fuenlabrada

Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, once at home and once away. This means that in Liga ACB the league's regular season ends after all teams play 34 matches.

At the end of the league, the eight best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 8th place team in the standings, and so on. There are three playoff rounds, each consisting of five game series, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Liga ACB. This is similar to the NBA playoffs system, but shorter.

Each season, the two last qualified teams of the regular season are relegated to LEB Oro and replaced by the two first qualified teams of this league.

Controversies about promotion to Liga ACB

Until 2012, in the 29 editions played of the Liga ACB only three teams resigned to promote due to acting as reserve teams or lack of funds. These three teams were CB Guadalajara and CB Cornellà in 1993 and CB Cajabilbao in 1994.

Since 2012, due to the financial crisis that started in 2008, only two teams (Canarias and Andorra) of the possible eight could promote to Liga ACB. This fact started a discussion about the requirements of the ACB in order to promote, considered by the LEB Oro clubs as "disproportionate".[1]

For clubs that promote and would make their debut in the ACB demands:[2]

In 2012, Iberostar Canarias and Menorca Bàsquet achieved the promotion to ACB, but neither could fulfill the requirements in order to promote.[3] However, Canarias finally played in ACB after buying the berth in the league of Lucentum Alicante, previously sold to the association.[4]

In 2013, neither CB Atapuerca, Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, nor Lucentum Alicante could promote. The seconds resigned also to play in the second league and joined the fifth division.

In 2014 and 2015, CB Tizona, also Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, did not promote despite achieving the place two years in a row. After its second failed promotion, the third in the city of Burgos, the club sued the Association[1] and this one accused them of "distorting the reality".[5] Also in 2015, despite having played in the league during the 1980s and 1990s, Club Ourense Baloncesto was not admitted in the league despite fulfilling all the requirements after not passing an accounts audit.[6] However, ACB would admit Ourense for the 2016–17 season if it fulfill the requirements regardless of their position in the 2015–16 LEB Oro season.[7]

On 24 April 2016, the National Commission of the Markets and the Competence argued that the inboud impedes in an "unjustified, disproportionate and discriminatory" way the access of new clubs to Liga ACB.[8]

History

Title holders

Total titles by Club (Liga Nacional & ACB)

Club W R Winning years
Real Madrid 32 11 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015
FC Barcelona 18 19 1959, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
Joventut Badalona 4 10 1967, 1978, 1991, 1992
Baskonia 3 4 2002, 2008, 2010
Málaga 1 2 2006
Manresa 1 0 1998
Picadero 0 4
Estudiantes 0 4
Sevilla 0 2
Orillo Verde 0 1
Valencia 0 1
Bilbao 0 1

ACB Finals

Finals appearances
Team TotalWL
FC Barcelona 251510
Real Madrid 17107
Baskonia 734
Joventut Badalona 624
Málaga 312
Sevilla 202
Manresa 110
Valencia 101
Estudiantes 101
Bilbao 101
Season Champion Runner-up Series Finals MVP Champion's Coach
1983–84 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
2 – 1
N/A Spain Lolo Sainz
1984–85 Real Madrid Joventut Badalona
2 – 1
Spain Lolo Sainz
1985–86 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
2 – 0
Spain Lolo Sainz
1986–87 FC Barcelona Joventut Badalona
3 – 1
Spain Aíto García Reneses
1987–88 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
Spain Aíto García Reneses
1988–89 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
Spain Aíto García Reneses
1989–90 FC Barcelona Joventut Badalona
3 – 0
Spain Aíto García Reneses
1990–91 Joventut Badalona FC Barcelona
3 – 1
United States Corny Thompson Spain Lolo Sainz
1991–92 Joventut Badalona Real Madrid
3 – 2
United States Mike Smith Spain Lolo Sainz
1992–93 Real Madrid Joventut Badalona
3 – 2
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis United States Clifford Luyk
1993–94 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 0
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis United States Clifford Luyk
1994–95 FC Barcelona Baloncesto Málaga
3 – 2
United States Michael Ansley Spain Aíto García Reneses
1995–96 FC Barcelona CDB Sevilla
3 – 0
Spain Xavi Fernández Spain Aíto García Reneses
1996–97 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
Spain Roberto Dueñas Spain Aíto García Reneses
1997–98 Bàsquet Manresa Saski Baskonia
3 – 1
Spain Joan Creus Spain Luis Casimiro
1998–99 FC Barcelona CDB Sevilla
3 – 0
United States Derrick Alston Spain Aíto García Reneses
1999–00 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 2
Spain Alberto Angulo Italy Sergio Scariolo
2000–01 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 0
Spain Pau Gasol Spain Aíto García Reneses
2001–02 Saski Baskonia Baloncesto Málaga
3 – 0
United States Elmer Bennett Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Duško Ivanović
2002–03 FC Barcelona Valencia BC
3 – 0
Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić
2003–04 FC Barcelona Club Estudiantes
3 – 2
Serbia and Montenegro Dejan Bodiroga Serbia and Montenegro Svetislav Pešić
2004–05 Real Madrid Saski Baskonia
3 – 2
United States Louis Bullock Serbia and Montenegro Božidar Maljković
2005–06 Baloncesto Málaga Saski Baskonia
3 – 0
Spain Jorge Garbajosa Italy Sergio Scariolo
2006–07 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 1
Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Joan Plaza
2007–08 Saski Baskonia FC Barcelona
3 – 0
United States Pete Mickeal Croatia Neven Spahija
2008–09 FC Barcelona Saski Baskonia
3 – 1
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavier Pascual
2009–10 Saski Baskonia FC Barcelona
3 – 0
Brazil Tiago Splitter Montenegro Duško Ivanović
2010–11 FC Barcelona Bilbao Basket
3 – 0
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavier Pascual
2011–12 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 2
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek Spain Xavier Pascual
2012–13 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 2
Spain Felipe Reyes Spain Pablo Laso
2013–14 FC Barcelona Real Madrid
3 – 1
Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Spain Xavier Pascual
2014–15 Real Madrid FC Barcelona
3 – 0
Spain Sergio Llull Spain Pablo Laso

Current clubs

Location of teams in 2015–16 ACB
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2015–16 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Baloncesto Sevilla Sevilla San Pablo 10,200
CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Dominion Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 11,000
FC Barcelona Lassa[9] Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
FIATC Joventut Badalona Pavelló Olímpic 12,760
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 11,500
Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
ICL Manresa[10] Manresa Nou Congost 5,000
Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,544
Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Poliesportiu d'Andorra 5,000
Movistar Estudiantes Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
Real Madrid Madrid Barclaycard Center 15,000
RETAbet.es GBC[11] San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena 10,241
Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 5,824
Universidad Católica de Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 11,300
Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500

All-time Liga ACB table

The All-time Liga ACB table is an overall record of all match results of every team that has played in Liga ACB since the 1983–84 season. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2014–15 season.

Pos Team Season Played Won Lost 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF Debut Since/Last App Best
1 Barcelona 32 1362 1022 340 15 10 4 1 2 1983–84 1983–84 1
2 Real Madrid 32 1321 967 354 10 7 6 2 6 1983–84 1983–84 1
3 Baskonia 32 1248 781 467 3 4 4 4 12 1983–84 1983–84 1
4 Joventut 32 1211 716 495 2 4 5 4 6 1983–84 1983–84 1
5 Estudiantes 32 1210 657 553 – 1 5 7 9 1983–84 1983–84 2
6 Málaga[N 3] 30 1153 653 500 1 2 4 5 8 1983–84 1987–88 1
7 Valencia 26 984 550 434 – 1 1 2 12 1988–89 1996–97 2
8 Sevilla 26 944 443 501 – 2 – – 6 1989–90 1989–90 2
9 Valladolid 30 1032 432 600 – – – – 4 1983–84 2013–14 6
10 Manresa 28 1004 430 574 1 – – 2 2 1983–84 2007–08 1
11 Gran Canaria 24 880 411 469 – – – 1 11 1985–86 1995–96 4
12 Girona 20 731 330 401 – – – – 4 1988–89 2007–08 5
13 Zaragoza 13 473 270 203 – – 2 3 6 1983–84 1995–96 3
14 Breogán 16 604 242 362 – – – – 2 1984–85 2005–06 6
15 Fuenlabrada 17 590 232 358 – – – – 4 1996–97 2005–06 7
16 Murcia 17 602 199 403 – – – – – 1990–91 2011–12 10
17 Bilbao 10 393 190 203 – 1 – – 5 2004–05 2004–05 2
18 León 11 398 179 219 – – – – 3 1990–91 2007–08 6
19 Peñas 12 441 173 268 – – – – – 1983–84 1995–96 10
20 Granollers 10 352 166 186 – – – – 7 1983–84 1992–93 5
21 Cáceres 11 388 163 225 – – – – 1 1992–93 2002–03 5
22 Ourense 12 383 143 240 – – – – 2 1989–90 2000–01 8
23 Canarias[N 4] 10 351 141 210 – – – – 2 1983–84 2012–13 6
24 OAR Ferrol 10 350 140 210 – – – – 1 1983–84 1993–94 7
25 Granada 12 411 140 271 – – – – – 1996–97 2010–11 10
26 Lucentum 9 316 132 184 – – – – 3 2000–01 2011–12 6
27 Zaragoza 2002 6 210 99 111 – – 1 – 1 2008–09 2010–11 3
28 Gipuzkoa 8 273 98 175 – – – – 1 2006–07 2008–09 5
29 Collado Villalba 5 226 93 133 – – – – 1 1987–88 1991–92 8
30 Oximesa 6 225 82 143 – – – – – 1986–87 1991–92 11
31 Andorra 5 181 78 103 – – – – 1 1992–93 2014–15 8
32 Maristas Málaga 4 160 76 84 – – – – – 1988–89 1991–92 13
33 Cajabilbao 5 184 76 108 – – – – – 1986–87 1990–91 9
34 Espanyol 5 165 73 92 – – – – 1 1984–85 1988–89 8
35 Obradoiro 5 172 67 106 – – – – 1 2009–10 2011–12 8
36 Lleida 4 140 57 83 – – – – 1 2001–02 2004–05 8
37 Cantabria 5 170 53 117 – – – – – 1997–98 2001–02 14
38 Menorca 5 168 51 117 – – – – – 2005–06 2011–12 15
39 Círculo Católico 3 97 49 48 – – – 1 1 1983–84 1985–86 4
40 Cajamadrid 3 98 46 52 – – – – 1 1983–84 1985–86 5
41 Gijón 4 144 37 107 – – – – – 1995–96 2001–02 15
42 Salamanca 2 76 36 40 – – – – – 1994–95 1995–96 9
43 Tenerife AB 2 89 28 61 – – – – – 1988–89 1989–90 22
44 Llíria 2 79 27 52 – – – – – 1991–92 1992–93 16
45 Tenerife 2 68 25 43 – – – – – 2003–04 2004–05 10
46 L'Hospitalet 1 31 11 20 – – – – – 1983–84 1983–84 15
47 Ciudad de Huelva 1 39 11 28 – – – – – 1997–98 1997–98 17
48 Askatuak 1 43 10 33 – – – – – 1988–89 1988–89 24

League or status at 2015–16 season:

2015–16 ACB season
2015–16 LEB Oro season
2015–16 LEB Plata season
2015–16 Liga EBA season
Lower divisions
Clubs that no longer exist or does not compete in senior competitions

Awards

ACB All-time top minutes played

Table updated at the end of the 2014–15 season. Players in bold represent players still in active at the Liga ACB.[12]

Pos Player Mins GP MPG
1 Spain Joan Creus 20,211 585 35
2 Spain Alberto Herreros 19,218 654 29
3 Spain Rafael Jofresa 18,062 756 24
4 Spain Pablo Laso 17,378 624 28
5 Spain Nacho Rodríguez 16,605 737 23
6 Spain Carlos Jiménez 16,208 641 25
7 Spain José Ángel Arcega 15,529 582 27
8 Spain Jordi Villacampa 15,454 506 31
9 United States Granger Hall 15,395 433 36
10 Spain Nacho Azofra 15,102 705 21
11 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 14,780 610 24
12 Spain Juan Antonio Orenga 14,671 615 24
13 United States Brian Jackson 14,390 392 37
14 Spain Álex Mumbrú 14,205 577 25
15 Spain Carlos Montes 14,034 605 23
16 Spain Felipe Reyes 13,997 638 22
17 Spain Salva Díez 13,862 519 27
18 Spain José Luis Llorente 13,784 474 29
19 Spain José Antonio Paraíso 13,713 551 25
20 Spain José Miguel Antúnez 13,633 601 23

ACB All-time scorers

Table updated at the end of the 2014–15 season. Players in bold represent players still in active at the Liga ACB.[13]

Pos Player Pts GP PPG
1 Spain Alberto Herreros 9759 654 14.92
2 Spain Jordi Villacampa 8991 506 17.77
3 United States Brian Jackson 8651 392 22.07
4 United States Granger Hall 8039 433 18.57
5 Spain Joan Creus 7929 585 13.55
6 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 7773 610 12.74
7 United States Joe Arlauckas 7543 365 20.67
8 Croatia Velimir Perasović 7387 354 20.87
9 Spain Felipe Reyes 7046 638 11.04
10 Spain Epi 7029 422 16.66
11 United States Darryl Middleton 6425 398 16.14
12 United States Andre Turner 6405 378 16.94
13 Spain Rafael Jofresa 6327 756 8.37
14 United States Richard Scott 6199 350 17.71
15 United States John Pinone 6175 332 18.60
16 United States Bernard Hopkins 6088 456 13.35
17 Spain Álex Mumbrú 6080 577 10.54
18 United States Claude Riley 6074 308 19.72
19 Spain Xavi Fernández 6042 499 12.11
20 Dominican Republic Chicho Sibilio 6010 348 17.27

ACB records

Fran Vázquez holds the record for most blocks in an ACB game, 12

Spanish clubs in European competitions

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Euroleague Eurocup Saporta Cup EuroChallenge Korać Cup
C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF C RU SF
Real Madrid 9 9 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
FC Barcelona 2 5 9 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3
Joventut Badalona 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 3
Baskonia 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Málaga 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Estudiantes 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
Valencia 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bilbao 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gran Canaria 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Girona 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sevilla 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Picadero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Círculo Católico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Valladolid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cáceres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Other competitions

Notes

  1. ↑ Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa aθeˈβe].
  2. ↑ Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa eŋˈdesa].
  3. ↑ Includes CB Caja de Ronda results
  4. ↑ Includes old CB Canarias results

References

  1. 1 2 "El CB Tizona denuncia las "desproporcionadas" condiciones exigidas por ACB en Madrid" (in Spanish). CB Tizona. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "El arduo camino que le queda a Burgos hacia la ACB: 4,7 millones, SAD y un nuevo pabellón" (in Spanish). Marca. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Menorca Bàsquet SAD no presenta la documentación para jugar la Liga Endesa ACB.com 28 June 2012
  4. ↑ La ACB adquiere la plaza vacante del Lucentum y la asigna al CB Canarias ACB.com 20 July 2012
  5. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial sobre la situación del Burgos" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Comunicado oficial de la asamblea de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "La ACB alcanza un preacuerdo con el Ourense para su inscripción en la Liga Endesa 2016/17" (in Spanish). RTVE. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Competencia elimina el canon de ingreso en una ACB “fosilizada”" (in Spanish). El Español. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lassa Tyres, nuevo patrocinador principal de las secciones del FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "ICL sera el patrocinador principal del Bàsquet Manresa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "¡Nace el RETAbet.es GBC!" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 4 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Top minutes played at ACB.com
  13. ↑ Top scorers at ACB.com

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