Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto

Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto

Abbreviation	ACB
Formation	March 3, 1982 (1982-03-03)
Type	Sports association
Headquarters	Barcelona, Spain
Region served	Spain
Membership	18 basketball clubs
President	Francisco Roca Pérez
Secretary-General	M. Esther Queraltó Tolsau
Main organ	General Assembly
Affiliations	Union of European Leagues of Basketball
Website	www.acb.com

The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto^{[lower-alpha 1]} (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the main professional basketball league in Spain - the Liga Endesa. The organisation was founded in 1982.

Competition

The 18 member clubs of the ACB are grouped into the Liga Endesa. In any given season a club plays each of the others in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. This makes for a total of 34 games played each season in Liga Endesa.

Clubs gain two points for a win, one for a defeat. If points are equal, the head-to-head records determine the winner. If still equal, the point difference and then points scored become the deciding factors. At the end of each season, the 8 clubs with the most points in the Liga Endesa plays the playoffs and the winner of the playoffs is crowned champion. At the lower end, two club are relegated to the LEB Oro, while two teams from the LEB Oro join the Liga Endesa in their stead.

Organisation

General Assembly

The General Assembly is the deliberative assembly of the ACB. It is composed of the 18 basketball clubs and public limited sports companies (Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D.) that make up the Liga Endesa. Each club/S.A.D. is usually represented by its respective president.

President

The President, along with the other members of the Executive Committee, is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. The current president is Francisco Roca Pérez, who was elected to the post on May 24, 2014 for one year and re-elected in 2015 for four years.

Notes

↑ Spanish pronunciation: [asoθjaˈθjoŋ deˈkluβes espaˈɲoles de βaloŋˈθesto].

External links

Official website

Basketball in Spain

National teams

Men	Spain U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 3x3 Wheelchair basketball

Women	Spain 3x3

League competitions

Men	ACB LEB Oro LEB Plata Liga EBA Primera División

Women	LF LF 2

Wheelchair	División de Honor

Cup competitions

Men	Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Copa Príncipe de Asturias ACB (defunct) Copa Princesa de Asturias Copa LEB Plata

Women	Copa de la Reina Supercopa de España

Regional cups

Regional teams

Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month ACB contests

2015–16 Liga ACB teams	Baloncesto Sevilla CAI Zaragoza Dominion Bilbao Basket FC Barcelona Lassa FIATC Joventut Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife ICL Manresa Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet.es GBC Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Universidad Católica de Murcia Unicaja Valencia Basket

Liga ACB seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Liga ACB playoffs	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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