2021–22 ACB season

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The 2021–22 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 18 September 2021 with the first round of the regular season and will end on June 2022 with the finals.

Liga Endesa1
Season2021–22
Number of games90
Number of teams18
Records
Biggest home winJoventut 105–61 Manresa
(9 October 2021)
Biggest away winBetis 64–106 Manresa
(26 September 2021)
Highest scoringBetis 102–98 Andorra
(18 September 2021)
Winning streak9 games
Barça
Losing streak6 games
Coosur Real Betis
Highest attendance10,083
Baskonia 65–83 Real Madrid
(31 October 2021)
Lowest attendance956
Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja
(23 September 2021)
Attendance351,018 (3,900 per match)
2022–23
All statistics correct as of 14 November 2021.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2020–21 season and one promoted from the 2020–21 LEB Oro.

Team promoted from LEB Oro
Teams relegated to LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2021–22 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[3]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000[4]
Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,716[5]
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744[6]
Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo 7,242[7]
Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[8]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,000[9]
Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760[10]
Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100[11]
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,000[12]
MoraBanc Andorra   Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra 5,005[13]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109[14]
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310[15]
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014[16]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454[17]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,642[18]
Urbas Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700[19]
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500[20]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Barça   Šarūnas Jasikevičius   Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baxi Manresa   Pedro Martínez   Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi
Bitci Baskonia   Neven Spahija   Jayson Granger Kelme Bitci
Casademont Zaragoza   Jaume Ponsarnau   Rodrigo San Miguel Mercury Casademont
Coosur Real Betis   Joan Plaza   Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur
Gran Canaria   Porfirio Fisac   Oliver Stević Spalding
Hereda San Pablo Burgos   Žan Tabak   Vítor Benite Hummel Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
Joventut   Carles Duran   Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas
Lenovo Tenerife   Txus Vidorreta   Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro   Moncho Fernández   Álvaro Muñoz Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra   Ibon Navarro   Guillem Colom Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid   Pablo Laso   Sergio Llull Adidas Palladium Hotel Group
Río Breogán   Paco Olmos   Salva Arco Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket   Álex Mumbrú   Jonathan Rousselle Hummel Surne Seguros
UCAM Murcia   Sito Alonso   Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida
Unicaja   Fotios Katsikaris   Carlos Suárez Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Urbas Fuenlabrada   Josep María Raventós   Christian Eyenga Pentex URBAS Grupo Financiero
Valencia Basket   Joan Peñarroya   Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo[a]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Casademont Zaragoza   Luis Casimiro End of contract 17 June 2021[21] Pre-season   Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021[21]
Valencia Basket   Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021[22]   Joan Peñarroya 21 June 2021[23]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos   Joan Peñarroya 17 June 2021[24]   Žan Tabak 30 June 2021[25]
Río Breogán   Diego Epifanio 6 July 2021[26]   Paco Olmos 15 July 2021[27]
Bitci Baskonia   Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021[28] 11th (4–6)   Neven Spahija 16 November 2021[29]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça 34 27 7 2833 2539 +294 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 34 25 9 2840 2580 +260
3 Valencia Basket 34 23 11 2827 2702 +125
4 Joventut 34 22 12 2776 2666 +110
5 Lenovo Tenerife 34 21 13 2819 2685 +134
6 Bitci Baskonia 34 20 14 2777 2675 +102
7 Baxi Manresa 34 20 14 2995 2905 +90
8 Gran Canaria 34 17 17 2750 2798 −48
9 Surne Bilbao Basket 34 16 18 2768 2886 −118
10 UCAM Murcia 34 16 18 2900 2822 +78
11 Río Breogán 34 16 18 2831 2849 −18
12 Unicaja 34 13 21 2742 2741 +1
13 Coosur Real Betis 34 13 21 2674 2883 −209
14 Urbas Fuenlabrada 34 12 22 2807 2938 −131
15 Monbus Obradoiro 34 12 22 2792 2930 −138
16 Casademont Zaragoza 34 12 22 2570 2783 −213
17 MoraBanc Andorra 34 11 23 2665 2813 −148 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 34 10 24 2632 2803 −171
Source: ACB
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[30]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Real Madrid5212222221
Barça4421111112
Lenovo Tenerife1812813846643
Gran Canaria711941054354
UCAM Murcia15647533535
Joventut6959475466
Valencia Basket12711611107887
Baxi Manresa1415105121212998
Río Breogán1133368779
Unicaja281286910101210
Bitci Baskonia85711789111011
Casademont Zaragoza33614141413141112
MoraBanc Andorra10171817161316131413
Hereda San Pablo Burgos1618141091111121314
Monbus Obradoiro17101512131514151515
Surne Bilbao Basket13161718181717171716
Urbas Fuenlabrada11141315151615161617
Coosur Real Betis9131616171818181818
Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs
Relegation to LEB Oro
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2021. Source: ACB

Results

Home \ Away BAR BAX BKN CAZ BET GCA BUR CJB LNT MOB MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI URF VBC
Barça 76–63 78–69 85–78 79–69 79–87
Baxi Manresa 74–67 86–75 87–79 85–74 69–89
Bitci Baskonia 65–71 91–70 65–83 92–89 95–86
Casademont Zaragoza 98–91 82–72 54–75 79–75 70–76
Coosur Real Betis 61–78 64–106 72–81 76–87 102–98
Gran Canaria 64–82 83–77 79–76 94–70 84–71
Hereda San Pablo Burgos 82–90 81–70 62–87 65–69
Joventut 105–61 72–61 84–78 82–65 73–79 85–79
Lenovo Tenerife 90–65 72–79 79–70 89–79 87–82
Monbus Obradoiro 64–79 93–91 81–84 70–104 93–81
MoraBanc Andorra 87–71 58–86 90–89 83–74 75–76
Real Madrid 70–75 70–63 86–77 78–68 95–61
Río Breogán 97–65 76–66 92–73 71–79 94–89
Surne Bilbao Basket 68–84 76–100 87–81 80–76 85–80
UCAM Murcia 80–79 88–66 92–87 79–84 99–76
Unicaja 73–75 79–80 89–78 91–79 72–64
Urbas Fuenlabrada 90–82 87–92 91–96 91–78 85–88
Valencia Basket 67–72 81–84 71–70 79–93 86–91
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2021. Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Attendance to arenas

Restrictions

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs were not allowed to use the total capacity of their arenas. According to the progress of the pandemic, the capacity allowed each month was decided by the Government of Spain, in agreement with the Autonomous Communities.

  • September: 40% of capacity allowed.[31] Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.[32]
  • October: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively.[33]

Average attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 Bitci Baskonia 34,961 10,038 5,612 6,992
2 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 26,671 7,793 3,550 6,668
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 19,280 6,614 2,747 4,820
4 Valencia Basket 22,400 6,368 3,000 4,480
5 Casademont Zaragoza 22,116 5,127 3,480 4,423
6 Unicaja 16,486 6,082 2,905 4,122
7 UCAM Murcia 19,284 4,376 2,036 3,857
8 Real Madrid 19,133 5,105 2,648 3,827
9 Monbus Obradoiro 18,898 4,572 2,200 3,780
10 Río Breogán 18,545 4,228 2,086 3,709
11 Gran Canaria 14,109 4,953 1,751 3,527
12 Joventut 15,496 3,672 2,362 3,099
13 Urbas Fuenlabrada 11,308 4,671 1,711 2,827
14 Barça 11,074 3,759 2,284 2,769
15 Coosur Real Betis 10,841 4,107 1,286 2,710
16 Baxi Manresa 10,552 3,357 1,400 2,638
17 Lenovo Tenerife 11,334 3,362 956 2,267
18 MoraBanc Andorra 8,602 2,575 1,500 2,151
League total 311,090 10,038 956 3,841

Updated to games played on 7 November 2021
Source: ACB

Awards

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1   Džanan Musa Río Breogán 35
2   Nikola Mirotić Barça 36
  Bruno Fitipaldo Lenovo Tenerife
3   Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 32
4   Laurynas Birutis Monbus Obradoiro 30
5   Rokas Giedraitis Bitci Baskonia 26
6   Amine Noua MoraBanc Andorra 31
7   Clevin Hannah MoraBanc Andorra 35
8   Klemen Prepelič Valencia Basket 29
9   Tadas Sedekerskis Bitci Baskonia 35
10   Clevin Hannah (2) MoraBanc Andorra 30
  Ante Tomić Joventut

Source: [34]

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September 1–3   Nikola Mirotić Barça 27.7 3–0 [35]
October 4–8   Edy Tavares Real Madrid 20.2 4–1 [36]

Source: [37]

Notes

  1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

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