2021–22 ACB season

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The 2021–22 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was 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 ended on 19 June 2022 with the finals.

Season2021–22
Games played327
Teams18
Season MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa
Quick facts Liga Endesa1, Season ...
Liga Endesa1
Season2021–22
Games played327
Teams18
Regular season
Season MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa
RelegatedMoraBanc Andorra
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Finals
ChampionsReal Madrid
14th ACB title
36th Spanish title
Runners-upBarça
SemifinalistsJoventut
Bitci Baskonia
Finals MVPCape Verde Edy Tavares
Statistical leaders
Points Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa 20.1
Rebounds Dominican Republic Ángel Delgado 8.5
Assists United States Shannon Evans 6.8
Records
Biggest home winJoventut 105–61 Manresa
(9 October 2021)
Biggest away winBetis 64–106 Manresa
(26 September 2021)
Highest scoringBarça 108–97 Real Madrid
(10 April 2022)
Winning streak10 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak7 games
Casademont Zaragoza
Highest attendance12,315
Real Madrid 81–74 Barça
(19 June 2022)
Lowest attendance956
Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja
(23 September 2021)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.
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Barça was the defending champion which lost the final series 1–3 to Real Madrid which reclaimed a record 36th Spanish title and their 14th ACB title ending a 3-year drought after their last triumph in 2019.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contested 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

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
BarçaLithuania Šarūnas JasikevičiusSpain Pierre OriolaNikeAssistència Sanitària
Baxi ManresaSpain Pedro MartínezSpain Guillem JouPentexBaxi
Bitci BaskoniaCroatia Neven SpahijaUruguay Jayson GrangerKelmeBitci
Casademont ZaragozaSerbia Dragan ŠakotaSpain Rodrigo San MiguelMercuryCasademont
Coosur Real BetisSpain Luis CasimiroSpain Pablo AlmazánKappaCoosur
Gran CanariaSpain Porfirio FisacSerbia Oliver StevićSpalding
Hereda San Pablo BurgosSpain Paco OlmosBrazil Vítor BeniteGivovaInmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
JoventutSpain Carles DuranSpain Albert VenturaSpaldingFundación Probitas
Lenovo TenerifeSpain Txus VidorretaBrazil Marcelo HuertasAustralLenovo, Tenerife
Monbus ObradoiroSpain Moncho FernándezSpain Álvaro MuñozDeportes CanedaEstrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc AndorraSpain Óscar QuintanaAndorra Guillem ColomHummelMoraBanc, Andorra
Real MadridSpain Pablo LasoSpain Sergio LlullAdidasPalladium Hotel Group
Río BreogánCroatia Veljko MršićBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan MusaWiboEstrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao BasketSpain Álex MumbrúFrance Jonathan RousselleHummelSurne Seguros
UCAM MurciaSpain Sito AlonsoDominican Republic Sadiel RojasHummelUCAM, Costa Cálida
UnicajaSpain Ibon NavarroSpain Carlos SuárezJomaUnicaja, Málaga
Urbas FuenlabradaSpain Josep María RaventósDemocratic Republic of the Congo Christian EyengaPentexURBAS Grupo Financiero
Valencia BasketSpain Joan PeñarroyaMontenegro Bojan DubljevićLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo[a]
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Casademont ZaragozaSpain Luis CasimiroEnd of contract17 June 2021[21]Pre-seasonSpain Jaume Ponsarnau17 June 2021[21]
Valencia BasketSpain Jaume Ponsarnau17 June 2021[22]Spain Joan Peñarroya21 June 2021[23]
Hereda San Pablo BurgosSpain Joan Peñarroya17 June 2021[24]Croatia Žan Tabak30 June 2021[25]
Río BreogánSpain Diego Epifanio6 July 2021[26]Spain Paco Olmos15 July 2021[27]
Bitci BaskoniaMontenegro Duško IvanovićSacked15 November 2021[28]11th (4–6)Croatia Neven Spahija15 November 2021[29]
Hereda San Pablo BurgosCroatia Žan Tabak15 November 2021[30]14th (3–7)Spain Félix Alonso (interim)15 November 2021
Coosur Real BetisSpain Joan PlazaResigned22 November 2021[31]18th (2–9)Spain Luis Casimiro22 November 2021[32]
Hereda San Pablo BurgosSpain Félix AlonsoEnd of interim period29 November 202115th (3–8)Spain Salva Maldonado29 November 2021[33]
Río BreogánSpain Paco OlmosSigned for Hereda San Pablo Burgos9 January 2022[34]7th (8–6)Spain Javi Muñoz (interim)9 January 2022
Hereda San Pablo BurgosSpain Salva MaldonadoSacked10 January 2022[35]17th (4–11)Spain Paco Olmos10 January 2022[36]
Río BreogánSpain Javi MuñozEnd of interim period20 January 20227th (9–7)Croatia Veljko Mršić20 January 2022[37]
MoraBanc AndorraSpain Ibon NavarroSacked23 January 2022[38]16th (5–12)Spain David Eudal23 January 2022
UnicajaGreece Fotios KatsikarisSacked6 February 2022[39]13th (7–11)Spain Ibon Navarro10 February 2022[40]
Casademont ZaragozaSpain Jaume PonsarnauSacked13 March 2022[41]13th (8–15)Spain Aleix Durán (interim)13 March 2022
Casademont ZaragozaSpain Aleix DuránEnd of interim period20 March 202216th (8–16)Serbia Dragan Šakota20 March 2022[42]
MoraBanc AndorraSpain David EudalResigned18 April 2022[43]18th (8–21)Spain Óscar Quintana18 April 2022
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Regular season

League table

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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
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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)[44]

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BAX BKN CAZ BET GCA BUR CJB LNT MOB MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI URF VBC
Barça 95–96 78–91 76–63 83–63 98–80 84–69 99–84 69–65 83–67 107–88 108–97 78–69 84–62 85–78 63–73 79–69 79–87
Baxi Manresa 80–94 74–67 94–73 96–102 91–72 93–68 95–91 95–93 104–84 94–60 87–92 86–75 87–79 103–93 85–74 99–89 69–89
Bitci Baskonia 77–96 107–85 91–59 93–72 70–86 80–69 81–89 65–71 91–70 83–77 65–83 89–84 101–86 93–83 92–89 95–86 71–78
Casademont Zaragoza 76–71 98–91 97–79 82–72 76–86 54–75 63–77 62–77 80–73 80–83 65–86 79–75 80–82 91–78 93–82 74–85 70–76
Coosur Real Betis 61–78 64–106 83–87 79–69 93–86 71–74 66–77 72–81 76–87 102–98 69–71 84–81 71–88 84–93 73–79 99–83 75–68
Gran Canaria 64–82 80–82 83–77 79–76 94–70 82–89 84–71 89–77 71–69 84–78 83–91 84–86 88–86 83–100 76–59 79–60 89–83
Hereda San Pablo Burgos 69–83 82–90 62–78 78–56 76–84 77–86 92–76 73–81 77–82 81–70 70–85 62–87 104–97 84–102 89–74 66–83 65–69
Joventut 83–72 105–61 72–61 84–78 84–82 82–75 82–65 58–74 78–84 73–79 71–90 96–87 85–79 83–77 76–70 92–75 76–68
Lenovo Tenerife 60–75 94–83 78–91 90–65 99–97 98–89 91–78 72–79 86–83 79–70 72–59 96–78 89–79 87–71 87–82 87–74 78–80
Monbus Obradoiro 64–79 98–91 81–76 87–82 86–93 106–97 101–94 93–91 81–84 81–73 88–89 100–83 91–96 70–104 71–85 93–81 85–89
MoraBanc Andorra 74–86 79–82 78–79 83–92 76–93 87–71 73–71 91–72 75–77 86–73 58–86 79–86 82–72 90–89 83–74 92–84 75–76
Real Madrid 75–85 75–86 72–80 94–69 71–48 70–75 70–63 99–89 86–77 78–68 83–88 90–65 95–61 90–69 79–74 92–77 93–94
Río Breogán 72–74 98–94 89–83 82–85 97–65 76–66 105–96 87–90 92–73 80–78 83–74 71–79 86–94 94–89 93–84 97–89 99–82
Surne Bilbao Basket 68–84 89–82 62–90 76–100 98–99 95–80 87–81 71–77 87–79 80–76 74–71 79–67 83–75 78–77 83–77 85–80 84–78
UCAM Murcia 87–89 71–67 80–79 72–77 88–66 86–75 83–89 71–83 88–86 98–80 96–67 71–80 91–72 92–87 79–84 99–76 71–72
Unicaja 73–75 95–100 72–73 112–72 96–80 79–80 89–78 72–76 64–97 91–79 78–74 91–92 72–64 91–75 87–88 90–86 82–87
Urbas Fuenlabrada 69–86 90–82 84–70 77–55 77–82 87–92 91–96 82–104 104–96 93–92 91–78 85–88 88–65 87–82 105–95 53–73 88–87
Valencia Basket 86–76 90–85 67–72 81–79 81–84 91–62 84–70 71–70 92–88 91–71 81–76 79–93 97–98 100–84 86–91 90–75 97–79
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Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                      
1 Barça 93 88 2
8 Gran Canaria 82 86 0
1 Barça 89 81 83 63 3
4 Joventut 72 87 77 60 1
4 Joventut 100 76 81 2
5 Lenovo Tenerife 68 103 58 1
1 Barça 75 71 66 74 1
2 Real Madrid 88 69 81 81 3
2 Real Madrid 93 83 2
7 Baxi Manresa 76 74 0
2 Real Madrid 94 83 85 3
6 Bitci Baskonia 84 71 77 0
3 Valencia Basket 79 89 59 1
6 Bitci Baskonia 80 82 76 2

Final standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 43 33 10 Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 Barça 44 33 11
3 Joventut 41 25 16 Qualification to EuroCup
4 Bitci Baskonia 40 22 18 Already qualified to EuroLeague
5 Valencia Basket 37 24 13
6 Lenovo Tenerife 37 22 15 Qualification to Champions League regular season
7 Baxi Manresa 36 20 16
8 Gran Canaria 36 17 19 Qualification to EuroCup
9 Surne Bilbao Basket 34 16 18 Qualification to Champions League regular season
10 UCAM Murcia 34 16 18
11 Río Breogán 34 16 18 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
12 Unicaja 34 13 21
13 Coosur Real Betis 34 13 21
14 Urbas Fuenlabrada 34 12 22
15 Monbus Obradoiro 34 12 22
16 Casademont Zaragoza 34 12 22
17 MoraBanc Andorra (R) 34 11 23 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Hereda San Pablo Burgos (R) 34 10 24
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Source: ACB
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Attendances 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.[45] Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.[46]
  • October to December: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited initially the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively.[47] On October 5, 2021, Basque Country increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[48] On October 15, 2021, Catalonia increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[49]
  • January: 50% of capacity allowed.[50]
  • February: 75% of capacity allowed.[51]
  • March to June: 100% of capacity allowed.[52]

Average attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 133,795 9,568 3,550 7,870
2 Bitci Baskonia 128,691 10,038 5,062 6,773
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 100,809 8,487 2,747 5,930
4 Joventut 120,768 12,166 2,362 5,751
5 Real Madrid 125,608 12,315 2,648 5,709
6 Casademont Zaragoza 87,753 7,347 3,128 5,162
7 Barça 110,777 7,438 2,284 5,035
8 UCAM Murcia 81,916 6,660 2,036 4,819
9 Valencia Basket 84,367 7,909 2,908 4,440
10 Monbus Obradoiro 72,216 5,415 2,200 4,248
11 Unicaja 72,038 6,257 2,473 4,238
12 Río Breogán 71,451 5,280 2,086 4,203
13 Gran Canaria 74,748 7,029 1,549 4,153
14 Coosur Real Betis 66,858 5,850 1,286 3,933
15 Baxi Manresa 67,572 5,000 1,400 3,754
16 Urbas Fuenlabrada 62,573 4,985 1,711 3,681
17 Lenovo Tenerife 62,378 5,133 956 3,465
18 MoraBanc Andorra 47,765 5,000 1,500 2,810
League total 1,572,083 12,315 956 4,808
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Source: ACB

Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 ACB season.

MVP

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
SFBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan MusaRío Breogán
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Source: [53]

Finals MVP

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
CCape Verde Edy TavaresReal Madrid
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Source: [54]

All-ACB Teams

Source: [55][56]

Best Young Player Award

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
SFSpain Joel ParraJoventut
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Source: [57]

Best All-Young Team

Source: [58]

Best Defender Award

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Pos. Player Team
CCape Verde Edy TavaresReal Madrid
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Source: [59]

Player of the round

Source: [60]

Player of the month

More information Month, Rounds ...
Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September1–3Spain Nikola MirotićBarça27.73–0[61]
October4–8Cape Verde Edy TavaresReal Madrid20.24–1[62]
November9–11Uruguay Jayson GrangerBitci Baskonia252–1[63]
December12–15Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan MusaRío Breogán343–1[64]
January16–17United States James WebbUCAM Murcia24.51–1[65]
February21–22Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa (2)Río Breogán30.51–1[66]
March23–26Georgia (country) Giorgi ShermadiniLenovo Tenerife24.44–1[67]
April27–30Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini (2)Lenovo Tenerife27.44–3[68]
May31–34United States Shannon EvansCoosur Real Betis373–0[69]
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Source: [70]

ACB clubs in international competitions

More information Team, Competition ...
Euroleague Basketball competitions
TeamCompetitionProgressResultW–L
Real MadridEuroLeagueChampionship gameLoss vs. Turkish Basketball Federation Anadolu Efes22–11
SemifinalsWin vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Barcelona
Playoffs3–0 vs. Israeli Basketball Association Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Regular season4th of 15 teams (18–10)
BarçaThird place gameWin vs. Hellenic Basketball Federation Olympiacos25–10
SemifinalsLoss vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Real Madrid
Playoffs3–2 vs. German Basketball Federation Bayern Munich
Regular season1st of 15 teams (21–7)
Bitci BaskoniaRegular season9th of 15 teams (12–16)12–16
Valencia BasketEuroCupSemifinalsLoss vs. Italian Basketball Federation Virtus Segafredo Bologna14–7
QuarterfinalsWin vs. French Federation of Basketball Metropolitans 92
EighthfinalsWin vs. German Basketball Federation Hamburg Towers
Regular season Group B2nd of 10 teams (12–6)
MoraBanc AndorraSemifinalsLoss vs. Turkish Basketball Federation Frutti Extra Bursaspor12–7
QuarterfinalsWin vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Gran Canaria
EighthfinalsWin vs. Basketball Federation of Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Regular season Group A4th of 10 teams (10–6)
Gran CanariaQuarterfinalsLoss vs. Spanish Basketball Federation MoraBanc Andorra13–7
EighthfinalsWin vs. Polish Basketball Federation Śląsk Wrocław
Regular season Group B1st of 10 teams (12–6)
JoventutEighthfinalsLoss vs. German Basketball Federation ratiopharm Ulm12–5
Regular season Group A1st of 10 teams (12–4)
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More information Team, Competition ...
FIBA competitions
TeamCompetitionProgressResultW–L
Hereda San Pablo BurgosIntercontinental CupFinalLoss vs. Brazil Flamengo1–1
Semi-finalsWin vs. Egypt Zamalek
Champions LeaguePlay-ins1–2 vs. Turkish Basketball Federation Darüşşafaka5–4
Regular season Group H2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Lenovo TenerifeFinalWin vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Baxi Manresa16–3
Semi-finalsWin vs. Israeli Basketball Association Hapoel Holon
Quarter-finals2–0 vs. Turkish Basketball Federation Tofaş
Round of 16 Group L1st of 4 teams (6–0)
Play-ins2–1 vs. Turkish Basketball Federation Pınar Karşıyaka
Regular season Group A2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Baxi ManresaFinalLoss vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Lenovo Tenerife12–4
Semi-finalsWin vs. German Basketball Federation MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Quarter-finals2–0 vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Unicaja
Round of 16 Group J1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Regular season Group B1st of 4 teams (5–1)
UnicajaQuarter-finals0–2 vs. Spanish Basketball Federation Baxi Manresa6–6
Round of 16 Group K2nd of 3 teams (2–2)
Regular season Group C1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Casademont ZaragozaFIBA Europe CupRegular season Group D3rd of 4 teams (2–4)2–4
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Notes

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

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