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.
| Liga Endesa1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2021–22 | |||||||||
| Games played | 327 | |||||||||
| Teams | 18 | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season MVP | ||||||||||
| Relegated | MoraBanc Andorra Hereda San Pablo Burgos | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Real Madrid 14th ACB title 36th Spanish title | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Barça | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Joventut Bitci Baskonia | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | ||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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| Records | ||||||||||
| Biggest home win | Joventut 105–61 Manresa (9 October 2021) | |||||||||
| Biggest away win | Betis 64–106 Manresa (26 September 2021) | |||||||||
| Highest scoring | Barça 108–97 Real Madrid (10 April 2022) | |||||||||
| Winning streak | 10 games Real Madrid | |||||||||
| Losing streak | 7 games Casademont Zaragoza | |||||||||
| Highest attendance | 12,315 Real Madrid 81–74 Barça (19 June 2022) | |||||||||
| Lowest attendance | 956 Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja (23 September 2021) | |||||||||
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. | ||||||||||
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
| 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 | 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 | Nike | Assistència Sanitària | ||
| Baxi Manresa | Pentex | Baxi | ||
| Bitci Baskonia | Kelme | Bitci | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Mercury | Casademont | ||
| Coosur Real Betis | Kappa | Coosur | ||
| Gran Canaria | Spalding | |||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Givova | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos | ||
| Joventut | Spalding | Fundación Probitas | ||
| Lenovo Tenerife | Austral | Lenovo, Tenerife | ||
| Monbus Obradoiro | Deportes Caneda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | ||
| MoraBanc Andorra | Hummel | MoraBanc, Andorra | ||
| Real Madrid | Adidas | Palladium Hotel Group | ||
| Río Breogán | Wibo | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | ||
| Surne Bilbao Basket | Hummel | Surne Seguros | ||
| UCAM Murcia | Hummel | UCAM, Costa Cálida | ||
| Unicaja | Joma | Unicaja, Málaga | ||
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | Pentex | URBAS Grupo Financiero | ||
| Valencia Basket | 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 | End of contract | 17 June 2021[21] | Pre-season | 17 June 2021[21] | ||
| Valencia Basket | 17 June 2021[22] | 21 June 2021[23] | ||||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 17 June 2021[24] | 30 June 2021[25] | ||||
| Río Breogán | 6 July 2021[26] | 15 July 2021[27] | ||||
| Bitci Baskonia | Sacked | 15 November 2021[28] | 11th (4–6) | 15 November 2021[29] | ||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 15 November 2021[30] | 14th (3–7) | 15 November 2021 | |||
| Coosur Real Betis | Resigned | 22 November 2021[31] | 18th (2–9) | 22 November 2021[32] | ||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | End of interim period | 29 November 2021 | 15th (3–8) | 29 November 2021[33] | ||
| Río Breogán | Signed for Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 9 January 2022[34] | 7th (8–6) | 9 January 2022 | ||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Sacked | 10 January 2022[35] | 17th (4–11) | 10 January 2022[36] | ||
| Río Breogán | End of interim period | 20 January 2022 | 7th (9–7) | 20 January 2022[37] | ||
| MoraBanc Andorra | Sacked | 23 January 2022[38] | 16th (5–12) | 23 January 2022 | ||
| Unicaja | Sacked | 6 February 2022[39] | 13th (7–11) | 10 February 2022[40] | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Sacked | 13 March 2022[41] | 13th (8–15) | 13 March 2022 | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | End of interim period | 20 March 2022 | 16th (8–16) | 20 March 2022[42] | ||
| MoraBanc Andorra | Resigned | 18 April 2022[43] | 18th (8–21) | 18 April 2022 |
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 |
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
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
| 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 |
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
| 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 |
Source: ACB
Awards
All official awards of the 2021–22 ACB season.
MVP
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SF | Río Breogán |
Source: [53]
Finals MVP
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Real Madrid |
Source: [54]
All-ACB Teams
Best Young Player Award
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SF | Joventut |
Source: [57]
Best All-Young Team
Source: [58]
Best Defender Award
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Real Madrid |
Source: [59]
Player of the round
Source: [60]
Player of the month
| Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | W–L | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | 1–3 | Barça | 27.7 | 3–0 | [61] | |
| October | 4–8 | Real Madrid | 20.2 | 4–1 | [62] | |
| November | 9–11 | Bitci Baskonia | 25 | 2–1 | [63] | |
| December | 12–15 | Río Breogán | 34 | 3–1 | [64] | |
| January | 16–17 | UCAM Murcia | 24.5 | 1–1 | [65] | |
| February | 21–22 | Río Breogán | 30.5 | 1–1 | [66] | |
| March | 23–26 | Lenovo Tenerife | 24.4 | 4–1 | [67] | |
| April | 27–30 | Lenovo Tenerife | 27.4 | 4–3 | [68] | |
| May | 31–34 | Coosur Real Betis | 37 | 3–0 | [69] |
Source: [70]
ACB clubs in international competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Intercontinental Cup | Final | Loss vs. | 1–1 |
| Semi-finals | Win vs. | |||
| Champions League | Play-ins | 1–2 vs. | 5–4 | |
| Regular season Group H | 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) | |||
| Lenovo Tenerife | Final | Win vs. | 16–3 | |
| Semi-finals | Win vs. | |||
| Quarter-finals | 2–0 vs. | |||
| Round of 16 Group L | 1st of 4 teams (6–0) | |||
| Play-ins | 2–1 vs. | |||
| Regular season Group A | 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) | |||
| Baxi Manresa | Final | Loss vs. | 12–4 | |
| Semi-finals | Win vs. | |||
| Quarter-finals | 2–0 vs. | |||
| Round of 16 Group J | 1st of 4 teams (4–2) | |||
| Regular season Group B | 1st of 4 teams (5–1) | |||
| Unicaja | Quarter-finals | 0–2 vs. | 6–6 | |
| Round of 16 Group K | 2nd of 3 teams (2–2) | |||
| Regular season Group C | 1st of 4 teams (4–2) | |||
| Casademont Zaragoza | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season Group D | 3rd of 4 teams (2–4) | 2–4 |
Notes
- Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.