1957 Liga Española de Baloncesto

The 1957 Liga Española de Baloncesto season was the first season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The season ended with Real Madrid winning their first championship.

Teams[]

The league was composed by 6 teams and played with a double round-robin format. The league was played in 50 days (March 31–May 19) at only two venues: Fiesta Alegre in Madrid and Palacio de los Deportes in Barcelona.^[1]

Venues and locations[]

League table[]

Results[]

Home \ Away	AIS	BAR	EST	JOV		RMB
Aismalíbar	—	45–43	65–46	43–47	49–56	65–58
Barcelona	59–52	—	58–53	52–39	48–55	60–50
Estudiantes	48–74	50–59	—	78–74	61–79	68–63
Juventud	40–53	38–42	62–69	—	65–50	49–80
	56–49	59–71	52–51	53–45	—	73–75
Real Madrid	73–41	73–55	76–61	72–61	86–60	—

Source: Linguasport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Individual statistics[]

Points[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Alfonso Martínez	Real Madrid	10	180	18
2			10	176	17.6
3	Joaquín Hernández	Real Madrid	10	162	16.2
4		Barcelona	10	134	13.4
5		Estudiantes	10	132	13.2

References[]

1. ^ "Un paseo por la primera liga" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

• ACB.com (in Spanish)
• 60th anniversary dossier at FEB.es (in Spanish)
• linguasport (in Spanish)