1958–59 Liga Española de Baloncesto

Liga Española de Baloncesto
Liga Española de Baloncesto
Season	1958–59
Teams	12
Games played	132
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona; (1st title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Johnny Báez
Records
Biggest home win	Barcelona 84–37 ; (7 March 1959)
Biggest away win	Real Canoe 43–84 ; (25 January 1959)
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 84–69 Estudiantes; (14 December 1958)
Winning streak	13 games; Barcelona
Losing streak	10 games; Real Canoe
	← 1958 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 season was the third season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. Barcelona won their title.

Teams[]

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
	Bilbao		—
Aismalíbar	Montcada i Reixac	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Barcelona	Barcelona	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Español	Barcelona	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Estudiantes	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500
Hesperia	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500
	Zaragoza		—
Juventud	Badalona		—
	Barcelona	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
	Sabadell	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Real Canoe	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500
Real Madrid	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Barcelona (C)	22	20	0	2	1313	1102	+211	40	Qualification to FIBA European Champions Cup
2	Real Madrid	22	19	0	3	1365	1113	+252	38
3	Juventud	22	17	0	5	1231	1009	+222	34
4		22	14	0	8	1221	1065	+156	28
5	Aismalíbar	22	13	0	9	1135	1050	+85	26
6	Estudiantes	22	12	2	8	1141	1115	+26	26
7	Español	22	9	0	13	1177	1258	−81	18
8	Hesperia	22	8	1	13	1310	1228	+82	17
9		22	8	0	14	1089	1258	−169	16
10	(R)	22	4	2	16	1082	1251	−169	10	Relegation playoffs
11	(R)	22	3	0	19	1014	1325	−311	6
12	Real Canoe (O)	22	2	1	19	1019	1323	−304	5

Source: Linguasport
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Team 1	Series	Game 1	Game 2
	2–0	48–40	40–39
	2–0	63–48	59–53
Real Canoe	2–0	47–33	69–57

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Johnny Báez	Real Madrid	22	445	20.2
2	Emiliano Rodríguez	Aismalíbar	22	381	17.3
3		Español	22	359	16.3
4	Alfonso Martínez	Barcelona	22	349	15.9
5			22	332	15.1