2021–22 ACB season

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Liga Endesa1
Season2021–22
Teams18
Games played188
Records
Biggest home winJoventut 105–61 Manresa
(9 October 2021)
Biggest away winBetis 64–106 Manresa
(26 September 2021)
Highest scoringBurgos 104–97 Bilbao
(16 February 2022)
Winning streak10 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak6 games
Coosur Real Betis
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Gran Canaria
Highest attendance10,038
Baskonia 65–83 Real Madrid
(31 October 2021)
Lowest attendance956
Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja
(23 September 2021)
Attendance774,562 (4,120 per match)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 6 March 2022.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

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 in June 2022 with the finals.

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[]

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Location of teams in 2021–22 ACB
2021–22 ACB season is located in Canary Islands
Tenerife
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria
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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 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 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius Spain Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baxi Manresa Spain Pedro Martínez Spain Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi
Bitci Baskonia Croatia Neven Spahija Uruguay Jayson Granger Kelme Bitci
Casademont Zaragoza Spain Jaume Ponsarnau Spain Rodrigo San Miguel Mercury Casademont
Coosur Real Betis Spain Luis Casimiro Spain Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur
Gran Canaria Spain Porfirio Fisac Serbia Oliver Stević Spalding
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain Paco Olmos Brazil Vítor Benite Hummel Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
Joventut Spain Carles Duran Spain Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas
Lenovo Tenerife Spain Txus Vidorreta Brazil Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro Spain Moncho Fernández Spain Álvaro Muñoz Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra Spain David Eudal Andorra Guillem Colom Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Spain Pablo Laso Spain Sergio Llull Adidas Palladium Hotel Group
Río Breogán Croatia Veljko Mršić Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Spain Álex Mumbrú France Jonathan Rousselle Hummel Surne Seguros
UCAM Murcia Spain Sito Alonso Dominican Republic Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida
Unicaja Spain Ibon Navarro Spain Carlos Suárez Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Urbas Fuenlabrada Spain Josep María Raventós Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian Eyenga Pentex URBAS Grupo Financiero
Valencia Basket Spain Joan Peñarroya Montenegro 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 Spain Luis Casimiro End of contract 17 June 2021[21] Pre-season Spain Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021[21]
Valencia Basket Spain Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021[22] Spain Joan Peñarroya 21 June 2021[23]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain Joan Peñarroya 17 June 2021[24] Croatia Žan Tabak 30 June 2021[25]
Río Breogán Spain Diego Epifanio 6 July 2021[26] Spain Paco Olmos 15 July 2021[27]
Bitci Baskonia Montenegro Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021[28] 11th (4–6) Croatia Neven Spahija 15 November 2021[29]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Croatia Žan Tabak 15 November 2021[30] 14th (3–7) Spain Félix Alonso (interim) 15 November 2021
Coosur Real Betis Spain Joan Plaza Resigned 22 November 2021[31] 18th (2–9) Spain Luis Casimiro 22 November 2021[32]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain Félix Alonso End of interim period 29 November 2021 15th (3–8) Spain Salva Maldonado 29 November 2021[33]
Río Breogán Spain Paco Olmos Signed for Hereda San Pablo Burgos 9 January 2022[34] 7th (8–6) Spain Javi Muñoz (interim) 9 January 2022
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain Salva Maldonado Sacked 10 January 2022[35] 17th (4–11) Spain Paco Olmos 10 January 2022[36]
Río Breogán Spain Javi Muñoz End of interim period 20 January 2022 7th (9–7) Croatia Veljko Mršić 20 January 2022[37]
MoraBanc Andorra Spain Ibon Navarro Sacked 23 January 2022[38] 16th (5–12) Spain David Eudal 23 January 2022
Unicaja Greece Fotios Katsikaris Sacked 6 February 2022[39] 13th (7–11) Spain Ibon Navarro 10 February 2022[40]

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça 22 18 4 1841 1621 +220 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 23 18 5 1920 1695 +225
3 Baxi Manresa 23 15 8 1988 1898 +90
4 Joventut 23 15 8 1865 1798 +67
5 Valencia Basket 22 14 8 1834 1760 +74
6 Lenovo Tenerife 21 13 8 1719 1649 +70
7 UCAM Murcia 21 12 9 1814 1721 +93
8 Bitci Baskonia 23 12 11 1843 1837 +6
9 Río Breogán 22 11 11 1851 1800 +51
10 Gran Canaria 22 11 11 1723 1767 −44
11 Surne Bilbao Basket 22 11 11 1821 1884 −63
12 Unicaja 22 8 14 1785 1760 +25
13 Monbus Obradoiro 23 8 15 1855 1973 −118
14 Casademont Zaragoza 23 8 15 1766 1914 −148
15 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 22 7 15 1707 1831 −124
16 MoraBanc Andorra 23 7 16 1822 1913 −91
17 Urbas Fuenlabrada 23 7 16 1885 1996 −111 Relegation to
18 Coosur Real Betis 22 6 16 1655 1877 −222
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2022. 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)[41]

Results[]

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 99–84 83–67 107–88 78–69 85–78 79–69 79–87
Baxi Manresa — 74–67 94–73 91–72 93–68 95–93 104–84 87–92 86–75 87–79 85–74 99–89 69–89
Bitci Baskonia — 93–72 80–69 65–71 91–70 83–77 65–83 101–86 92–89 95–86
Casademont Zaragoza 98–91 97–79 — 82–72 76–86 54–75 65–86 79–75 91–78 93–82 74–85 70–76
Coosur Real Betis 61–78 64–106 83–87 — 71–74 72–81 76–87 102–98 84–81 71–88 73–79 99–83
Gran Canaria 64–82 80–82 83–77 79–76 94–70 — 82–89 84–71 71–69 83–100 79–60
Hereda San Pablo Burgos 69–83 82–90 76–84 — 73–81 81–70 62–87 104–97 84–102 65–69
Joventut 105–61 72–61 84–78 84–82 82–65 — 58–74 73–79 71–90 96–87 85–79 83–77
Lenovo Tenerife 60–75 90–65 98–89 72–79 — 86–83 79–70 89–79 87–71 87–82 78–80
Monbus Obradoiro 64–79 87–82 86–93 101–94 93–91 81–84 — 81–73 100–83 91–96 70–104 93–81
MoraBanc Andorra 79–82 78–79 83–92 87–71 91–72 86–73 — 58–86 79–86 90–89 83–74 75–76
Real Madrid 75–85 72–80 94–69 71–48 70–75 70–63 86–77 78–68 83–88 — 95–61 79–74 93–94
Río Breogán 89–83 97–65 76–66 87–90 92–73 83–74 71–79 — 94–89 97–89 99–82
Surne Bilbao Basket 68–84 89–82 76–100 95–80 87–81 71–77 80–76 74–71 83–75 — 83–77 85–80
UCAM Murcia 71–67 80–79 88–66 88–86 71–80 92–87 — 79–84 99–76
Unicaja 73–75 112–72 79–80 89–78 72–76 91–79 91–92 72–64 87–88 — 90–86 82–87
Urbas Fuenlabrada 90–82 84–70 77–55 87–92 91–96 82–104 104–96 91–78 85–88 53–73 — 88–87
Valencia Basket 86–76 67–72 81–84 91–62 71–70 91–71 79–93 97–98 100–84 86–91 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. 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.[42] Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.[43]
  • October to December: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited initially the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively.[44] On October 5, 2021, Basque Country increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[45] On October 15, 2021, Catalonia increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[46]
  • January: 50% of capacity allowed.[47]
  • February: 75% of capacity allowed.[48]
  • March: 100% of capacity allowed.[49]

Average attendances[]

Pos Team Total High Low Average
1 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 60,718 7,793 3,550 6,746†
2 Bitci Baskonia 58,083 10,038 5,062 6,454†
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 60,527 7,913 2,747 5,502†
4 Casademont Zaragoza 53,290 7,185 3,128 4,845†
5 Real Madrid 55,956 7,049 2,648 4,663†
6 Valencia Basket 44,706 7,068 3,000 4,471†
7 Unicaja 46,156 6,257 2,473 4,196†
8 UCAM Murcia 33,128 5,218 2,036 4,141†
9 Barça 39,890 5,902 2,284 3,989†
10 Joventut 43,495 8,041 2,362 3,954†
11 Monbus Obradoiro 42,875 4,572 2,200 3,898†
12 Río Breogán 38,152 4,228 2,086 3,815†
13 Coosur Real Betis 38,374 5,154 1,286 3,489†
14 Gran Canaria 34,365 4,953 1,549 3,437†
15 Baxi Manresa 38,664 4,230 1,400 3,222†
16 Urbas Fuenlabrada 34,502 4,927 1,711 3,137†
17 Lenovo Tenerife 27,301 4,616 956 2,730†
18 MoraBanc Andorra 24,380 3,290 1,500 2,216†
League total 774,562 10,038 956 4,120†

Updated to games played on 6 March 2022
Source: ACB

Awards[]

Player of the round[]

Round Player Team PIR
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Río Breogán 35
2 Spain Nikola Mirotić Barça 36
Uruguay Bruno Fitipaldo Lenovo Tenerife
3 Spain Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 32
4 Lithuania Laurynas Birutis Monbus Obradoiro 30
5 Lithuania Rokas Giedraitis Bitci Baskonia 26
6 France Amine Noua MoraBanc Andorra 31
7 Senegal Clevin Hannah MoraBanc Andorra 35
8 Slovenia Klemen Prepelič Valencia Basket 29
9 Lithuania Tadas Sedekerskis Bitci Baskonia 35
10 Senegal Clevin Hannah (2) MoraBanc Andorra 30
Croatia Ante Tomić Joventut
11 Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 41
12 Lithuania Laurynas Birutis (2) Monbus Obradoiro 28
13 United States Vitto Brown Coosur Real Betis 36
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 44
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa (3) Río Breogán 39
Nigeria Baxi Manresa
16 Lithuania Laurynas Birutis (3) Monbus Obradoiro 37
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa (4) Río Breogán 36

Source: [50]

Player of the month[]

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September 1–3 Spain Nikola Mirotić Barça 27.7 3–0 [51]
October 4–8 Cape Verde Edy Tavares Real Madrid 20.2 4–1 [52]
November 9–11 Uruguay Jayson Granger Bitci Baskonia 25 2–1 [53]
December 12–15 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa Río Breogán 34 3–1 [54]
January 16–17 United States James Webb III UCAM Murcia 24.5 1–1 [55]
February 21–22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 30.5 1–1 [56]

Source: [57]

Notes[]

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

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