2018–19 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 18
Games played 28
Records
Biggest home win Barça 99–55 Zaragoza
(13 October 2018)
Biggest away win Valencia 70–88 Real Madrid
(5 October 2018)
Highest scoring Gran Canaria 92–93 Obradoiro
(4 October 2018)
Winning streak 4 games
Barça Lassa
Losing streak 3 games
Delteco GBC
Highest attendance 9,107
Burgos 79–93 Zaragoza
(6 October 2018)
Lowest attendance 2,056
GBC 60–76 Fuenlabrada
(30 September 2018)
Attendance 159,446 (5,695 per match)
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 13 October 2018.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2018–19 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 36th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2018 with the first round of the regular season and will end on June 2019 with the finals.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2017–18 season and two promoted from the 2017–18 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2018–19 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[4]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000[5]
Cafés Candelas Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 6,500[6]
Delteco GBC San Sebastián Donostia Arena 11,000[7]
Divina Seguros Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 8,500[8]
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[9]
Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,003[10]
Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504[11]
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 5,060
Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,100[12]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra 5,000[13]
Movistar Estudiantes Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[14]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[14]
San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,352[15]
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,500[16]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,341[17]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,233[18]
Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500[19]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Barça LassaSerbia Svetislav PešićCroatia Ante TomićNikeLassa Tyres
Baxi ManresaSpain Joan PeñarroyaSpain Álvaro MuñozPentexBaxi
Cafés Candelas BreogánSpain Natxo LezkanoSpain Salva ArcoHummelCafés Candelas
Delteco GBCSpain Sergio ValdeolmillosSpain Xabi OrozHummelDelteco
Divina Seguros JoventutSpain Carles DuranSpain Albert VenturaSpaldingDivina Pastora Seguros
Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain Salva MaldonadoDominican Republic Eulis BáezSpaldingHerbalife
Iberostar TenerifeSpain Txus VidorretaArgentina Nicolás RichottiAustralIberostar
Kirolbet BaskoniaSpain Pedro MartínezGeorgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaKelmeKirolbet
Monbus ObradoiroSpain Moncho FernándezSpain Pepe PozasViveEstrella Galicia 0,0
Montakit FuenlabradaSpain Agustí JulbeCroatia Marko PopovićPentexMontakit
MoraBanc AndorraSpain Ibon NavarroSerbia Oliver StevićSpaldingMoraBanc, Andorra
Movistar EstudiantesSpain Josep Maria BerrocalSpain Édgar VicedoJomaMovistar
Real MadridSpain Pablo LasoSpain Felipe ReyesAdidasEuropean University
San Pablo BurgosSpain Diego EpifanioSpain Javi VegaHummelInmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
Tecnyconta ZaragozaSpain Porfirio FisacSpain Carlos AlocénMercuryTecnyconta
UCAM MurciaSpain Javier JuárezSpain José Ángel AnteloNikeUCAM, Costa Cálida
UnicajaSpain Luis CasimiroSpain Carlos SuárezSpaldingUnicaja, Málaga
Valencia BasketSpain Jaume PonsarnauSpain Rafa MartínezLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo1
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (English: "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Delteco GBCSpain Porfirio FisacResigned30 May 2018[20]Pre-seasonSpain Sergio Valdeolmillos21 June 2018[21]
Movistar EstudiantesSpain Salva MaldonadoEnd of contract1 June 2018[22]Spain Josep Maria Berrocal14 June 2018[23]
UnicajaSpain Joan Plaza4 June 2018[24]Spain Luis Casimiro14 June 2018[25]
Montakit FuenlabradaArgentina Néstor García4 June 2018[26]Spain Agustí Julbe27 June 2018[27]
MoraBanc AndorraSpain Joan Peñarroya7 June 2018[28]Spain Ibon Navarro12 June 2018[29]
Valencia BasketSpain Txus Vidorreta8 June 2018[30]Spain Jaume Ponsarnau11 June 2018[31]
Iberostar TenerifeGreece Fotios Katsikaris11 June 2018[32]Spain Txus Vidorreta11 June 2018[33]
Tecnyconta ZaragozaSpain Pep Cargol12 June 2018[34]Spain Porfirio Fisac16 June 2017[35]
UCAM MurciaSpain Ibon Navarro12 June 2018[36]Spain Javier Juárez21 June 2018[37]
Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain Luis Casimiro13 June 2018[38]Spain Salva Maldonado26 June 2018[39]
Baxi ManresaSpain Diego OcampoResigned26 June 2018[40]Spain Joan Peñarroya28 June 2018[41]

Season summary

On 30 September 2018, just in the first round and coming back Cafés Candelas Breogán 12 years later to the Liga ACB, their inaugural match against Divina Seguros Joventut was postponed due to problems with the main clock and the shot clocks.

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça Lassa 4 4 0 352 274 +78 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 4 4 0 357 294 +63
3 Kirolbet Baskonia 4 3 1 373 284 +89
4 Unicaja 4 3 1 350 317 +33
5 Iberostar Tenerife 4 3 1 320 291 +29
6 MoraBanc Andorra 4 2 2 293 290 +3
7 Baxi Manresa 4 2 2 305 309 −4
8 Valencia Basket 4 2 2 305 320 −15
9 Monbus Obradoiro 4 2 2 314 332 −18
10 Tecnyconta Zaragoza 4 2 2 300 350 −50
11 UCAM Murcia 3 1 2 216 221 −5
12 Movistar Estudiantes 3 1 2 233 240 −7
13 Cafés Candelas Breogán 3 1 2 236 265 −29
14 Divina Seguros Joventut 3 1 2 201 233 −32
15 Herbalife Gran Canaria 4 1 3 342 352 −10
16 San Pablo Burgos 4 1 3 304 335 −31
17 Montakit Fuenlabrada 4 1 3 290 340 −50 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Delteco GBC 4 0 4 272 316 −44
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 2018. Source: ACB

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Real Madrid411
Barça Lassa222
Kirolbet Baskonia163
Iberostar Tenerife1584
Unicaja535
MoraBanc Andorra846
Tecnyconta Zaragoza18117
Monbus Obradoiro658
Movistar Estudiantes11129
Divina Seguros Joventut91410
Herbalife Gran Canaria171711
Montakit Fuenlabrada3712
Baxi Manresa7913
Valencia Basket141814
San Pablo Burgos131015
UCAM Murcia121316
Cafés Candelas Breogán91517
Delteco GBC161618
Leader
Qualification to playoffs
Relegation to LEB Oro

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: ACB

Results

Home \ Away BAR BAX BRE GBC JOV HGC IBT KBA MOB MKF MBA MOV RMB SPB TZA UCM UNI VBC
Barça Lassa — 98–78 67–63 25 Nov 99–55
Baxi Manresa 78–88 — 66–67
Cafés Candelas Breogán — 88–79
Delteco GBC — 60–76
Divina Seguros Joventut — 65–75
Herbalife Gran Canaria 96–72 — 92–93
Iberostar Tenerife 90–78 — 78–52
Kirolbet Baskonia 85–66 — 99–76
Monbus Obradoiro — 91–81
Montakit Fuenlabrada — 79–93
MoraBanc Andorra 77–82 — 78–76
Movistar Estudiantes 77–79 77–75 — 6 Jan
Real Madrid 24 Mar 88–73 9 May — 89–82
San Pablo Burgos 82–79 — 79–93
Tecnyconta Zaragoza 76–73 —
UCAM Murcia — 68–81
Unicaja — 86–73
Valencia Basket 70–88 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: ACB
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 San Pablo Burgos 17,932 9,107 8,825 8,966 −1.1%†
2 Real Madrid 25,287 8,791 8,217 8,429 −1.8%†
3 Kirolbet Baskonia 16,254 8,433 7,821 8,127 −20.3%†
4 Unicaja 7,984 7,984 7,984 7,984 +10.3%†
5 Valencia Basket 7,782 7,782 7,782 7,782 +7.3%†
6 Movistar Estudiantes 11,586 6,367 5,219 5,793 −28.9%†
7 Tecnyconta Zaragoza 5,789 5,789 5,789 5,789 −24.5%†
8 UCAM Murcia 10,371 5,335 5,036 5,186 −7.0%†
9 Cafés Candelas Breogán 5,147 5,147 5,147 5,147 n/a1
10 Montakit Fuenlabrada 5,017 5,017 5,017 5,017 −3.0%†
11 Herbalife Gran Canaria 9,890 5,338 4,552 4,945 −15.7%†
12 Monbus Obradoiro 4,825 4,825 4,825 4,825 −3.2%†
13 Baxi Manresa 9,400 4,750 4,650 4,700 n/a1
14 Barça Lassa 13,762 5,192 4,027 4,587 −4.2%†
15 Divina Seguros Joventut 4,125 4,125 4,125 4,125 −17.3%†
16 MoraBanc Andorra 7,992 4,218 3,774 3,996 −5.4%†
17 Iberostar Tenerife 7,562 3,846 3,716 3,781 −18.9%†
18 Delteco GBC 2,056 2,056 2,056 2,056 −35.1%†
League total 173,011 9,107 2,056 5,767 −10.3%†

Updated to games played on 14 October 2018
Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in LEB Oro.

Awards

All official awards of the 2018–19 ACB season.

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
3United States Will ThomasValencia Basket36

Source: [42]

ACB clubs in European competitions

TeamCompetitionProgress
Barça LassaEuroLeagueRegular season
Herbalife Gran CanariaRegular season
Kirolbet BaskoniaRegular season
Real MadridRegular season
MoraBanc AndorraEuroCupRegular season
UnicajaRegular season
Valencia BasketRegular season
Iberostar TenerifeChampions LeagueRegular season
Montakit FuenlabradaRegular season
UCAM MurciaRegular season
Movistar EstudiantesSecond qualifying round

References and notes

  1. 1 2 "ACB.COM - Comunicado sobre la inscripción del CB Breogán SAD y el Bàsquet Manresa SAD". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "ACB.COM - ¿Qué ha pasado en la LEB Oro? Cafés Candelas Breogán se proclama campeón". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "ACB.COM - El ICL Manresa se impone en el Playoff de la LEB Oro 2017-18". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Palau Blaugrana (7.585 espectadores)
  5. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2018. Pavello Nou Congost (5.000 espectadores)
  6. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Pazo Provincial Dos Deportes (6.500 espectadores)
  7. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Donostia Arena (11.000 espectadores)
  8. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Palacio Mun. De Deportes De Badalona (8.500 espectadores)
  9. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Gran Canaria Arena (9.870 espectadores)
  10. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Pabellon Insular Santiago Martin (5.003 espectadores)
  11. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Fernando Buesa Arena (15.504 espectadores)
  12. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Polideportivo Fernando Martin (5.100 espectadores)
  13. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. M.I. Govern Andorra (5.000 espectadores)
  14. 1 2 "WiZink Center | Real Madrid Basketball Arena | Real Madrid Basketball". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 13 May 2018. CAPACITY 15.000 esp.
  15. ↑ "San Pablo Burgos" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Pabellón Príncipe Felipe (10.500 espectadores)
  17. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Palacio Municipal De Deportes (7.341 espectadores)
  18. ↑ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2018. Pal. De Deportes Jose Ma Martin Carpena (10.233 espectadores)
  19. ↑ "Valencia Basket Club". www.valenciabasket.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016. CAPACITY: 8.500 spectators
  20. ↑ "ACB.COM - Porfi Fisac: "Siento que he completado el ciclo"". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  21. ↑ "ACB.COM - Sergio Valdeolmillos, nuevo entrenador del Delteco GBC". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "ACB.COM - Salva Maldonado no continua como entrenador de Movistar Estudiantes". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "ACB.COM - Josep Maria Berrocal, nuevo entrenador de Movistar Estudiantes". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  24. ↑ "ACB.COM - Joan Plaza no seguirá al frente del Unicaja". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  25. ↑ "ACB.COM - Luis Casimiro, de nuevo a los mandos del Unicaja". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  26. ↑ "ACB.COM - Néstor García no entrenará al Montakit Fuenlabrada la próxima campaña". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  27. ↑ "ACB.COM - Agustí Julbe, nuevo entrenador del Montakit Fuenlabrada". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  28. ↑ "ACB.COM - Joan Peñarroya y el MoraBanc Andorra separan sus caminos". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  29. ↑ "ACB.COM - Ibon Navarro llega a MoraBanc Andorra". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  30. ↑ "ACB.COM - Txus Vidorreta se desvincula de Valencia Basket". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  31. ↑ "ACB.COM - Jaume Ponsarnau, nuevo entrenador principal de Valencia Basket". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  32. ↑ "ACB.COM - El Iberostar Tenerife y Katsikaris no seguirán juntos la próxima temporada". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  33. ↑ "ACB.COM - Txus Vidorreta, nuevo técnico del Iberostar Tenerife". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  34. ↑ "ACB.COM - Pep Cargol, nuevo director técnico deportivo de Basket Zaragoza". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  35. ↑ "ACB.COM - Porfirio Fisac, nuevo entrenador de Tecnyconta Zaragoza". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  36. ↑ "ACB.COM - Ibon Navarro no continúa en el UCAM Murcia CB". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  37. ↑ "ACB.COM - El UCAM Murcia elige a Javi Juárez". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  38. ↑ "ACB.COM - Luis Casimiro no seguirá siendo entrenador del Herbalife Gran Canaria". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  39. ↑ "ACB.COM - Salva Maldonado vuelve al Herbalife Gran Canaria". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  40. ↑ "ACB.COM - Diego Ocampo se desvincula del BAXI Manresa". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  41. ↑ "ACB.COM - Peñarroya será el entrenador del BAXI Manresa las próximas 2 temporadas". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  42. ↑ "ACB.COM - Todos los Jugadores de la Jornada de la Liga Endesa 2018-19". www.acb.com (in Spanish).
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