2019–20 ACB season
The 2019–20 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 37th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 24 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and will end on 30 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Competition details | |||
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Season | 2019–20 | ||
Teams | 18 | ||
Games played | 205 | ||
Records | |||
Biggest home win |
Gran Canaria 92–54 Bilbao (26 January 2020) | ||
Biggest away win |
Burgos 62–93 Valencia (26 October 2019) | ||
Highest scoring |
Joventut 104–106 Manresa (14 December 2019) Zaragoza 99–111 Tenerife (11 January 2020) | ||
Winning streak |
8 games Real Madrid | ||
Losing streak |
10 games Montakit Fuenlabrada | ||
Highest attendance |
13,165 Estudiantes 72–87 Real Madrid (12 January 2020) | ||
Lowest attendance |
3,194 Andorra 93–69 Obradoiro (19 January 2020) | ||
Attendance | 1,369,822 (6,682 per match) | ||
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2020.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. |
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2018–19 season and two promoted from the 2018–19 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro Final Four.
- Teams promoted from LEB Oro
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barça | Nike | Assistència Sanitària | ||
Baxi Manresa | Pentex | Baxi | ||
Casademont Zaragoza | Mercury | Casademont | ||
Club Joventut Badalona | Spalding | Fundación Probitas | ||
Coosur Real Betis | Kappa | Coosur | ||
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Spalding | Herbalife | ||
Iberostar Tenerife | Austral | Iberostar | ||
Kirolbet Baskonia | Kelme | Kirolbet | ||
Monbus Obradoiro | Geff | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | ||
Montakit Fuenlabrada | Pentex | Montakit | ||
MoraBanc Andorra | Spalding | MoraBanc, Andorra | ||
Movistar Estudiantes | Wibo | Movistar | ||
Real Madrid | Adidas | Palladium Hotel Group | ||
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Hummel | RETAbet | ||
San Pablo Burgos | Hummel | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos | ||
UCAM Murcia | Nike | UCAM, Costa Cálida | ||
Unicaja | Joma | Unicaja, Málaga | ||
Valencia Basket | Luanvi | Cultura del Esfuerzo1 |
- Notes
- 1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Movistar Estudiantes | Sacked | 4 June 2019[21] | Pre-season | 3 July 2019[22] | ||
San Pablo Burgos | End of contract | 20 June 2019[23] | 22 June 2019[24] | |||
Baxi Manresa | Resigned | 21 June 2019[25] | 24 June 2019[26] | |||
Herbalife Gran Canaria | 22 June 2019[27] | 26 June 2019[28] | ||||
Kirolbet Baskonia | Sacked | 20 December 2019[29] | 6th (7–6) | 24 December 2019[30] | ||
Movistar Estudiantes | 21 January 2020[31] | 18th (4–14) | 21 January 2020 | |||
Montakit Fuenlabrada | 27 January 2020[32] | 18th (4–15) | 28 January 2020[33] |
Season summary
On March 10, 2020, the Ministry of Health of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34] On March 11, 2020, ACB postponed all the games of the Rounds 24 and 25, as well as those postponed games that were planned in this period.[35] On March 16, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously on the temporary suspension of the league until April 24.[36] On April 2, 2020, ACB suspended indefinitely the league and started to work on future scenarios to restart the league.[37] On April 20, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously to finish prematurely the regular season due to force majeure and to continue the league with a 12-team format with two groups and a Final Four to decide the winner, with all games played in a single stage. Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked.[38] On May 27, 2020, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the exceptional playoffs in the two last weeks of June.[39]
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barça | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2041 | 1847 | +194 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Real Madrid | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1988 | 1758 | +230 | |
3 | Casademont Zaragoza | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1911 | 1810 | +101 | |
4 | Iberostar Tenerife | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1802 | 1736 | +66 | |
5 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1906 | 1908 | −2 | |
6 | MoraBanc Andorra | 23 | 13 | 10 | 1865 | 1814 | +51 | |
7 | Valencia Basket | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1950 | 1794 | +156 | |
8 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1926 | 1886 | +40 | |
9 | Unicaja | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1823 | 1798 | +25 | |
10 | San Pablo Burgos | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1840 | 1874 | −34 | |
11 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1775 | 1787 | −12 | |
12 | Club Joventut Badalona | 23 | 9 | 14 | 1936 | 2020 | −84 | |
13 | Baxi Manresa | 23 | 9 | 14 | 1843 | 1937 | −94 | |
14 | Monbus Obradoiro | 23 | 9 | 14 | 1832 | 1972 | −140 | |
15 | Coosur Real Betis | 23 | 8 | 15 | 1787 | 1890 | −103 | |
16 | UCAM Murcia | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1769 | 1845 | −76 | |
17 | Montakit Fuenlabrada[lower-alpha 1] | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1727 | 1885 | −158 | |
18 | Movistar Estudiantes[lower-alpha 1] | 23 | 5 | 18 | 1703 | 1863 | −160 |
Notes:
- Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Leader and qualification to playoffs | |
Qualification to playoffs | |
Relegation to LEB Oro |
Results
Playoffs
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | BAR | KBA | UNI | IBT | JOV | RBB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barça | 5 | 4 | 1 | 432 | 400 | +32 | Qualification to the semifinals | — | 81–75 | — | 86–87 | 96–92 | — | |
2 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 402 | 379 | +23 | — | — | 87–86 | 79–72 | — | — | ||
3 | Unicaja | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 395 | +23 | 73–84 | — | — | — | — | 78–65 | ||
4 | Iberostar Tenerife | 5 | 2 | 3 | 381 | 406 | −25 | — | — | 70–83 | — | 82–80 | 70–78 | ||
5 | Club Joventut Badalona | 5 | 2 | 3 | 423 | 429 | −6 | — | 76–74 | 89–98 | — | — | — | ||
6 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 5 | 1 | 4 | 359 | 406 | −47 | 73–85 | 64–87 | — | — | 79–86 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification | VBC | BUR | RMB | HGC | MBA | ZGZ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Valencia Basket (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 411 | +49 | Qualification to the semifinals | — | 94–90 | — | — | — | 89–71 | |
2 | San Pablo Burgos | 5 | 3 | 2 | 444 | 440 | +4 | — | — | 87–83 | — | 88–86 | — | ||
3 | Real Madrid | 5 | 3 | 2 | 441 | 429 | +12 | 95–90 | — | — | 91–73 | — | 97–88 | ||
4 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 425 | 448 | −23 | 81–97 | 91–87 | — | — | — | — | ||
5 | MoraBanc Andorra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 452 | 450 | +2 | 74–90 | — | 91–75 | 88–104 | — | — | ||
6 | Casademont Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 4 | 423 | 467 | −44 | — | 86–92 | — | 85–76 | 93–113 | — |
Final standings
5th to 12th position are determinated by the positions in the regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Real Madrid | 28 | 21 | 7 |
6 | Casademont Zaragoza | 28 | 17 | 11 |
7 | Iberostar Tenerife | 27 | 16 | 11 |
8 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 28 | 15 | 13 |
9 | MoraBanc Andorra | 28 | 15 | 13 |
10 | Unicaja | 28 | 15 | 13 |
11 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 27 | 13 | 14 |
12 | Club Joventut Badalona | 28 | 11 | 17 |
13 | Baxi Manresa | 23 | 9 | 14 |
14 | Monbus Obradoiro | 23 | 9 | 14 |
15 | Coosur Real Betis | 23 | 8 | 15 |
16 | UCAM Murcia | 22 | 7 | 15 |
17 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 22 | 5 | 17 |
18 | Movistar Estudiantes | 23 | 5 | 18 |
Attendances
Attendances only include regular season games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | San Pablo Burgos | 113,258 | 9,583 | 9,214 | 9,438 | +3.1% |
2 | Casademont Zaragoza | 112,451 | 10,510 | 8,078 | 9,371 | +18.6% |
3 | Movistar Estudiantes | 99,813 | 13,165 | 7,312 | 9,074 | +5.4% |
4 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 107,170 | 11,589 | 7,625 | 8,931 | −2.4% |
5 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 93,502 | 10,001 | 7,333 | 8,500 | +28.0%1 |
6 | Real Madrid | 97,027 | 9,852 | 6,922 | 8,086 | −7.3% |
7 | Unicaja | 77,683 | 10,020 | 6,805 | 7,768 | +2.6% |
8 | Valencia Basket | 85,157 | 7,783 | 6,678 | 7,096 | −2.4% |
9 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 67,342 | 7,271 | 5,364 | 6,122 | +16.3% |
10 | Barça | 62,619 | 7,387 | 4,005 | 5,693 | +7.0% |
11 | Club Joventut Badalona | 66,599 | 9,328 | 3,912 | 5,550 | +6.3% |
12 | UCAM Murcia | 55,096 | 6,877 | 5,014 | 5,510 | −1.7% |
13 | Coosur Real Betis | 58,534 | 6,824 | 3,722 | 5,321 | +139.5%1 |
14 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 51,788 | 5,589 | 4,896 | 5,179 | +1.3% |
15 | Monbus Obradoiro | 61,245 | 5,964 | 4,579 | 5,104 | +4.1% |
16 | Iberostar Tenerife | 58,470 | 5,211 | 4,061 | 4,873 | +6.4% |
17 | Baxi Manresa | 54,180 | 5,000 | 3,740 | 4,515 | −4.0% |
18 | MoraBanc Andorra | 47,888 | 4,523 | 3,194 | 3,991 | −1.4% |
League total | 1,369,822 | 13,165 | 3,194 | 6,682 | +7.2% |
Awards
All official awards of the 2019–20 ACB season.
Player of the round
Round | Player | Team | PIR |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Barça | 39 | |
2 | Barça | 35 | |
3 | San Pablo Burgos | 30 | |
4 | Barça | 43 | |
5 | Casademont Zaragoza | 30 | |
6 | Monbus Obradoiro | 33 | |
7 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 34 | |
8 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 32 | |
9 | San Pablo Burgos | 28 | |
10 | Iberostar Tenerife | 35 | |
11 | Club Joventut Badalona | 25 | |
12 | Unicaja | 38 | |
Iberostar Tenerife | |||
13 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 39 | |
14 | Iberostar Tenerife | 42 | |
15 | Valencia Basket | 29 | |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | |||
16 | Club Joventut Badalona | 33 | |
17 | Iberostar Tenerife | 35 | |
18 | Iberostar Tenerife | 31 | |
19 | Casademont Zaragoza | 32 | |
22 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 44 | |
23 | Coosur Real Betis | 28 | |
Source: [41]
Player of the month
Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | W–L | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September | 1–2 | Barça | 30.0 | 2–0 | [42] | |
October | 3–6 | Barça | 30.0 | 2–2 | [43] | |
November | 7–10 | UCAM Murcia | 23.7 | 2–2 | [44] | |
December | 11–15 | Iberostar Tenerife | 24.6 | 3–2 | [45] | |
January | 16–19 | Barça | 28.7 | 2–1 | [46] | |
February | 20–21 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 29.0 | 1–1 | [47] | |
March | 22–23 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 30.5 | 2–0 | [48] |
Source: [49]
ACB clubs in European competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
---|---|---|
Barça | EuroLeague | Regular season |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Regular season | |
Real Madrid | Regular season | |
Valencia Basket | Regular season | |
Unicaja | EuroCup | Quarterfinals |
Club Joventut Badalona | Top 16 | |
MoraBanc Andorra | Top 16 | |
Casademont Zaragoza | Champions League | Round of 16 |
Iberostar Tenerife | Round of 16 | |
San Pablo Burgos | Round of 16 | |
Baxi Manresa | Regular season | |
References and notes
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- "ACB.COM - ¿Qué ha pasado en la LEB Oro? Plaza de ascenso para el RETAbet Bilbao Basket". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 7.585 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 5.000 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 10.744 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 12.760 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 7.242 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 9.870 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 5.000 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 15.504 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 6.000 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 5.700 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 5.005 espectadores)
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 13.109 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 13.109 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 10.014 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 9.000 espectadores
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AFORO: 7.454 espectadores
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AFORO: 10.642 espectadores
- "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
AFORO: 8.500 espectadores
- "ACB.COM - Berrocal no continuará en Movistar Estudiantes". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Aleksandar Džikic dirigirá al Movistar Estu". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - San Pablo Burgos se despide de su técnico: "Gracias, Epi"". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Joan Peñarroya asume las riendas del San Pablo Burgos". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Joan Peñarroya deja de ser entrenador del BAXI Manresa". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Pedro Martínez vuelve al BAXI Manresa". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 24 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Pedro Martínez abandona el banquillo del Herbalife Gran Canaria". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "ACB.COM - Katsikaris, entrenador del Herbalife Gran Canaria las próximas dos temporadas". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- "Baskonia, Perasovic part ways". EuroLeague.net. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Baskonia and Coach Ivanovic reunite". EuroLeague.net. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Dzikic no seguirá en Movistar Estu | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "Cuspinera no seguirá en Fuenlabrada | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- "Paco García al Montakit Fuenlabrada | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Partidos a puerta cerrada | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Jornadas 24 y 25 aplazadas | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Suspensión hasta el 24 de abril | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Comunicado oficial de la acb | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 2 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Comunicado oficial de la acb | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- "Vuelve la Liga Endesa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- "El juez único modifica el marcador del partido entre el Burgos y el Andorra" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 February 2020.
- "Jugadores de la Jornada 2019-20 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- "Davies, MVP Movistar de septiembre | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- "Mirotic, MVP Movistar de octubre | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Booker, MVP Movistar de noviembre | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- "Shermadini, MVP Movistar diciembre | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Mirotic, MVP Movistar de enero | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 28 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Shengelia, MVP Movistar de febrero | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- "Shengelia, MVP Movistar de marzo | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- "Los MVPs Movistar de la 2019-20 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)