2021–22 ACB season
Liga Endesa1 | |
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Season | 2021–22 |
Games played | 90 |
Teams | 18 |
Records | |
Biggest home win | Joventut 105–61 Manresa (9 October 2021) |
Biggest away win | Betis 64–106 Manresa (26 September 2021) |
Highest scoring | Betis 102–98 Andorra (18 September 2021) |
Winning streak | 9 games Barça |
Losing streak | 6 games Coosur Real Betis |
Highest attendance | 10,083 Baskonia 65–83 Real Madrid (31 October 2021) |
Lowest attendance | 956 Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja (23 September 2021) |
Attendance | 351,018 (3,900 per game) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 14 November 2021.1 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 on 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
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 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 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | Pierre Oriola | Nike | Assistència Sanitària |
Baxi Manresa | Pedro Martínez | Guillem Jou | Pentex | Baxi |
Bitci Baskonia | Neven Spahija | Jayson Granger | Kelme | Bitci |
Casademont Zaragoza | Jaume Ponsarnau | Rodrigo San Miguel | Mercury | Casademont |
Coosur Real Betis | Joan Plaza | Pablo Almazán | Kappa | Coosur |
Gran Canaria | Porfirio Fisac | Oliver Stević | Spalding | |
Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Žan Tabak | Vítor Benite | Hummel | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos |
Joventut | Carles Duran | Albert Ventura | Spalding | Fundación Probitas |
Lenovo Tenerife | Txus Vidorreta | Marcelo Huertas | Austral | Lenovo, Tenerife |
Monbus Obradoiro | Moncho Fernández | Álvaro Muñoz | Geff | Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
MoraBanc Andorra | Ibon Navarro | Guillem Colom | Hummel | MoraBanc, Andorra |
Real Madrid | Pablo Laso | Sergio Llull | Adidas | Palladium Hotel Group |
Río Breogán | Paco Olmos | Salva Arco | Wibo | Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Surne Bilbao Basket | Álex Mumbrú | Jonathan Rousselle | Hummel | Surne Seguros |
UCAM Murcia | Sito Alonso | Sadiel Rojas | Hummel | UCAM, Costa Cálida |
Unicaja | Fotios Katsikaris | Carlos Suárez | Joma | Unicaja, Málaga |
Urbas Fuenlabrada | Josep María Raventós | Christian Eyenga | Pentex | URBAS Grupo Financiero |
Valencia Basket | Joan Peñarroya | 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 | Luis Casimiro | End of contract | 17 June 2021[21] | Pre-season | Jaume Ponsarnau | 17 June 2021[21] |
Valencia Basket | Jaume Ponsarnau | 17 June 2021[22] | Joan Peñarroya | 21 June 2021[23] | ||
Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Joan Peñarroya | 17 June 2021[24] | Žan Tabak | 30 June 2021[25] | ||
Río Breogán | Diego Epifanio | 6 July 2021[26] | Paco Olmos | 15 July 2021[27] | ||
Bitci Baskonia | Duško Ivanović | Sacked | 15 November 2021[28] | 11th (4–6) | Neven Spahija | 16 November 2021[29] |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barça | 34 | 27 | 7 | 2833 | 2539 | +294 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Real Madrid | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2840 | 2580 | +260 | |
3 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2827 | 2702 | +125 | |
4 | Joventut | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2776 | 2666 | +110 | |
5 | Lenovo Tenerife | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2819 | 2685 | +134 | |
6 | Bitci Baskonia | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2777 | 2675 | +102 | |
7 | Baxi Manresa | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2995 | 2905 | +90 | |
8 | Gran Canaria | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2750 | 2798 | −48 | |
9 | Surne Bilbao Basket | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2768 | 2886 | −118 | |
10 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2900 | 2822 | +78 | |
11 | Río Breogán | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2831 | 2849 | −18 | |
12 | Unicaja | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2742 | 2741 | +1 | |
13 | Coosur Real Betis | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2674 | 2883 | −209 | |
14 | Urbas Fuenlabrada | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2807 | 2938 | −131 | |
15 | Monbus Obradoiro | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2792 | 2930 | −138 | |
16 | Casademont Zaragoza | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2570 | 2783 | −213 | |
17 | MoraBanc Andorra | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2665 | 2813 | −148 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
18 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2632 | 2803 | −171 |
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)[30]
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
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.[31] Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.[32]
- October: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively.[33]
Average attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bitci Baskonia | 34,961 | 10,038 | 5,612 | 6,992 |
2 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 26,671 | 7,793 | 3,550 | 6,668 |
3 | Surne Bilbao Basket | 19,280 | 6,614 | 2,747 | 4,820 |
4 | Valencia Basket | 22,400 | 6,368 | 3,000 | 4,480 |
5 | Casademont Zaragoza | 22,116 | 5,127 | 3,480 | 4,423 |
6 | Unicaja | 16,486 | 6,082 | 2,905 | 4,122 |
7 | UCAM Murcia | 19,284 | 4,376 | 2,036 | 3,857 |
8 | Real Madrid | 19,133 | 5,105 | 2,648 | 3,827 |
9 | Monbus Obradoiro | 18,898 | 4,572 | 2,200 | 3,780 |
10 | Río Breogán | 18,545 | 4,228 | 2,086 | 3,709 |
11 | Gran Canaria | 14,109 | 4,953 | 1,751 | 3,527 |
12 | Joventut | 15,496 | 3,672 | 2,362 | 3,099 |
13 | Urbas Fuenlabrada | 11,308 | 4,671 | 1,711 | 2,827 |
14 | Barça | 11,074 | 3,759 | 2,284 | 2,769 |
15 | Coosur Real Betis | 10,841 | 4,107 | 1,286 | 2,710 |
16 | Baxi Manresa | 10,552 | 3,357 | 1,400 | 2,638 |
17 | Lenovo Tenerife | 11,334 | 3,362 | 956 | 2,267 |
18 | MoraBanc Andorra | 8,602 | 2,575 | 1,500 | 2,151 |
League total | 311,090 | 10,038 | 956 | 3,841 |
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2021. Source: ACB
Awards
Player of the round
Round | Player | Team | PIR |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Džanan Musa | Río Breogán | 35 |
2 | Nikola Mirotić | Barça | 36 |
Bruno Fitipaldo | Lenovo Tenerife | ||
3 | Nikola Mirotić (2) | Barça | 32 |
4 | Laurynas Birutis | Monbus Obradoiro | 30 |
5 | Rokas Giedraitis | Bitci Baskonia | 26 |
6 | Amine Noua | MoraBanc Andorra | 31 |
7 | Clevin Hannah | MoraBanc Andorra | 35 |
8 | Klemen Prepelič | Valencia Basket | 29 |
9 | Tadas Sedekerskis | Bitci Baskonia | 35 |
10 | Clevin Hannah (2) | MoraBanc Andorra | 30 |
Ante Tomić | Joventut |
Source: [34]
Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | W–L | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September | 1–3 | Nikola Mirotić | Barça | 27.7 | 3–0 | [35] |
October | 4–8 | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid | 20.2 | 4–1 | [36] |
Source: [37]
Notes
- ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.
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