Basque basketball derby

The Basque basketball derby (, ), is the name given to the basketball matches between Baskonia from Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao Basket from Bilbao, the two main basketball teams in the Basque Country.

History First games Since the dissolution of Cajabilbao in 1994, Baskonia was the only Basque team in the Liga ACB until Bilbao Basket, founded in 2003, achieved promotion to the Spanish top league in 2004.

The first match between both teams was played on 3 October 2004, in the first round of the 2004–05 ACB season, at Pabellón La Casilla. Baskonia won by a huge 57–104, the biggest loss ever received by Bilbao Basket. After a second defeat, Bilbao won its first derby on 22 January 2006, by 92–78.

On 6 January 2007, Bizkaia Arena registered the highest attendance to date for a Liga ACB game with 15,414 people in the 78–92 win by Baskonia.

Rise of the rivalry and cup games As Bilbao Basket started to improve its level, the rivalry between both teams increased. On 29 September 2007, Baskonia won the Supercopa by defeating Bilbao at Bizkaia Arena by 73–85. One year later, both teams played the first derby in the 2008 Copa del Rey semifinal and Baskonia won again by a narrow 68–66.

First playoffs In the 2009 ACB Playoffs both teams met in the quarterfinals. Baskonia the series by 2–0 and would repeat this result again in the 2012 edition.

Derbies at EuroLeague Bilbao Basket qualified for the first time to the EuroLeague on 2011, after finishing as runner-up of the 2010–11 ACB season. As Spain had five teams in the competition, both teams were drawn in the same group. Bilbao Basket won both games and eliminated Baskonia in the game played at Bilbao Arena, where the Men in black won by 77–72. This was the first time Baskonia did not qualify for the Top16 in the modern era of the Euroleague. Bilbao advanced in the competition until the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by CSKA Moscow.

Brawl at Bilbao Arena and decline of Bilbao Basket On March 1, 2015, the derby finished with a brawl where Dejan Todorović of Bilbao and Tornike Shengelia of Baskonia were disqualified and twelve players were ejected due to court invasion during the fight.El acta del partido de la infamia; Marca, 2 March 2015

With four seconds left and Bilbao winning by a huge margin, despite the referee's call for a travelling, Todorović was going to dunk when he was hit by Shengelia. After this, the Serbian player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward reacted with a punch. After this, all the players who were in the bench came into the court and started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena.Spanish Basketball Brawl Ends With Player Apologizing to Small Child ; The Big Lead, 2 March 2015

The ACB announced this brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and would talk with the Spanish Basketball Federation for changing the disciplinary regulations.La ACB pide remodelar el Reglamento Disciplinario tras la tangana en Bilbao ; Deia, 2 March 2015 On March 5, the league provisionally suspended Todorović and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case.El Juez Disciplinario suspende cautelarmente a Dejan Todorovic y Shengelia ; ACB.com, 5 March 2015

Both clubs claimed to have the same sanctions than in 2004, when the brawl Real Madrid and Estudiantes occurred.Comunicado conjunto de Bilbao Basket y Saski Baskonia ; ACB.com, 5 March 2015 Finally, on March 11, the Disciplinary Judge accorded to suspend Tornike Shengelia for five games, Dejan Todorović for four and a €3,000 fine to Bilbao Basket player Dairis Bertāns and to Baskonia brothers Mamadou and Ilimane Diop.Resolución del Juez Disciplinario sobre incidentes Bilbao - Laboral Kutxa ; ACB.com, 11 March 2015

On 13 May 2018, Baskonia won a derby at Bilbao Arena by 78–74, thus relegating Bilbao Basket to the LEB Oro after 14 consecutive years in the top league. Bilbao returned to Liga ACB at the first opportunity, earning immediate promotion with a second-place finish in the 2018–19 LEB Oro season.

Head-to-head statistics + Positions in Liga ACB Season 2004–05 2 14 2005–06 2 15 2006–07 3 10 2007–08 1 7 2008–09 2 8 2009–10 1 9 2010–11 42 2011–12 3 6 2012–13 5 7 2013–14 6 14 2014–15 6 5 2015–16 4 10 2016–17 3 10 2017–18 217 2019–20 1 8 2020–21 5 17 2021–22 4 9 2022–23 5 12 2023–24 9 13 2024–25 8 16 Competition Liga ACB 41 32 9 ACB Playoffs 5 5 0 Copa del Rey 3 3 0 Supercopa 2 2 0 EuroLeague 2 0 2 Total in all games 53 42 11

Results At ACB Regular season # Season Date Boxscore Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 2004–05 3 October 2004 1 Bilbao 57 – 104 Baskonia 5,000 2 26 February 2005 22 Baskonia 92 – 90 Bilbao 9,323 3 2005–06 22 January 2006 17 Bilbao 92 – 78 Baskonia 13,000 4 19 April 2006 29 Baskonia 88 – 75 Bilbao 9,200 5 2006–07 6 January 2007 16 Bilbao 76 – 88 Baskonia 15,414 6 12 May 2007 34 Baskonia 95 – 63 Bilbao 8,900 7 2007–08 2 December 2007 10 Baskonia 78 – 80 Bilbao 9,500 8 15 March 2003 29 Bilbao 60 – 78 Baskonia 5,000 9 2008–09 13 December 2008 10 Baskonia 97 – 79 Bilbao 9,700 10 15 March 2009 26 Bilbao 85 – 72 Baskonia 11,500 11 2009–10 15 October 2009 2 Baskonia 85 – 76 Bilbao 9,200 12 24 January 2010 19 Bilbao 71 – 86 Baskonia 11,987 13 2010–11 12 December 2010 11 Bilbao 99 – 95 Baskonia 8,793 14 17 April 2011 30 Baskonia 89 – 75 Bilbao 9,500 15 2011–12 29 December 2011 13 Bilbao 79 – 80 Baskonia 10,014 16 6 May 2012 34 Baskonia 100 – 70 Bilbao 13,826 17 2012–13 16 December 2012 12 Baskonia 81 – 80 Bilbao 14,381 18 1 May 2013 29 Bilbao 75 – 93 Baskonia 10,003 19 2013–14 22 December 2013 11 Bilbao 96 – 92 Baskonia 9,804 20 26 April 2014 29 Baskonia 76 – 70 Bilbao 8,193 21 2014–15 26 October 2014 4 Baskonia 86 – 74 Bilbao 8,629 22 1 March 2015 22 Bilbao 93 – 75 Baskonia 9,993 23 2015–16 13 December 2015 10 Bilbao 89 – 83 Baskonia 9,837 24 6 March 2016 22 Baskonia 108 – 62 Bilbao 12,341 25 2016–17 15 January 2017 17 Baskonia 84 – 63 Bilbao 12,118 26 10 May 2017 33 Bilbao 64 – 75 Baskonia 9,318 27 2017–18 9 December 2017 11 Baskonia 94 – 71 Bilbao 10,215 28 13 May 2018 32 Bilbao 74 – 78 Baskonia 9,842 29 2019–20 13 October 2019 4 Bilbao 79 – 75 Baskonia 9,047 30 2020–21 7 November 2020 10 Baskonia 82 – 68 Bilbao – 31 21 March 2021 27 Bilbao 72 – 85 Baskonia – 32 2021–22 11 December 2021 13 Baskonia 101 – 86 Bilbao 7,032 33 27 March 2022 26 Bilbao 62 – 90 Baskonia 8,487 34 2022–23 30 October 2022 6 Bilbao 70 – 81 Baskonia 9,127 35 26 March 2023 24 Baskonia 100 – 78 Bilbao 10,305 36 2023–24 30 September 2023 3 Baskonia 92 – 72 Bilbao 15,504 37 24 March 2024 26 Bilbao 82 – 80 Baskonia 9,586 38 2024–25 8 December 2024 10 Bilbao 67 – 69 Baskonia 9,386 39 24 May 2025 33 Baskonia 100 – 97 Bilbao 9,087 40 2025–26 23 November 2025 8 Baskonia 110 – 91 Bilbao 8,779 41 15 February 2026 20 Bilbao 69 – 76 Baskonia 9,602

At ACB playoffs # Season Date Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance 1 2009 17 May 2009 QF Baskonia 90 – 86 BilbaoBuesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 9,500 2 19 May 2009 Bilbao 76 – 97 BaskoniaBizkaia Arena, Barakaldo 10,500 3 2012 17 May 2012 QF Baskonia 77 – 73 BilbaoBuesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 14,162 4 20 May 2012 Bilbao 88 – 90 BaskoniaBilbao Arena, Bilbao 9,430 5 2020 17 June 2020 Bilbao 64 – 87 BaskoniaLa Fonteta, Valencia – At Copa del Rey # Season Date Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance 1 2008 9 February 2008 SF Baskonia 68 – 66 BilbaoBuesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 9,463 2 2010 19 February 2010 QF Bilbao 62 – 75 BaskoniaBizkaia Arena, Barakaldo 14,417 3 2011 11 February 2011 QF Baskonia 76 – 74 BilbaoPalacio de Deportes, Madrid 12,850

At Supercopa # Season Date Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance 1 2007 29 September 2007 F Bilbao 73 – 85 BaskoniaBizkaia Arena, Bilbao 12,200 2 2011 30 September 2011 SF Bilbao 88 – 93 BaskoniaBilbao Arena, Bilbao 8,230 At EuroLeague # Season Date Stage Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance 1 2011–12 16 November 2011 5 Baskonia 84 – 89 BilbaoIradier Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 8,460 2 22 December 2011 10 Bilbao 77 – 72 BaskoniaBilbao Arena, Bilbao 10,014

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