The 2018–19 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2018 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 21 June 2019 with the finals.
Real Madrid defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive league, 35th overall.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested 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 Cafés Candelas Breogán Baxi Manresa
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Barça Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Cafés Candelas Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes Delteco GBC San Sebastián Donostia Arena Divina Seguros Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Madrid WiZink Center Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos Tecnyconta Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Barça Lassa Svetislav Pešić Ante Tomić Nike Lassa Tyres Baxi Manresa Joan Peñarroya Álvaro Muñoz Pentex Baxi Cafés Candelas Breogán Tito Díaz Salva Arco Hummel Cafés Candelas Delteco GBC Sergio Valdeolmillos Xabi Oroz Hummel Delteco Divina Seguros Joventut Carles Duran Albert Ventura Spalding Divina Pastora Seguros Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez Eulis Báez Spalding Herbalife Iberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Nicolás Richotti Austral Iberostar Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Pepe Pozas Vive Estrella Galicia 0,0 Montakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera Marko Popović Pentex Montakit MoraBanc Andorra Ibon Navarro Oliver Stević Spalding MoraBanc, Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Josep Maria Berrocal Édgar Vicedo Joma Movistar Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas European University San Pablo Burgos Diego Epifanio Javi Vega Hummel Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos Tecnyconta Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Carlos Alocén Mercury Tecnyconta UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso José Ángel Antelo Nike UCAM, Costa Cálida Unicaja Luis Casimiro Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, Málaga Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Notes 1. Cultura del Esfuerzo () 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 Delteco GBC Porfirio Fisac Resigned 30 May 2018 Pre-season Sergio Valdeolmillos 21 June 2018 Movistar Estudiantes Salva Maldonado End of contract 1 June 2018 Josep Maria Berrocal 14 June 2018 Unicaja Joan Plaza 4 June 2018 Luis Casimiro 14 June 2018 Montakit Fuenlabrada Néstor García 4 June 2018 Agustí Julbe 27 June 2018 MoraBanc Andorra Joan Peñarroya 7 June 2018 Ibon Navarro 12 June 2018 Valencia Basket Txus Vidorreta 8 June 2018 Jaume Ponsarnau 11 June 2018 Iberostar Tenerife Fotios Katsikaris 11 June 2018 Txus Vidorreta 11 June 2018 Tecnyconta Zaragoza Pep Cargol 12 June 2018 Porfirio Fisac 16 June 2017 UCAM Murcia Ibon Navarro 12 June 2018 Javier Juárez 21 June 2018 Herbalife Gran Canaria Luis Casimiro 13 June 2018 Salva Maldonado 26 June 2018 Baxi Manresa Diego Ocampo Resigned 26 June 2018 Joan Peñarroya 28 June 2018 Montakit Fuenlabrada Agustí Julbe Sacked 15 October 2018 17th (1–3) Néstor García 19 October 2018 Kirolbet Baskonia Pedro Martínez 16 November 2018 3rd (6–2) Velimir Perasović 16 November 2018 Herbalife Gran Canaria Salva Maldonado 5 December 2018 14th (3–7) Víctor García 10 December 2018 UCAM Murcia Javier Juárez 27 January 2019 17th (5–13) Sito Alonso 28 January 2019 Montakit Fuenlabrada Néstor García Resigned 9 February 2019 14th (7–12) Jota Cuspinera 12 February 2019 Herbalife Gran Canaria Víctor García Sacked 12 March 2019 14th (7–15) Pedro Martínez 12 March 2019 Cafés Candelas Breogán Natxo Lezkano 18 March 2019 17th (7–16) Tito Díaz 19 March 2019
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
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.
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
Awards All official awards of the 2018–19 ACB season.
MVP PlayerTeam PG Nicolás Laprovíttola Divina Seguros Joventut Source:
Finals MVP PlayerTeam PG Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid Source:
All-ACB Teams
First Team Second TeamPlayerTeamPlayerTeam PG Nicolás Laprovíttola Divina Seguros Joventut Thomas Heurtel Barça Lassa SG Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid Jaime Fernández Unicaja SF Stan Okoye Tecnyconta Zaragoza Javier Beirán Iberostar Tenerife PF Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia Source:
Best Latin American Player PlayerTeam PG Nicolás Laprovíttola Divina Seguros Joventut
Best Young Player Award PlayerTeamPG Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta Zaragoza Source:
Best All-Young Team PlayerTeamPG Carlos Alocén Tecnyconta ZaragozaSG Xabier López-Arostegui Divina Seguros JoventutSF Vlatko Čančar San Pablo BurgosPF Santiago Yusta Real MadridC Jordan Sakho Baxi Manresa Source:
Best Coach CoachTeam Svetislav Pešić Barça Lassa Source:
Player of the round Round Player Team PIR 1 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 31 2 Thad McFadden Iberostar Tenerife 33 3 Will Thomas Valencia Basket 36 4 Darrun Hilliard Kirolbet Baskonia 28 5 Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia 26 6 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 34 7 Nicolás Laprovíttola Divina Seguros Joventut 28 8 Jaime Fernández Unicaja 35 9 Javier Beirán Iberostar Tenerife 32 10 Bo McCalebb Tecnyconta Zaragoza 28 11 Kostas Vasileiadis Monbus Obradoiro 31 12 Vladimír Brodziansky Monbus Obradoiro 37 13 Ryan Toolson Baxi Manresa 27 Stan Okoye Tecnyconta Zaragoza 14 Kevin Séraphin Barça Lassa 30 Colton Iverson Iberostar Tenerife 15 Ante Tomić Barça Lassa 37 16 Colton Iverson (2) Iberostar Tenerife 33 17 Javier Beirán (2) Iberostar Tenerife 25 Vladimír Brodziansky (2) Monbus Obradoiro Kostas Vasileiadis (2) Monbus Obradoiro 18 Nicolás Laprovíttola (2) Divina Seguros Joventut 34 19 Jaime Fernández (2) Unicaja 34 20 Volodymyr Gerun Cafés Candelas Breogán 37 21 Vincent Poirier (2) Kirolbet Baskonia 34 22 Brian Roberts Unicaja 28 23 Askia Booker UCAM Murcia 48 24 E. J. Rowland Montakit Fuenlabrada 28 Dylan Ennis MoraBanc Andorra Matt Thomas Valencia Basket 25 Stan Okoye (2) Tecnyconta Zaragoza 32 26 Nacho Martín Tecnyconta Zaragoza 34 27 Nik Caner-Medley Movistar Estudiantes 35 28 Dani Pérez Delteco GBC 36 29 Askia Booker (2) UCAM Murcia 38 30 Thomas Heurtel Barça Lassa 28 31 Askia Booker (3) UCAM Murcia 35 32 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 27 Mike Tobey Valencia Basket 33 Jacob Wiley Herbalife Gran Canaria 33 34 Louis Labeyrie Valencia Basket 34 Source:
Player of the month Month Rounds Player Team PIR October 1–6 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 19.8 November 7–10 Javier Beirán Iberostar Tenerife 21.25 December 11–14 Kostas Vasileiadis Monbus Obradoiro 22.6 January 15–18 Colton Iverson Iberostar Tenerife 23.5 February 19–20 Giorgi Shermadini Unicaja 27.0 Dominique Sutton San Pablo Burgos March 21–25 Moussa Diagne MoraBanc Andorra 20.5 April 26–29 Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid 22.7 Source:
ACB clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Real Madrid EuroLeague 3rd (26–9) Barça Lassa 5th (20–15) Kirolbet Baskonia 7th (16–18) Herbalife Gran Canaria 14th (8–22) Valencia Basket EuroCup Champions MoraBanc Andorra Semifinals Unicaja Quarterfinals Iberostar Tenerife Champions League Runners-up UCAM Murcia Round of 16 Montakit Fuenlabrada Regular season Movistar Estudiantes Second qualifying round
References and notes
External links Official website 2018–19 ACB Statutes and Regulations