The 2019–20 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 24 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 30 June 2020 in an exceptional end-of-season tournament in Valencia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Real Madrid was the defending champion which was eliminated by San Pablo Burgos which qualified to semifinals for its first time. Kirolbet Baskonia won their fourth ACB and Spanish title after 10 years of the last Spanish title.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested 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 Coosur Real Betis RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Club Joventut Badalona Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo 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 RETAbet Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 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 Svetislav Pešić Ante Tomić Nike Assistència Sanitària Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Pere Tomàs Pentex Baxi Casademont Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Carlos Alocén Mercury Casademont Club Joventut Badalona Carles Duran Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas Coosur Real Betis Curro Segura Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur Herbalife Gran Canaria Fotios Katsikaris Oriol Paulí Spalding Herbalife Iberostar Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Marcelo Huertas Austral Iberostar Kirolbet Baskonia Duško Ivanović Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Pepe Pozas Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0 Montakit Fuenlabrada Paco García Christian Eyenga Pentex Montakit MoraBanc Andorra Ibon Navarro Guillem Colom Spalding MoraBanc, Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Javier Zamora Édgar Vicedo Wibo Movistar Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Palladium Hotel Group RETAbet Bilbao Basket Álex Mumbrú Rafa Martínez Hummel RETAbet San Pablo Burgos Joan Peñarroya Javi Vega Hummel Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Sadiel Rojas Nike UCAM, Costa Cálida Unicaja Luis Casimiro Carlos Suárez Joma Unicaja, Málaga Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Movistar Estudiantes Josep Maria Berrocal Sacked 4 June 2019 Pre-season Aleksandar Džikić 3 July 2019 San Pablo Burgos Diego Epifanio End of contract 20 June 2019 Joan Peñarroya 22 June 2019 Baxi Manresa Joan Peñarroya Resigned 21 June 2019 Pedro Martínez 24 June 2019 Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez 22 June 2019 Fotios Katsikaris 26 June 2019 Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Sacked 20 December 2019 6th (7–6) Duško Ivanović 24 December 2019 Movistar Estudiantes Aleksandar Džikić 21 January 2020 18th (4–14) Javier Zamora 21 January 2020 Montakit Fuenlabrada Jota Cuspinera 27 January 2020 18th (4–15) Paco García 28 January 2020
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. 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. On March 16, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously on the temporary suspension of the league until April 24. On April 2, 2020, ACB suspended indefinitely the league and started to work on future scenarios to restart the league. 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. On May 27, 2020, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the exceptional playoffs in the two last weeks of June. The matches were played in La Fonteta and the teams trained in L'Alqueria del Basket which had 9 indoor courts, 4 outdoor courts and 15,000 square metres.
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.
Results
Playoffs
Group stage Group A
Group B
Final Four
Final standings
Attendances Attendances only include regular season games:
Awards All official awards of the 2019–20 ACB season.
MVP Player Team PF Nikola Mirotić Barça Source:
Finals MVP PlayerTeam PG Luca Vildoza Kirolbet Baskonia Source:
All-ACB Teams
First Team Second Team Player Team Player Team PG Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid Marcelo Huertas Iberostar Tenerife SG Klemen Prepelič Club Joventut Badalona Alberto Abalde Valencia Basket SF Axel Bouteille Unicaja Ádám Hanga Barça PF Nikola Mirotić Barça Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia C Giorgi Shermadini Iberostar Tenerife Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
Best Young Player Award Player Team Carlos Alocén Casademont Zaragoza Source:
Best All-Young Team Player Team Carlos Alocén Casademont Zaragoza Usman Garuba Real Madrid Nenad Dimitrijević Club Joventut Badalona Arnoldas Kulboka RETAbet Bilbao Basket Vít Krejčí Casademont Zaragoza Source:
Player of the round Round Player Team PIR 1 Nikola Mirotić Barça 39 2 Brandon Davies Barça 35 3 Earl Clark San Pablo Burgos 30 4 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 43 5 D. J. Seeley Casademont Zaragoza 30 6 Fletcher Magee Monbus Obradoiro 33 7 Omar Cook Herbalife Gran Canaria 34 8 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 32 9 Earl Clark (2) San Pablo Burgos 28 10 Giorgi Shermadini Iberostar Tenerife 35 11 Xabier López-Arostegui Club Joventut Badalona 25 12 Jaime Fernández Unicaja 38 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Iberostar Tenerife 13 Axel Bouteille RETAbet Bilbao Basket 39 14 Giorgi Shermadini (3) Iberostar Tenerife 42 15 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 29 Matt Costello Herbalife Gran Canaria 16 Alen Omić Club Joventut Badalona 33 17 Marcelo Huertas Iberostar Tenerife 35 18 Giorgi Shermadini (4) Iberostar Tenerife 31 19 Nemanja Radović Casademont Zaragoza 32 22 Tornike Shengelia (2) Kirolbet Baskonia 44 23 Erick Green Coosur Real Betis 28 Source:
Player of the month Month Rounds Player Team PIR September 1–2 Brandon Davies Barça 30.0 2–0 October 3–6 Nikola Mirotić Barça 30.0 2–2 November 7–10 Askia Booker UCAM Murcia 23.7 2–2 December 11–15 Giorgi Shermadini Iberostar Tenerife 24.6 3–2 January 16–19 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 28.7 2–1 February 20–21 Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia 29.0 1–1 March 22–23 Tornike Shengelia (2) Kirolbet Baskonia 30.5 2–0 Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions +Euroleague Basketball competitions Team Competition Progress Result Real Madrid EuroLeague Regular season 2nd of 18 teams (22–6) Barça Regular season 3rd of 18 teams (22–6) Valencia Basket Regular season 10th of 18 teams (12–16) Kirolbet Baskonia Regular season 13th of 18 teams (12–16) Unicaja EuroCup Quarterfinals 11–5 Club Joventut Badalona Top 16 Group H 3rd of 4 teams (8–8) MoraBanc Andorra Top 16 Group H 4th of 4 teams (8–8) +FIBA competitions Team Competition Progress Result Iberostar Tenerife Intercontinental Cup Champions 2–0Champions League Final Eight Casademont Zaragoza Final Eight San Pablo Burgos Final Eight Baxi Manresa Regular season Group A 5th of 8 teams (7–7)
Notes
References
External links Official website