The 2021–22 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was 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 ended on 19 June 2022 with the finals.
Barça was the defending champion which lost the final series 1–3 to Real Madrid which reclaimed a record 36th Spanish title and their 14th ACB title ending a 3-year drought after their last triumph in 2019.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 17 sides from the 2020–21 season and one promoted from the 2020–21 LEB Oro.
Team promoted from LEB Oro Río Breogán
Teams relegated to LEB Oro Movistar Estudiantes Acunsa GBC
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Hereda San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Urbas Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta
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 Dragan Šakota Rodrigo San Miguel Mercury Casademont Coosur Real Betis Luis Casimiro Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur Gran Canaria Porfirio Fisac Oliver Stević Spalding Hereda San Pablo Burgos Paco Olmos Vítor Benite Givova 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 Deportes Caneda Estrella Galicia 0,0 MoraBanc Andorra Óscar Quintana Guillem Colom Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra Real Madrid Pablo Laso Sergio Llull Adidas Palladium Hotel Group Río Breogán Veljko Mršić Džanan Musa 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 Ibon Navarro 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
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 Pre-season Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021 Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021 Joan Peñarroya 21 June 2021 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Joan Peñarroya 17 June 2021 Žan Tabak 30 June 2021 Río Breogán Diego Epifanio 6 July 2021 Paco Olmos 15 July 2021 Bitci Baskonia Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021 11th (4–6) Neven Spahija 15 November 2021 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Žan Tabak 15 November 2021 14th (3–7) Félix Alonso (interim) 15 November 2021 Coosur Real Betis Joan Plaza Resigned 22 November 2021 18th (2–9) Luis Casimiro 22 November 2021 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Félix Alonso End of interim period 29 November 2021 15th (3–8) Salva Maldonado 29 November 2021 Río Breogán Paco Olmos Signed for Hereda San Pablo Burgos 9 January 2022 7th (8–6) Javi Muñoz (interim) 9 January 2022 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Salva Maldonado Sacked 10 January 2022 17th (4–11) Paco Olmos 10 January 2022 Río Breogán Javi Muñoz End of interim period 20 January 2022 7th (9–7) Veljko Mršić 20 January 2022 MoraBanc Andorra Ibon Navarro Sacked 23 January 2022 16th (5–12) David Eudal 23 January 2022 Unicaja Fotios Katsikaris Sacked 6 February 2022 13th (7–11) Ibon Navarro 10 February 2022 Casademont Zaragoza Jaume Ponsarnau Sacked 13 March 2022 13th (8–15) Aleix Durán (interim) 13 March 2022 Casademont Zaragoza Aleix Durán End of interim period 20 March 2022 16th (8–16) Dragan Šakota 20 March 2022 MoraBanc Andorra David Eudal Resigned 18 April 2022 18th (8–21) Óscar Quintana 18 April 2022
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances 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. Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%. October to December: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited initially the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively. On October 5, 2021, Basque Country increased the capacity allowed to 80%. On October 15, 2021, Catalonia increased the capacity allowed to 80%. January: 50% of capacity allowed. February: 75% of capacity allowed. March to June: 100% of capacity allowed.
Average attendances
Awards All official awards of the 2021–22 ACB season.
MVP Player Team SF Džanan Musa Río Breogán Source:
Finals MVP Player Team C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
All-ACB Teams First Team Second Team Player Team Player Team PG Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis SG Nicolás Laprovíttola Barça Isaiah Taylor UCAM Murcia SF Džanan Musa Río Breogán Joe Thomasson Baxi Manresa PF Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa Nikola Mirotić Barça C Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
Best Young Player Award Player Team SF Joel Parra Joventut Source:
Best All-Young Team Player Team PG Žiga Samar Urbas Fuenlabrada SG Rokas Jokubaitis Barça SF Joel Parra Joventut PF Jaime Pradilla Valencia Basket C Khalifa Diop Gran Canaria Source:
Best Defender Player Team C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
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 11 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 41 12 Laurynas Birutis (2) Monbus Obradoiro 28 13 Vitto Brown Coosur Real Betis 36 14 Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 44 15 Džanan Musa (3) Río Breogán 39 Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa 16 Laurynas Birutis (3) Monbus Obradoiro 37 17 Džanan Musa (4) Río Breogán 36 18 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 32 Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis 19 Giorgi Shermadini (3) Lenovo Tenerife 33 20 Codi Miller-McIntyre MoraBanc Andorra 34 21 Shannon Evans (2) Coosur Real Betis 31 22 Džanan Musa (5) Río Breogán 47 23 Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife 38 24 Giorgi Shermadini (4) Lenovo Tenerife 36 25 Kyle Alexander Urbas Fuenlabrada 37 26 Matt Costello Bitci Baskonia 32 27 Shannon Evans (3) Coosur Real Betis 30 28 Ante Tomić (2) Joventut 33 29 Joe Thomasson Baxi Manresa 35 30 Wade Baldwin Bitci Baskonia 41 31 Chima Moneke (2) Baxi Manresa 43 32 Ángel Delgado Surne Bilbao Basket 44 33 Shannon Evans (4) Coosur Real Betis 39 34 Shannon Evans (5) Coosur Real Betis 37 Source:
Player of the month Month Rounds Player Team PIR September 1–3 Nikola Mirotić Barça 27.7 3–0 October 4–8 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 20.2 4–1 November 9–11 Jayson Granger Bitci Baskonia 25 2–1 December 12–15 Džanan Musa Río Breogán 34 3–1 January 16–17 James Webb UCAM Murcia 24.5 1–1 February 21–22 Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 30.5 1–1 March 23–26 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 24.4 4–1 April 27–30 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 27.4 4–3 May 31–34 Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis 37 3–0 Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions +Euroleague Basketball competitions Team Competition Progress Result Real Madrid EuroLeague Championship game Loss vs. Anadolu Efes 22–11 Semifinals Win vs. Barcelona Playoffs 3–0 vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Regular season 4th of 15 teams (18–10) Barça Third place game Win vs. Olympiacos 25–10 Semifinals Loss vs. Real Madrid Playoffs 3–2 vs. Bayern Munich Regular season 1st of 15 teams (21–7) Bitci Baskonia Regular season 9th of 15 teams (12–16) 12–16 Valencia Basket EuroCup Semifinals Loss vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna 14–7 Quarterfinals Win vs. Metropolitans 92 Eighthfinals Win vs. Hamburg Towers Regular season Group B 2nd of 10 teams (12–6) MoraBanc Andorra Semifinals Loss vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor 12–7 Quarterfinals Win vs. Gran Canaria Eighthfinals Win vs. Budućnost VOLI Regular season Group A 4th of 10 teams (10–6) Gran Canaria Quarterfinals Loss vs. MoraBanc Andorra 13–7 Eighthfinals Win vs. Śląsk Wrocław Regular season Group B 1st of 10 teams (12–6) Joventut Eighthfinals Loss vs. ratiopharm Ulm 12–5 Regular season Group A 1st of 10 teams (12–4) +FIBA competitions Team Competition Progress Result Hereda San Pablo Burgos Intercontinental Cup Final Loss vs. Flamengo 1–1 Semi-finals Win vs. ZamalekChampions League Play-ins 1–2 vs. Darüşşafaka 5–4 Regular season Group H 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Lenovo Tenerife Final Win vs. Baxi Manresa 16–3 Semi-finals Win vs. Hapoel Holon Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. Tofaş Round of 16 Group L 1st of 4 teams (6–0) Play-ins 2–1 vs. Pınar Karşıyaka Regular season Group A 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Baxi Manresa Final Loss vs. Lenovo Tenerife 12–4 Semi-finals Win vs. MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. Unicaja Round of 16 Group J 1st of 4 teams (4–2) Regular season Group B 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Unicaja Quarter-finals 0–2 vs. Baxi Manresa 6–6 Round of 16 Group K 2nd of 3 teams (2–2) Regular season Group C 1st of 4 teams (4–2) Casademont Zaragoza FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Group D 3rd of 4 teams (2–4) 2–4
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References
External links Official website