The 2026 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2026 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2025–26 season, which began on 4 October 2025. The playoffs started on June 2 and ended on June 24.
Real Madrid was the defending champion which was knocked out in quarterfinals by La Laguna Tenerife in a stunning upset led to the first trophyless season since the 2010–11 season for Los Blancos. Valencia Basket achieved their second ACB and Spanish title after nine years of their last league title.
Format At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.
Playoff qualifying On April 12, 2026, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.
Seed Team Record Clinched Playoff berth Seeded team Top seed 1 Real Madrid 26–8 April 12 May 3 May 3 2 Valencia Basket 25–9 May 2 May 31 – 3 Kosner Baskonia 25–9 May 10 May 29 – 4 UCAM Murcia 25–9 May 2 May 29 – 5 Barça 24–10 May 9 – – 6 Asisa Joventut 22–12 May 20 – – 7 Surne Bilbao 19–15 May 29 – – 8 La Laguna Tenerife 18–16 May 26 – –
Bracket Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
Quarterfinals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) Real Madrid v La Laguna Tenerife
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous meeting. +Madrid leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
Valencia Basket v Surne Bilbao
+Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning each one out of the first two meetings. +Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series
Kosner Baskonia v Asisa Joventut
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Asisa Joventut winning three of the first four meetings. +Joventut leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series
UCAM Murcia v Barça
+Murcia won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the first playoff meeting between UCAM Murcia and Barça.
Semifinals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) Barça v La Laguna Tenerife
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous two meetings. +Barça leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series
Valencia Basket v Asisa Joventut
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Valencia Basket winning the previous meeting. +Valencia leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
Finals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
+Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning five of the first six meetings. +Barça leads 5–1 in all-time playoff series
References
External links Official website