2020–21 ACB season
Basketball league season
The 2020–21 ACB season , also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 19 September 2020 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 15 June 2021 with the finals.
It was the following season after the 2019–20 season was disrupted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . Consequently, there were not relegations to LEB Oro and the league was expanded to 19 teams. This season was contested by odd-numbered teams for the third time in its history, which meant that each regular season round one team did not play any games.
TD Systems Baskonia was the defending champion which got knocked out by Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals. Barça claimed their 16th ACB title and their 19th Spanish title , ending a 7-year drought, by downing archrivals Real Madrid in Game 2 of the Finals. Barça swept the series and completed its first Spanish double (League and Cup titles) since 2011.
Teams
A total of 19 teams contested the league, including the same 18 sides from the 2019–20 season and one promoted from the 2019–20 LEB Oro .
Teams promoted from LEB Oro
Carramimbre CBC Valladolid (did not request to join the league)[ 1]
Acunsa GBC (initially was not accepted to join the league, but was proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Basque club)[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Venues and locations
Location of teams in
2020–21 ACB
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in
2020–21 ACB
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
Acunsa GBC
San Sebastián
Donostia Arena
11,000 [ 5]
Barça
Barcelona
Palau Blaugrana
7,585 [ 6]
Baxi Manresa
Manresa
Nou Congost
5,000 [ 7]
Casademont Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
10,744 [ 8]
Coosur Real Betis
Seville
San Pablo
7,242 [ 9]
Herbalife Gran Canaria
Las Palmas
Gran Canaria Arena
9,870 [ 10]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Burgos
Coliseum Burgos
9,000 [ 11]
Joventut
Badalona
Palau Municipal d'Esports
12,760 [ 12]
Lenovo Tenerife
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santiago Martín
5,100 [ 13]
Monbus Obradoiro
Santiago de Compostela
Multiusos Fontes do Sar
6,000 [ 14]
MoraBanc Andorra
Andorra la Vella
M.I. Govern Andorra
5,005 [ 15]
Movistar Estudiantes
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 16]
Real Madrid
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 17]
RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Bilbao
Bilbao Arena
10,014 [ 18]
TD Systems Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Buesa Arena
15,716 [ 19]
UCAM Murcia
Murcia
Palacio de Deportes
7,454 [ 20]
Unicaja
Málaga
Martín Carpena
10,642 [ 21]
Urbas Fuenlabrada
Fuenlabrada
Fernando Martín
5,700 [ 22]
Valencia Basket
Valencia
La Fonteta
8,500 [ 23]
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Source:
ACB Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Head–to–head record; 3) Head–to–head point difference; 4) Point difference; 5) Points scored; 6) Sum of quotients of points scored (Note: Head–to–head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
[ 44]
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.
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Real Madrid 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Barça 8 6 3 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Lenovo Tenerife 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Valencia Basket 12 8 7 8 10 13 9 8 11 10 11 12 10 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 TD Systems Baskonia 9 4 4 5 7 5 7 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 11 7 6 4 3 4 6 7 9 5 5 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Joventut 4 2 8 7 4 7 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Herbalife Gran Canaria 5 12 14 12 18 18 19 18 18 17 17 18 18 16 15 13 13 13 12 12 13 14 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 MoraBanc Andorra 2 9 9 13 11 9 11 13 13 13 14 10 9 11 9 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 13 13 12 8 10 9 Baxi Manresa 7 10 12 10 12 10 8 12 8 7 8 9 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 10 10 9 10 9 9 8 8 10 11 11 10 Unicaja 16 17 13 16 13 12 13 10 6 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 8 11 UCAM Murcia 18 11 11 9 8 11 10 9 10 11 10 8 8 9 11 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 13 13 12 12 Casademont Zaragoza 15 18 10 17 17 14 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 15 15 14 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 12 13 13 Monbus Obradoiro 1 3 2 6 6 6 4 5 7 9 9 11 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 Urbas Fuenlabrada 19 19 17 19 19 19 16 14 14 14 12 13 14 14 13 15 14 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 15 16 16 17 16 15 15 15 16 15 14 15 15 15 Coosur Real Betis 10 14 15 11 15 15 17 17 15 15 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 16 17 17 17 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 14 15 19 14 16 16 15 16 17 18 18 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 17 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 Movistar Estudiantes 13 16 18 15 9 8 12 11 12 12 13 14 13 12 14 14 15 14 14 15 16 16 16 15 16 15 14 14 14 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 Acunsa GBC 17 13 16 18 14 17 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Leader and qualification to playoffs Qualification to playoffs Relegation to LEB Oro
Results
Source:
ACB Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Final standings
Source:
ACB (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Attendances
The first 36 regular season rounds were played behind closed doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . On May 17, 2021, the Ministry of Culture of Spain , the Ministry of Health of Spain and the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the return of the spectators to the league arenas for the last two regular season rounds and for the playoffs with the following requirements:[ 45] [ 46]
Autonomous community with a cumulative incidence in the last 7 days of less than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and a cumulative incidence in the last 14 days of less than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Maximum attendance of the 25 per cent of the seating capacity of the arena and, in any case, regardless of this capacity, the maximum attendance is 1,500 people.
Use of FFP2 face masks without exhalation valve for the attendants.
Conduct temperature checks at the arena entrance.
On June 2, 2021, the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the general admission of the spectators for the playoffs, indicating that the maximum number of spectators is 1,000 people.[ 47]
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
1
UCAM Murcia
1,500
1,500
1,500
1,500†
2
Valencia Basket
5,000
1,500
1,000
1,250†
3
Monbus Obradoiro
1,164
1,164
1,164
1,164†
4
Barça
3,000
1,000
1,000
1,000†
5
Real Madrid
3,000
1,000
1,000
1,000†
6
Joventut
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000†
7
Lenovo Tenerife
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000†
8
MoraBanc Andorra
900
900
900
900†
9
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
879
879
879
879†
10
Herbalife Gran Canaria
200
200
200
200†
League total
17,643
1,500
200
1,038†
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2021. Source: ACB
Awards
All official awards of the 2020–21 ACB season .
Source: [ 48]
Source: [ 49]
Source: [ 50] [ 51]
Source: [ 52]
Source: [ 53]
Best Defender Award
Source: [ 54]
Player of the round
Source: [ 55]
Source: [ 65]
ACB clubs in international competitions
Notes
^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort" ) is the motto of the club.
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