1983–84 ACB season

ACB Primera División
Season1983–84
Games played259
Teams16
Regular season
RelegatedPeñas Recreativas Huesca
Hospitalet ATO
Ebro Manresa
Finals
ChampionsReal Madrid
1st ACB title
23rd Spanish title
  Runners-upFC Barcelona
SemifinalistsJoventut Massana
CAI Zaragoza

The 1983–84 ACB season was the inaugural season of the ACB Primera División, the top Spanish professional basketball league. It started on 10 September 1983 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 13 April 1984 with the finals. The league was made up of the clubs that broke away from Spanish Basketball Federation at the end of the 1982–83 season with the aim to professionalize the league.[1] The new league introduced the best-of-three playoffs at the end of the regular season just like in the Italian league.[1][2]

Real Madrid won their first ACB title, and their 23rd Spanish title after the decision of the Competition Committee, when FC Barcelona didn't appear in the third game of the finals in protest of what it considered an unfair decision by this body following a fight between players in the second game of the finals: Davis was sanctioned for six games due to attack Real Madrid player Iturriaga, who had previously elbowed him in a block.[3]

Format changes

For this season, the league was expanded to 16 teams and the teams were divided in two groups (Group Odd, Group Even) formed by the odd teams (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th,...) and the even teams (2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th,...) of the final standings of the previous season. At the end of first phase, the top four teams of each group advanced to the Group A1 and the rest of the teams of each group advanced to the Group A2. At the end of second phase, the top four teams of the Group A1 advanced to the quarterfinals playoffs, the rest of the teams of the Group A1 and the top four teams of the Group A2 advanced to the first round playoffs, and the rest of the teams of the Group A2 advanced to the relegation playoffs of which three teams were relegated to Primera División B.[4]

Another significant change was the introduction of the overtimes in case of draw.[1]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 12 sides from the 1982–83 Liga Nacional and four promoted from the 1982–83 Primera División B.

Teams promoted from Primera División B

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 1983–84 ACB
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Location of teams from Barcelona in 1983–84 ACB
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Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 1983–84 ACB
Team Home city Arena
Arabatxo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Mendizorrotza
Areslux Granollers Municipal
Cafisa Canarias San Cristóbal de La Laguna Colegio Luther King
CAI Zaragoza Zaragoza Palacio de Deportes
Caja de Ronda Málaga Ciudad Jardín
Cajamadrid Alcalá de Henares Municipal
Ebro Manresa Manresa Congost
Estudiantes Caja Postal Madrid Antonio Magariños
FC Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana
Fórum Filatélico Valladolid Valladolid Huerta del Rey
Hospitalet ATO L'Hospitalet L'Hospitalet Nord
Joventut Massana Badalona Club Joventut Badalona
Licor 43 Santa Coloma de Gramenet Municipal
OAR Ferrol Ferrol Punta Arnela
Peñas Recreativas Huesca Huesca Municipal
Real Madrid Madrid Ciudad Deportiva

First phase

Group Odd

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Joventut Massana 14 13 1 1270 1094 +176 27 Qualification to Group A1
2 FC Barcelona 14 12 2 1423 1176 +247 26
3 Areslux 14 11 3 1180 1071 +109 25
4 OAR Ferrol 14 6 8 1100 1102 −2 20
5 Caja de Ronda 14 5 9 1215 1283 −68 19 Qualification to Group A2
6 Cafisa Canarias 14 4 10 1223 1347 −124 18
7 Peñas Recreativas Huesca 14 3 11 1110 1246 −136 17
8 Ebro Manresa 14 2 12 1104 1306 −202 16
Source: Linguasport

Group Even

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 14 12 2 1377 1092 +285 26 Qualification to Group A1
2 CAI Zaragoza 14 10 4 1241 1203 +38 24
3 Cajamadrid 14 10 4 1272 1254 +18 24
4 Arabatxo Baskonia 14 6 8 1188 1244 −56 20
5 Estudiantes Caja Postal 14 5 9 1205 1255 −50 19 Qualification to Group A2
6 Licor 43 14 5 9 1186 1248 −62 19
7 Hospitalet ATO 14 5 9 1144 1204 −60 19
8 Fórum Filatélico Valladolid 14 3 11 1254 1367 −113 17
Source: Linguasport

Second phase

Group A1

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Real Madrid 14 13 1 1313 1123 +190 27 Qualification to quarterfinals
2 FC Barcelona 14 12 2 1423 1276 +147 26
3 Cajamadrid 14 7 7 1222 1249 −27 21
4 Areslux 14 7 7 1205 1212 −7 21
5 Joventut Massana 14 7 7 1278 1210 +68 21 Qualification to first round
6 CAI Zaragoza 14 5 9 1267 1305 −38 19
7 OAR Ferrol 14 4 10 1111 1244 −133 18
8 Arabatxo Baskonia 14 1 13 1199 1399 −200 15
Source: Linguasport

Group A2

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Licor 43 14 13 1 1267 1087 +180 27 Qualification to first round
2 Caja de Ronda 14 9 5 1175 1149 +26 23
3 Cafisa Canarias 14 8 6 1188 1157 +31 22
4 Fórum Filatélico Valladolid 14 7 7 1252 1285 −33 21
5 Estudiantes Caja Postal 14 7 7 1149 1138 +11 21 Qualification to relegation playoffs
6 Hospitalet ATO 14 5 9 1134 1166 −32 19
7 Peñas Recreativas Huesca 14 4 10 1117 1190 −73 18
8 Ebro Manresa 14 3 11 1041 1151 −110 17
Source: Linguasport

Playoffs

Main article: 1984 ACB Playoffs

Championship playoffs

 
First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A1–1 Real Madrid928283
 
 
 
A2–1 Licor 43709160
 
A1–8 Arabatxo Baskonia729366
 
 
 
A2–1 Licor 43948576
 
A1–1 Real Madrid101116
 
 
A1–5 Joventut Massana9389
 
 
 
 
 
A1–4 Areslux8210059
 
 
 
A1–5 Joventut Massana1069974
 
A1–5 Joventut Massana125113
 
 
 
A2–4 Fórum Valladolid110103
 
A1–1 Real Madrid80792
 
 
A1–2 FC Barcelona65810
 
 
 
 
 
A1–2 FC Barcelona109111
 
 
 
A1–7 OAR Ferrol9192
 
A1–7 OAR Ferrol8195
 
 
 
A2–2 Caja de Ronda7787
 
A1–2 FC Barcelona10095101
 
 
A1–6 CAI Zaragoza1047775
 
 
 
 
 
A1–3 Cajamadrid9610183
 
 
 
A1–6 CAI Zaragoza8310384
 
A1–6 CAI Zaragoza10697
 
 
A2–3 Cafisa Canarias9285
 

Source: Linguasport

Relegation playoffs

 
First roundSecond round
 
          
 
 
 
 
A2–5 Estudiantes9375
 
 
 
A2–8 Ebro Manresa9172
 
A2–5 Estudiantes887887
 
 
 
A2–7 Peñas Huesca827970
 
A2–6 Hospitalet ATO968282
 
 
A2–7 Peñas Huesca1028187
 

Source: Linguasport

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 35 30 5 Qualification to European Champions Cup
2 FC Barcelona 35 29 6 Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup
3 Joventut Massana 35 24 11
4 CAI Zaragoza 36 20 16 Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup
5 Cajamadrid 31 18 13 Qualification to Korać Cup
6 Areslux 31 19 12
7 OAR Ferrol 32 12 20 Qualification to Korać Cup
8 Licor 43 34 21 13
9 Arabatxo Baskonia 31 8 23
10 Caja de Ronda 30 14 16
11 Cafisa Canarias 30 12 18
12 Fórum Filatélico Valladolid 30 10 20
13 Estudiantes Caja Postal 33 16 17
14 Peñas Recreativas Huesca (R) 34 10 24 Relegation to Primera División B
15 Hospitalet ATO (R) 31 11 20
16 Ebro Manresa (R) 30 5 25
Source: Linguasport
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

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  2. ^ Gómez, Luis (9 September 1983). "Comienza una Liga diferente para el baloncesto español". El País (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ "El Barça no se presenta en Madrid (1984)". FEB (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Edición del Sunday 28 November 1982, Página 29 – Hemeroteca – MundoDeportivo.com". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.