Basketball league season
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
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
Teams relegated to LEB Oro
Venues and locations
Location of teams in
2021–22 ACB
Location of teams from the Canary Islands in
2021–22 ACB
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
Barça
Barcelona
Palau Blaugrana
7,585 [ 3]
Baxi Manresa
Manresa
Nou Congost
5,000 [ 4]
Bitci Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Buesa Arena
15,716 [ 5]
Casademont Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
10,744 [ 6]
Coosur Real Betis
Seville
San Pablo
7,242 [ 7]
Gran Canaria
Las Palmas
Gran Canaria Arena
9,870 [ 8]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Burgos
Coliseum Burgos
9,000 [ 9]
Joventut
Badalona
Palau Municipal d'Esports
12,760 [ 10]
Lenovo Tenerife
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santiago Martín
5,100 [ 11]
Monbus Obradoiro
Santiago de Compostela
Multiusos Fontes do Sar
6,000 [ 12]
MoraBanc Andorra
Andorra la Vella
M.I. Govern Andorra
5,005 [ 13]
Real Madrid
Madrid
WiZink Center
13,109 [ 14]
Río Breogán
Lugo
Pazo dos Deportes
5,310 [ 15]
Surne Bilbao Basket
Bilbao
Bilbao Arena
10,014 [ 16]
UCAM Murcia
Murcia
Palacio de Deportes
7,454 [ 17]
Unicaja
Málaga
Martín Carpena
10,642 [ 18]
Urbas Fuenlabrada
Fuenlabrada
Fernando Martín
5,700 [ 19]
Valencia Basket
Valencia
La Fonteta
8,500 [ 20]
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]
Results
Source:
ACB Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
Final standings
Source:
ACB (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
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.[ 45] Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.[ 46]
October to December: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited initially the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively.[ 47] On October 5, 2021, Basque Country increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[ 48] On October 15, 2021, Catalonia increased the capacity allowed to 80%.[ 49]
January: 50% of capacity allowed.[ 50]
February: 75% of capacity allowed.[ 51]
March to June: 100% of capacity allowed.[ 52]
Average attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
1
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
133,795
9,568
3,550
7,870†
2
Bitci Baskonia
128,691
10,038
5,062
6,773†
3
Surne Bilbao Basket
100,809
8,487
2,747
5,930†
4
Joventut
120,768
12,166
2,362
5,751†
5
Real Madrid
125,608
12,315
2,648
5,709†
6
Casademont Zaragoza
87,753
7,347
3,128
5,162†
7
Barça
110,777
7,438
2,284
5,035†
8
UCAM Murcia
81,916
6,660
2,036
4,819†
9
Valencia Basket
84,367
7,909
2,908
4,440†
10
Monbus Obradoiro
72,216
5,415
2,200
4,248†
11
Unicaja
72,038
6,257
2,473
4,238†
12
Río Breogán
71,451
5,280
2,086
4,203†
13
Gran Canaria
74,748
7,029
1,549
4,153†
14
Coosur Real Betis
66,858
5,850
1,286
3,933†
15
Baxi Manresa
67,572
5,000
1,400
3,754†
16
Urbas Fuenlabrada
62,573
4,985
1,711
3,681†
17
Lenovo Tenerife
62,378
5,133
956
3,465†
18
MoraBanc Andorra
47,765
5,000
1,500
2,810†
League total
1,572,083
12,315
956
4,808†
Awards
All official awards of the 2021–22 ACB season .
Source: [ 53]
Source: [ 54]
Source: [ 55] [ 56]
Source: [ 57]
Source: [ 58]
Best Defender Award
Source: [ 59]
Player of the round
Source: [ 60]
Source: [ 70]
ACB clubs in international competitions
Notes
^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort" ) is the motto of the club.
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