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2024–25 ACB season

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Liga Endesa1
Season2024–25
Matches played52
Teams18
Records
Biggest home winZaragoza 111–53 Breogán
(2 November 2024)
Biggest away winGirona 52–82 Granada
(12 October 2024)
Highest scoringBilbao 98–103 Valencia
(27 October 2024)
Winning streak5 matches
Unicaja
Losing streak4 matches
Bàsquet Girona
Highest attendance13,082
Baskonia 91–95 Andorra
(5 October 2024)
Lowest attendance2,956
Andorra 87–71 Granada
(26 October 2024)
Attendance339,398 (6,527 per match)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 3 November 2024.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2024–25 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the 42nd season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 28 September 2024 with the regular season and will end at the latest on 30 June 2025 with the finals.[1]

Real Madrid is the defending champion.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2023–24 season and two promoted from the 2023–24 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro Final Four.

On May 10, 2024, Leyma Coruña became the first team to clinch the promotion to ACB after a 80–74 win to Melilla Ciudad del Deporte in the last round of the regular season that crowned it as LEB Oro champions.[2] It is the debut season of the Galician team in the Spanish top tier and the second participation of the city of A Coruña in the Spanish top flight after the participation of Bosco in 1968–69 season.[3] On June 9, 2024, Hiopos Lleida became the second team to achieve the promotion to ACB after winning the LEB Oro Final Four in a 85–70 proud win against Movistar Estudiantes to clinch the last spot to ACB.[4] It is the debut season of the Catalan team and it mean the return of the city of Lleida to the Spanish top flight after the previous stage of CE Lleida in the league.[3]

The first team to be relegated from ACB was Zunder Palencia, after a 94–101 loss to Baskonia on 27 April 2024, suffering immediate relegation.[5] The second team relegated to Primera FEB was Monbus Obradoiro, after a 97–71 win in the last round against Joventut Badalona on 12 May 2024 that was not enough, ending their 13-year stay in the top tier.[6]

Increase Promoted from LEB Oro Decrease Relegated to Primera FEB

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2024–25 ACB
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Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2024–25 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,586[7]
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,504[8]
Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau 5,200[9]
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000[10]
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744[11]
Coviran Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes 7,700[12]
Dreamland Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[13]
Hiopos Lleida Lleida Espai Fruita Barris Nord 5,500[14]
Joventut Badalona Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760[15]
La Laguna Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100[16]
Leyma Coruña A Coruña Coliseum da Coruña 9,300[17]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Pavelló de Govern 5,001[18]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109[19]
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310[20]
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014[21]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454[22]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,699[23]
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500[24]

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Barça Spain Joan Peñarroya Spain Álex Abrines Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baskonia Spain Pablo Laso Lithuania Tadas Sedekerskis Puma Kosner
Bàsquet Girona Greece Fotios Katsikaris Spain Sergi Martínez Puma FIATC
Baxi Manresa Spain Diego Ocampo Spain Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi Climatización
Casademont Zaragoza Spain Porfirio Fisac Spain Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont
Coviran Granada Spain Pablo Pin Spain Pere Tomàs Vive Coviran
Dreamland Gran Canaria Slovenia Jaka Lakovič France Andrew Albicy Spalding Dreamland, Gran Canaria
Hiopos Lleida Spain Gerard Encuentra Spain Rafa Villar Pentex Hiopos
Joventut Badalona Spain Dani Miret Spain Pau Ribas Joma Fundación Probitas
La Laguna Tenerife Spain Txus Vidorreta Brazil Marcelo Huertas Austral La Laguna, Tenerife
Leyma Coruña Spain Diego Epifanio Spain Álex Hernández Macron Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra Spain Natxo Lezkano Spain Nacho Llovet Kappa MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Spain Chus Mateo Spain Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero
Río Breogán Croatia Veljko Mršić Spain Erik Quintela Adidas Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Spain Jaume Ponsarnau Spain Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros & Pensiones
UCAM Murcia Spain Sito Alonso Montenegro Nemanja Radović Nike UCAM
Unicaja Spain Ibon Navarro Spain Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Valencia Basket Spain Pedro Martínez Spain Josep Puerto Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo[a]

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Baskonia Montenegro Duško Ivanović End of contract 27 May 2024[25] Pre-season Spain Pablo Laso 28 June 2024[26]
Baxi Manresa Spain Pedro Martínez Signed by Valencia Basket 29 May 2024[27] Spain Diego Ocampo 17 June 2024[28]
Valencia Basket Spain Xavi Albert End of interim period 29 May 2024[29] Spain Pedro Martínez 29 May 2024[30]
Barça Spain Roger Grimau Sacked 8 June 2024[31] Spain Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024[32]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Unicaja 6 5 1 537 492 +45 Qualification to playoffs
2 Valencia Basket 5 4 1 436 398 +38
3 Real Madrid 6 4 2 531 456 +75
4 Barça 6 4 2 555 506 +49
5 Dreamland Gran Canaria 6 4 2 475 459 +16
6 La Laguna Tenerife 4 3 1 349 324 +25
7 Baxi Manresa 6 3 3 487 453 +34
8 Casademont Zaragoza 6 3 3 563 538 +25
9 MoraBanc Andorra 6 3 3 523 509 +14
10 Surne Bilbao Basket 6 3 3 505 495 +10
11 Joventut Badalona 6 3 3 481 479 +2
12 UCAM Murcia 6 3 3 491 503 −12
13 Hiopos Lleida 6 3 3 472 508 −36
14 Baskonia 6 2 4 524 538 −14
15 Leyma Coruña 6 2 4 518 559 −41
16 Río Breogán 5 1 4 353 439 −86
17 Coviran Granada 6 1 5 433 484 −51 Relegation to Primera FEB
18 Bàsquet Girona 6 1 5 419 512 −93
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. 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)[33]

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BKN GIR BAX CAZ COV DGC HIO JOV LLT COR MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI VBC
Barça — 89–93 91–65 106–80
Baskonia — 79–82 91–95 95–92
Bàsquet Girona — 84–80 52–82 75–82
Baxi Manresa — 79–58 109–69 77–73
Casademont Zgz — 101–91 96–95 111–53
Coviran Granada — 75–86 72–84 68–84
Dreamland GC 92–86 — 80–72 80–67
Hiopos Lleida 74–78 83–81 — 80–70
Joventut 83–68 — 70–76 91–76
La Laguna TFE 91–95 88–80 84–74 —
Leyma Coruña 110–86 — 86–85 83–90
MoraBanc And 87–71 71–91 112–87 —
Real Madrid 95–67 86–61 101–95 —
Río Breogán 77–81 — 75–87
Surne Bilbao 83–79 90–72 — 98–103
UCAM Murcia 88–74 64–85 89–83 —
Unicaja 103–96 90–73 101–63 —
Valencia Basket 84–60 89–88 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Attendances to arenas

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Average attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Unicaja 31,154 10,681 9,792 10,385 +4.6%†
2 Baskonia 30,586 13,082 8,388 10,195 +12.7%†
3 Surne Bilbao Basket 24,971 9,576 7,343 8,324 −0.7%†
4 Leyma Coruña 24,329 9,300 6,682 8,110 n/a1
5 Real Madrid 22,735 7,937 7,276 7,578 −11.8%†
6 Coviran Granada 22,351 7,743 7,103 7,450 −0.4%†
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 20,716 6,922 6,884 6,905 +7.1%†
8 Valencia Basket 12,969 6,724 6,245 6,485 +4.0%†
9 UCAM Murcia 17,755 7,262 4,715 5,918 −7.8%†
10 Barça 17,196 5,753 5,709 5,732 +2.1%†
11 Casademont Zaragoza 16,911 5,962 5,471 5,637 −1.4%†
12 Hiopos Lleida 16,185 6,100 5,003 5,395 n/a1
13 Joventut Badalona 16,084 6,228 4,719 5,361 −20.2%†
14 Río Breogán 10,479 5,269 5,210 5,240 +1.6%†
15 La Laguna Tenerife 15,286 5,156 5,011 5,095 +3.2%†
16 Bàsquet Girona 14,622 5,278 4,519 4,874 −2.1%†
17 Baxi Manresa 14,409 4,907 4,676 4,803 −1.1%†
18 MoraBanc Andorra 10,660 4,383 2,956 3,553 −7.1%†
League total 339,398 13,082 2,956 6,527 +1.6%†

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2024. Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played previous season in LEB Oro.

Awards

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All official awards of the 2024–25 ACB season.

Player of the round

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Round Player Team PIR
1 Canada Kassius Robertson Joventut Badalona 28
3 Azerbaijan Donta Hall Baskonia 45
4 United States Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 35
5 Sweden Ludde Håkanson UCAM Murcia 32
United States Ben Lammers MoraBanc Andorra

Source: [34]

Player of the month

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Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
October 1–5 United States Jerrick Harding MoraBanc Andorra 20.8 3–2 [35]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl. "Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

References

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  1. ^ "Fechas de la temporada 2024-25 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Leyma Coruña logra el ascenso | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Leyma Coruña y Força Lleida, acb | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Força Lleida asciende a Liga Endesa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Zunder Palencia-Baskonia (94-101) | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 April 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Monbus Obra.-Joventut (97-71) | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 7.586 espectadores
  8. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 15.504 espectadores
  9. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 5.200 espectadores
  10. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 5.000 espectadores
  11. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 10.744 espectadores
  12. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2022. AFORO: 7.700 espectadores
  13. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 9.870 espectadores
  14. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024. AFORO: 5.500 espectadores
  15. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 12.760 espectadores
  16. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2020. AFORO: 5.100 espectadores
  17. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2024. AFORO: 9.300 espectadores
  18. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023. AFORO: 5.001 espectadores
  19. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 13.109 espectadores
  20. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2021. AFORO: 5.310 espectadores
  21. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 10.014 espectadores
  22. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 7.454 espectadores
  23. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2024. AFORO: 10.699 espectadores
  24. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2020. AFORO: 8.500 espectadores
  25. ^ "Ivanovic no seguirá en el Baskonia | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  26. ^ "Laso firma por Baskonia hasta 2027| ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  27. ^ "Pedro Martínez deja el BAXI Manresa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Diego Ocampo vuelve al BAXI Manresa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Xavi Albert, segundo entrenador | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  30. ^ "Pedro Martínez vuelve a Valencia | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Roger Grimau no seguirá | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Peñarroya, entrenador del Barça | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  33. ^ "180724_normasinternas.pdf" (PDF). www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  34. ^ "Jugadores de la Jornada 24-25 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  35. ^ "Harding, MVP de Octubre | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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