Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto
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ACB (Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto), is the premier professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional, changing its name to the current name in 1983. The ACB league, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including famous ones like Real Madrid-Teka, FC Barcelona, Estudiantes, Joventut Badalona, Tau Baskonia, Pamesa Valencia and Unicaja Málaga.
Famous basketball players who have prominent stints in the league include Juan Antonio Corbalan, Arvydas Sabonis, Pau Gasol, Raúl López, Fernando Martín, Fernando Romay, Andrés Nocioni, Fran Vázquez, Jordi Villacampa, Andre Turner, Dražen Petrović, Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Epi), Alberto Herreros, Roberto Dueñas, Sasha Djordjevic, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Juan Carlos Navarro, Velimir Perasović, Rafa Jofresa, Dejan Bodiroga, Joan Creus and many others.
Other Competitions
Liga championship rules
Each team of every division has to play with all the other teams of its division twice, once at home and the other at the opponent's stadium. This means that in Liga ACB the league ends after every team plays 34 matches.Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ACB takes a winter break once each team has played half its schedule. One unusual feature of the league is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season, with the only difference being the stadiums used. This procedure is typical in Spanish sport; it is also used by La Liga in football.
Each victory adds 1 match of win to the team in the league ranking. Each match defeated adds 1 match defeated.head-to-head. At the end of the league, the winner is:
- The team that has most matches winned in the ranking.
- If two or more teams are level on points, the winner is the team that has the best baskets
- If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the best overall matches head to head difference wins.
Spanish championship (1957-1983)
| Year | Team | Year | Team |
| 1957 | Real Madrid | 1971 | Real Madrid |
| 1958 | Real Madrid | 1972 | Real Madrid |
| 1959 | FC Barcelona | 1973 | Real Madrid |
| 1960 | Real Madrid | 1974 | Real Madrid |
| 1961 | Real Madrid | 1975 | Real Madrid |
| 1962 | Real Madrid | 1976 | Real Madrid |
| 1963 | Real Madrid | 1977 | Real Madrid |
| 1964 | Real Madrid | 1978 | Joventut |
| 1965 | Real Madrid | 1979 | Real Madrid |
| 1966 | Real Madrid | 1979 | Real Madrid |
| 1967 | Joventut | 1980 | Real Madrid |
| 1968 | Real Madrid | 1981 | FC Barcelona |
| 1969 | Real Madrid | 1982 | Real Madrid |
| 1970 | Real Madrid | 1983 | FC Barcelona |
ACB History (1983- )
Final Appearances
| Num | Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | Real Madrid | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Joventut Badalona | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tau Vitoria | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Unicaja Málaga | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Caja San Fernando | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | TDK Manresa | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Pamesa Valencia | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Adecco Estudiantes | 0 | 1 |
Classification 2005/06
Next Season: ACB League season 2005/2006 ACB Playoffs 2005/2006
Main Article: ACB League season 2004/2005 ACB Playoffs 2004/2005
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R=Relegated
Teams 2006/07 season
- Adecco Estudiantes
- Akasvayu Girona
- Bruesa GBC
- Gran Canaria
- CB Granada
- Caja San Fernando
- Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
- DKV Joventut
- Etosa Alicante
- Forum Valladolid
- Lagun Aro Bilbao
- Llanera Menorca
- Pamesa Valencia
- Polaris World Murcia
- Real Madrid-Teka
- TAU Cerámica
- Unicaja Málaga
- Winterthur FC Barcelona
Promoted to League ACB
Relegated to League LEB
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