2017–18 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Season 2017–18
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1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

The 2017–18 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, will be the 35th season of the Spanish basketball league.

Valencia Basket will be the defending champions.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 17 teams will contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 LEB Oro. This will include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.

As of 10 July 2017, the ACB, forced by the statement of the National Commission for Markets and Competence (CNMC), agreed with the Spanish Basketball Federation and endorsed by the CSD to reduce the requirements to fulfill by the promoted teams for playing in the league.[1]

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2017–18 ACB
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504[6]
Divina Seguros Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 8,500[7]
FC Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[8]
Gipuzkoa Basket San Sebastián San Sebastián Arena 11,000[9]
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870[10]
Iberostar Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,003[11]
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 5,060[12]
Montakit Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,100[13]
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella Poliesportiu d'Andorra 5,000[14]
Movistar Estudiantes Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[15]
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[15]
RETAbet Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014[16]
San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,000
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744[17]
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,341[18]
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,233[19]
Valencia Basket Valencia Fuente de San Luis 8,500[20]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Baskonia Argentina Pablo Prigioni Hungary Ádám Hanga Kelme
Divina Seguros Joventut Spain Diego Ocampo Spain Albert Ventura Spalding Divina Pastora Seguros
FC Barcelona Lassa Spain Sito Alonso Spain Juan Carlos Navarro Nike Lassa Tyres
Gipuzkoa Basket Spain Porfirio Fisac Hummel
Herbalife Gran Canaria Spain Luis Casimiro Dominican Republic Eulis Báez Adidas Herbalife
Iberostar Tenerife Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Marković Argentina Nicolás Richotti Austral Iberostar
Monbus Obradoiro Spain Moncho Fernández Spain Pepe Pozas Vive Monbus
Montakit Fuenlabrada Argentina Néstor García BFS Montakit
MoraBanc Andorra Spain Joan Peñarroya Kon MoraBanc
Movistar Estudiantes Spain Salva Maldonado Spain Jaime Fernández Joma Movistar
Real Madrid Spain Pablo Laso Spain Felipe Reyes Adidas Teka
RETAbet Bilbao Basket Spain Carles Duran Spain Álex Mumbrú Erreà RETAbet
San Pablo Burgos Spain Diego Epifanio Spain Javi Vega Hummel Inmobiliaria San Pablo
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Spain Jota Cuspinera Mercury Tecnyconta
UCAM Murcia Spain Ibon Navarro Spain José Ángel Antelo Nike UCAM
Unicaja Spain Joan Plaza Spain Carlos Suárez Spalding Unicaja, Benahavís
Valencia Basket Spain Txus Vidorreta Spain Rafa Martínez Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo1
Notes
1. ^ Cultura del Esfuerzo is the motto of the club.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Tecnyconta Zaragoza Spain Luis Guil End of contract 16 May 2017[21] Pre-season Spain Jota Cuspinera 16 June 2017[22]
FC Barcelona Lassa Greece Georgios Bartzokas Sacked 7 June 2017[23] Spain Sito Alonso 16 June 2017[24]
Montakit Fuenlabrada Spain Jota Cuspinera Resigned 7 June 2017[25] Argentina Néstor García 7 July 2017[26]
Baskonia Spain Sito Alonso Mutual consent 16 June 2017[27] Argentina Pablo Prigioni 16 June 2017[28]
Valencia Basket Spain Pedro Martínez End of contract 20 June 2017[29] Spain Txus Vidorreta 20 June 2017[30]
Iberostar Tenerife Spain Txus Vidorreta Resigned 20 June 2017[31] Bosnia and Herzegovina Nenad Marković 20 June 2017[32]
UCAM Murcia Greece Fotios Katsikaris Signed for Hapoel Jerusalem 28 June 2017[33] Spain Ibon Navarro 29 June 2017

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Baskonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Divina Seguros Joventut 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 FC Barcelona Lassa 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Gipuzkoa Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Herbalife Gran Canaria 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Iberostar Tenerife 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Monbus Obradoiro 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montakit Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 MoraBanc Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Movistar Estudiantes 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 San Pablo Burgos 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Tecnyconta Zaragoza 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 UCAM Murcia 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Unicaja 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to LEB Oro
17 Valencia Basket 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: ACB

Results

Home ╲ Away BKN CJB FCBGBCHGCIBTOBRFUEMBAMOVRMBRBBSPATCZUCMUNIVLC
Baskonia a
Divina Seguros Joventut
FC Barcelona Lassa a
Gipuzkoa Basket
Herbalife Gran Canaria
Iberostar Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro
Montakit Fuenlabrada
MoraBanc Andorra
Movistar Estudiantes
Real Madrid a
RETAbet Bilbao Basket a
San Pablo Burgos
Tecnyconta Zaragoza
UCAM Murcia
Unicaja
Valencia Basket

Source: ACB

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Baskonia 0 0 0 9,758 0–†
2 Real Madrid 0 0 0 9,072 0–†
3 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 0 0 0 8,708 0–†
4 Movistar Estudiantes 0 0 0 8,356 0–†
5 Valencia Basket 0 0 0 8,159 0–†
6 Tecnyconta Zaragoza 0 0 0 7,467 0–†
7 Unicaja 0 0 0 7,116 0–†
8 Herbalife Gran Canaria 0 0 0 6,464 0–†
9 UCAM Murcia 0 0 0 5,637 0–†
10 Monbus Obradoiro 0 0 0 5,067 0–†
11 Divina Seguros Joventut 0 0 0 4,975 0–†
12 Montakit Fuenlabrada 0 0 0 4,911 0–†
13 Iberostar Tenerife 0 0 0 4,521 0–†
14 FC Barcelona Lassa 0 0 0 4,272 0–†
15 MoraBanc Andorra 0 0 0 4,228 0–†
16 San Pablo Burgos 0 0 0 2,000 0–1
17 Gipuzkoa Basket 0 0 0 0 n/a1
League total 0 0 0 6,456 0–†

Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in LEB Oro.

ACB clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress Ref
Baskonia EuroLeague —
FC Barcelona Lassa —
Real Madrid —
Unicaja —
Valencia Basket —
Herbalife Gran Canaria EuroCup — [34]
MoraBanc Andorra —
RETAbet Bilbao Basket —
Divina Seguros Joventut Champions League — [35]
Iberostar Tenerife —
Movistar Estudiantes —
UCAM Murcia —

References and notes

  1. ↑ "Aprobadas condiciones económicas que dinamizarán los ascensos y descensos" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "RETAbet.es GBC se reconcilia con el baloncesto con su tercera corona" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Comunicado sobre la inscripción del Gipuzkoa Basket Club" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "F-J.3: San Pablo Burgos culmina un épico e histórico ascenso" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Comunicado sobre la inscripción del CB Miraflores SAD" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Baskonia" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Divina Seguros Joventut" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "FC Barcelona Lassa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Gipuzkoa Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Herbalife Gran Canaria" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Iberostar Tenerife" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Monbus Obradoiro" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "Morabanc Andorra" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  15. 1 2 "WiZink Center | Real Madrid Basketball Arena | Real Madrid Basketball". Real Madrid. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. ↑ "Bilbao Arena" (in Spanish). Bilbao Basket. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "CAI Zaragoza" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "UCAM Murcia" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "Unicaja" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Pabellón". Valencia Basket. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Luis Guil no seguirá en Tecnyconta Zaragoza" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  22. ↑ "Jota Cuspinera dirigirá al Tecnyconta Zaragoza las dos próximas temporadas" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  23. ↑ "FC Barcelona, coach Bartzokas part ways". EuroLeague.net. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  24. ↑ "Barcelona hands reins to Alonso". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  25. ↑ "Jota Cuspinera ha decidido no seguir al frente del Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  26. ↑ "Néstor García será el entrenador del Montakit Fuenlabrada" (in Spanish). Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  27. ↑ "Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, Coach Alonso split up". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  28. ↑ "Baskonia names Prigioni new head coach". EuroLeague.net. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  29. ↑ "Valencia, coach Martinez part ways". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  30. ↑ "Valencia finds new coach in Vidorreta". EuroLeague.net. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  31. ↑ "Txus Vidorreta se despide del Iberostar Tenerife" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  32. ↑ "Nenad Markovic, nuevo entrenador del Iberostar Tenerife" (in Spanish). CB 1939 Canarias. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  33. ↑ "Jerusalem hires Katsikaris, former EuroCup Coach of the Year". EuroCup Basketball. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  34. ↑ "7DAYS EuroCup Board meets ahead of 2017-18 season". EuroCup Basketball. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  35. ↑ "Four Spanish clubs confirmed in Basketball Champions League". BasketballCL.com. 19 June 2017.
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