2021–22 ACB season

Liga Endesa1
Season2021–22
Number of games327
Number of teams18
Regular season
Season MVPDžanan Musa
RelegatedMoraBanc Andorra
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Finals
ChampionsReal Madrid
14th ACB title
36th Spanish title
  Runners-upBarça
SemifinalistsJoventut
Bitci Baskonia
Finals MVPEdy Tavares
Statistical leaders
Points Džanan Musa 20.1
Rebounds Ángel Delgado 8.5
Assists Shannon Evans 6.8
Records
Biggest home winJoventut 105–61 Manresa
(9 October 2021)
Biggest away winBetis 64–106 Manresa
(26 September 2021)
Highest scoringBarça 108–97 Real Madrid
(10 April 2022)
Winning streak10 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak7 games
Casademont Zaragoza
Highest attendance12,315
Real Madrid 81–74 Barça
(19 June 2022)
Lowest attendance956
Tenerife 87–82 Unicaja
(23 September 2021)
Attendance1,572,083 (4,808 per match)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

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

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost 5,000
Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,716
Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe 10,744
Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo 7,242
Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 9,870
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos 9,000
Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports 12,760
Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín 5,100
Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar 6,000
MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra 5,005
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 13,109
Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes 5,310
Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena 10,014
UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes 7,454
Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena 10,642
Urbas Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín 5,700
Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 8,500

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Barça Šarūnas Jasikevičius Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària
Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi
Bitci Baskonia Neven Spahija Jayson Granger Kelme Bitci
Casademont Zaragoza Dragan Šakota Rodrigo San Miguel Mercury Casademont
Coosur Real Betis Luis Casimiro Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur
Gran Canaria Porfirio Fisac Oliver Stević Spalding
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Paco Olmos Vítor Benite Givova Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
Joventut Carles Duran Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas
Lenovo Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife
Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Álvaro Muñoz Deportes Caneda Estrella Galicia 0,0
MoraBanc Andorra Óscar Quintana Guillem Colom Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Sergio Llull Adidas Palladium Hotel Group
Río Breogán Veljko Mršić Džanan Musa Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0
Surne Bilbao Basket Álex Mumbrú Jonathan Rousselle Hummel Surne Seguros
UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida
Unicaja Ibon Navarro Carlos Suárez Joma Unicaja, Málaga
Urbas Fuenlabrada Josep María Raventós Christian Eyenga Pentex URBAS Grupo Financiero
Valencia Basket Joan Peñarroya Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Casademont Zaragoza Luis Casimiro End of contract 17 June 2021 Pre-season Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021
Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau 17 June 2021 Joan Peñarroya 21 June 2021
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Joan Peñarroya 17 June 2021 Žan Tabak 30 June 2021
Río Breogán Diego Epifanio 6 July 2021 Paco Olmos 15 July 2021
Bitci Baskonia Duško Ivanović Sacked 15 November 2021 11th (4–6) Neven Spahija 15 November 2021
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Žan Tabak 15 November 2021 14th (3–7) Félix Alonso (interim) 15 November 2021
Coosur Real Betis Joan Plaza Resigned 22 November 2021 18th (2–9) Luis Casimiro 22 November 2021
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Félix Alonso End of interim period 29 November 2021 15th (3–8) Salva Maldonado 29 November 2021
Río Breogán Paco Olmos Signed for Hereda San Pablo Burgos 9 January 2022 7th (8–6) Javi Muñoz (interim) 9 January 2022
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Salva Maldonado Sacked 10 January 2022 17th (4–11) Paco Olmos 10 January 2022
Río Breogán Javi Muñoz End of interim period 20 January 2022 7th (9–7) Veljko Mršić 20 January 2022
MoraBanc Andorra Ibon Navarro Sacked 23 January 2022 16th (5–12) David Eudal 23 January 2022
Unicaja Fotios Katsikaris Sacked 6 February 2022 13th (7–11) Ibon Navarro 10 February 2022
Casademont Zaragoza Jaume Ponsarnau Sacked 13 March 2022 13th (8–15) Aleix Durán (interim) 13 March 2022
Casademont Zaragoza Aleix Durán End of interim period 20 March 2022 16th (8–16) Dragan Šakota 20 March 2022
MoraBanc Andorra David Eudal Resigned 18 April 2022 18th (8–21) Óscar Quintana 18 April 2022

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Barça 34 27 7 2833 2539 +294 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 34 25 9 2840 2580 +260
3 Valencia Basket 34 23 11 2827 2702 +125
4 Joventut 34 22 12 2776 2666 +110
5 Lenovo Tenerife 34 21 13 2819 2685 +134
6 Bitci Baskonia 34 20 14 2777 2675 +102
7 Baxi Manresa 34 20 14 2995 2905 +90
8 Gran Canaria 34 17 17 2750 2798 −48
9 Surne Bilbao Basket 34 16 18 2768 2886 −118
10 UCAM Murcia 34 16 18 2900 2822 +78
11 Río Breogán 34 16 18 2831 2849 −18
12 Unicaja 34 13 21 2742 2741 +1
13 Coosur Real Betis 34 13 21 2674 2883 −209
14 Urbas Fuenlabrada 34 12 22 2807 2938 −131
15 Monbus Obradoiro 34 12 22 2792 2930 −138
16 Casademont Zaragoza 34 12 22 2570 2783 −213
17 MoraBanc Andorra 34 11 23 2665 2813 −148 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 34 10 24 2632 2803 −171
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)

Results

Home \ Away BAR BAX BKN CAZ BET GCA BUR CJB LNT MOB MBA RMB BRE SBB UCM UNI URF VBC
Barça — 95–96 78–91 76–63 83–63 98–80 84–69 99–84 69–65 83–67 107–88 108–97 78–69 84–62 85–78 63–73 79–69 79–87
Baxi Manresa 80–94 — 74–67 94–73 96–102 91–72 93–68 95–91 95–93 104–84 94–60 87–92 86–75 87–79 103–93 85–74 99–89 69–89
Bitci Baskonia 77–96 107–85 — 91–59 93–72 70–86 80–69 81–89 65–71 91–70 83–77 65–83 89–84 101–86 93–83 92–89 95–86 71–78
Casademont Zaragoza 76–71 98–91 97–79 — 82–72 76–86 54–75 63–77 62–77 80–73 80–83 65–86 79–75 80–82 91–78 93–82 74–85 70–76
Coosur Real Betis 61–78 64–106 83–87 79–69 — 93–86 71–74 66–77 72–81 76–87 102–98 69–71 84–81 71–88 84–93 73–79 99–83 75–68
Gran Canaria 64–82 80–82 83–77 79–76 94–70 — 82–89 84–71 89–77 71–69 84–78 83–91 84–86 88–86 83–100 76–59 79–60 89–83
Hereda San Pablo Burgos 69–83 82–90 62–78 78–56 76–84 77–86 — 92–76 73–81 77–82 81–70 70–85 62–87 104–97 84–102 89–74 66–83 65–69
Joventut 83–72 105–61 72–61 84–78 84–82 82–75 82–65 — 58–74 78–84 73–79 71–90 96–87 85–79 83–77 76–70 92–75 76–68
Lenovo Tenerife 60–75 94–83 78–91 90–65 99–97 98–89 91–78 72–79 — 86–83 79–70 72–59 96–78 89–79 87–71 87–82 87–74 78–80
Monbus Obradoiro 64–79 98–91 81–76 87–82 86–93 106–97 101–94 93–91 81–84 — 81–73 88–89 100–83 91–96 70–104 71–85 93–81 85–89
MoraBanc Andorra 74–86 79–82 78–79 83–92 76–93 87–71 73–71 91–72 75–77 86–73 — 58–86 79–86 82–72 90–89 83–74 92–84 75–76
Real Madrid 75–85 75–86 72–80 94–69 71–48 70–75 70–63 99–89 86–77 78–68 83–88 — 90–65 95–61 90–69 79–74 92–77 93–94
Río Breogán 72–74 98–94 89–83 82–85 97–65 76–66 105–96 87–90 92–73 80–78 83–74 71–79 — 86–94 94–89 93–84 97–89 99–82
Surne Bilbao Basket 68–84 89–82 62–90 76–100 98–99 95–80 87–81 71–77 87–79 80–76 74–71 79–67 83–75 — 78–77 83–77 85–80 84–78
UCAM Murcia 87–89 71–67 80–79 72–77 88–66 86–75 83–89 71–83 88–86 98–80 96–67 71–80 91–72 92–87 — 79–84 99–76 71–72
Unicaja 73–75 95–100 72–73 112–72 96–80 79–80 89–78 72–76 64–97 91–79 78–74 91–92 72–64 91–75 87–88 — 90–86 82–87
Urbas Fuenlabrada 69–86 90–82 84–70 77–55 77–82 87–92 91–96 82–104 104–96 93–92 91–78 85–88 88–65 87–82 105–95 53–73 — 88–87
Valencia Basket 86–76 90–85 67–72 81–79 81–84 91–62 84–70 71–70 92–88 91–71 81–76 79–93 97–98 100–84 86–91 90–75 97–79 —
Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 ACB Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                      
1 Barça 93 88 2
8 Gran Canaria 82 86 0
1 Barça 89 81 83 63 3
4 Joventut 72 87 77 60 1
4 Joventut 100 76 81 2
5 Lenovo Tenerife 68 103 58 1
1 Barça 75 71 66 74 1
2 Real Madrid 88 69 81 81 3
2 Real Madrid 93 83 2
7 Baxi Manresa 76 74 0
2 Real Madrid 94 83 85 3
6 Bitci Baskonia 84 71 77 0
3 Valencia Basket 79 89 59 1
6 Bitci Baskonia 80 82 76 2

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 43 33 10 Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 Barça 44 33 11
3 Joventut 41 25 16 Qualification to EuroCup
4 Bitci Baskonia 40 22 18 Already qualified to EuroLeague
5 Valencia Basket 37 24 13
6 Lenovo Tenerife 37 22 15 Qualification to Champions League regular season
7 Baxi Manresa 36 20 16
8 Gran Canaria 36 17 19 Qualification to EuroCup
9 Surne Bilbao Basket 34 16 18 Qualification to Champions League regular season
10 UCAM Murcia 34 16 18
11 Río Breogán 34 16 18 Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
12 Unicaja 34 13 21
13 Coosur Real Betis 34 13 21
14 Urbas Fuenlabrada 34 12 22
15 Monbus Obradoiro 34 12 22
16 Casademont Zaragoza 34 12 22
17 MoraBanc Andorra (R) 34 11 23 Relegation to LEB Oro
18 Hereda San Pablo Burgos (R) 34 10 24
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. Additionally, Catalonia reduced it to 30%.
  • October to December: 80% of capacity allowed, except for Catalonia and Basque Country, whose Governments limited initially the attendance to 30% and 40%, respectively. On October 5, 2021, Basque Country increased the capacity allowed to 80%. On October 15, 2021, Catalonia increased the capacity allowed to 80%.
  • January: 50% of capacity allowed.
  • February: 75% of capacity allowed.
  • March to June: 100% of capacity allowed.

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†

Source: ACB

Awards

All official awards of the 2021–22 ACB season.

MVP

Pos. Player Team
SF Džanan Musa Río Breogán

Source:

Finals MVP

Pos. Player Team
C Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Source:

All-ACB Teams

Pos. First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
PG Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis
SG Nicolás Laprovíttola Barça Isaiah Taylor UCAM Murcia
SF Džanan Musa Río Breogán Joe Thomasson Baxi Manresa
PF Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa Nikola Mirotić Barça
C Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Source:

Best Young Player Award

Pos. Player Team
SF Joel Parra Joventut

Source:

Best All-Young Team

Pos. Player Team
PG Žiga Samar Urbas Fuenlabrada
SG Rokas Jokubaitis Barça
SF Joel Parra Joventut
PF Jaime Pradilla Valencia Basket
C Khalifa Diop Gran Canaria

Source:

Best Defender Award

Pos. Player Team
C Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Source:

Player of the round

Round Player Team PIR
1 Džanan Musa Río Breogán 35
2 Nikola Mirotić Barça 36
Bruno Fitipaldo Lenovo Tenerife
3 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 32
4 Laurynas Birutis Monbus Obradoiro 30
5 Rokas Giedraitis Bitci Baskonia 26
6 Amine Noua MoraBanc Andorra 31
7 Clevin Hannah MoraBanc Andorra 35
8 Klemen Prepelič Valencia Basket 29
9 Tadas Sedekerskis Bitci Baskonia 35
10 Clevin Hannah (2) MoraBanc Andorra 30
Ante Tomić Joventut
11 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 41
12 Laurynas Birutis (2) Monbus Obradoiro 28
13 Vitto Brown Coosur Real Betis 36
14 Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 44
15 Džanan Musa (3) Río Breogán 39
Chima Moneke Baxi Manresa
16 Laurynas Birutis (3) Monbus Obradoiro 37
17 Džanan Musa (4) Río Breogán 36
18 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 32
Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis
19 Giorgi Shermadini (3) Lenovo Tenerife 33
20 Codi Miller-McIntyre MoraBanc Andorra 34
21 Shannon Evans (2) Coosur Real Betis 31
22 Džanan Musa (5) Río Breogán 47
23 Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife 38
24 Giorgi Shermadini (4) Lenovo Tenerife 36
25 Kyle Alexander Urbas Fuenlabrada 37
26 Matt Costello Bitci Baskonia 32
27 Shannon Evans (3) Coosur Real Betis 30
28 Ante Tomić (2) Joventut 33
29 Joe Thomasson Baxi Manresa 35
30 Wade Baldwin Bitci Baskonia 41
31 Chima Moneke (2) Baxi Manresa 43
32 Ángel Delgado Surne Bilbao Basket 44
33 Shannon Evans (4) Coosur Real Betis 39
34 Shannon Evans (5) Coosur Real Betis 37

Source:

Player of the month

Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September 1–3 Nikola Mirotić Barça 27.7 3–0
October 4–8 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 20.2 4–1
November 9–11 Jayson Granger Bitci Baskonia 25 2–1
December 12–15 Džanan Musa Río Breogán 34 3–1
January 16–17 James Webb UCAM Murcia 24.5 1–1
February 21–22 Džanan Musa (2) Río Breogán 30.5 1–1
March 23–26 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 24.4 4–1
April 27–30 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 27.4 4–3
May 31–34 Shannon Evans Coosur Real Betis 37 3–0

Source:

ACB clubs in international competitions

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Real Madrid EuroLeague Championship game Loss vs. Anadolu Efes 22–11
Semifinals Win vs. Barcelona
Playoffs 3–0 vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv
Regular season 4th of 15 teams (18–10)
Barça Third place game Win vs. Olympiacos 25–10
Semifinals Loss vs. Real Madrid
Playoffs 3–2 vs. Bayern Munich
Regular season 1st of 15 teams (21–7)
Bitci Baskonia Regular season 9th of 15 teams (12–16) 12–16
Valencia Basket EuroCup Semifinals Loss vs. Virtus Segafredo Bologna 14–7
Quarterfinals Win vs. Metropolitans 92
Eighthfinals Win vs. Hamburg Towers
Regular season Group B 2nd of 10 teams (12–6)
MoraBanc Andorra Semifinals Loss vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor 12–7
Quarterfinals Win vs. Gran Canaria
Eighthfinals Win vs. Budućnost VOLI
Regular season Group A 4th of 10 teams (10–6)
Gran Canaria Quarterfinals Loss vs. MoraBanc Andorra 13–7
Eighthfinals Win vs. Śląsk Wrocław
Regular season Group B 1st of 10 teams (12–6)
Joventut Eighthfinals Loss vs. ratiopharm Ulm 12–5
Regular season Group A 1st of 10 teams (12–4)
FIBA competitions
Team Competition Progress Result W–L
Hereda San Pablo Burgos Intercontinental Cup Final Loss vs. Flamengo 1–1
Semi-finals Win vs. Zamalek
Champions League Play-ins 1–2 vs. Darüşşafaka 5–4
Regular season Group H 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Lenovo Tenerife Final Win vs. Baxi Manresa 16–3
Semi-finals Win vs. Hapoel Holon
Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. Tofaş
Round of 16 Group L 1st of 4 teams (6–0)
Play-ins 2–1 vs. Pınar Karşıyaka
Regular season Group A 2nd of 4 teams (4–2)
Baxi Manresa Final Loss vs. Lenovo Tenerife 12–4
Semi-finals Win vs. MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. Unicaja
Round of 16 Group J 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Regular season Group B 1st of 4 teams (5–1)
Unicaja Quarter-finals 0–2 vs. Baxi Manresa 6–6
Round of 16 Group K 2nd of 3 teams (2–2)
Regular season Group C 1st of 4 teams (4–2)
Casademont Zaragoza FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Group D 3rd of 4 teams (2–4) 2–4