2022–23 ACB season
Liga Endesa1 | ||||||||||
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Season | 2022–23 | |||||||||
Number of games | 309 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 18 | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
Season MVP | Giorgi Shermadini | |||||||||
Relegated | Real Betis Fuenlabrada | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Barça 17th ACB title 20th Spanish title | |||||||||
Runners-up | Real Madrid | |||||||||
Semifinalists | Unicaja Joventut | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Records | ||||||||||
Biggest home win | Unicaja 106–60 Real Betis (30 October 2022) | |||||||||
Biggest away win | Manresa 70–106 Breogán (29 October 2022) | |||||||||
Highest scoring | Breogán 114–115 Real Betis (4 March 2023) | |||||||||
Winning streak | 10 games Barça | |||||||||
Losing streak | 19 games Fuenlabrada | |||||||||
Highest attendance | 15,501 Baskonia 103–89 Unicaja (30 September 2022) | |||||||||
Lowest attendance | 2,209 Fuenlabrada 81–97 Gran Canaria (11 May 2023) | |||||||||
Attendance | 1,866,173 (6,039 per match) | |||||||||
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2023.1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. |
The 2022–23 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 28 September 2022 with the regular season and ended on 20 June 2023 with the finals.
Real Madrid was the defending champion which lost the final series 0–3 to Barça which reclaimed its 20th Spanish title and their 17th ACB title.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 16 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from the 2021–22 LEB Oro.
- Teams promoted from LEB Oro
- Teams relegated to LEB Oro
Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Barça | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 7,585 |
Bàsquet Girona | Girona | Fontajau | 5,050 |
Baxi Manresa | Manresa | Nou Congost | 5,000 |
Carplus Fuenlabrada | Fuenlabrada | Fernando Martín | 5,700 |
Casademont Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe | 10,744 |
Cazoo Baskonia | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Buesa Arena | 15,716 |
Covirán Granada | Granada | Palacio de Deportes | 7,700 |
Gran Canaria | Las Palmas | Gran Canaria Arena | 9,870 |
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 |
Real Betis | Seville | San Pablo | 7,242 |
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 |
Valencia Basket | Valencia | La Fonteta | 8,500 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Barça | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | Pierre Oriola | Nike | Assistència Sanitària |
Bàsquet Girona | Aíto García Reneses | Marc Gasol | Nike | FIATC |
Baxi Manresa | Pedro Martínez | Guillem Jou | Pentex | Baxi |
Carplus Fuenlabrada | Óscar Quintana | Clevin Hannah | Kromex | Carplus |
Casademont Zaragoza | Porfirio Fisac | Santiago Yusta | Mercury | Casademont |
Cazoo Baskonia | Joan Peñarroya | Rokas Giedraitis | Puma | Cazoo |
Covirán Granada | Pablo Pin | David Iriarte | Vive | Supermercados Covirán |
Gran Canaria | Jaka Lakovič | Oliver Stević | Spalding | |
Joventut | Carles Duran | Albert Ventura | Spalding | Fundación Probitas |
Lenovo Tenerife | Txus Vidorreta | Marcelo Huertas | Austral | Lenovo, Tenerife |
Monbus Obradoiro | Moncho Fernández | Álvaro Muñoz | Geff | Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Real Betis | Luis Casimiro | Pablo Almazán | Kappa | Sevilla |
Real Madrid | Chus Mateo | Sergio Llull | Adidas | Autohero |
Río Breogán | Veljko Mršić | Sergi Quintela | Wibo | Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Surne Bilbao Basket | Jaume Ponsarnau | Xavi Rabaseda | Hummel | Surne Seguros |
UCAM Murcia | Sito Alonso | Sadiel Rojas | Hummel | UCAM, Costa Cálida |
Unicaja | Ibon Navarro | Alberto Díaz | Joma | Unicaja, Málaga |
Valencia Basket | Álex Mumbrú | 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 |
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Surne Bilbao Basket | Álex Mumbrú | End of contract | 6 June 2022 | Pre-season | Jaume Ponsarnau | 21 June 2022 |
Valencia Basket | Joan Peñarroya | 7 June 2022 | Álex Mumbrú | 14 June 2022 | ||
Cazoo Baskonia | Neven Spahija | 9 June 2022 | Joan Peñarroya | 13 June 2022 | ||
Gran Canaria | Porfirio Fisac | 12 June 2022 | Jaka Lakovič | 17 June 2022 | ||
Casademont Zaragoza | Dragan Šakota | 25 June 2022 | Martin Schiller | 25 June 2022 | ||
Bàsquet Girona | Jordi Sargatal | 30 June 2022 | Aíto García Reneses | 8 July 2022 | ||
Real Madrid | Pablo Laso | Sacked | 4 July 2022 | Chus Mateo | 25 June 2022 | |
Carplus Fuenlabrada | Josep María Raventós | 11 October 2022 | 17th (0–3) | José Luis Pichel (interim) | 15 November 2022 | |
Casademont Zaragoza | Martin Schiller | 18 October 2022 | 17th (0–4) | Porfirio Fisac | 19 October 2022 | |
Carplus Fuenlabrada | José Luis Pichel | End of interim period | 24 January 2023 | 18th (3–14) | Óscar Quintana | 24 January 2023 |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Barça | 34 | 29 | 5 | 2895 | 2489 | +406 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Cazoo Baskonia | 34 | 28 | 6 | 3128 | 2817 | +311 | |
3 | Real Madrid | 34 | 28 | 6 | 3005 | 2629 | +376 | |
4 | Lenovo Tenerife | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2834 | 2517 | +317 | |
5 | Unicaja | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2969 | 2638 | +331 | |
6 | Gran Canaria | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2837 | 2734 | +103 | |
7 | Joventut | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2766 | 2662 | +104 | |
8 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2842 | 2826 | +16 | |
9 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2714 | 2820 | −106 | |
10 | Río Breogán | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2620 | 2716 | −96 | |
11 | Monbus Obradoiro | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2694 | 2832 | −138 | |
12 | Surne Bilbao Basket | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2587 | 2735 | −148 | |
13 | Casademont Zaragoza | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2675 | 2755 | −80 | |
14 | Baxi Manresa | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2853 | 3025 | −172 | |
15 | Bàsquet Girona | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2604 | 2773 | −169 | |
16 | Covirán Granada | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2604 | 2913 | −309 | |
17 | Real Betis | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2659 | 2857 | −198 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
18 | Carplus Fuenlabrada | 34 | 4 | 30 | 2589 | 3137 | −548 |
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
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Leader and qualification to playoffs | Qualification to playoffs | Relegated |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Barça | 84 | 87 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Valencia Basket | 74 | 64 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Barça | 84 | 79 | 90 | 87 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Unicaja | 81 | 88 | 79 | 75 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Lenovo Tenerife | 59 | 74 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Unicaja | 72 | 97 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Barça | 97 | 86 | 93 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Real Madrid | 88 | 85 | 82 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Real Madrid | 95 | 89 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Dreamland Gran Canaria | 68 | 81 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Real Madrid | 83 | 90 | 83 | 94 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Joventut | 93 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Cazoo Baskonia | 91 | 76 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Joventut | 99 | 83 | 2 |
Attendances to arenas
Average attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Unicaja | 150,353 | 10,602 | 6,232 | 8,844 | +108.7% |
2 | Cazoo Baskonia | 149,281 | 15,501 | 5,706 | 8,781 | +29.6% |
3 | Surne Bilbao Basket | 126,253 | 9,972 | 6,173 | 7,891 | +33.1% |
4 | Real Madrid | 114,448 | 11,187 | 5,517 | 7,153 | +25.3% |
5 | Joventut | 113,215 | 11,564 | 4,162 | 6,660 | +15.8% |
6 | Covirán Granada | 103,559 | 8,028 | 5,247 | 6,472 | n/a1 |
7 | Barça | 96,285 | 7,580 | 4,383 | 6,018 | +19.5% |
8 | Valencia Basket | 93,161 | 7,963 | 3,471 | 5,823 | +31.1% |
9 | Casademont Zaragoza | 98,622 | 7,499 | 3,630 | 5,801 | +12.4% |
10 | Gran Canaria | 97,945 | 8,517 | 4,059 | 5,761 | +38.7% |
11 | UCAM Murcia | 90,350 | 7,500 | 3,491 | 5,315 | +10.3% |
12 | Monbus Obradoiro | 83,664 | 6,000 | 4,730 | 5,229 | +23.1% |
13 | Río Breogán | 85,983 | 5,235 | 4,810 | 5,058 | +20.3% |
14 | Real Betis | 83,678 | 7,242 | 2,454 | 4,922 | +25.1% |
15 | Bàsquet Girona | 78,698 | 5,195 | 4,360 | 4,919 | n/a1 |
16 | Lenovo Tenerife | 77,945 | 5,219 | 3,884 | 4,872 | +40.6% |
17 | Baxi Manresa | 75,538 | 5,000 | 4,062 | 4,721 | +25.8% |
18 | Carplus Fuenlabrada | 76,112 | 4,981 | 2,209 | 4,477 | +21.6% |
League total | 1,784,976 | 15,501 | 2,209 | 6,030 | +25.4% |
Awards
All official awards of the 2022–23 ACB season.
MVP
Pos. | Player | Team |
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C | Giorgi Shermadini | Lenovo Tenerife |
Source:
Finals MVP
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PF | Nikola Mirotić | Barça |
Source:
All-ACB Teams
Pos. | First Team | Second Team | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | |
PG | Darius Thompson | Cazoo Baskonia | Marcelinho Huertas | Lenovo Tenerife |
SG | Markus Howard | Cazoo Baskonia | Nicolás Laprovíttola | Barça |
SF | Džanan Musa | Real Madrid | Joel Parra | Joventut |
PF | Giorgi Shermadini | Lenovo Tenerife | Nikola Mirotić | Barça |
C | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid | Ante Tomić | Joventut |
Source:
Best Young Player Award
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | Jean Montero | Real Betis |
Source:
Best All-Young Team
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | Justus Hollatz | Río Breogán |
SG | Jean Montero | Real Betis |
SF | Michael Caicedo | Covirán Granada |
PF | Khalifa Diop | Gran Canaria |
C | Aday Mara | Casademont Zaragoza |
Source:
Best Defender Award
Pos. | Player | Team |
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C | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid |
Source:
Player of the round
Source:
Player of the month
Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | W–L | Ref |
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October | 1–6 | Jasiel Rivero | Valencia Basket | 26.5 | 2–2 | |
November | 7–9 | Ante Tomić | Joventut | 21.0 | 2–1 | |
December | 10–13 | Jasiel Rivero (2) | Valencia Basket | 20.7 | 2–1 | |
January | 14–18 | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid | 26.8 | 4–1 | |
Giorgi Shermadini | Lenovo Tenerife | |||||
February | 19–20 | Nicolás Brussino | Gran Canaria | 31.5 | 1–1 | |
March | 21–24 | Ethan Happ | Río Breogán | 20.8 | 2–2 | |
April | 25–30 | Bojan Dubljević | Valencia Basket | 23.5 | 3–1 | |
May | 31–34 | Guerschon Yabusele | Real Madrid | 25.0 | 4–0 |
Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions
Team | Competition | Progress | Result | W–L |
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Real Madrid | EuroLeague | Championship game | Win vs. Olympiacos | 28–13 |
Semifinals | Win vs. Barcelona | |||
Playoffs | 3–2 vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet | |||
Regular season | 3rd of 18 teams (23–11) | |||
Barça | Third place game | Loss vs. AS Monaco | 26–13 | |
Semifinals | Loss vs. Real Madrid | |||
Playoffs | 3–0 vs. Žalgiris | |||
Regular season | 2nd of 18 teams (23–11) | |||
Cazoo Baskonia | Regular season | 9th of 18 teams (18–16) | 18–16 | |
Valencia Basket | Regular season | 13th of 18 teams (15–19) | 15–19 | |
Gran Canaria | EuroCup | Final | Win vs. Türk Telekom | 19–3 |
Semifinals | Win vs. Joventut | |||
Quarterfinals | Win vs. Paris Basketball | |||
Eighthfinals | Win vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor | |||
Regular season Group B | 1st of 10 teams (15–3) | |||
Joventut | Semifinals | Loss vs. Gran Canaria | 15–6 | |
Quarterfinals | Win vs. Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv | |||
Eighthfinals | Win vs. London Lions | |||
Regular season Group A | 2nd of 10 teams (13–5) |