The 2020–21 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 19 September 2020 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 15 June 2021 with the finals.
It was the following season after the 2019–20 season was disrupted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, there were not relegations to LEB Oro and the league was expanded to 19 teams. This season was contested by odd-numbered teams for the third time in its history, which meant that each regular season round one team did not play any games.
TD Systems Baskonia was the defending champion which got knocked out by Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals. Barça claimed their 16th ACB title and their 19th Spanish title, ending a 7-year drought, by downing archrivals Real Madrid in Game 2 of the Finals. Barça swept the series and completed its first Spanish double (League and Cup titles) since 2011.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 19 teams contested the league, including the same 18 sides from the 2019–20 season and one promoted from the 2019–20 LEB Oro.
Teams promoted from LEB Oro Carramimbre CBC Valladolid (did not request to join the league) Acunsa GBC (initially was not accepted to join the league, but was proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Basque club)
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Acunsa GBC San Sebastián Donostia Arena Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Coosur Real Betis Seville San Pablo Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Hereda San Pablo Burgos Burgos Coliseum Burgos Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar MoraBanc Andorra Andorra la Vella M.I. Govern Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Madrid WiZink Center Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center RETAbet Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Urbas Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Acunsa GBC Marcelo Nicola Xabi Oroz Hummel Acunsa Barça Šarūnas Jasikevičius Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi Casademont Zaragoza Luis Casimiro Rodrigo San Miguel Mercury Casademont Coosur Real Betis Joan Plaza Pablo Almazán Kappa Coosur Herbalife Gran Canaria Porfirio Fisac Javier Beirán Spalding Herbalife Hereda San Pablo Burgos Joan Peñarroya Vítor Benite Hummel 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 Pepe Pozas Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0 MoraBanc Andorra Ibon Navarro Guillem Colom Hummel MoraBanc, Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Jota Cuspinera Édgar Vicedo Wibo Movistar Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas Palladium Hotel Group RETAbet Bilbao Basket Álex Mumbrú Jonathan Rousselle Hummel RETAbet TD Systems Baskonia Duško Ivanović Ilimane Diop Kelme TD Systems UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida Unicaja Fotios Katsikaris Carlos Suárez Joma Unicaja, Málaga Urbas Fuenlabrada Josep María Raventós Christian Eyenga Pentex URBAS Grupo Financiero Valencia Basket Jaume Ponsarnau 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 Herbalife Gran Canaria Fotios Katsikaris End of contract 30 June 2020 Pre-season Porfirio Fisac 8 July 2020 Barça Svetislav Pešić Sacked 1 July 2020 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 2 July 2020 Casademont Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Resigned 8 July 2020 Diego Ocampo 11 July 2020 Urbas Fuenlabrada Paco García Sacked 19 October 2020 19th (0–5) Javi Juárez 19 October 2020 Casademont Zaragoza Diego Ocampo 2 November 2020 16th (2–6) Sergio Hernández 3 November 2020 Coosur Real Betis Curro Segura 24 November 2020 17th (2–9) Joan Plaza 30 November 2020 Unicaja Luis Casimiro 20 January 2021 9th (9–10) Fotios Katsikaris 21 January 2021 Movistar Estudiantes Javier Zamora 13 February 2021 16th (5–14) Jota Cuspinera 14 February 2021 Urbas Fuenlabrada Javi Juárez 25 March 2021 16th (7–19) Josep María Raventós 25 March 2021 Casademont Zaragoza Sergio Hernández Resigned 17 April 2021 13th (10–19) Luis Casimiro 17 April 2021
Regular season
League table
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.
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances The first 36 regular season rounds were played behind closed doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 17, 2021, the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Ministry of Health of Spain and the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the return of the spectators to the league arenas for the last two regular season rounds and for the playoffs with the following requirements: Autonomous community with a cumulative incidence in the last 7 days of less than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and a cumulative incidence in the last 14 days of less than 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Maximum attendance of the 25 per cent of the seating capacity of the arena and, in any case, regardless of this capacity, the maximum attendance is 1,500 people. Use of FFP2 face masks without exhalation valve for the attendants. Conduct temperature checks at the arena entrance.
On June 2, 2021, the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the general admission of the spectators for the playoffs, indicating that the maximum number of spectators is 1,000 people.
Awards All official awards of the 2020–21 ACB season.
MVP Player Team C Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Source:
Finals MVP Player Team PF Nikola Mirotić Barça Source:
All-ACB Teams First Team Second Team Player Team Player Team PG Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Melo Trimble Urbas Fuenlabrada SG Pierriá Henry TD Systems Baskonia Cory Higgins Barça SF Xabier López-Arostegui Joventut Rokas Giedraitis TD Systems Baskonia PF Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Nikola Mirotić Barça C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Jasiel Rivero Hereda San Pablo Burgos Source:
Best Young Player Award Player Team PF Usman Garuba Real Madrid Source:
Best All-Young Team Player Team PG Carlos Alocén Real Madrid SG Leandro Bolmaro Barça SF Dino Radončić Acunsa GBC PF Usman Garuba Real Madrid C Yannick Nzosa Unicaja Source:
Best Defender Player Team C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
Player of the round Round Player Team PIR 1 Laurynas Birutis Monbus Obradoiro 42 2 Nikola Mirotić Barça 29 Dejan Kravić Hereda San Pablo Burgos 3 Nicolás Laprovíttola Real Madrid 32 4 Melo Trimble Urbas Fuenlabrada 37 5 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 29 Jaime Echenique Acunsa GBC 6 Marc García Urbas Fuenlabrada 39 7 Alex Renfroe Hereda San Pablo Burgos 36 8 Jeremy Senglin MoraBanc Andorra 35 9 Laurynas Birutis (2) Monbus Obradoiro 37 10 Emanuel Cățe UCAM Murcia 34 11 Jasiel Rivero Hereda San Pablo Burgos 30 12 Ondřej Balvín RETAbet Bilbao Basket 41 13 Xabier López-Arostegui Joventut 39 14 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 30 15 Kassius Robertson Monbus Obradoiro 35 16 Nikola Mirotić (2) Barça 41 17 Melo Trimble (2) Urbas Fuenlabrada 34 18 Youssoupha Fall TD Systems Baskonia 38 19 Giorgi Shermadini (3) Lenovo Tenerife 33 20 Tryggvi Hlinason Casademont Zaragoza 33 21 Léonardo Meindl Urbas Fuenlabrada 44 22 Mike Tobey Valencia Basket 34 23 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 29 24 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 37 25 A. J. Slaughter Herbalife Gran Canaria 41 26 Edy Tavares (2) Real Madrid 37 27 Steven Enoch Monbus Obradoiro 34 28 Pau Ribas Joventut 39 29 Ondřej Balvín (2) RETAbet Bilbao Basket 36 30 Youssou Ndoye Coosur Real Betis 33 31 Rokas Giedraitis TD Systems Baskonia 40 32 Kyle Alexander Urbas Fuenlabrada 36 33 Ángel Delgado Movistar Estudiantes 36 34 Vítor Benite Hereda San Pablo Burgos 43 35 Nemanja Đurišić Movistar Estudiantes 33 36 Viny Okouo Acunsa GBC 33 37 Giorgi Shermadini (4) Lenovo Tenerife 31 38 Vladimír Brodziansky Joventut 31 Source:
Player of the month Month Rounds Player Team PIR September 1–3 Laurynas Birutis Monbus Obradoiro 27.7 3–0 October 4–8 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 28.7 3–0 November 9–12 Louis Labeyrie Valencia Basket 26.0 0–3 December 13–17 Dylan Ennis Casademont Zaragoza 23.6 2–3 January 18–22 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 27.0 3–2 February 23–24 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 27.7 3–0 March 25–28 Giorgi Shermadini (3) Lenovo Tenerife 25.5 2–0 Thad McFadden Hereda San Pablo Burgos April 29–34 Ángel Delgado Movistar Estudiantes 24.0 0–6 May 35–38 Ángel Delgado (2) Movistar Estudiantes 27.0 0–3 Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions +Euroleague Basketball competitions Team Competition Progress Result Barça EuroLeague Championship game Loss vs. Anadolu Efes 28–13 Semifinals Win vs. A|X Armani Exchange Milan Playoffs 3–2 vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg Regular season 1st of 18 teams (24–10) Real Madrid Playoffs 2–3 vs. Anadolu Efes 22–17 Regular season 6th of 18 teams (20–14) Valencia Basket Regular season 9th of 18 teams (19–15) 19–15 TD Systems Baskonia Regular season 10th of 18 teams (18–16) 18–16 Herbalife Gran Canaria EuroCup Semifinals 0–2 vs. Monaco 13–7 Quarterfinals 2–0 vs. Metropolitans 92 Top 16 Group H 2nd of 4 teams (3–3) Regular season Group D 1st of 6 teams (8–2) Joventut Quarterfinals 0–2 vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna 12–6 Top 16 Group E 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Regular season Group A 1st of 6 teams (8–2) MoraBanc Andorra Top 16 Group H 3rd of 4 teams (3–3) 6–10 Regular season Group C 4th of 6 teams (3–7) Unicaja Top 16 Group E 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 8–8 Regular season Group B 2nd of 6 teams (7–3) +FIBA competitions Team Competition Progress Result Hereda San Pablo Burgos Intercontinental Cup Final Win vs. Quimsa 1–0Champions League Final Win vs. Pınar Karşıyaka 12–3 Semi-finals Win vs. SIG Strasbourg Quarter-finals Win vs. Hapoel Holon Play-offs Group J 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Regular season Group H 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Casademont Zaragoza Third place game Win vs. SIG Strasbourg 11–4 Semi-finals Loss vs. Pınar Karşıyaka Quarter-finals Win vs. Nizhny Novgorod Play-offs Group L 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Regular season Group D 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Lenovo Tenerife Quarter-finals Loss vs. SIG Strasbourg 9–4 Play-offs Group J 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Regular season Group A 1st of 4 teams (4–2) RETAbet Bilbao Basket Regular season Group F 3rd of 4 teams (2–4) 2–4
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References
External links Official website