The 2025 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2025 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2024–25 season, which began on 28 September 2024. The playoffs started on June 2 and ended on June 25.
Real Madrid successfully defended the title by winning a record-extending 38th title (16th in the ACB era) after sweeping Valencia Basket in the finals series.
Format At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.
Playoff qualifying On April 6, 2025, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.
Seed Team Record Clinched Playoff berth Seeded team Top seed 1 Real Madrid 30–4 April 6 April 20 May 11 2 Valencia Basket 25–9 April 20 May 17 – 3 La Laguna Tenerife 25–9 April 13 May 4 – 4 Unicaja 23–11 May 3 May 18 – 5 Barça 21–13 May 18 – – 6 Joventut Badalona 20–14 May 24 – – 7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 19–15 May 24 – – 8 Baskonia 19–15 May 24 – –
Bracket Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Source: ACB
Quarterfinals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) Real Madrid v Baskonia
+Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning nine of the first 12 meetings. +Madrid leads 9–3 in all-time playoff series
Valencia Basket v Dreamland Gran Canaria
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Dreamland Gran Canaria winning the previous meeting. +Gran Canaria leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
La Laguna Tenerife v Joventut Badalona
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with Joventut Badalona winning the previous two meetings. +Joventut leads 2–0 in all-time playoff series
Unicaja v Barça
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous 10 meetings. +Barça leads 10–0 in all-time playoff series
Semifinals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) Real Madrid v Unicaja
+Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning three of the first four meetings. +Madrid leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series
Valencia Basket v La Laguna Tenerife
+Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series This was the first playoff meeting between Valencia Basket and La Laguna Tenerife.
Finals All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
+Tied 1–1 in the regular season series This was the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning six of the first seven meetings. +Madrid leads 6–1 in all-time playoff series
References
External links Official website