2020–21 ACB season

Lenovo Tenerife
Valencia Basket
Lenovo Tenerife; Valencia Basket
Finals MVP	Nikola Mirotić
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Giorgi Shermadini
Rebounds	Ondrej Balvin
Assists	Dani Perez
Records
Biggest home win	Tenerife 107–62 Obradoiro; (5 December 2020)
Biggest away win	Betis 58–109 Barça; (9 May 2021)
Highest scoring	Unicaja 111–114 Betis; (29 December 2020)
Winning streak	18 games; Real Madrid
Losing streak	9 games; Acunsa GBC
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.

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)^[1]

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)^[2]^[3]^[4]

Venues and locations

Burgos

Location of teams in 2020–21 ACB

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Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Acunsa GBC	San Sebastián	Donostia Arena	11,000^[5]
Barça	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585^[6]
Baxi Manresa	Manresa	Nou Congost	5,000^[7]
Casademont Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe	10,744^[8]
Coosur Real Betis	Seville	San Pablo	7,242^[9]
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria Arena	9,870^[10]
Hereda San Pablo Burgos	Burgos	Coliseum Burgos	9,000^[11]
Joventut	Badalona	Palau Municipal d'Esports	12,760^[12]
Lenovo Tenerife	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Santiago Martín	5,100^[13]
Monbus Obradoiro	Santiago de Compostela	Multiusos Fontes do Sar	6,000^[14]
MoraBanc Andorra	Andorra la Vella	M.I. Govern Andorra	5,005^[15]
Movistar Estudiantes	Madrid	WiZink Center	13,109^[16]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	13,109^[17]
RETAbet Bilbao Basket	Bilbao	Bilbao Arena	10,014^[18]
TD Systems Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Buesa Arena	15,716^[19]
UCAM Murcia	Murcia	Palacio de Deportes	7,454^[20]
Unicaja	Málaga	Martín Carpena	10,642^[21]
Urbas Fuenlabrada	Fuenlabrada	Fernando Martín	5,700^[22]
Valencia Basket	Valencia	La Fonteta	8,500^[23]

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^[a]

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^[24]	Pre-season	Porfirio Fisac	8 July 2020^[25]
Barça	Svetislav Pešić	Sacked	1 July 2020^[26]		Šarūnas Jasikevičius	2 July 2020^[27]
Casademont Zaragoza	Porfirio Fisac	Resigned	8 July 2020^[28]		Diego Ocampo	11 July 2020^[29]
Urbas Fuenlabrada	Paco García	Sacked	19 October 2020^[30]	19th (0–5)	Javi Juárez	19 October 2020^[31]
Casademont Zaragoza	Diego Ocampo		2 November 2020^[32]	16th (2–6)	Sergio Hernández	3 November 2020^[33]
Coosur Real Betis	Curro Segura		24 November 2020^[34]	17th (2–9)	Joan Plaza	30 November 2020^[35]
Unicaja	Luis Casimiro		20 January 2021^[36]	9th (9–10)	Fotios Katsikaris	21 January 2021^[37]
Movistar Estudiantes	Javier Zamora		13 February 2021^[38]	16th (5–14)	Jota Cuspinera	14 February 2021^[39]
Urbas Fuenlabrada	Javi Juárez		25 March 2021^[40]	16th (7–19)	Josep María Raventós	25 March 2021^[41]
Casademont Zaragoza	Sergio Hernández	Resigned	17 April 2021^[42]	13th (10–19)	Luis Casimiro	17 April 2021^[43]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid	36	34	2	3132	2741	+391	Qualification to playoffs
2	Barça	36	32	4	3162	2621	+541
3	Lenovo Tenerife	36	27	9	3147	2861	+286
4	Valencia Basket	36	24	12	3107	2917	+190
5	TD Systems Baskonia	36	23	13	2952	2814	+138
6	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	36	22	14	3130	2995	+135
7	Joventut	36	20	16	3089	3070	+19
8	Herbalife Gran Canaria	36	18	18	2931	3004	−73
9	MoraBanc Andorra	36	17	19	2850	2866	−16
10	Baxi Manresa	36	17	19	3017	3134	−117
11	Unicaja	36	17	19	3014	2997	+17
12	UCAM Murcia	36	16	20	2924	2951	−27
13	Casademont Zaragoza	36	14	22	3127	3189	−62
14	Monbus Obradoiro	36	12	24	2888	3015	−127
15	Urbas Fuenlabrada	36	12	24	2920	3019	−99
16	Coosur Real Betis	36	11	25	2786	3032	−246
17	RETAbet Bilbao Basket	36	10	26	2880	3118	−238
18	Movistar Estudiantes	36	9	27	2969	3185	−216	Relegation to LEB Oro
19	Acunsa GBC	36	7	29	2650	3146	−496	Relegation to LEB Oro

Home \ Away	GBC	BAR	BAX	CAZ	BET	HGC	BUR	CJB	LNT	MOB	MBA	MOV	RMB	RBB	TDS	UCM	UNI	URF	VBC
Acunsa GBC	—	68–110	71–78	70–67	68–91	65–79	77–90	68–99	89–87	66–79	86–82	81–79	70–86	74–97	63–81	78–88	75–81	72–100	78–60
Barça	87–60	—	97–89	107–88	82–53	91–63	89–86	88–74	81–74	76–70	82–71	98–68	85–87	82–64	87–74	92–63	79–55	81–79	90–100
Baxi Manresa	91–83	76–99	—	92–82	93–81	64–71	87–101	85–80	80–88	76–80	64–69	102–101	76–77	94–78	71–68	85–84	90–83	90–76	74–82
Casademont Zaragoza	99–71	85–97	102–103	—	96–95	88–71	86–100	95–100	60–91	83–70	99–89	104–113	89–98	105–76	89–92	98–86	63–92	105–85	76–85
Coosur Real Betis	74–62	58–109	86–70	82–85	—	69–74	76–85	57–78	82–93	88–87	69–61	80–81	65–84	89–96	73–77	55–84	78–75	86–79	95–85
Herbalife Gran Canaria	90–81	74–92	83–77	84–76	78–54	—	83–74	96–85	87–108	75–85	62–79	97–94	65–90	107–102	71–75	91–81	80–84	87–71	92–86
Hereda San Pablo Burgos	79–90	77–93	91–80	95–98	95–77	92–60	—	86–78	86–98	83–77	82–68	91–71	60–74	96–86	91–89	89–84	95–83	78–99	78–83
Joventut	90–94	62–80	96–68	88–81	78–88	84–103	78–95	—	90–85	91–84	99–92	97–70	64–87	88–81	83–82	104–93	81–73	80–75	80–91
Lenovo Tenerife	98–69	72–96	85–70	91–86	77–73	99–80	84–79	86–82	—	107–62	93–81	101–77	85–92	86–67	79–81	85–78	79–61	91–87	90–86
Monbus Obradoiro	85–76	75–78	90–87	102–91	87–80	89–88	63–78	83–87	71–97	—	79–51	87–91	71–87	80–72	78–87	80–83	83–85	101–82	77–78
MoraBanc Andorra	105–71	63–79	92–86	83–98	72–55	86–81	87–82	87–89	83–89	90–71	—	81–73	69–75	72–70	68–82	84–66	78–81	85–71	84–72
Movistar Estudiantes	80–61	78–92	84–88	73–79	82–96	94–68	82–88	83–90	64–90	83–94	97–85	—	65–79	95–89	84–86	75–85	90–92	86–87	81–86
Real Madrid	97–71	82–87	100–78	102–83	95–77	81–80	96–81	101–92	84–76	84–77	86–79	93–77	—	70–59	92–83	98–87	91–84	79–68	69–79
RETAbet Bilbao Basket	81–80	73–90	96–108	73–96	86–84	71–92	98–89	94–73	70–81	99–81	76–85	77–78	83–85	—	72–85	63–73	75–91	87–82	73–106
TD Systems Baskonia	83–71	82–71	87–68	89–61	103–76	78–99	83–94	71–79	79–72	80–74	84–67	96–92	74–85	82–68	—	75–83	70–79	90–74	76–73
UCAM Murcia	90–73	77–73	93–103	91–68	74–72	74–78	75–81	84–91	82–84	93–76	76–79	93–80	58–74	82–90	92–87	—	81–68	84–81	66–80
Unicaja	104–69	70–79	86–90	78–101	111–114	82–76	93–101	102–93	79–86	82–76	85–92	91–77	90–96	88–74	79–91	102–81	—	84–90	85–89
Urbas Fuenlabrada	78–74	67–83	100–102	82–81	101–77	102–81	89–83	93–84	98–65	84–82	65–75	81–82	76–90	70–74	73–89	70–82	68–85	—	61–68
Valencia Basket	101–75	64–80	112–82	93–84	89–81	101–85	81–99	89–102	89–95	97–82	91–76	100–89	78–86	99–90	83–61	89–78	66–71	96–76	—

2020–21 ACB season

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Playoffs

Final standings

Attendances

Awards

MVP

Finals MVP

All-ACB Teams

Best Young Player Award

Best All-Young Team

Best Defender Award

Player of the round

Player of the month

ACB clubs in international competitions

Notes

References

External links

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	UCAM Murcia	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500^†
2	Valencia Basket	5,000	1,500	1,000	1,250^†
3	Monbus Obradoiro	1,164	1,164	1,164	1,164^†
4	Barça	3,000	1,000	1,000	1,000^†
5	Real Madrid	3,000	1,000	1,000	1,000^†
6	Joventut	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000^†
7	Lenovo Tenerife	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000^†
8	MoraBanc Andorra	900	900	900	900^†
9	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	879	879	879	879^†
10	Herbalife Gran Canaria	200	200	200	200^†
	League total	17,643	1,500	200	1,038^†

Month	Rounds	Player	Team	PIR	W–L	Ref
September	1–3	Laurynas Birutis	Monbus Obradoiro	27.7	3–0	^[56]
October	4–8	Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife	28.7	3–0	^[57]
November	9–12	Louis Labeyrie	Valencia Basket	26.0	0–3	^[58]
December	13–17	Dylan Ennis	Casademont Zaragoza	23.6	2–3	^[59]
January	18–22	Giorgi Shermadini (2)	Lenovo Tenerife	27.0	3–2	^[60]
February	23–24	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	27.7	3–0	^[61]
March	25–28	Giorgi Shermadini (3)	Lenovo Tenerife	25.5	2–0	^[62]
March	25–28	Thad McFadden	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	25.5	2–0	^[62]
April	29–34	Ángel Delgado	Movistar Estudiantes	24.0	0–6	^[63]
May	35–38	Ángel Delgado (2)	Movistar Estudiantes	27.0	0–3	^[64]

Euroleague Basketball competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
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
Real Madrid		Regular season	6th of 18 teams (20–14)	22–17
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
MoraBanc Andorra		Regular season Group C	4th of 6 teams (3–7)	6–10
Unicaja		Top 16 Group E	4th of 4 teams (1–5)	8–8
Unicaja		Regular season Group B	2nd of 6 teams (7–3)	8–8

FIBA competitions
Team	Competition	Progress	Result	W–L
Hereda San Pablo Burgos	Intercontinental Cup	Final	Win vs. Quimsa	1–0
	Champions 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