2019 ACB Playoffs

The 2019 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2019 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2018–19 season, which began on 27 September 2018. The playoffs started on 30 May 2019 and ended on 21 June 2019 with the Finals.

2019 ACB Playoffs

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Dates	30 May 2019 – 23 June 2019
Teams	8
Defending champions	Real Madrid
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (35th title)
Runner-up	Barça Lassa
Semifinalists	Valencia Basket Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Attendance	154,801 (8,147 per match)
← 2018 2020 →

Real Madrid defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive league, 35th overall.

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 31 March 2019, Barça Lassa became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.^[1]

Seed	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Seeded team	Top seed
1	Real Madrid	28–6	13 April[2]	2 May[3]	26 May
2	Barça Lassa	27–7	31 March[1]	21 April[4]	–
3	Kirolbet Baskonia	26–8	20 April[5]	3 May[6]	–
4	Valencia Basket	23–11	4 May[7]	11 May	–
5	Unicaja	21–13	9 May[8]	–	–
6	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	18–16	26 May[9]	–	–
7	Divina Seguros Joventut	18–16	26 May[10]	–	–
8	Baxi Manresa	17–17	26 May[11]	–	–

Bracket

Teams in bold advance to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game.

	Quarterfinals								Semifinals								Finals
	1 Real Madrid				98	88
	8 Baxi Manresa				75	73
									1 Real Madrid			94	79	85
									4 Valencia Basket			72	66	78
	4 Valencia Basket			78	76	79
	5 Unicaja			85	69	76
																	1 Real Madrid		87	81	77	74
																	2 Barça Lassa		67	80	78	68
	2 Barça Lassa				87	107
	7 Divina Seguros Joventut				61	86
									2 Barça Lassa			101	76	96
									6 Tecnyconta Zaragoza			59	70	81
	3 Kirolbet Baskonia				81	69
	6 Tecnyconta Zaragoza				91	76

Quarterfinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Real Madrid v Baxi Manresa

30 May 2019	Real Madrid	98–75 (Series: 1–0)	Baxi Manresa	Madrid
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 24–22, 25–21, 20–17
	Pts: Randolph 15 Rebs: Campazzo 7 Asts: Llull 8 PIR: Ayón, Campazzo 17	Boxscore	Pts: Lalanne 26 Rebs: Tomàs 7 Asts: Lundberg 6 PIR: Lalanne 20	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 7,465 Referees: Carlos Cortés, Luis Miguel Castillo, Alberto Sánchez Sixto

Real Madrid v Baxi Manresa

2 June 2019	Baxi Manresa	73–88 (Series: 0–2)	Real Madrid	Manresa
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 17–21, 17–24, 28–17
	Pts: García 13 Rebs: Lalanne 6 Asts: Lundberg 7 PIR: García 15	Boxscore	Pts: Campazzo 14 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 7 PIR: Campazzo 27	Arena: Nou Congost Attendance: 4,950 Referees: Antonio Conde, Jorge Martínez, Jacobo Rial

Baxi Manresa v Real Madrid

Regular season series

Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series
20 January 2018 Boxscore Baxi Manresa 78–83 Real Madrid Nou Congost, Manresa 17 March 2019 Boxscore Real Madrid 91–57 Baxi Manresa WiZink Center, Madrid

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning two of the first three meetings.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series
1994 Real Madrid Teka 2–1 Tdk Manresa 1994 Quarterfinals 1997 Real Madrid Teka 3–0 Tdk Manresa 1997 Quarterfinals 1998 Real Madrid Teka 1–3 Tdk Manresa 1998 Semifinals

Barça Lassa v Divina Seguros Joventut

31 May 2019	Barça Lassa	87–61 (Series: 1–0)	Divina Seguros Joventut	Barcelona
21:30	Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 6–11, 25–15, 27–15
	Pts: Heurtel 17 Rebs: Tomić 11 Asts: Heurtel 3 PIR: Singleton 25	Boxscore	Pts: Boungou Colo 13 Rebs: López-Arostegui 6 Asts: Ventura 5 PIR: Boungou Colo 12	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 6,395 Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Juan de Dios Oyón, Alfonso Olivares

Barça Lassa v Divina Seguros Joventut

2 June 2019	Divina Seguros Joventut	86–107 (Series: 0–2)	Barça Lassa	Badalona
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 21–20, 25–31, 21–28
	Pts: Laprovíttola 22 Rebs: Todorović 6 Asts: Laprovíttola 11 PIR: Laprovíttola 41	Boxscore	Pts: Heurtel 32 Rebs: Hanga 7 Asts: Heurtel 9 PIR: Heurtel 44	Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 7,114 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Rafael Serrano, Francisco José Araña

Divina Seguros Joventut v Barça Lassa

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
28 October 2018 Boxscore Barça Lassa 94–92 Divina Seguros Joventut Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona 28 April 2019 Boxscore Divina Seguros Joventut 89–77 Barça Lassa Palau Municipal d'Esports, Badalona

This was the 12th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça Lassa winning eight of the first 11 meetings.

Previous playoff series

Barça leads 8–3 in all-time playoff series

1985 FC Barcelona 1–2 Ron Negrita Joventut 1985 Semifinals 1986 FC Barcelona 2–1 Ron Negrita Joventut 1986 Semifinals 1987 FC Barcelona 3–1 Ron Negrita Joventut 1987 Finals 1988 FC Barcelona 3–2 Ram Joventut 1988 Semifinals 1990 FC Barcelona 3–0 Ram Joventut Badalona 1990 Finals 1991 Montigalá Joventut 3–1 FC Barcelona 1991 Finals 1993 Marbella Joventut 3–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1993 Semifinals 1994 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 3–2 7Up Joventut 1994 Semifinals 1998 Festina Joventut 1–3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1998 Quarterfinals 2008 DKV Joventut 0–2 AXA FC Barcelona 2008 Semifinals 2015 FC Barcelona 2–0 FIATC Joventut 2015 Quarterfinals

Kirolbet Baskonia v Tecnyconta Zaragoza

30 May 2019	Kirolbet Baskonia	81–91 (Series: 0–1)	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:15	Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 14–26, 19–22, 28–19
	Pts: Granger, Poirier 21 Rebs: Shengelia 7 Asts: Granger, Vildoza 4 PIR: Poirier 26	Boxscore	Pts: Okoye 22 Rebs: Okoye 7 Asts: Alocén, Seibutis 6 PIR: Okoye 28	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 9,145 Referees: Antonio Conde, Óscar Perea, Arnau Padrós

Kirolbet Baskonia v Tecnyconta Zaragoza

2 June 2019	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	76–69 (Series: 2–0)	Kirolbet Baskonia	Zaragoza
12:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 12–24, 11–22, 27–14
	Pts: Radović 16 Rebs: Radović 6 Asts: Alocén, Seibutis 3 PIR: Radović 21	Boxscore	Pts: Granger 14 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Granger 4 PIR: Granger 16	Arena: Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Attendance: 9,622 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Vicente Bultó, Raúl Zamorano

Tecnyconta Zaragoza v Kirolbet Baskonia

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
29 September 2018 Boxscore Kirolbet Baskonia 99–76 Tecnyconta Zaragoza Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 24 March 2019 Boxscore Tecnyconta Zaragoza 81–79 Kirolbet Baskonia Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Kirolbet Baskonia and Tecnyconta Zaragoza.

Valencia Basket v Unicaja

31 May 2019	Valencia Basket	78–85 (Series: 0–1)	Unicaja	Valencia
19:15	Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 16–10, 17–25, 18–20
	Pts: Van Rossom 15 Rebs: Labeyrie 6 Asts: Van Rossom 7 PIR: W. Thomas 15	Boxscore	Pts: Milosavljević 28 Rebs: Díaz, Wiltjer 6 Asts: Fernández 5 PIR: Milosavljević 29	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,649 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Jordi Aliaga, Javier Torres

Valencia Basket v Unicaja

2 June 2019	Unicaja	69–76 (Series: 1–1)	Valencia Basket	Málaga
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–17, 21–15, 16–24
	Pts: Lessort 12 Rebs: Lessort 8 Asts: Díaz 3 PIR: Lessort 16	Boxscore	Pts: Tobey 14 Rebs: Abalde 6 Asts: Van Rossom 5 PIR: San Emeterio 17	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 9,055 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Sergio Manuel, Martín Caballero

Unicaja v Valencia Basket

4 June 2019	Valencia Basket	79–76 (Series: 2–1)	Unicaja	Valencia
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 17–21, 16–20, 21–25
	Pts: Tobey 7 Rebs: Dubljević 6 Asts: Van Rossom 7 PIR: Vives 17	Boxscore	Pts: Shermadini 14 Rebs: Suárez 7 Asts: Fernández 5 PIR: Shermadini, Suárez 16	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,848 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Carlos Peruga, Luis Miguel Castillo

Valencia Basket v Unicaja

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
28 September 2018 Boxscore Unicaja 86–73 Valencia Basket Martín Carpena, Málaga 24 April 2019 Boxscore Valencia Basket 96–57 Unicaja Fuente de San Luis, Valencia

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Unicaja winning three of the first five meetings.

Previous playoff series

Unicaja leads 3–2 in all-time playoff series
2001 Unicaja 3–1 Pamesa Valencia 2001 Quarterfinals 2003 Pamesa Valencia 3–2 Unicaja 2003 Semifinals 2004 Pamesa Cerámica Valencia 2–3 Unicaja 2004 Quarterfinals 2010 Power Electronics Valencia 0–2 Unicaja 2010 Quarterfinals 2016 Valencia Basket 2–0 Unicaja 2016 Quarterfinals

Semifinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Real Madrid v Valencia Basket

6 June 2018	Real Madrid	94–72 (Series: 1–0)	Valencia Basket	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 22–15, 26–13, 20–26
	Pts: Randolph 24 Rebs: Randolph 6 Asts: Campazzo 6 PIR: Randolph 30	Boxscore	Pts: Doornekamp 15 Rebs: Dubljević 7 Asts: Vives 4 PIR: Doornekamp 25	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 8,733 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Carlos Cortés, Juan de Dios Oyón

Real Madrid v Valencia Basket

8 June 2018	Real Madrid	79–66 (Series: 2–0)	Valencia Basket	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 28–14, 26–16, 11–14
	Pts: Llull 13 Rebs: Ayón 8 Asts: Fernández 5 PIR: Ayón 18	Boxscore	Pts: Dubljević, Tobey 12 Rebs: Labeyrie, W. Thomas 8 Asts: Sastre, Van Rossom 3 PIR: W. Thomas, Tobey 16	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 9,373 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Fernando Calatrava, Rafael Serrano

Real Madrid v Valencia Basket

10 June 2019	Valencia Basket	78–85 (Series: 0–3)	Real Madrid	Valencia
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 19–15, 22–28, 18–22
	Pts: Dubljević 19 Rebs: Tobey 9 Asts: Sastre 3 PIR: Dubljević 18	Boxscore	Pts: Fernández 16 Rebs: Randolph 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Randolph 24	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,809 Referees: Antonio Conde, Carlos Cortés, Vicente Bultó

Valencia Basket v Real Madrid

Regular season series

Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series
5 October 2018 Boxscore Valencia Basket 70–88 Real Madrid Fuente de San Luis, Valencia 21 May 2019 Boxscore Real Madrid 83–77 Valencia Basket WiZink Center, Madrid

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning four of the first five meetings.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 4–1 in all-time playoff series
1998 Real Madrid Teka 3–1 Pamesa Valencia 1998 Quarterfinals 2007 Real Madrid 3–1 Pamesa Valencia 2007 Quarterfinals 2015 Real Madrid 3–1 Valencia Basket 2015 Semifinals 2016 Real Madrid 3–1 Valencia Basket 2016 Semifinals 2017 Real Madrid 1–3 Valencia Basket 2017 Finals

Barça Lassa v Tecnyconta Zaragoza

7 June 2018	Barça Lassa	101–59 (Series: 1–0)	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 25–12, 24–11, 26–22
	Pts: Kuric 25 Rebs: Singleton 8 Asts: Heurtel 8 PIR: Kuric 28	Boxscore	Pts: Barreiro, Seibutis 9 Rebs: Justiz 7 Asts: Alocén 3 PIR: McCalebb 10	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 5,679 Referees: Antonio Conde, Óscar Perea, Jacobo Rial

Barça Lassa v Tecnyconta Zaragoza

9 June 2018	Barça Lassa	76–70 (Series: 2–0)	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 22–19, 25–11, 15–19
	Pts: Heurtel 21 Rebs: Oriola 10 Asts: Pangos 5 PIR: Heurtel 18	Boxscore	Pts: Radović, Seibutis 12 Rebs: Radović 9 Asts: Alocén 4 PIR: Radović 16	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 5,891 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Jordi Aliaga, Raúl Zamorano

Barça Lassa v Tecnyconta Zaragoza

11 June 2019	Tecnyconta Zaragoza	81–96 (Series: 0–3)	Barça Lassa	Zaragoza
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 18–27, 21–19, 23–27
	Pts: Justiz 24 Rebs: Justiz 9 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Justiz 32	Boxscore	Pts: Kuric 27 Rebs: Tomić 11 Asts: Heurtel 5 PIR: Kuric 27	Arena: Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Attendance: 9,411 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo

Tecnyconta Zaragoza v Barça Lassa

Regular season series

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
13 October 2018 Boxscore Barça Lassa 99–55 Tecnyconta Zaragoza Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona 13 April 2019 Boxscore Tecnyconta Zaragoza 86–91 Barça Lassa Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Barça Lassa and Tecnyconta Zaragoza.

Finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

15 June 2019	Real Madrid	87–67 (Series: 1–0)	Barça Lassa	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 25–15, 16–20, 24–15
	Pts: Campazzo 19 Rebs: Ayón 7 Asts: Campazzo, Llull 4 PIR: Campazzo 24	Boxscore	Pts: Heurtel 14 Rebs: Claver 12 Asts: Heurtel, Pangos 3 PIR: Claver 17	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,876 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo

Real Madrid v Barça Lassa

17 June 2019	Real Madrid	81–80 (Series: 2–0)	Barça Lassa	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 18–17, 24–25, 28–21
	Pts: Carroll 25 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Llull 5 PIR: Carroll 28	Boxscore	Pts: Heurtel 30 Rebs: Tomić 7 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Heurtel 28	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 12,247 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Antonio Conde, Rafael Serrano

Real Madrid v Barça Lassa

19 June 2019	Barça Lassa	78–77 (Series: 1–2)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 15–22, 22–18, 22–19
	Pts: Heurtel 21 Rebs: Claver 7 Asts: Hanga. Heurtel 4 PIR: Heurtel 19	Boxscore	Pts: Campazzo, Thompkins 18 Rebs: Randolph, Tavares 3 Asts: Campazzo 4 PIR: Campazzo 26	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 7,238 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Carlos Cortés, Vicente Bultó

Barça Lassa v Real Madrid

21 June 2019	Barça Lassa	68–74 (Series: 1–3)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 12–13, 14–18, 21–19
	Pts: Pangos 16 Rebs: Tomić 6 Asts: Pangos 4 PIR: Singleton 13	Boxscore	Pts: Campazzo 15 Rebs: Tavares 13 Asts: Campazzo 6 PIR: Campazzo 28	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 7,301 Referees: Antonio Conde, Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava

Barça Lassa v Real Madrid

Regular season series

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
25 November 2018 Boxscore Barça Lassa 86–69 Real Madrid Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona 24 March 2019 Boxscore Real Madrid 76–82 Barça Lassa WiZink Center, Madrid

This was the 19th playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning nine series.

Previous playoff series

Tied 9–9 in all-time playoff series

1984 Real Madrid 2–1 FC Barcelona 1984 Finals 1986 Real Madrid 2–0 FC Barcelona 1986 Finals 1987 FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Madrid 1987 Semifinals 1988 FC Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid 1988 Finals 1989 FC Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid 1989 Finals 1992 Real Madrid Asegurator 2–0 FC Barcelona 1992 Quarterfinals 1994 Real Madrid Teka 3–0 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1994 Finals 1995 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 3–2 Real Madrid Teka 1995 Semifinals 1997 Real Madrid Teka 2–3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1997 Finals 2000 FC Barcelona 2–3 Real Madrid Teka 2000 Finals 2001 FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid 2001 Finals 2006 Winterthur FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Madrid 2006 Quarterfinals 2007 Real Madrid 3–1 Winterthur FC Barcelona 2007 Finals 2012 FC Barcelona Regal 3–2 Real Madrid 2012 Finals 2013 Real Madrid 3–2 FC Barcelona Regal 2013 Finals 2014 Real Madrid 1–3 FC Barcelona 2014 Finals 2015 Real Madrid 3–0 FC Barcelona 2015 Finals 2016 FC Barcelona Lassa 1–3 Real Madrid 2016 Finals

References

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External links

• Playoffs official website
• Playoffs news