The 2019–20 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 24 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 30 June 2020 in an exceptional end-of-season tournament in Valencia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quick Facts Liga Endesa1, Season ...
Liga Endesa1
Season2019–20
Games played238
Teams18
Regular season
Season MVPSpain Nikola Mirotić
RelegatedNone[lower-roman 1]
Finals
ChampionsKirolbet Baskonia
4th ACB title
4th Spanish title
  Runners-upBarça
SemifinalistsValencia Basket
San Pablo Burgos
Finals MVPArgentina Luca Vildoza & Argentina Facundo Campazzo
Statistical leaders
Points Slovenia Klemen Prepelic 21.7
Rebounds Slovenia Alen Omic 8.0
Assists Brazil Marcelinho Huertas 8.0
Records
Biggest home winGran Canaria 92–54 Bilbao
(26 January 2020)
Biggest away winBurgos 62–93 Valencia
(26 October 2019)
Highest scoringJoventut 104–106 Manresa
(14 December 2019)
Zaragoza 99–111 Tenerife
(11 January 2020)
Winning streak8 games
Real Madrid
Losing streak10 games
Montakit Fuenlabrada
Highest attendance13,165
Estudiantes 72–87 Real Madrid
(12 January 2020)
Lowest attendance3,194
Andorra 93–69 Obradoiro
(19 January 2020)
Attendance1,369,822 (6,682 per match)
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa.
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Real Madrid was the defending champion which was eliminated by San Pablo Burgos which qualified to semifinals for its first time. Kirolbet Baskonia won their fourth ACB and Spanish title after 10 years of the last Spanish title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2018–19 season and two promoted from the 2018–19 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro Final Four.

Teams promoted from LEB Oro

Venues and locations

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 2019–20 ACB

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
BarçaSerbia Svetislav PešićCroatia Ante TomićNikeAssistència Sanitària
Baxi ManresaSpain Pedro MartínezSpain Pere TomàsPentexBaxi
Casademont ZaragozaSpain Porfirio FisacSpain Carlos AlocénMercuryCasademont
Club Joventut BadalonaSpain Carles DuranSpain Albert VenturaSpaldingFundación Probitas
Coosur Real BetisSpain Curro SeguraSpain Pablo AlmazánKappaCoosur
Herbalife Gran CanariaGreece Fotios KatsikarisSpain Oriol PaulíSpaldingHerbalife
Iberostar TenerifeSpain Txus VidorretaBrazil Marcelo HuertasAustralIberostar
Kirolbet BaskoniaMontenegro Duško IvanovićGeorgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaKelmeKirolbet
Monbus ObradoiroSpain Moncho FernándezSpain Pepe PozasGeffEstrella Galicia 0,0
Montakit FuenlabradaSpain Paco GarcíaDemocratic Republic of the Congo Christian EyengaPentexMontakit
MoraBanc AndorraSpain Ibon NavarroAndorra Guillem ColomSpaldingMoraBanc, Andorra
Movistar EstudiantesSpain Javier ZamoraSpain Édgar VicedoWiboMovistar
Real MadridSpain Pablo LasoSpain Felipe ReyesAdidasPalladium Hotel Group
RETAbet Bilbao BasketSpain Álex MumbrúSpain Rafa MartínezHummelRETAbet
San Pablo BurgosSpain Joan PeñarroyaSpain Javi VegaHummelInmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos
UCAM MurciaSpain Sito AlonsoDominican Republic Sadiel RojasNikeUCAM, Costa Cálida
UnicajaSpain Luis CasimiroSpain Carlos SuárezJomaUnicaja, Málaga
Valencia BasketSpain Jaume PonsarnauMontenegro Bojan DubljevićLuanviCultura del Esfuerzo[lower-roman 2]
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Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointment
Movistar EstudiantesSpain Josep Maria BerrocalSacked4 June 2019[21]Pre-seasonSerbia Aleksandar Džikić3 July 2019[22]
San Pablo BurgosSpain Diego EpifanioEnd of contract20 June 2019[23]Spain Joan Peñarroya22 June 2019[24]
Baxi ManresaSpain Joan PeñarroyaResigned21 June 2019[25]Spain Pedro Martínez24 June 2019[26]
Herbalife Gran CanariaSpain Pedro Martínez22 June 2019[27]Greece Fotios Katsikaris26 June 2019[28]
Kirolbet BaskoniaCroatia Velimir PerasovićSacked20 December 2019[29]6th (7–6)Montenegro Duško Ivanović24 December 2019[30]
Movistar EstudiantesSerbia Aleksandar Džikić21 January 2020[31]18th (4–14)Spain Javier Zamora21 January 2020
Montakit FuenlabradaSpain Jota Cuspinera27 January 2020[32]18th (4–15)Spain Paco García28 January 2020[33]
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Season summary

On March 10, 2020, the Ministry of Health of Spain decreed that all games would be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[34] On March 11, 2020, ACB postponed all the games of the Rounds 24 and 25, as well as those postponed games that were planned in this period.[35] On March 16, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously on the temporary suspension of the league until April 24.[36] On April 2, 2020, ACB suspended indefinitely the league and started to work on future scenarios to restart the league.[37] On April 20, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously to finish prematurely the regular season due to force majeure and to continue the league with a 12-team format with two groups and a Final Four to decide the winner, with all games played in a single stage. Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked.[38] On May 27, 2020, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the exceptional playoffs in the two last weeks of June.[39] The matches were played in La Fonteta and the teams trained in L'Alqueria del Basket which had 9 indoor courts, 4 outdoor courts and 15,000 square metres.

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Barça 23 19 4 2041 1847 +194 Qualification to playoffs
2 Real Madrid 23 18 5 1988 1758 +230
3 Casademont Zaragoza 23 16 7 1911 1810 +101
4 Iberostar Tenerife 22 14 8 1802 1736 +66
5 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 23 14 9 1906 1908 2
6 MoraBanc Andorra 23 13 10 1865 1814 +51
7 Valencia Basket 23 12 11 1950 1794 +156
8 Kirolbet Baskonia 23 12 11 1926 1886 +40
9 Unicaja 23 12 11 1823 1798 +25
10 San Pablo Burgos 23 12 11 1840 1874 34
11 Herbalife Gran Canaria 22 11 11 1775 1787 12
12 Club Joventut Badalona 23 9 14 1936 2020 84
13 Baxi Manresa 23 9 14 1843 1937 94
14 Monbus Obradoiro 23 9 14 1832 1972 140
15 Coosur Real Betis 23 8 15 1787 1890 103
16 UCAM Murcia 22 7 15 1769 1845 76
17 Montakit Fuenlabrada 22 5 17 1727 1885 158
18 Movistar Estudiantes 23 5 18 1703 1863 160
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Source: ACB

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.

More information Team ╲ Round, Barça ...
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Barça85654333222222222221111
Real Madrid31111111111111111112222
Casademont Zaragoza92432222333333333333333
Iberostar Tenerife15101285844448744444444444
RETAbet Bilbao Basket445474677101112129875566555
MoraBanc Andorra17118128101295864710757755676
Valencia Basket263610681310129856586678767
Kirolbet Baskonia179139795117109671112101010111088
Unicaja1215149695612912111111969887899
San Pablo Burgos63223571265469569899991010
Herbalife Gran Canaria1114117111314119117101012101111121110111111
Club Joventut Badalona161718181714108865588121012111212121212
Baxi Manresa78101415181617171717171514141313131314141313
Monbus Obradoiro1018171718171818161515131313131414141413131414
Coosur Real Betis149161516151516181816161718181615161616161615
UCAM Murcia51271012111110131313141415151516151515151516
Montakit Fuenlabrada1316131614161715141414151617161717171818171717
Movistar Estudiantes1813151113121314151618181816171818181717181818
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Leader and qualification to playoffs
Qualification to playoffs
Relegation to LEB Oro
Source: ACB

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAR ...
Home \ Away BAR BAX ZGZ JOV BET HGC IBT KBA MOB MKF MBA MOV RMB RBB BUR UCM UNI VBC
Barça 86–74 77–59 89–75 103–71 95–87 87–74 94–72 83–63 92–94 95–105 97–94
Baxi Manresa 75–84 85–67 74–84 74–75 61–81 79–85 79–72 75–80 101–97 93–92 79–69 79–76
Casademont Zaragoza 89–83 86–79 90–92 81–62 99–111 101–80 96–64 75–65 97–87 84–67 84–61 80–70
Club Joventut Badalona 80–95 104–106 72–93 77–73 101–77 79–81 78–76 69–88 97–86 74–82 104–93 82–97
Coosur Real Betis 95–100 88–89 69–71 95–88 82–81 86–81 88–66 64–84 81–79 79–66 66–88
Herbalife Gran Canaria 65–81 73–79 68–79 72–89 102–100 102–78 80–67 92–54 92–89 85–79 87–77
Iberostar Tenerife 83–87 96–90 94–89 100–79 78–79 90–78 74–63 76–59 71–76 67–81 85–82 85–78
Kirolbet Baskonia 79–80 87–86 84–73 75–58 83–69 80–92 73–77 105–82 89–91 74–82 77–78 85–74
Monbus Obradoiro 86–92 97–83 82–73 79–92 78–77 75–73 78–57 76–83 98–96 73–76 72–83 86–83
Montakit Fuenlabrada 90–94 87–83 95–98 69–85 92–98 93–85 76–87 75–74 81–82 70–81
MoraBanc Andorra 86–84 106–78 90–76 60–70 76–86 97–82 93–69 79–69 69–65 87–74 86–89 89–73
Movistar Estudiantes 67–74 87–79 67–85 82–78 72–74 79–87 72–87 76–78 91–70 78–68 73–77
Real Madrid 94–74 92–70 83–86 93–69 92–76 94–95 89–64 91–60 104–93 97–69 82–71 85–78
RETAbet Bilbao Basket 88–77 75–69 90–97 79–75 99–72 92–80 82–87 87–80 82–81 98–95 83–79
San Pablo Burgos 80–82 79–65 69–78 92–89 85–72 54–70 89–85 93–88[lower-alpha 1] 93–95 92–82 77–60 62–93
UCAM Murcia 83–87 89–73 90–78 75–86 90–95 94–71 72–87 56–57 82–74 97–95
Unicaja 75–81 77–65 79–71 79–76 80–88 82–72 85–67 62–67 88–92 77–70
Valencia Basket 92–74 100–70 95–72 86–88 98–91 86–76 89–68 79–63 78–81 95–66 82–62 63–79
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Source: ACB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Result modified by the competition court. The match originally ended 94–88.[40]

Playoffs

Group stage

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification BAR KBA UNI IBT JOV RBB
1 Barça 5 4 1 432 400 +32 Qualification to the semifinals 81–75 86–87 96–92
2 Kirolbet Baskonia 5 3 2 402 379 +23 87–86 79–72
3 Unicaja 5 3 2 418 395 +23 73–84 78–65
4 Iberostar Tenerife 5 2 3 381 406 25 70–83 82–80 70–78
5 Club Joventut Badalona 5 2 3 423 429 6 76–74 89–98
6 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 5 1 4 359 406 47 73–85 64–87 79–86
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Source: ACB

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC BUR RMB HGC MBA ZGZ
1 Valencia Basket (H) 5 4 1 460 411 +49 Qualification to the semifinals 94–90 89–71
2 San Pablo Burgos 5 3 2 444 440 +4 87–83 88–86
3 Real Madrid 5 3 2 441 429 +12 95–90 91–73 97–88
4 Herbalife Gran Canaria 5 2 3 425 448 23 81–97 91–87
5 MoraBanc Andorra 5 2 3 452 450 +2 74–90 91–75 88–104
6 Casademont Zaragoza 5 1 4 423 467 44 86–92 85–76 93–113
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Source: ACB
(H) Hosts

Final Four

Semifinals Final
    
Barça 98
San Pablo Burgos 84
Barça 67
Kirolbet Baskonia 69
Valencia Basket 73
Kirolbet Baskonia 75

Final standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W L Qualification
1 Kirolbet Baskonia (C) 30 17 13 Already qualified to EuroLeague
2 Barça 30 24 6
3 Valencia Basket 29 16 13
4 San Pablo Burgos 29 15 14 Qualification to Champions League regular season
5 Real Madrid 28 21 7 Already qualified to EuroLeague
6 Casademont Zaragoza 28 17 11 Qualification to Champions League regular season
7 Iberostar Tenerife 27 16 11
8 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 28 15 13
9 MoraBanc Andorra 28 15 13 Qualification to EuroCup
10 Unicaja 28 15 13
11 Herbalife Gran Canaria 27 13 14
12 Club Joventut Badalona 28 11 17
13 Baxi Manresa 23 9 14
14 Monbus Obradoiro 23 9 14
15 Coosur Real Betis 23 8 15
16 UCAM Murcia 22 7 15
17 Montakit Fuenlabrada 22 5 17
18 Movistar Estudiantes 23 5 18
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Source: ACB
(C) Champions

Attendances

Attendances only include regular season games:

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low AverageChange
1 San Pablo Burgos 113,258 9,583 9,214 9,438 +3.1%
2 Casademont Zaragoza 112,451 10,510 8,078 9,371 +18.6%
3 Movistar Estudiantes 99,813 13,165 7,312 9,074 +5.4%
4 Kirolbet Baskonia 107,170 11,589 7,625 8,931 −2.4%
5 RETAbet Bilbao Basket 93,502 10,001 7,333 8,500 +28.0%1
6 Real Madrid 97,027 9,852 6,922 8,086 −7.3%
7 Unicaja 77,683 10,020 6,805 7,768 +2.6%
8 Valencia Basket 85,157 7,783 6,678 7,096 −2.4%
9 Herbalife Gran Canaria 67,342 7,271 5,364 6,122 +16.3%
10 Barça 62,619 7,387 4,005 5,693 +7.0%
11 Club Joventut Badalona 66,599 9,328 3,912 5,550 +6.3%
12 UCAM Murcia 55,096 6,877 5,014 5,510 −1.7%
13 Coosur Real Betis 58,534 6,824 3,722 5,321 +139.5%1
14 Montakit Fuenlabrada 51,788 5,589 4,896 5,179 +1.3%
15 Monbus Obradoiro 61,245 5,964 4,579 5,104 +4.1%
16 Iberostar Tenerife 58,470 5,211 4,061 4,873 +6.4%
17 Baxi Manresa 54,180 5,000 3,740 4,515 −4.0%
18 MoraBanc Andorra 47,888 4,523 3,194 3,991 −1.4%
League total 1,369,822 13,165 3,194 6,682 +7.2%
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Source: ACB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in LEB Oro.

Awards

All official awards of the 2019–20 ACB season.

MVP

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
PFSpain Nikola MirotićBarça
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Source: [41]

Finals MVP

More information Pos., Player ...
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Source: [42]

All-ACB Teams

Source: [43][44]

Best Young Player Award

More information Player, Team ...
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Source: [45]

Defensive Player of the Year Award

More information Pos., Player ...
Pos. Player Team
CCape Verde Edy TavaresReal Madrid
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Source:[46]

Best All-Young Team

Source: [47]

Player of the round

Source: [48]

Player of the month

More information Month, Rounds ...
Month Rounds Player Team PIR W–L Ref
September1–2Uganda Brandon DaviesBarça30.02–0[49]
October3–6Spain Nikola MirotićBarça30.02–2[50]
November7–10United States Askia BookerUCAM Murcia23.72–2[51]
December11–15Georgia (country) Giorgi ShermadiniIberostar Tenerife24.63–2[52]
January16–19Spain Nikola Mirotić (2)Barça28.72–1[53]
February20–21Georgia (country) Tornike ShengeliaKirolbet Baskonia29.01–1[54]
March22–23Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia (2)Kirolbet Baskonia30.52–0[55]
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Source: [56]

ACB clubs in international competitions

More information Team, Competition ...
Euroleague Basketball competitions
TeamCompetitionProgressResult
Real MadridEuroLeagueRegular season2nd of 18 teams (22–6)
BarçaRegular season3rd of 18 teams (22–6)
Valencia BasketRegular season10th of 18 teams (12–16)
Kirolbet BaskoniaRegular season13th of 18 teams (12–16)
UnicajaEuroCupQuarterfinals11–5
Club Joventut BadalonaTop 16 Group H3rd of 4 teams (8–8)
MoraBanc AndorraTop 16 Group H4th of 4 teams (8–8)
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Notes

  1. Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Cultura del Esfuerzo (transl."Culture of Effort") is the motto of the club.

References

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