Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto
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The ACB (Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto) is the premier professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional, changing its name to the current one in 1983.
The ACB league, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Estudiantes, Joventut Badalona, Tau Baskonia, Pamesa Valencia and Unicaja Málaga.
Famous basketball players who have played in the league include Juan Antonio Corbalan, Arvydas Sabonis, Pau Gasol, Raúl López, Fernando Martín, Fernando Romay, Andrés Nocioni, Fran Vázquez, Jordi Villacampa, Andre Turner, Dražen Petrović, Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Epi), Alberto Herreros, Roberto Dueñas, Sasha Djordjevic, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Juan Carlos Navarro, Velimir Perasović, Rafa Jofresa, Dejan Bodiroga, Joan Creus, Walter Berry and many others.
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[edit] Other Competitions
[edit] Liga championship rules
Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, one at home and one away. This means that in Liga ACB the regular league ends after all teams play 34 matches.
Like many other leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ACB takes a winter break once each team has played half of its scheduled matches. One feature of the league that may be unusual to North American observers is that the two halves of the season are played in the same order—that is, the order of each team's first-half fixtures is repeated in the second half of the season. This is normal in Spanish sport; it is also used by La Liga in football.
At the end of the league, the winner is:
- The team that has most won most matches.
- If two or more teams have the same number of victories, the winner is the team that has the scored more points.
- If there is no winner after applying the second rule, then the team with the better head-to-head record is the winner
[edit] Spanish championship (1957-1983)
| Year | Team | Year | Team |
| 1957 | Real Madrid | 1971 | Real Madrid |
| 1958 | Real Madrid | 1972 | Real Madrid |
| 1959 | FC Barcelona | 1973 | Real Madrid |
| 1960 | Real Madrid | 1974 | Real Madrid |
| 1961 | Real Madrid | 1975 | Real Madrid |
| 1962 | Real Madrid | 1976 | Real Madrid |
| 1963 | Real Madrid | 1977 | Real Madrid |
| 1964 | Real Madrid | 1978 | Joventut |
| 1965 | Real Madrid | 1979 | Real Madrid |
| 1966 | Real Madrid | 1980 | Real Madrid |
| 1967 | Joventut | 1981 | FC Barcelona |
| 1968 | Real Madrid | 1982 | Real Madrid |
| 1969 | Real Madrid | 1983 | FC Barcelona |
| 1970 | Real Madrid |
[edit] Titles
| Team | Championships |
|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 22 |
| FC Barcelona | 3 |
| Joventut Badalona | 2 |
[edit] ACB History (1983- )
[edit] Final Appearances
| Num | Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | FC Barcelona | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | Real Madrid | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Joventut Badalona | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Tau Vitoria | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Unicaja Málaga | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Caja San Fernando | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | TDK Manresa | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Pamesa Valencia | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Adecco Estudiantes | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Total League Championships (Liga Nacional + ACB)
| Team | Championships |
|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 29 |
| FC Barcelona | 14 |
| Joventut Badalona | 4 |
| TDK Manresa | 1 |
| Tau Vitoria | 1 |
| Unicaja Málaga | 1 |
[edit] 2005/06 Standings
Next Season: ACB League - 2005/2006 ACB League Play-Off 2005/2006
Main Article: ACB League - 2004/2005 ACB League Play-Off 2004/2005
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P=Playoff for title
R=Relegated
[edit] Teams 2006/07 season
- Adecco Estudiantes
- Akasvayu Girona
- Bruesa GBC
- Gran Canaria
- CB Granada
- Caja San Fernando
- Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada
- DKV Joventut
- Etosa Alicante
- Grupo Capitol Valladolid
- Lagun Aro Bilbao
- Pamesa Valencia
- Polaris World Murcia
- Real Madrid
- TAU Cerámica
- Unicaja Málaga
- Vive! Menorca
- Winterthur FC Barcelona
