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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, Kenny Simpson, Joe Arlauckas, Walter Herrmann, Luis Scola and many others.
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[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 eight best teams start a play-off, playing the regular season champion with the 8th and so on. There are three rounds with five matches on each, and the winner of the final round is the champion of the ACB. This is similar to NBA play-offs, but shorter.
[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 |
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[edit] Titles
[edit] ACB History (1983- )
[edit] Final Appearances
[edit] Total League Championships (Liga Nacional + ACB)
[edit] 2007/08 Final Standings
[edit] Teams 2008/09 season
[edit] Promoted to League ACB
[edit] Relegated to League LEB
[edit] Awards
[edit] ACB records
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- Most Field Goals Made in a Game
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- Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game
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- Most Free Throws Made in a Game
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- 13 by Lance Berwald, BBV Villalba at Caja Guipúzcoa on March 11, 1989
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- Largest Margin of Victory in a Game
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