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| Liga Endesa1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2020–21 | |||||||||
| Games played | 360 | |||||||||
| Teams | 19 | |||||||||
| Regular season | ||||||||||
| Season MVP | ||||||||||
| Relegated | Movistar Estudiantes Acunsa GBC | |||||||||
| Finals | ||||||||||
| Champions | Barça 16th ACB title 19th Spanish title | |||||||||
| Runners-up | Real Madrid | |||||||||
| Semifinalists | Lenovo Tenerife Valencia Basket | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | ||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acunsa GBC | Hummel | Acunsa | ||
| Barça | Nike | Assistència Sanitària | ||
| Baxi Manresa | Pentex | Baxi | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Mercury | Casademont | ||
| Coosur Real Betis | Kappa | Coosur | ||
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | Spalding | Herbalife | ||
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Hummel | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos | ||
| Joventut | Spalding | Fundación Probitas | ||
| Lenovo Tenerife | Austral | Lenovo, Tenerife | ||
| Monbus Obradoiro | Geff | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | ||
| MoraBanc Andorra | Hummel | MoraBanc, Andorra | ||
| Movistar Estudiantes | Wibo | Movistar | ||
| Real Madrid | Adidas | Palladium Hotel Group | ||
| RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Hummel | RETAbet | ||
| TD Systems Baskonia | Kelme | TD Systems | ||
| UCAM Murcia | Hummel | UCAM, Costa Cálida | ||
| Unicaja | Joma | Unicaja, Málaga | ||
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | Pentex | URBAS Grupo Financiero | ||
| Valencia Basket | 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 | End of contract | 30 June 2020[24] | Pre-season | 8 July 2020[25] | ||
| Barça | Sacked | 1 July 2020[26] | 2 July 2020[27] | |||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Resigned | 8 July 2020[28] | 11 July 2020[29] | |||
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | Sacked | 19 October 2020[30] | 19th (0–5) | 19 October 2020[31] | ||
| Casademont Zaragoza | 2 November 2020[32] | 16th (2–6) | 3 November 2020[33] | |||
| Coosur Real Betis | 24 November 2020[34] | 17th (2–9) | 30 November 2020[35] | |||
| Unicaja | 20 January 2021[36] | 9th (9–10) | 21 January 2021[37] | |||
| Movistar Estudiantes | 13 February 2021[38] | 16th (5–14) | 14 February 2021[39] | |||
| Urbas Fuenlabrada | 25 March 2021[40] | 16th (7–19) | 25 March 2021[41] | |||
| Casademont Zaragoza | Resigned | 17 April 2021[42] | 13th (10–19) | 17 April 2021[43] |
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Real Madrid | 103 | 81 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 79 | 75 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Real Madrid | 81 | 67 | 80 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 70 | 85 | 77 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 87 | 65 | 78 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | TD Systems Baskonia | 86 | 76 | 73 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Real Madrid | 75 | 73 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barça | 89 | 92 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barça | 84 | 63 | 94 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Joventut | 74 | 72 | 73 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barça | 112 | 68 | 89 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 69 | 80 | 72 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 86 | 92 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 78 | 68 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barça (C) | 44 | 38 | 6 | Already qualified to EuroLeague |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 43 | 38 | 5 | |
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 41 | 30 | 11 | Qualification to Champions League regular season |
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 42 | 27 | 15 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 5 | TD Systems Baskonia | 39 | 24 | 15 | Already qualified to EuroLeague |
| 6 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 38 | 22 | 16 | Qualification to Champions League regular season |
| 7 | Joventut | 39 | 21 | 18 | Qualification to EuroCup |
| 8 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 38 | 18 | 20 | |
| 9 | MoraBanc Andorra | 36 | 17 | 19 | |
| 10 | Baxi Manresa | 36 | 17 | 19 | Qualification to Champions League regular season |
| 11 | Unicaja | 36 | 17 | 19 | |
| 12 | UCAM Murcia | 36 | 16 | 20 | |
| 13 | Casademont Zaragoza | 36 | 14 | 22 | Qualification to FIBA Europe Cup regular season |
| 14 | Monbus Obradoiro | 36 | 12 | 24 | |
| 15 | Urbas Fuenlabrada | 36 | 12 | 24 | |
| 16 | Coosur Real Betis | 36 | 11 | 25 | |
| 17 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 36 | 10 | 26 | |
| 18 | Movistar Estudiantes (R) | 36 | 9 | 27 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
| 19 | Acunsa GBC (R) | 36 | 7 | 29 |
The first 36 regular season rounds were played behind closed doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 17, 2021, the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Ministry of Health of Spain and the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the return of the spectators to the league arenas for the last two regular season rounds and for the playoffs with the following requirements:[45][46]
On June 2, 2021, the Spanish High Council for Sports allowed the general admission of the spectators for the playoffs, indicating that the maximum number of spectators is 1,000 people.[47]
| 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 |
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2021. Source: ACB
All official awards of the 2020–21 ACB season.
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Lenovo Tenerife |
Source: [48]
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| PF | Barça |
Source: [49]
| Pos. | First Team | Second Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | |
| PG | Lenovo Tenerife | Urbas Fuenlabrada | ||
| SG | TD Systems Baskonia | Barça | ||
| SF | Joventut | TD Systems Baskonia | ||
| PF | Lenovo Tenerife | Barça | ||
| C | Real Madrid | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | ||
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| PF | Real Madrid |
Source: [52]
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| PG | Real Madrid | |
| SG | Barça | |
| SF | Acunsa GBC | |
| PF | Real Madrid | |
| C | Unicaja |
Source: [53]
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Real Madrid |
Source: [54]
Source: [55]
| Month | Rounds | Player | Team | PIR | W–L | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | 1–3 | Monbus Obradoiro | 27.7 | 3–0 | [56] | |
| October | 4–8 | Lenovo Tenerife | 28.7 | 3–0 | [57] | |
| November | 9–12 | Valencia Basket | 26.0 | 0–3 | [58] | |
| December | 13–17 | Casademont Zaragoza | 23.6 | 2–3 | [59] | |
| January | 18–22 | Lenovo Tenerife | 27.0 | 3–2 | [60] | |
| February | 23–24 | Real Madrid | 27.7 | 3–0 | [61] | |
| March | 25–28 | Lenovo Tenerife | 25.5 | 2–0 | [62] | |
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | ||||||
| April | 29–34 | Movistar Estudiantes | 24.0 | 0–6 | [63] | |
| May | 35–38 | Movistar Estudiantes | 27.0 | 0–3 | [64] |
Source: [65]
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barça | EuroLeague | Championship game | Loss vs. |
28–13 |
| Semifinals | Win vs. | |||
| Playoffs | 3–2 vs. | |||
| Regular season | 1st of 18 teams (24–10) | |||
| Real Madrid | Playoffs | 2–3 vs. |
22–17 | |
| Regular season | 6th of 18 teams (20–14) | |||
| 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. |
13–7 |
| Quarterfinals | 2–0 vs. | |||
| 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. |
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 | |
| Regular season Group C | 4th of 6 teams (3–7) | |||
| Unicaja | Top 16 Group E | 4th of 4 teams (1–5) | 8–8 | |
| Regular season Group B | 2nd of 6 teams (7–3) |
| Team | Competition | Progress | Result | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereda San Pablo Burgos | Intercontinental Cup | Final | Win vs. |
1–0 |
| Champions League | Final | Win vs. |
12–3 | |
| Semi-finals | Win vs. | |||
| Quarter-finals | Win vs. | |||
| 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. |
11–4 | |
| Semi-finals | Loss vs. | |||
| Quarter-finals | Win vs. | |||
| 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. |
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 |
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