Liga ACB

Current season or competition: 2011–12 ACB season
200px Logo ACB
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1957 (as Liga Nacional)
Inaugural season	1983–84
No. of teams	18
Country(ies)	Spain
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	FC Barcelona (16th title)
Most titles	Real Madrid (30 titles)
TV partner(s)	TDP
Related competitions	Spanish King's Cup Spanish Supercup
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (Spain)
Relegation to	LEB Oro – 2nd Tier (Last 2)
Official website	www.acb.com (Spanish)

The Liga ACB (English: ACB League), known as the Liga Endesa (English: Endesa League) for sponsorship reasons, is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Spain. It began in 1957, with the name of Liga Nacional, and was originally organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. The league changed to its current form, beginning with the 1983–84 season, after the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) took control over the league. The league is rated as one of the top three European national domestic/regional leagues in the ULEB League Rankings system.

The ACB League, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including Real Madrid, FC Barcelona Regal, Cajasol Banca Cívica, Asefa Estudiantes, Gran Canaria 2014, Caja Laboral Baskonia, Valencia Basket, and Unicaja Málaga.

Other competitions[link]

• Spanish King's Cup
• Spanish Supercup

Liga championship rules[link]

Each team has to play all the other teams in its division twice, once at home and once away. This means that in Liga ACB the league's regular season ends after all teams play 34 matches.

Like many other national domestic leagues in continental Europe, the Liga ACB takes a winter break once each team has played half of its scheduled games. 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 sports; it is also used by La Liga in association football.

At the end of the league, the eight best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 8th place team in the standings, and so on. There are three playoff rounds, each consisting of five game series, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Liga ACB. This is similar to the NBA playoffs system, but shorter.

Arena standards[link]

Currently, Liga ACB clubs must have home arenas that seat at least 5,000 people.

Liga Nacional (1957–1983)[link]

Titles[link]

ACB Finals (1983–84 season – Present)[link]

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Series Result	Finals MVP	Champion's Coach
1983–84	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona	2 – 1	N/A	Lolo Sainz
1984–85	Real Madrid	Joventut Badalona	2 – 1	N/A	Lolo Sainz
1985–86	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona	2 – 0	N/A	Lolo Sainz
1986–87	FC Barcelona	Joventut Badalona	3 – 1	N/A	Aíto García Reneses
1987–88	FC Barcelona	Real Madrid	3 – 2	N/A	Aíto García Reneses
1988–89	FC Barcelona	Real Madrid	3 – 2	N/A	Aíto García Reneses
1989–90	FC Barcelona	Joventut Badalona	3 – 0	N/A	Aíto García Reneses
1990–91	Joventut Badalona	FC Barcelona	3 – 1	Corny Thompson	Lolo Sainz
1991–92	Joventut Badalona	Real Madrid	3 – 2	Mike Smith	Lolo Sainz
1992–93	Real Madrid	Joventut Badalona	3 – 2	Arvydas Sabonis	Clifford Luyk
1993–94	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Arvydas Sabonis	Clifford Luyk
1994–95	FC Barcelona	CB Málaga	3 – 2	Michael Ansley	Aíto García Reneses
1995–96	FC Barcelona	CB Sevilla	3 – 0	Xavi Fernández	Aíto García Reneses
1996–97	FC Barcelona	Real Madrid	3 – 2	Roberto Dueñas	Aíto García Reneses
1997–98	Manresa	Baskonia	3 – 1	Joan Creus	Luis Casimiro
1998–99	FC Barcelona	CB Sevilla	3 – 0	Derrick Alston	Aíto García Reneses
1999–00	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona	3 – 2	Alberto Angulo	Sergio Scariolo
2000–01	FC Barcelona	Real Madrid	3 – 0	Pau Gasol	Aíto García Reneses
2001–02	Baskonia	CB Málaga	3 – 0	Elmer Bennett	Duško Ivanović
2002–03	FC Barcelona	Valencia BC	3 – 0	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Svetislav Pešić
2003–04	FC Barcelona	Estudiantes	3 – 2	Dejan Bodiroga	Svetislav Pešić
2004–05	Real Madrid	Baskonia	3 – 2	Louis Bullock	Božidar Maljković
2005–06	CB Málaga	Baskonia	3 – 0	Jorge Garbajosa	Sergio Scariolo
2006–07	Real Madrid	FC Barcelona	3 – 1	Felipe Reyes	Joan Plaza
2007–08	Baskonia	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Pete Mickeal	Neven Spahija
2008–09	FC Barcelona	Baskonia	3 – 1	Juan Carlos Navarro	Xavier Pascual
2009–10	Baskonia	FC Barcelona	3 – 0	Tiago Splitter	Duško Ivanović
2010–11	FC Barcelona	Bilbao Basket	3 – 0	Juan Carlos Navarro	Xavier Pascual

Finals appearances[link]

ACB trophy 2008-2009, FC Barcelona museum

Total league championships (Liga Nacional + ACB)[link]

Current clubs[link]

• Assignia Manresa
• Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
• Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
• Blancos de Rueda Valladolid
• CAI Zaragoza
• Caja Laboral Baskonia
• Cajasol Banca Cívica
• FIATC Mutua Joventut
• Asefa Estudiantes
• FC Barcelona Regal
• Gran Canaria 2014
• Lagun Aro GBC
• CB Lucentum Alicante
• Valencia BC
• Real Madrid
• Unicaja Málaga
• UCAM Murcia
• Obradoiro CAB

Promoted to League ACB[link]

• CB Murcia
• Obradoiro CAB

Relegated to League LEB[link]

• CB Granada
• Menorca Bàsquet

Awards[link]

• ACB Most Valuable Player Award
• ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award
• ACB Rising Star Award

ACB records[link]

• Most Points in a Game

• 54 by Epi, FC Barcelona vs. Joventut Massana on February 18, 1984

• Most Field Goals Made in a Game

• 25 by Essie Hollis, Arabatxo Baskonia at OAR Ferrol on February 5, 1984

• Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game

• 11 by Oscar Schmidt, Fórum Valladolid at CB Murcia on March 19, 1994

• Most Free Throws Made in a Game

• 29 by Jeff Lamp, Granada at Fórum Filatélico Valladolid on December 21, 1991

• Most Rebounds in a Game

• 29 by Clarence Kea, Juver Murcia vs. Dyc Breogán on December 21, 1991

• Most Assists in a Game

• 18 by Joaquim Costa, Valvi Girona vs. Puleva Baloncesto Granada on November 9, 1990

• Most Steals in a Game

• 13 by Lance Berwald, BBV Villalba at Caja Guipúzcoa on March 11, 1989

• Most Blocks in a Game

• 12 by Fran Vázquez, FC Barcelona at Grupo Capitol Valladolid on January 7, 2007

• Most Points in a Game

• 147 – FC Barcelona defeated Cajabilbao 147–106 on January 31, 1987

• Fewest Points in a Game

• 39 – Lagun Aro GBC was defeated by Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 61–39 on April 25, 2010

• Largest Margin of Victory in a Game

• 55 – FC Barcelona defeated Breogán Caixa Galicia 82–137 on April 12, 1986
• 55 – Real Madrid defeated Clesa Ferrol 116–61 on October 5, 1985

• Victory with fewest points

• 49 – Assignia Manresa defeated Meridiano Alicante 49–48 on March 6, 2011

External links[link]

• Official ACB League Page (Spanish)
• Euroleague.net Spanish League Page

v t e Liga ACB venues · 2011–12 Palacio de los Deportes (Asefa Estudiantes) Bilbao Arena (Bizkaia Bilbao Basket) Fontes do Sar (Blu:sens Monbús) Príncipe Felipe Arena (CAI Zaragoza) Fernando Buesa Arena (Caja Laboral Baskonia) Palacio San Pablo (Cajasol Sevilla) Palacio de Deportes (CB Murcia) Palau Municipal d'Esports (Club Joventut Badalona) Palau Blaugrana (FC Barcelona Regal) Polideportivo Fernando Martin (Fuenlabrada) Centro Insular de Deportes (CB Gran Canaria) Illumbe (Lagun Aro - Gipuzkoa BC) Palacio de los Deportes (Real Madrid) Nou Congost (Bàsquet Manresa) Centro de Tecnificación (Meridiano Alicante) Martín Carpena (Unicaja Málaga) Fonteta (Valencia CB) Pabellón Pisuerga (CB Valladolid)

Liga can refer to:

Name[link]

• Līga (name), a Latvian female given name

Sports[link]

• 1. Liga, third-highest ice hockey league in Switzerland
• Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain
• Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito
• Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain
• La Liga, highest professional division of the Spanish football league system

Other[link]

• Liga, common appellation for Független Szakszervezetek Demokratikus Ligája "Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions"), Hungarian national trade union
• LIGA, acronym of Lithographie, Galvanoformung, Abformung ("Lithography, Electroplating, and Molding"), fabrication technology used to create high-aspect-ratio microstructures

People[link]

• Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, Italian rock singer-songwriter

See also[link]

• Prva Liga (disambiguation)
• Druga Liga (disambiguation)
• Vysshaya Liga (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

ACB may refer to:

Banking[link]

• African Central Bank, one of the three financial institutions of the African Union
• Asia Commercial Bank, a commercial bank in Vietnam

Environment[link]

• ASEAN Center for Biodiversity an intergovernmental organization

Investment[link]

• Adjusted cost base, a calculation used to determine the cost of an investment for tax purposes

Music[link]

• Animal Crack Box, a live box set by American music act, Animal Collective

Sports[link]

• ACB Lagos, a former professional association football team based in Lagos, Nigeria
• Angel City Brigade, a supporter group for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer club
• Australian Cricket Board, the former name of Cricket Australia, the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia
• Liga ACB (Spanish: Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto), the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Spain
• Afghanistan Cricket Board, the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Afghanistan

Other uses[link]

• Acton Bridge railway station (National Rail code) in Cheshire, England
• Airport City Belgrade, an urban neighborhood of Belgrade
• Alameda Civic Ballet, the official dance company for Alameda, California
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a nonprofit organization devoted to maintaining and preserving the Chesapeake Bay
• American Council of the Blind, a nationwide organization in the United States
• Aortocoronary bypass, a medical procedure to treat coronary artery disease
• Association for Clinical Biochemistry, the British professional body for clinical biochemists, a member of the Science Council
• Australian Classification Board, Australia's statutory censorship and classification body
• Air circuit breaker, a type of switchgear used in electricity supply industry
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, a game set in the Italian renaissance.

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Marcelinho Huertas

Regal FC Barcelona
Point Guard Shooting Guard
Personal information
Born	(1983-05-25) May 25, 1983 (age 29) São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian / Italian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft	2005 / Undrafted
Pro career	2002–present
League	Spanish League Euroleague
Career history
Paulistano (2002-03) FMU Sao Paulo (2003-04) DKV Joventut (2004-07) Bilbao Basket (2007-08) Fortitudo Bologna (2008-09) Saski Baskonia (2009-2011)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-ACB Team (2007-08, 2010-11)
Medals Men’s Basketball Competitor for  Brazil FIBA Americas Championship Gold 2005 Dominican Republic Team Gold 2009 Puerto Rico Team Silver 2011 Mar del Plata Team Pan American Games Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team South American Basketball Championship Gold 2006 Caracas Team

Marcelo ("Marcelinho") Tieppo Huertas (born May 25, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He also has Italian citizenship. He is a point guard, but he can also play as a shooting guard if needed. He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall. He currently plays with the pro club Regal FC Barcelona.

Huertas is also currently number 9 for the Brazilian national basketball team.

Pro career[link]

Huertas began his career playing with the youth teams of Pinheiros in Brazil. He made his professional debut in 2002 with the senior team of Paulistano in the Brazilian League. He then moved to FMU São Paulo for the 2003-04 season. He later joined the Spanish League club DKV Joventut and stayed there from 2004-07. It was around this time Huertas converted to Judaism.

Next, he moved to Bilbao Basket for the 2007-08 season. He played with Fortitudo Bologna in the Italian League during the 2008-09 season. In August 2009, he signed a 3 year contract with the Spanish League club Caja Laboral.^[1] On August 9, 2011 he signed a 4-year contract with Regal FC Barcelona ^[2]

Honors[link]

FC Barcelona Bàsquet[link]

• Spanish SuperCup (1): 2011

Individual awards[link]

• All-ACB Team: 2007-08,^[3] 2010-11^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Euroleague.net Profile
• NBA.com Draft Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile

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Carlos Cabezas

Cabezas with Unicaja Málaga.
No. 16 – CAI Zaragoza
Point Guard
Personal information
Nickname(s)	The Brain[1]
Born	(1980-11-14) November 14, 1980 (age 31) Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 1.75 in (1.87 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College	None
NBA Draft	2002 / Undrafted
Pro career	1998–present
League	ACB
Career history
Unicaja Macías (1998-00) Circulo Badajoz (2000) Unicaja Málaga (2000-09) Khimki Moscow Region (2009-10)

Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado (born November 14, 1980) is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is the nephew of the former Uruguayan professional footballer Hugo Cabezas, who played in Spain in the late 70s. His father (Hugo's brother) and his grandfather are also former Uruguayan professional basketball players. He is 1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¾ in) tall. He is currently playing with the Spanish pro club CAI Zaragoza.

Pro career[link]

Cabezas began his playing career with the youth teams of Unicaja Málaga in Spain. He made his professional debut during the 1998-99 season with Unicaja Macías, the reserve team of Unicaja Málaga, in the Spanish EBA League. He then moved to the LEB club Circulo Badajoz during the 1999-00 season. He joined the senior Spanish ACB League club Unicaja Málaga in 2000.

The Orlando Magic of the NBA invited Cabezas to play for their Summer League team at the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009, but he declined the offer.^[2] He joined the Russian Super League club Khimki Moscow Region in 2009.^[3] In October 2010 he signed a one-year contract with CAI Zaragoza.^{[citation needed]}

Spanish national team[link]

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Men's Basketball
FIBA World Championship
Gold	2006 Japan	Spain
FIBA European Championship
Silver	2007 Spain	Spain
Gold	2009 Poland	Spain

With the junior national teams of Spain, Cabezas won the gold medal at the 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the gold medal at the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the bronze medal at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. Cabezas also won the gold medal with the senior Spanish national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He also won the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA European Championship.

Awards and accomplishments[link]

Club career[link]

• Won the Korać Cup Championship (2001)
• Won the Spanish King's Cup (2005)
• Won the Spanish Championship (2006)

Spanish national team[link]

• 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship - Gold Medal
• 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship - Gold Medal
• 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship - Bronze Medal
• 2006 FIBA World Championship - Gold Medal
• 2007 FIBA European Championship - Silver Medal
• 2009 FIBA European Championship - Gold Medal

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Euroleague.net Profile
• Official Web Page
• Eurobasket2007.org Profile
• FIBAEurope.com Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile
• ACB.com Official Profile (Spanish)