The 2022–23 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the top Spanish professional basketball league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 28 September 2022 with the regular season and ended on 20 June 2023 with the finals.
Real Madrid was the defending champion which was swept in the final series by Barça that reclaimed its 20th Spanish title and their 17th ACB title.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2021–22 season and two promoted from the 2021–22 LEB Oro.
Teams promoted from LEB Oro Covirán Granada Bàsquet Girona
Teams relegated to LEB Oro Hereda San Pablo Burgos MoraBanc Andorra
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Barça Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Bàsquet Girona Girona Fontajau Baxi Manresa Manresa Nou Congost Carplus Fuenlabrada Fuenlabrada Fernando Martín Casademont Zaragoza Zaragoza Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena Covirán Granada Granada Palacio de Deportes Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Joventut Badalona Palau Municipal d'Esports Lenovo Tenerife San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Monbus Obradoiro Santiago de Compostela Multiusos Fontes do Sar Real Betis Baloncesto Seville San Pablo Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center Río Breogán Lugo Pazo dos Deportes Surne Bilbao Basket Bilbao Bilbao Arena UCAM Murcia Murcia Palacio de Deportes Unicaja Málaga Martín Carpena Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Barça Šarūnas Jasikevičius Pierre Oriola Nike Assistència Sanitària Bàsquet Girona Aíto García Reneses Marc Gasol Nike FIATC Baxi Manresa Pedro Martínez Guillem Jou Pentex Baxi Carplus Fuenlabrada Óscar Quintana Clevin Hannah Kromex Carplus Casademont Zaragoza Porfirio Fisac Santiago Yusta Mercury Casademont Cazoo Baskonia Joan Peñarroya Rokas Giedraitis Puma Cazoo Covirán Granada Pablo Pin David Iriarte Vive Supermercados Covirán Gran Canaria Jaka Lakovič Oliver Stević Spalding Joventut Carles Duran Albert Ventura Spalding Fundación Probitas Lenovo Tenerife Txus Vidorreta Marcelo Huertas Austral Lenovo, Tenerife Monbus Obradoiro Moncho Fernández Álvaro Muñoz Geff Estrella Galicia 0,0 Real Betis Luis Casimiro Pablo Almazán Kappa Sevilla Real Madrid Chus Mateo Sergio Llull Adidas Autohero Río Breogán Veljko Mršić Sergi Quintela Wibo Estrella Galicia 0,0 Surne Bilbao Basket Jaume Ponsarnau Xavi Rabaseda Hummel Surne Seguros UCAM Murcia Sito Alonso Sadiel Rojas Hummel UCAM, Costa Cálida Unicaja Ibon Navarro Alberto Díaz Joma Unicaja, Málaga Valencia Basket Álex Mumbrú Bojan Dubljević Luanvi Cultura del Esfuerzo
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Surne Bilbao Basket Álex Mumbrú End of contract 6 June 2022 Pre-season Jaume Ponsarnau 21 June 2022 Valencia Basket Joan Peñarroya 7 June 2022 Álex Mumbrú 14 June 2022 Cazoo Baskonia Neven Spahija 9 June 2022 Joan Peñarroya 13 June 2022 Gran Canaria Porfirio Fisac 12 June 2022 Jaka Lakovič 17 June 2022 Casademont Zaragoza Dragan Šakota 25 June 2022 Martin Schiller 25 June 2022 Bàsquet Girona Jordi Sargatal 30 June 2022 Aíto García Reneses 8 July 2022 Real Madrid Pablo Laso Sacked 4 July 2022 Chus Mateo 25 June 2022 Carplus Fuenlabrada Josep María Raventós 11 October 2022 17th (0–3) José Luis Pichel (interim) 15 November 2022 Casademont Zaragoza Martin Schiller 18 October 2022 17th (0–4) Porfirio Fisac 19 October 2022 Carplus Fuenlabrada José Luis Pichel End of interim period 24 January 2023 18th (3–14) Óscar Quintana 24 January 2023
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Statistical leaders Performance Index Rating
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Source: ACB
Attendances to arenas
Average attendances
Awards All official awards of the 2022–23 ACB season.
MVP Player Team C Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Source:
Finals MVP Player Team PF Nikola Mirotić Barça Source:
All-ACB Teams First Team Second Team Player Team Player Team PG Darius Thompson Cazoo Baskonia Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife SG Markus Howard Cazoo Baskonia Nicolás Laprovíttola Barça SF Džanan Musa Real Madrid Joel Parra Joventut PF Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife Nikola Mirotić Barça C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Ante Tomić Joventut Source:
Best Young Player Award Player Team SG Jean Montero Real Betis Baloncesto Source:
Best All-Young Team Player Team PG Justus Hollatz Río Breogán SG Jean Montero Real Betis Baloncesto SF Michael Caicedo Covirán Granada PF Khalifa Diop Gran Canaria C Aday Mara Casademont Zaragoza Source:
Best Defender Player Team C Edy Tavares Real Madrid Source:
Player of the round Round Player Team PIR 1 Marc Gasol Bàsquet Girona 34 2 Jasiel Rivero Valencia Basket 30 3 Shannon Evans Real Betis Baloncesto 33 4 Damien Inglis Gran Canaria 32 5 Travis Trice UCAM Murcia 35 6 Travis Trice (2) UCAM Murcia 31 7 Justinian Jessup Casademont Zaragoza 31 8 Jaime Fernández Lenovo Tenerife 30 9 Dušan Ristić Carplus Fuenlabrada 28 10 Matt Costello Cazoo Baskonia 31 11 Shannon Evans (2) Real Betis Baloncesto 36 12 Markus Howard Cazoo Baskonia 31 13 Ludde Håkanson Surne Bilbao Basket 33 14 Martinas Geben Baxi Manresa 30 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 15 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 36 16 Volodymyr Gerun Real Betis Baloncesto 39 17 Ethan Happ Río Breogán 37 18 Giorgi Shermadini (2) Lenovo Tenerife 30 19 Nicolás Brussino Gran Canaria 49 20 Kendrick Perry Unicaja 37 21 Nemanja Nenadić Río Breogán 35 22 Tomáš Satoranský Barça 29 23 Jerrick Harding Baxi Manresa 39 24 Christian Mekowulu Casademont Zaragoza 36 25 Keanu Pinder Carplus Fuenlabrada 30 26 Tyson Pérez Real Betis Baloncesto 29 27 Džanan Musa Real Madrid 33 28 Kassius Robertson Monbus Obradoiro 40 29 Kameron Taylor Bàsquet Girona 40 30 Adam Smith Surne Bilbao Basket 32 31 Guerschon Yabusele Real Madrid 33 32 Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife 47 33 Kyle Guy Joventut 28 Joe Thomasson Covirán Granada Guerschon Yabusele (2) Real Madrid 34 Brancou Badio Baxi Manresa 30 Source:
Player of the month Month Rounds Player Team PIR October 1–6 Jasiel Rivero Valencia Basket 26.5 2–2 November 7–9 Ante Tomić Joventut 21.0 2–1 December 10–13 Jasiel Rivero (2) Valencia Basket 20.7 2–1 January 14–18 Edy Tavares Real Madrid 26.8 4–1 Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife February 19–20 Nicolás Brussino Gran Canaria 31.5 1–1 March 21–24 Ethan Happ Río Breogán 20.8 2–2 April 25–30 Bojan Dubljević Valencia Basket 23.5 3–1 May 31–34 Guerschon Yabusele Real Madrid 25.0 4–0 Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions +Euroleague Basketball competitions Team Competition Progress Result Real Madrid EuroLeague Championship game Win vs. Olympiacos 28–13 Semifinals Win vs. Barcelona Playoffs 3–2 vs. Partizan Mozzart Bet Regular season 3rd of 18 teams (23–11) Barça Third place game Loss vs. AS Monaco 26–13 Semifinals Loss vs. Real Madrid Playoffs 3–0 vs. Žalgiris Regular season 2nd of 18 teams (23–11) Cazoo Baskonia Regular season 9th of 18 teams (18–16) 18–16 Valencia Basket Regular season 13th of 18 teams (15–19) 15–19 Gran Canaria EuroCup Final Win vs. Türk Telekom 19–3 Semifinals Win vs. Joventut Quarterfinals Win vs. Paris Basketball Eighthfinals Win vs. Frutti Extra Bursaspor Regular season Group B 1st of 10 teams (15–3) Joventut Semifinals Loss vs. Gran Canaria 15–6 Quarterfinals Win vs. Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv Eighthfinals Win vs. London Lions Regular season Group A 2nd of 10 teams (13–5)
+FIBA competitions Team Competition Progress Result Lenovo Tenerife Intercontinental Cup Final Win vs. São Paulo 2–0 Semi-finals Win vs. US Monastir Champions League Third place game Win vs. Unicaja 12–5 Semi-finals Loss vs. Hapoel Jerusalem Quarter-finals 2–1 vs. Baxi Manresa Round of 16 Group L 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Regular season Group H 1st of 4 teams (4–2) Unicaja Third place game Loss vs. Lenovo Tenerife 14–4 Semi-finals Loss vs. Telekom Baskets Bonn Quarter-finals 2–0 vs. UCAM Murcia Round of 16 Group K 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Regular season Group G 1st of 4 teams (5–1) Qualifying tournament B Final Win vs. Patrioti Levice Qualifying tournament B Semi-final Win vs. Heroes Den Bosch UCAM Murcia Quarter-finals 0–2 vs. Unicaja 10–6 Round of 16 Group L 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Play-ins 2–0 vs. Pınar Karşıyaka Regular season Group A 2nd of 4 teams (4–2) Baxi Manresa Quarter-finals 1–2 vs. Lenovo Tenerife 8–7 Round of 16 Group J 2nd of 4 teams (3–3) Regular season Group F 1st of 4 teams (4–2) Surne Bilbao Basket Round of 16 Group L 4th of 4 teams (1–5) 5–7 Regular season Group D 1st of 4 teams (4–2) Río Breogán Qualifying tournament D Quarter-final Loss vs. FMP Meridian 0–1
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References
External links Official website