| Year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 May–16 June 2024 |
| Num teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Barça |
| Winners | Real Madrid 15th ACB title 37th Spanish title |
| Second | UCAM Murcia |
| Semifinal 1 | Unicaja |
| Semifinal 2 | Barça |
| Matches | 21 |
| Attendance | 169382 |
| Prev season | 2023 |
| Next season | 2025 |
The 2024 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2024 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, were the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2023–24 season, which began on 23 September 2023. The playoffs started on May 15 and ended on June 12.[1][2]
Barça was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals after a 0–3 sweep by Real Madrid in a rematch of last year's finals, with Los Blancos winning a record-extending 37th title (15th in the ACB era) after another sweep against UCAM Murcia in the finals series.
Format
At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.[3]
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.[2][3]
Playoff qualifying
On March 24, 2024, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[4]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed | |||
| 1 | Unicaja | 28–6 | April 7[5] | April 20 | May 12[6] |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28–6 | March 24[4] | April 14[7] | – |
| 3 | Barça | 23–11 | April 20[8] | May 5[9] | – |
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 21–13 | May 4[10] | May 12[11] | – |
| 5 | UCAM Murcia | 21–13 | May 5[12] | – | – |
| 6 | Lenovo Tenerife | 21–13 | May 5[13] | – | – |
| 7 | Dreamland Gran Canaria | 20–14 | April 27[14] | – | – |
| 8 | Baxi Manresa | 19–15 | May 12[15] | – | – |
Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. <onlyinclude>
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Quarterfinals
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Unicaja v Baxi Manresa
| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two out of the first four meetings.
| Tied 2–2 in all-time playoff series |
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Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous five meetings.
| Madrid leads 5–0 in all-time playoff series |
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Barça v Lenovo Tenerife
| Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.
| Barça leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia
| Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.
Semifinals
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Unicaja v UCAM Murcia
| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the first playoff meeting between Unicaja and UCAM Murcia.
Real Madrid v Barça
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the 23rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 11 out of the first 22 meetings.
| Tied 11–11 in all-time playoff series |
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Finals
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous meeting.
| Madrid leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
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References
- ^ "¿Cómo será el Playoff de la Liga Endesa?" (in Spanish). acb.com. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Fechas y horarios del Playoff Final de Liga Endesa 2023-24" (in Spanish). acb.com. 12 May 2024. Archived 16 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Normas internas" (in Spanish). www.acb.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "El Real Madrid, clasificado para el Playoff de la Liga Endesa 2023-24" (in Spanish). acb.com. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Unicaja, clasificado para el Playoff de la Liga Endesa 2023-24" (in Spanish). acb.com. 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Unicaja redondea su histórico curso acabando líder de la regular (93-69)" (in Spanish). acb.com. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Deck vuelve a decidir con un triple en los últimos segundos" (in Spanish). www.realmadrid.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "El Barça se convierte en equipo de Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Las cuentas del Playoff: Dos equipos... ¡una plaza!" (in Spanish). acb.com. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "El Valencia Basket, 5º pasajero del Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Jean Montero lidera al MoraBanc Andorra y tumba al Valencia Basket (99-71)" (in Spanish). acb.com. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "UCAM Murcia, se convierte en equipo de Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "El Lenovo Tenerife, 7º pasajero del Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Dreamland Gran Canaria certifica su presencia en el Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "BAXI Manresa, último pasajero al Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
External links
- Official website (in es-ES)