| Year | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–28 June 2026 |
| Num teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Real Madrid |
| Prev season | 2025 |
| Next season | 2027 |
The 2026 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2026 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, will be the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2025–26 season, which began on 4 October 2025. The playoffs will start on June 2 and will end at the latest on June 28.[1][2]
Real Madrid is the defending champion.
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 April 12, 2026, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[4]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed | |||
| 1 | Real Madrid | 26–8 | April 12[4] | May 3[5] | May 3[5] |
| 2 | Valencia Basket | 25–9 | May 2[6] | May 31[7] | – |
| 3 | Kosner Baskonia | 25–9 | May 10[8] | May 29[9] | – |
| 4 | UCAM Murcia | 25–9 | May 2[10] | May 29[11] | – |
| 5 | Barça | 24–10 | May 9[12] | – | – |
| 6 | Asisa Joventut | 22–12 | May 20[13] | – | – |
| 7 | Surne Bilbao | 19–15 | May 29[14] | – | – |
| 8 | La Laguna Tenerife | 18–16 | May 26[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> </onlyinclude>
Quarterfinals
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Real Madrid v La Laguna Tenerife
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This will be 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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Valencia Basket v Surne Bilbao
| Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This will be the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning each one out of the first two meetings.
| Tied 1–1 in all-time playoff series |
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Kosner Baskonia v Asisa Joventut
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This will be the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Asisa Joventut winning three of the first four meetings.
| Joventut leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series |
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UCAM Murcia v Barça
| Murcia won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This will be the first playoff meeting between UCAM Murcia and Barça.
References
- ^ "Las fechas de la temporada 2025-26" (in Spanish). acb.com. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "Definidas las fechas para el Playoff Liga Endesa 2025-26" (in Spanish). acb.com. 7 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "Normas internas" (in Spanish). acb.com. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "El Real Madrid consigue el primer billete al Playoff 2025-26" (in Spanish). acb.com. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "El Real Madrid asegura el 1º puesto de cara al Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "Valencia Basket sella su billete al Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "El Valencia Basket logra su mayor victoria en el Palau" (in Spanish). acb.com. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ^ "Kosner Baskonia dice presente en el Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ^ "Kosner Baskonia se asegura el factor cancha y el Unicaja se queda sin Playoff (92-89)" (in Spanish). acb.com. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- ^ "UCAM Murcia, clasificado para el Playoff de la Liga Endesa 2025-26" (in Spanish). acb.com. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
- ^ "UCAM Murcia gana a Hiopos Lleida y sueña con el segundo puesto (116-95)" (in Spanish). acb.com. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- ^ "El Barça se abona al Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ^ "Asisa Joventut, sexto equipo clasificado para el Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ^ "Surne Bilbao vuelve al Playoff 11 años después" (in Spanish). acb.com. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ^ "La Laguna Tenerife ya es el séptimo equipo clasificado al Playoff" (in Spanish). acb.com. 26 May 2026. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
External links
- Official website (in es-ES)