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The Liga ACB, [a] known as Liga Endesa [b] for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system.Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs.
The Spanish basketball league system is a series of connected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Spain. [1] The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and relegation system between competitions at different levels.
Spanish basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions is a compilation of the results of clubs from Spain's national top-tier level men's professional basketball league, the Liga ACB, in official international competitions.
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto [a] (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the Liga Endesa, the main professional basketball league in Spain. The organisation was founded in 1982.
This is a list of basketball clubs in Spain. Currently the governing body of basketball in Spain is the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being Liga ACB. FEB was founded in 1923 and is a member of both FIBA and FIBA Europe.
The Spanish basketball champions are the winners of the main basketball competition in Spain, which since 1983–84 is the Liga ACB. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. The Liga Nacional, first established in 1957, originally contained six ...
In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through free throws or field goals. The ACB's scoring title is awarded to the player with the highest points per game average in a given regular season. Player nationality set by the player's national team affiliation.
Basketball is the second most popular sport in Spain, directly behind association football.The top Spanish League, Liga ACB, is a member of ULEB, and the top Spanish League teams can compete in Europe, most notably in the Euroleague and Eurocup, and also under the FIBA Europe umbrella, in the FIBA Europe Cup.