Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto

Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto

Abbreviation	ACB
Formation	March 3, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-03-03)
Type	Sports association
Headquarters	Barcelona, Spain
Region served	Spain
Membership	18 basketball clubs
President	Antonio Martín
Director general	José Miguel Calleja
Main organ	General Assembly
Affiliations	Union of European Leagues of Basketball
Website	www.acb.com

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 main professional basketball league in Spain - the Liga Endesa. The organisation was founded in 1982.

Competition

The 18 member clubs of the ACB are grouped into the Liga Endesa. In any given season a club plays each of the others in the same division twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. This makes for a total of 34 games played each season in Liga Endesa.

Clubs gain one point for a win, no points for a defeat. If points are equal, the head-to-head records determine the winner. If still equal, the point difference and then points scored become the deciding factors. At the end of each season, the eight clubs with the most points in the Liga Endesa plays the playoffs and the winner of the playoffs is crowned champion. At the lower end, two club are relegated to the LEB Oro, while two teams from the LEB Oro join the Liga Endesa in their stead.

Organisation

General Assembly

The General Assembly is the deliberative assembly of the ACB. It is composed of the 18 basketball clubs and public limited sports companies (Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D.) that make up the Liga Endesa. Each club/S.A.D. is usually represented by its respective president.

President

The President, along with the other members of the Executive Committee, is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. The current president is Antonio Martín, who was elected to the post on July 16, 2018.^[1]

President	Club	Term
Antonio Novoa	CB Granollers
Mariano Jaquotot	Real Madrid
Juan Fernández	OAR Ferrol
Evaristo del Río	N/A
Eduardo Portela	N/A	1990–2013
Francisco Roca	N/A	2014–2017
Antonio Martín	Real Madrid	2018–present

Notes

^ Spanish pronunciation: [asoθjaˈθjon de ˈkluβes espaˈɲoles ðe βalonˈθesto].

References

^ "ACB.COM - Antonio Martín, nuevo Presidente de la ACB". www.acb.com (in European Spanish). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

External links

Official website
ACB statutes

Basketball in Spain

CSD
TAD
COE
FEB
ACB
Spanish League Pyramid
Clubs
List of venues (by capacity)

National teams

Men	Spain Results Head to head U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 3x3 Wheelchair basketball
Women	Spain Results Head to head U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 3x3

League competitions

Men	ACB LEB Oro LEB Plata Liga EBA Primera División
Women	LF LF 2
Wheelchair	División de Honor

Cup competitions

Men	Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Copa Príncipe de Asturias ACB (defunct) Copa Princesa de Asturias Copa LEB Plata
Women	Copa de la Reina Supercopa de España