2024 ACB Playoffs
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Spain |
| Dates | 15 May–17 June 2024 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Barça |
The 2024 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2024 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, will be the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2023–24 season, which began on 23 September 2023. The playoffs will start on May 15 will end at the latest on June 17 with the finals.[1][2]
Barça will be the defending champion.
Format[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Unicaja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Baxi Manresa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Valencia Basket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UCAM Murcia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dreamland Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Barça | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lenovo Tenerife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals[edit]
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Unicaja v Baxi Manresa[edit]
| 16 May 2024 | Unicaja | vs. | Baxi Manresa | Málaga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Martín Carpena |
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| 21 May 2024 | Baxi Manresa | vs. | Unicaja | Manresa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Nou Congost |
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| 25 May 2024 | Unicaja | vs. | Baxi Manresa | Málaga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Martín Carpena |
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| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This will be 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[edit]
| 15 May 2024 | Real Madrid | vs. | Dreamland Gran Canaria | Madrid |
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| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: WiZink Center |
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| 17 May 2024 | Dreamland Gran Canaria | vs. | Real Madrid | Las Palmas |
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| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Gran Canaria Arena |
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| 19 May 2024 | Real Madrid | vs. | Dreamland Gran Canaria | Madrid |
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| 18:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: WiZink Center |
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| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This will be 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[edit]
| 19 May 2024 | Barça | vs. | Lenovo Tenerife | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Palau Blaugrana |
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| 23 May 2024 | Lenovo Tenerife | vs. | Barça | San Cristóbal de La Laguna |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Santiago Martín |
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| 26 May 2024 | Barça | vs. | Lenovo Tenerife | Barcelona |
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| 12:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Palau Blaugrana |
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| Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This will be 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[edit]
| 18 May 2024 | Valencia Basket | vs. | UCAM Murcia | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: La Fonteta |
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| 22 May 2024 | UCAM Murcia | vs. | Valencia Basket | Murcia |
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| 20:30 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Palacio de Deportes |
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| 25 May 2024 | Valencia Basket | vs. | UCAM Murcia | Valencia |
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| 20:45 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: La Fonteta |
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| Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This will be the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.
Semifinals[edit]
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Unicaja/Manresa v Valencia/Murcia[edit]
Real Madrid/Gran Canaria v Barça/Tenerife[edit]
| 29 May 2024 | Real Madrid/Gran Canaria | vs. | Barça/Tenerife | |
| 20:30 | ||||
| 31 May 2024 | Real Madrid/Gran Canaria | vs. | Barça/Tenerife | |
| 20:30 | ||||
| 2 June 2024 | Barça/Tenerife | vs. | Real Madrid/Gran Canaria | |
| 18:30 | ||||
| 4 June 2024 | Barça/Tenerife | vs. | Real Madrid/Gran Canaria | |
| 20:30 | ||||
| 6 June 2024 | Real Madrid/Gran Canaria | vs. | Barça/Tenerife | |
| 20:30 | ||||
Finals[edit]
- All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
| 7, 8 or 9 June 2024 | vs. | |||
| 9, 10 or 11 June 2024 | vs. | |||
| 12 or 13 June 2024 | vs. | |||
| 14 or 15 June 2024 | vs. | |||
| 16 or 17 June 2024 | vs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "¿Cómo será el Playoff Liga Endesa? | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Calendario del Playoff 2024 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Normas internas" (PDF). www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b "El Real Madrid, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Unicaja, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Unicaja 93 - Zunder Palencia 69 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Deck vuelve a decidir con un triple en los últimos segundos". www.realmadrid.com (in Spanish). 14 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "El Barça ya es equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Las cuentas del Playoff (2) | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Valencia B, 5º clasificado Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "MoraBanc Andorra-Valencia BC (99-71 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "UCAM Murcia, equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Lenovo Tenerife, a Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "Dreamland GC es equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "BAXI Manresa, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Spanish)