The 2017–18
ACB season, also known as Liga
Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Spanish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2018 with the finals.
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is spon ...
was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by
Herbalife Gran Canaria
Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Gran Canaria Arena. From 2012 until 2021, they have been sponsored by Herbalif ...
, who achieved qualification to the
EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
who won their 34th title after defeating
Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the
2016–17 season and two promoted from the
2016–17 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.
As of 10 July 2017, the
ACB, forced by the statement of the National Commission for Markets and Competence (CNMC), agreed with the
Spanish Basketball Federation
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and endorsed by the
CSD to reduce the requirements to fulfill by the promoted teams for playing in the league. On August 11, 2017, the
ACB proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration of the
Real Betis Energía Plus, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Andalusian club.
;Teams promoted from
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier)
* Lexham English Bible
* Life expectancy at birth
* Liga Española de Balonc ...
*
Delteco GBC
*
San Pablo Burgos
Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...
;Teams relegated to
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier)
* Lexham English Bible
* Life expectancy at birth
* Liga Española de Balonc ...
*
Real Betis Energía Plus
*
ICL Manresa
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
;Notes
:1.
''Cultura del Esfuerzo'' () is the motto of the club.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.
Results
Playoffs
Final standings
Attendances
Attendances include playoff games:
Awards
All official awards of the 2017–18 ACB season.
MVP
Source:
Finals MVP
Source:
All-ACB Teams
Source:
Best Young Player Award
Source:
Best All-Young Team
Source:
El Corte Inglés
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Top Scorer
Source:
KIA Most Spectacular Player
Source:
Best Coach
Source:
Player of the round
Source:
Player of the month
Source:
ACB clubs in European competitions
References and notes
External links
Official website
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ACB
Spanish
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** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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