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Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilba ...

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, city or region = Basque Country , firstmeeting = Bilbao 57–104 Baskonia
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2004–05 ACB
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2011–12 ACB
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2012–13 ACB
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matches between Baskonia from

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, the two main basketball teams in the Basque Country. Both cities are only separated by 66 km.

History

First games

Since the dissolution of

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, founded in 2003, achieved promotion to the Spanish top league in 2004. The first match between both teams was played on 3 October 2004, in the first round of the

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, at Pabellón La Casilla. Baskonia won by a huge 57–104, the biggest loss ever received by Bilbao Basket. After a second defeat, Bilbao won its first derby on 22 January 2006, by 92–78. On 6 January 2007,

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registered the highest attendance to date for a Liga ACB game with 15,414 people in the 78–92 win by Baskonia.

Rise of the rivalry and cup games

As Bilbao Basket started to improve its level, the rivalry between both teams increased. On 29 September 2007, Baskonia won the Supercopa by defeating Bilbao at Bizkaia Arena by 73–85. One year later, both teams played the first derby in the 2008 Copa del Rey semifinal and Baskonia won again by a narrow 68–66.

First playoffs

In the 2009 ACB Playoffs both teams met in the quarterfinals. Baskonia the series by 2–0 and would repeat this result again in the 2012 edition.

Derbies at EuroLeague

Bilbao Basket qualified for the first time to the EuroLeague on 2011, after finishing as runner-up of the 2010–11 ACB season. As Spain had five teams in the competition, both teams were drawn in the same group. Bilbao Basket won both games and eliminated Baskonia in the game played at Bilbao Arena, where the ''Men in black'' won by 77–72. This was the first time Baskonia did not qualify for the Top16 in the modern era of the Euroleague. Bilbao advanced in the competition until the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by

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Brawl at Bilbao Arena and decline of Bilbao Basket

On March 1, 2015, the derby finished with a brawl where Dejan Todorović of Bilbao and

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of Baskonia were disqualified and twelve players were ejected due to court invasion during the fight. With four seconds left and Bilbao winning by a huge margin, despite the referee's call for a travelling, Todorović was going to dunk when he was hit by Shengelia. After this, the Serbian player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward reacted with a punch. After this, all the players who were in the bench came into the court and started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena. The ACB announced this brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and would talk with the Spanish Basketball Federation for changing the disciplinary regulations. On March 5, the league provisionally suspended Todorović and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case. Both clubs claimed to have the same sanctions than in 2004, when the brawl Real Madrid and Estudiantes occurred. Finally, on March 11, the Disciplinary Judge accorded to suspend Tornike Shengelia for five games, Dejan Todorović for four and a €3,000 fine to Bilbao Basket player

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and to Baskonia brothers Mamadou and

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; ACB.com, 11 March 2015 On 13 May 2018, Baskonia won a derby at Bilbao Arena by 78–74, thus relegating Bilbao Basket to the

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after 14 consecutive years in the top league. Bilbao returned to Liga ACB at the first opportunity, earning immediate promotion with a second-place finish in the 2018–19 LEB Oro season.

Head-to-head statistics

Results

At ACB Regular season

At ACB playoffs

At Copa del Rey

At Supercopa

At EuroLeague

References

External links

Vitoria-Bilbao rivalry
at Proyecto 75ers
Baskonia official website
{{Saski Baskonia Basketball rivalries Sport in Vitoria-Gasteiz Sport in Bilbao Bilbao Basket Saski Baskonia