Association of Basketball Clubs

The Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto, commonly abbreviated as ACB, is a Spanish national association of professional basketball clubs. Founded in 1982, it administers Liga Endesa, the principal professional basketball competition in Spain. The organisation operates as a collective body for the clubs participating in the top division and provides the competition's central administrative framework, rather than functioning as a conventional consumer-facing sports brand or commercial company. Liga Endesa consists of 18 member clubs, which are represented in the ACB's General Assembly. These clubs are generally structured as sports public limited companies, known in Spain as Sociedades Anónimas Deportivas, or as basketball clubs with equivalent representation. The General Assembly serves as the organisation's deliberative institution, while the president and Executive Committee oversee day-to-day administration and organisational decisions. The league's standard regular-season format has each club play every other member twice, once at home and once away, producing 34 games for each team. Standings are primarily determined by points awarded for wins, with head-to-head records used as the first tiebreaker when teams finish level. Point difference and points scored may provide subsequent tiebreaking criteria. At the end of the regular season, the eight highest-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs, whose winner is recognised as league champion. The competition also incorporates promotion and relegation within Spain's professional basketball system. Two teams at the bottom of Liga Endesa are relegated to LEB Oro, while two teams from that second-tier competition take their places, subject to the applicable sporting and organisational requirements. Through this structure, the ACB links elite club basketball with the broader Spanish league pyramid. The association's role includes coordinating the league's participating clubs, maintaining competition structures and regulations, and representing the collective interests of the member organisations. Its activities are distinct from those of the Spanish Basketball Federation, which is the national governing body for basketball more broadly. ACB is therefore best understood as the clubs' league administration and representation organisation, with Liga Endesa as its central offering. Antonio Martín became president on July 16, 2018, following his election by the association. The organisation remains active and continues to administer Spain's leading professional club basketball competition. Public reference material identifies the ACB primarily through its league governance, club membership, competition format and institutional leadership; detailed information on its finances, staffing, headquarters and commercial structure is not established in the supplied sources.

The Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto was founded in 1982 as an association representing Spain's professional basketball clubs. Its creation established a collective institutional framework through which the clubs participating in the country's leading professional competition could administer their league and coordinate their shared interests. The organisation's central competition is Liga Endesa, Spain's top professional club basketball league. The ACB's membership is made up of 18 clubs or sports public limited companies. These member organisations participate in the General Assembly, the association's deliberative body, and are normally represented by their respective presidents. The General Assembly provides the institutional mechanism through which the clubs discuss and determine matters affecting the competition and the association. Operational responsibility rests with the president and Executive Committee. This executive structure manages the organisation's day-to-day affairs and implements decisions concerning the league. Antonio Martín was elected president on July 16, 2018. The supplied reference material does not provide a complete chronology of earlier presidents, administrative reforms or internal organisational changes. Liga Endesa operates a two-round regular season. Each of the 18 teams plays the other teams twice, once in each club's home venue, resulting in 34 regular-season games per team. A win earns one point in the standings, while a defeat earns none. When teams are tied, head-to-head results are used first; point difference and points scored can then serve as further tiebreakers. The league's postseason is built around the eight highest-ranked regular-season teams. Those clubs enter the playoffs, and the playoff winner is declared champion. At the opposite end of the table, two teams are relegated to LEB Oro, while two LEB Oro teams move into Liga Endesa. This system connects the ACB's premier competition to the second tier of Spanish professional basketball and gives regular-season performance consequences at both the championship and relegation ends of the standings. The ACB should be distinguished from the Spanish Basketball Federation. The federation governs basketball nationally in a broader sense, while the ACB is the clubs' association responsible for managing the principal professional league. Its identity is consequently tied less to an individual product than to league administration, club representation, competitive rules and the presentation of elite Spanish basketball. Publicly available material supplied for this dossier does not establish a separate headquarters, founder, ownership group, financial profile or detailed commercial history.

• 2018

  Antonio Martín elected president

  [1]Asociación de Clubs de Baloncestoen.wikipedia.org

  Antonio Martín was elected president on July 16, 2018, becoming the identified head of the association's executive administration.

• 1982

  Association founded

  [1]Asociación de Clubs de Baloncestoen.wikipedia.org

  The Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto was established as a national association for Spain's professional basketball clubs.

The collective administrative and representative body of Spain's top professional men's club basketball competition.

• Professional basketball league

  Liga Endesa

  Liga Endesa is Spain's principal professional basketball league and the ACB's core competition. It comprises 18 member clubs. During the regular season, each club plays the other teams twice, producing 34 games per team. The eight highest-ranked teams advance to the playoffs, where the eventual playoff winner is recognised as champion. The competition also uses promotion and relegation with LEB Oro.

• Basketball championship competition

  Liga Endesa playoffs

  The Liga Endesa playoffs are the championship phase administered within the ACB league structure. The eight clubs with the strongest regular-season records qualify, and the playoff winner is crowned league champion. The supplied sources describe the qualification principle but do not specify the complete series format or historical rule changes.

1. 1Asociación de Clubs de Baloncestoen.wikipedia.org
2. 2ACB official websiteacb.com