1957 Liga Española de Baloncesto

The 1957 Liga Española de Baloncesto season was the first season of the Liga Española de Baloncesto. The season ended with Real Madrid winning their first championship.

Liga Española de Baloncesto
Season	1957
Games played	30
Teams	6
Finals
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Statistical leaders
Points Alfonso Martínez 18.0
Records
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 73–41 Aismalíbar (5 May 1957)
Biggest away win	Juventud 49–80 Real Madrid (18 May 1957)
Highest scoring	Estudiantes 78–74 Juventud (13 April 1957)
Winning streak	7 games Barcelona
Losing streak	4 games Juventud
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Teams

The league was composed by 6 teams and played with a double round-robin format. The league was played in 50 days (March 31–May 19) at only two venues: Fiesta Alegre in Madrid and Palacio de los Deportes in Barcelona.^[1]

Venues and locations

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Aismalíbar	Montcada i Reixac	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Barcelona	Barcelona	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Estudiantes	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500
Juventud	Badalona	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Orillo Verde	Sabadell	Palacio de los Deportes	8,000
Real Madrid	Madrid	Fiesta Alegre	3,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	10	7	0	3	706	593	+113	14	Qualification to European Champions Cup
2	Barcelona	10	7	0	3	547	514	+33	14
3	Orillo Verde	10	6	0	4	593	600	−7	12
4	Aismalíbar	10	5	0	5	536	526	+10	10
5	Estudiantes	10	3	0	7	585	662	−77	6
6	Juventud	10	2	0	8	520	592	−72	4

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AIS	BAR	EST	JOV	ORI	RMB
Aismalíbar	—	45–43	65–46	43–47	49–56	65–58
Barcelona	59–52	—	58–53	52–39	48–55	60–50
Estudiantes	48–74	50–59	—	78–74	61–79	68–63
Juventud	40–53	38–42	62–69	—	65–50	49–80
Orillo Verde	56–49	59–71	52–51	53–45	—	73–75
Real Madrid	73–41	73–55	76–61	72–61	86–60	—

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Alfonso Martínez	Real Madrid	10	180	18
2	José María Soro	Orillo Verde	10	176	17.6
3	Joaquín Hernández	Real Madrid	10	162	16.2
4	Jordi Bonareu	Barcelona	10	134	13.4
5	Leopoldo Codina	Estudiantes	10	132	13.2