1984–85 ACB season

The 1984–85 ACB season was the 2nd season of the ACB Primera División, the top Spanish professional basketball league. It started on 23 September 1984 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 1 May 1985 with the finals. In this season, the league introduced the new FIBA rules with the three-point field goal as the main change.^[1]

ACB Primera División
Season	1984–85
Games played	258
Teams	16
Regular season
Relegated	Caja Ronda Lucky Canarias Collado Villalba
Finals
Champions	Real Madrid 2nd ACB title 24th Spanish title
Runners-up	Ron Negrita Joventut
Semifinalists	FC Barcelona Licor 43
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Real Madrid won their second consecutive ACB title, and their 24th Spanish title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 13 sides from the 1983–84 season and three promoted from the 1983–84 Primera División B.

Teams promoted from Primera División B

• RCD Espanyol
• Breogán Caixa Galicia
• Atlético Madrid (sold its berth to Collado Villalba)

Venues and locations

Barcelona

Madrid

Álava

Breogán

Ferrol

Ronda

Valladolid

Zaragoza

Madrid teams:
Cajamadrid
Estudiantes
Real Madrid
Villalba

Barcelona teams:
Barcelona
Espanyol
Granollers
Joventut
Licor 43

Location of teams in 1984–85 ACB

Cajamadrid

Estudiantes

Real Madrid

Villalba

Location of Madrid teams in 1984–85 ACB

Barcelona

Espanyol

Granollers

Joventut

Licor 43

Location of teams from Barcelona in 1984–85 ACB

Canarias

Location of teams from the Canary Islands in 1984–85 ACB

Team	Home city	Arena
Breogán Caixa Galicia	Lugo	Municipal
Cacaolat Granollers	Granollers	Municipal
CAI Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Palacio de Deportes
Caja Álava	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza
Caja Ronda	Málaga	Ciudad Jardín
Cajamadrid	Alcalá de Henares	Municipal
Clesa Ferrol	Ferrol	Punta Arnela
Collado Villalba	Collado Villalba	Municipal
Estudiantes	Madrid	Antonio Magariños
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana
Fórum Valladolid	Valladolid	Huerta del Rey
Licor 43	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	Municipal
Lucky Canarias	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Colegio Luther King
RCD Espanyol	Barcelona	Palau dels Esports
Real Madrid	Madrid	Ciudad Deportiva
Ron Negrita Joventut	Badalona	Club Joventut Badalona

First phase

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	14	13	1	1358	1122	+236	27	Qualification to Group A1
2	Ron Negrita Joventut	14	12	2	1337	1163	+174	26
3	Breogán Caixa Galicia	14	7	7	1159	1223	−64	21
4	Caja Álava	14	6	8	1202	1272	−70	20
5	Clesa Ferrol	14	5	9	1212	1213	−1	19	Qualification to Group A2
6	Lucky Canarias	14	5	9	1148	1211	−63	19
7	Estudiantes	14	5	9	1200	1274	−74	19
8	Cajamadrid	14	3	11	1207	1345	−138	17

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Barcelona	14	12	2	1355	1205	+150	26	Qualification to Group A1
2	Fórum Valladolid	14	10	4	1194	1167	+27	24
3	Licor 43	14	8	6	1277	1163	+114	22
4	Cacaolat Granollers	14	7	7	1132	1168	−36	21
5	CAI Zaragoza	14	7	7	1255	1255	0	21	Qualification to Group A2
6	Caja Ronda	14	6	8	1254	1299	−45	20
7	RCD Espanyol	14	4	10	1132	1239	−107	18
8	Collado Villalba	14	2	12	1190	1293	−103	16

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Second phase

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	14	14	0	1340	1065	+275	28	Qualification to quarterfinals
2	FC Barcelona	14	11	3	1322	1231	+91	25
3	Ron Negrita Joventut	14	9	5	1250	1129	+121	23
4	Licor 43	14	8	6	1281	1273	+8	22
5	Fórum Valladolid	14	5	9	1140	1228	−88	19	Qualification to first round
6	Cacaolat Granollers	14	4	10	1129	1198	−69	18
7	Breogán Caixa Galicia	14	3	11	1092	1314	−222	17
8	Caja Álava	14	2	12	1227	1343	−116	16

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estudiantes	14	12	2	1249	1160	+89	26	Qualification to first round
2	Clesa Ferrol	14	9	5	1305	1285	+20	23
3	RCD Espanyol	14	8	6	1203	1185	+18	22
4	CAI Zaragoza	14	8	6	1242	1182	+60	22
5	Cajamadrid	14	7	7	1226	1216	+10	21	Qualification to relegation playoffs
6	Lucky Canarias	14	5	9	1186	1219	−33	19
7	Caja Ronda	14	5	9	1255	1307	−52	19
8	Collado Villalba	14	2	12	1182	1294	−112	16

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Playoffs

Main article: 1985 ACB Playoffs

Championship playoffs

	First round						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Finals
							A1–1 Real Madrid	103	80	116
							A2–1 Estudiantes	87	83	98
	A1–8 Caja Álava		73	70
	A2–1 Estudiantes		90	77
													A1–1 Real Madrid		96	99
													A1–4 Licor 43		78	98
							A1–4 Licor 43		104	88
							A2–4 CAI Zaragoza		99	87
	A1–5 Fórum Valladolid	102	81	80
	A2–4 CAI Zaragoza	81	89	86
																			A1–1 Real Madrid	86	97	91
																			A1–3 Joventut	111	76	83
							A1–2 FC Barcelona		105	90
							A1–7 Breogán Caixa Galicia		87	82
	A1–7 Breogán Caixa Galicia		86	78
	A2–2 Clesa Ferrol		81	77
													A1–2 FC Barcelona	90	66	87
													A1–3 Joventut	86	82	89
							A1–3 Joventut	87	92	94
							A1–6 Cacaolat Granollers	88	87	84
	A1–6 Cacaolat Granollers		84	102
	A2–3 RCD Espanyol		81	77

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Relegation playoffs

	First round						Second round
	A2–5 Cajamadrid	96	78	104
	A2–8 Collado Villalba	65	82	77
							A2–5 Cajamadrid		90	101
							A2–7 Caja Ronda		82	86
	A2–6 Lucky Canarias		74	90
	A2–7 Caja Ronda		75	94

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	36	33	3	Qualification to European Champions Cup
2	Ron Negrita Joventut	37	26	11	Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup
3	FC Barcelona	33	26	7
4	Licor 43	32	18	14
5	Cacaolat Granollers	33	14	19	Qualification to Korać Cup
6	Breogán Caixa Galicia	32	12	20
7	Estudiantes	33	20	13
8	CAI Zaragoza	33	17	16	Qualification to Korać Cup
9	Fórum Valladolid	31	16	15
10	Caja Álava	30	8	22	Qualification to Korać Cup
11	Clesa Ferrol	30	14	16
12	RCD Espanyol	30	12	18
13	Cajamadrid	33	14	19
14	Caja Ronda (R)	32	13	19	Relegation to Primera División B
15	Lucky Canarias (R)	30	10	20
16	Collado Villalba (R)	31	5	26

Source: Linguasport^[usurped]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated