2022 ACB Playoffs

The 2022 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2022 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, is the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2021–22 season, which began on 18 September 2021. The playoffs started on May 24 after the EuroLeague Final Four, which was played on May 19–21, and ended on June 19.

2022 ACB Playoffs

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Dates	24 May–19 June 2022
Teams	8
Defending champions	Barça
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid 14th ACB title 36th Spanish title
Runners-up	Barça
Semifinalists	Joventut Bitci Baskonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Attendance	164,386 (7,828 per match)
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Barça was the defending champion, but lost the finals series 1–3 to Real Madrid, who won a record 36th title (14th in the ACB era), ending a 3-year drought after their last triumph in 2019.

Format

At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.

The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.

Playoff qualifying

On April 10, 2022, Barça became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.^[1]

Seed	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Seeded team	Top seed
1	Barça	27–7	April 10[1]	April 27	May 7[2]
2	Real Madrid	25–9	April 23[3]	May 8[4]	–
3	Valencia Basket	23–11	April 23[5]	May 10[6]	–
4	Joventut	22–12	April 23[7]	May 14[8]	–
5	Lenovo Tenerife	21–13	April 30[9]	–	–
6	Bitci Baskonia	20–14	May 8[10]	–	–
7	Baxi Manresa	20–14	April 24[11]	–	–
8	Gran Canaria	17–17	May 14[12]	–	–

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

	Quarterfinals								Semifinals										Finals
	1	Barça	93	88		2
	8	Gran Canaria	82	86		0
									1	Barça	89	81	83	63		3
									4	Joventut	72	87	77	60		1
	4	Joventut	100	76	81	2
	5	Lenovo Tenerife	68	103	58	1
																			1	Barça	75	71	66	74		1
																			2	Real Madrid	88	69	81	81		3
	2	Real Madrid	93	83		2
	7	Baxi Manresa	76	74		0
									2	Real Madrid	94	83	85			3
									6	Bitci Baskonia	84	71	77			0
	3	Valencia Basket	79	89	59	1
	6	Bitci Baskonia	80	82	76	2

Quarterfinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Barça v Gran Canaria

Barça v Gran Canaria

27 May 2022	Barça	93–82 (Series: 1–0)	Gran Canaria	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 24–22, 19–25, 26–18
	Pts: Davies 16 Rebs: Calathes 9 Asts: Calathes 12 PIR: Calathes 28	Boxscore	Pts: Slaughter 15 Rebs: Shurna 8 Asts: Albicy 6 PIR: Shurna 12	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 5,789 Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo, David Sánchez

Gran Canaria v Barça

29 May 2022	Gran Canaria	86–88 (Series: 0–2)	Barça	Las Palmas
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 28–26, 20–22, 20–25
	Pts: Ennis 26 Rebs: Shurna 5 Asts: Ennis 4 PIR: Ennis 28	Boxscore	Pts: Mirotić 21 Rebs: Mirotić 9 Asts: Higgins 5 PIR: Mirotić 29	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 7,029 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Jorge Martínez, Esperanza Mendoza

Regular season series

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
22 September 2021 Boxscore Gran Canaria 64–82 Barça Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas 20 March 2022 Boxscore Barça 98–80 Gran Canaria Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona

This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous three meetings.

Previous playoff series

Barça leads 3–0 in all-time playoff series
2004 FC Barcelona 3–1 Auna Gran Canaria 2004 Quarterfinals 2010 Regal FC Barcelona 2–0 Gran Canaria 2014 2010 Quarterfinals 2013 FC Barcelona Regal 3–0 Gran Canaria 2014 2013 Semifinals

Real Madrid v Baxi Manresa

Real Madrid v Baxi Manresa

25 May 2022	Real Madrid	93–76 (Series: 1–0)	Baxi Manresa	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 27–15, 23–20, 22–27
	Pts: Causeur 17 Rebs: Poirier 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Causeur 23	Boxscore	Pts: Thomasson, Francisco 12 Rebs: Moneke 6 Asts: Thomasson 7 PIR: Maye 12	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 5,553 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Carlos Cortés, Iyán González

Baxi Manresa v Real Madrid

28 May 2022	Baxi Manresa	74–83 (Series: 0–2)	Real Madrid	Manresa
16:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 18–16, 14–18, 21–24
	Pts: Thomasson, Bako 16 Rebs: Bako 11 Asts: Francisco 5 PIR: Bako 24	Boxscore	Pts: Yabusele 16 Rebs: Yabusele, Poirier 7 Asts: Llull 4 PIR: Yabusele, Tavares 18	Arena: Nou Congost Attendance: 4,906 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Juan de Dios Oyón, Alfonso Olivares

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
4 January 2022 Boxscore Baxi Manresa 87–92 Real Madrid Nou Congost, Manresa 20 March 2022 Boxscore Real Madrid 75–86 Baxi Manresa WiZink Center, Madrid

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning three of the first four meetings.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series
1994 Real Madrid Teka 2–1 Tdk Manresa 1994 Quarterfinals 1997 Real Madrid Teka 3–0 Tdk Manresa 1997 Quarterfinals 1998 Real Madrid Teka 1–3 Tdk Manresa 1998 Semifinals 2019 Real Madrid 2–0 Baxi Manresa 2019 Quarterfinals

Valencia Basket v Bitci Baskonia

Valencia Basket v Bitci Baskonia

24 May 2022	Valencia Basket	79–80 (Series: 0–1)	Bitci Baskonia	Valencia
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 14–22, 27–24, 17–13
	Pts: López-Arostegui 17 Rebs: Tobey 4 Asts: Van Rossom 9 PIR: Tobey 16	Boxscore	Pts: three players 15 Rebs: Costello 9 Asts: Costello, Fontecchio 3 PIR: Costello 17	Arena: La Fonteta Attendance: 6,591 Referees: Antonio Conde, Jordi Aliaga, Javier Torres

Bitci Baskonia v Valencia Basket

28 May 2022	Bitci Baskonia	82–89 (Series: 1–1)	Valencia Basket	Vitoria-Gasteiz
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–26, 18–21, 23–22
	Pts: Peters 18 Rebs: Peters 9 Asts: Baldwin 8 PIR: Peters 33	Boxscore	Pts: Rivero 27 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Van Rossom 6 PIR: Rivero 31	Arena: Buesa Arena Attendance: 9,734 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Óscar Perea, Francisco Araña

Valencia Basket v Bitci Baskonia

30 May 2022	Valencia Basket	59–76 (Series: 1–2)	Bitci Baskonia	Valencia
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–25, 17–19, 5–23
	Pts: Dubljević 14 Rebs: López-Arostegui 7 Asts: Pradilla, Rivero 3 PIR: Dubljević 17	Boxscore	Pts: Baldwin 19 Rebs: Costello 8 Asts: Baldwin 6 PIR: Baldwin 28	Arena: La Fonteta Attendance: 7,909 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Carlos Peruga, Joaquín García

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
18 September 2021 Boxscore Valencia Basket 67–72 Bitci Baskonia La Fonteta, Valencia 17 April 2022 Boxscore Bitci Baskonia 71–78 Valencia Basket Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Bitci Baskonia winning three of the first five meetings.

Previous playoff series

Baskonia leads 3–2 in all-time playoff series
1991 Taugrés 2–0 Pamesa Valencia 1991 First round 2002 TAU Cerámica 3–1 Pamesa Valencia 2002 Quarterfinals 2008 TAU Cerámica 2–1 Pamesa Valencia 2008 Quarterfinals 2017 Baskonia 1–3 Valencia Basket 2017 Semifinals 2021 Valencia Basket 2–1 TD Systems Baskonia 2021 Quarterfinals

Joventut v Lenovo Tenerife

Joventut v Lenovo Tenerife

26 May 2022	Joventut	100–68 (Series: 1–0)	Lenovo Tenerife	Badalona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–7, 27–14, 24–22, 22–25
	Pts: Busquets, Parra 14 Rebs: Tomić 7 Asts: Ribas 6 PIR: Parra 21	Boxscore	Pts: Huertas 14 Rebs: Guerra, Shermadini 5 Asts: Huertas, Salin 4 PIR: Huertas 11	Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 8,287 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Rafael Serrano, Alberto Sánchez Sixto

Lenovo Tenerife v Joventut

29 May 2022	Lenovo Tenerife	103–76 (Series: 1–1)	Joventut	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
13:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 28–23, 23–21, 26–21
	Pts: Wiltjer 37 Rebs: Doornekamp 7 Asts: Huertas 11 PIR: Wiltjer 42	Boxscore	Pts: Tomić 19 Rebs: Birgander 7 Asts: Ribas 3 PIR: Tomić 28	Arena: Santiago Martín Attendance: 5,029 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Martín Caballero, Sergio Manuel

Joventut v Lenovo Tenerife

31 May 2022	Joventut	81–58 (Series: 2–1)	Lenovo Tenerife	Badalona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–5, 25–17, 22–18, 21–18
	Pts: Tomić 17 Rebs: Tomić 11 Asts: Bassas 5 PIR: Tomić 23	Boxscore	Pts: Salin 13 Rebs: Shermadini 9 Asts: Huertas 5 PIR: Shermadini 15	Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 9,167 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Rubén Sánchez Mohedas

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
23 October 2021 Boxscore Lenovo Tenerife 72–79 Joventut Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna 12 February 2022 Boxscore Joventut 58–74 Lenovo Tenerife Palau Municipal d'Esports, Badalona

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Joventut winning the first meeting.

Previous playoff series

Joventut leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
1987 Joventut 2–0 Cajacanarias 1987 Quarterfinals

Semifinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Barça v Joventut

Barça v Joventut

3 June 2022	Barça	89–72 (Series: 1–0)	Joventut	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 28–20, 29–17, 20–24
	Pts: Şanlı 16 Rebs: Šmits, Şanlı 8 Asts: Laprovíttola 7 PIR: Şanlı 24	Boxscore	Pts: Ribas, Willis 11 Rebs: Tomić 7 Asts: Tomić, Feliz 3 PIR: Tomić 19	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 5,786 Referees: Antonio Conde, Luis Miguel Castillo, Alfonso Olivares

Barça v Joventut

5 June 2022	Barça	81–87 (Series: 1–1)	Joventut	Barcelona
12:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 14–15, 13–23, 28–22
	Pts: Calathes 15 Rebs: Şanlı 10 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Exum 19	Boxscore	Pts: Tomić 24 Rebs: Tomić, Birgander 5 Asts: Feliz 6 PIR: Tomić 22	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 5,768 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Óscar Perea, Joaquín García

Joventut v Barça

8 June 2022	Joventut	77–83 (Series: 1–2)	Barça	Badalona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 22–23, 20–15, 21–22
	Pts: Tomić 21 Rebs: Tomić 7 Asts: Ribas 5 PIR: Tomić 27	Boxscore	Pts: Mirotić 18 Rebs: Mirotić 7 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Mirotić 27	Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 10,323 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Martín Caballero, Rafael Serrano

Joventut v Barça

10 June 2022	Joventut	60–63 (Series: 1–3)	Barça	Badalona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–6, 11–21, 21–23
	Pts: Tomić 15 Rebs: Tomić 13 Asts: Ribas 5 PIR: Tomić 23	Boxscore	Pts: Mirotić 20 Rebs: Mirotić 7 Asts: Calathes 5 PIR: Mirotić 18	Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 10,787 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Antonio Conde, Joaquín García

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
30 January 2022 Boxscore Barça 99–84 Joventut Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona 27 March 2022 Boxscore Joventut 83–72 Barça Palau Municipal d'Esports, Badalona

This was the 14th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning 10 of the first 13 meetings.

Previous playoff series

Barça leads 10–3 in all-time playoff series

1985 FC Barcelona 1–2 Ron Negrita Joventut 1985 Semifinals 1986 FC Barcelona 2–1 Ron Negrita Joventut 1986 Semifinals 1987 FC Barcelona 3–1 Ron Negrita Joventut 1987 Finals 1988 FC Barcelona 3–2 Ram Joventut 1988 Semifinals 1990 FC Barcelona 3–0 Ram Joventut Badalona 1990 Finals 1991 Montigalá Joventut 3–1 FC Barcelona 1991 Finals 1993 Marbella Joventut 3–2 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1993 Semifinals 1994 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 3–2 7Up Joventut 1994 Semifinals 1998 Festina Joventut 1–3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1998 Quarterfinals 2008 DKV Joventut 0–2 AXA FC Barcelona 2008 Semifinals 2015 FC Barcelona 2–0 FIATC Joventut 2015 Quarterfinals 2019 Barça Lassa 2–0 Divina Seguros Joventut 2019 Quarterfinals 2021 Barça 2–1 Joventut 2021 Quarterfinals

Real Madrid v Bitci Baskonia

Real Madrid v Bitci Baskonia

2 June 2022	Real Madrid	94–84 (Series: 1–0)	Bitci Baskonia	Madrid
22:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 22–23, 30–21, 20–21
	Pts: Causeur 16 Rebs: Tavares 13 Asts: Fernández, Núñez 4 PIR: Tavares 24	Boxscore	Pts: Peters 15 Rebs: Costello, Enoch 6 Asts: Granger 7 PIR: Costello 16	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 6,123 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Carlos Cortés, Javier Torres

Real Madrid v Bitci Baskonia

4 June 2022	Real Madrid	83–71 (Series: 2–0)	Bitci Baskonia	Madrid
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–15, 26–15, 17–26
	Pts: Hanga 18 Rebs: Tavares 8 Asts: Causeur 5 PIR: Tavares 22	Boxscore	Pts: Marinković 17 Rebs: Baldwin, Enoch 7 Asts: Baldwin 4 PIR: Peters 19	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 7,789 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Fernando Calatrava, Francisco Araña

Bitci Baskonia v Real Madrid

7 June 2022	Bitci Baskonia	77–85 (Series: 0–3)	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 22–16, 17–25, 24–19
	Pts: Baldwin 26 Rebs: Costello 6 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Baldwin 16	Boxscore	Pts: Tavares 23 Rebs: Tavares 12 Asts: Deck 4 PIR: Tavares 36	Arena: Buesa Arena Attendance: 9,748 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Jordi Aliaga, Juan de Dios Oyón

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
31 October 2021 Boxscore Bitci Baskonia 65–83 Real Madrid Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 6 March 2022 Boxscore Real Madrid 72–80 Bitci Baskonia WiZink Center, Madrid

This was the 12th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning eight of the first 11 meetings.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 8–3 in all-time playoff series

1988 Real Madrid 2–1 Taugrés 1988 Quarterfinals 1989 Real Madrid 2–0 Taugrés 1989 Quarterfinals 1990 Real Madrid 2–0 Taugrés 1990 Quarterfinals 1991 Real Madrid Otaysa 0–2 Taugrés 1991 Quarterfinals 1992 Real Madrid Asegurator 3–2 Taugrés 1992 Semifinals 2001 Real Madrid 3–2 TAU Cerámica 2001 Semifinals 2005 TAU Cerámica 2–3 Real Madrid 2005 Finals 2009 TAU Cerámica 2–1 Real Madrid 2009 Semifinals 2010 Caja Laboral 3–2 Real Madrid 2010 Semifinals 2012 Real Madrid 3–2 Caja Laboral 2012 Semifinals 2018 Real Madrid 3–1 Kirolbet Baskonia 2018 Finals

Finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Barça v Real Madrid

13 June 2022	Barça	75–88 (Series: 0–1)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–30, 14–19, 20–25, 24–14
	Pts: Laprovíttola 15 Rebs: Davies, Mirotić 6 Asts: Calathes 4 PIR: Mirotić 16	Boxscore	Pts: Deck 18 Rebs: Yabusele 9 Asts: Hanga 6 PIR: Deck 20	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 6,759 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Jordi Aliaga, Martín Caballero

Barça v Real Madrid

15 June 2022	Barça	71–69 (Series: 1–1)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 19–15, 24–22, 15–15
	Pts: Mirotić 26 Rebs: Mirotić 7 Asts: Jokubaitis 3 PIR: Mirotić 26	Boxscore	Pts: Yabusele 16 Rebs: Yabusele 11 Asts: Deck, Hanga 2 PIR: Yabusele 21	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 7,201 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Fernando Calatrava, Luis Miguel Castillo

Real Madrid v Barça

17 June 2022	Real Madrid	81–66 (Series: 2–1)	Barça	Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 25–23, 20–14, 15–13
	Pts: Deck 14 Rebs: Poirier 10 Asts: Hanga 3 PIR: Yabusele, Poirier 18	Boxscore	Pts: Kuric 15 Rebs: Laprovíttola 4 Asts: Calathes 6 PIR: Kuric 15	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,793 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Benjamín Jiménez, Alberto Sánchez Sixto

Real Madrid v Barça

19 June 2022	Real Madrid	81–74 (Series: 3–1)	Barça	Madrid
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 21–23, 23–23, 24–18
	Pts: Tavares 25 Rebs: Tavares 13 Asts: Deck 3 PIR: Tavares 41	Boxscore	Pts: Mirotić 14 Rebs: Calathes 9 Asts: five players 2 PIR: Mirotić, Exum 17	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 12,315 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Óscar Perea, Martín Caballero

Regular season series

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
23 January 2022 Boxscore Real Madrid 75–85 Barça WiZink Center, Madrid 10 April 2022 Boxscore Barça 108–97 Real Madrid Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona

This was the 21st playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 10 out of the first 20 meetings.

Previous playoff series

Tied 10–10 in all-time playoff series

1984 Real Madrid 2–1 FC Barcelona 1984 Finals 1986 Real Madrid 2–0 FC Barcelona 1986 Finals 1987 FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Madrid 1987 Semifinals 1988 FC Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid 1988 Finals 1989 FC Barcelona 3–2 Real Madrid 1989 Finals 1992 Real Madrid Asegurator 2–0 FC Barcelona 1992 Quarterfinals 1994 Real Madrid Teka 3–0 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1994 Finals 1995 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 3–2 Real Madrid Teka 1995 Semifinals 1997 Real Madrid Teka 2–3 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1997 Finals 2000 FC Barcelona 2–3 Real Madrid Teka 2000 Finals 2001 FC Barcelona 3–0 Real Madrid 2001 Finals 2006 Winterthur FC Barcelona 3–1 Real Madrid 2006 Quarterfinals 2007 Real Madrid 3–1 Winterthur FC Barcelona 2007 Finals 2012 FC Barcelona Regal 3–2 Real Madrid 2012 Finals 2013 Real Madrid 3–2 FC Barcelona Regal 2013 Finals 2014 Real Madrid 1–3 FC Barcelona 2014 Finals 2015 Real Madrid 3–0 FC Barcelona 2015 Finals 2016 FC Barcelona Lassa 1–3 Real Madrid 2016 Finals 2019 Real Madrid 3–1 Barça Lassa 2019 Finals 2021 Real Madrid 0–2 Barça 2021 Finals