2024 ACB Playoffs

The 2024 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2024 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, were the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2023–24 season, which began on 23 September 2023. The playoffs started on May 15 and ended on June 12.^[1][2]

2024 ACB Playoffs

Tournament details
Country	Spain
Dates	15 May–16 June 2024
Teams	8
Defending champions	Barça
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid 15th ACB title 37th Spanish title
Runners-up	UCAM Murcia
Semifinalists	Unicaja Barça
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Attendance	169,382 (8,066 per match)
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Barça was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals after a 0–3 sweep by Real Madrid in a rematch of last year's finals, with Los Blancos winning a record-extending 37th title (15th in the ACB era) after another sweep against UCAM Murcia in the finals series.

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.^[3]

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.^[2][3]

Playoff qualifying

On March 24, 2024, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.^[4]

Seed	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Seeded team	Top seed
1	Unicaja	28–6	April 7[5]	April 20	May 12[6]
2	Real Madrid	28–6	March 24[4]	April 14[7]	–
3	Barça	23–11	April 20[8]	May 5[9]	–
4	Valencia Basket	21–13	May 4[10]	May 12[11]	–
5	UCAM Murcia	21–13	May 5[12]	–	–
6	Lenovo Tenerife	21–13	May 5[13]	–	–
7	Dreamland Gran Canaria	20–14	April 27[14]	–	–
8	Baxi Manresa	19–15	May 12[15]	–	–

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
	2	Real Madrid	105	73		2
	7	Dreamland Gran Canaria	70	71		0
									2	Real Madrid	97	104	95			3
									3	Barça	78	98	92			0
	3	Barça	96	97		2
	6	Lenovo Tenerife	86	92		0
																			2	Real Madrid	84	79	84			3
																			5	UCAM Murcia	76	63	73			0
	1	Unicaja	87	86		2
	8	Baxi Manresa	79	63		0
									1	Unicaja	79	83	74	88	70	2
									5	UCAM Murcia	88	101	66	79	79	3
	4	Valencia Basket	86	83	77	1
	5	UCAM Murcia	96	72	84	2

Source: ACB

Quarterfinals

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

Unicaja v Baxi Manresa

Unicaja v Baxi Manresa

16 May 2024	Unicaja	87–79 (Series: 1–0)	Baxi Manresa	Málaga
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 16–16, 18–16, 35–23
	Pts: Kalinoski 11 Rebs: Kravish 6 Asts: Kalinoski 7 PIR: Ejim, Kalinoski 17	Boxscore	Pts: Robinson 15 Rebs: Robinson 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Oriola 23	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,443 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Martín Caballero, Francisco Araña

Baxi Manresa v Unicaja

21 May 2024	Baxi Manresa	63–86 (Series: 0–2)	Unicaja	Manresa
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 8–20, 11–25, 16–21
	Pts: Williams 12 Rebs: Oriola, Robinson 5 Asts: Pérez, Williams 4 PIR: Williams 13	Boxscore	Pts: Kravish 12 Rebs: Sima 6 Asts: Carter 9 PIR: Carter 20	Arena: Nou Congost Attendance: 4,903 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Rafael Serrano, Iyán González

Regular season series

Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series
2 December 2023 Boxscore Unicaja 91–77 Baxi Manresa Martín Carpena, Málaga 7 April 2024 Boxscore Baxi Manresa 77–88 Unicaja Nou Congost, Manresa

This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two out of the first four meetings.

Previous playoff series

Tied 2–2 in all-time playoff series
1988 TDK Manresa 2–3 Caja de Ronda 1988 relegation playoffs 1994 Unicaja Polti 0–2 TDK Manresa 1994 Eighthfinals 1995 Unicaja 3–0 TDK Manresa 1995 Semifinals 1996 Unicaja 1–2 TDK Manresa 1996 Quarterfinals

Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria

Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria

15 May 2024	Real Madrid	105–70 (Series: 1–0)	Dreamland Gran Canaria	Madrid
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 19–13, 31–15, 28–17
	Pts: Musa 26 Rebs: Poirier, Campazzo 5 Asts: Campazzo 7 PIR: Musa 28	Boxscore	Pts: Shurna 12 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Bassas 5 PIR: Salvó 19	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 7,516 Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Carlos Cortés, Alberto Sánchez Sixto

Dreamland Gran Canaria v Real Madrid

17 May 2024	Dreamland Gran Canaria	71–73 (Series: 0–2)	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 15–18, 25–17, 13–13
	Pts: Shurna 19 Rebs: Salvó 8 Asts: Bassas 4 PIR: Shurna 18	Boxscore	Pts: Tavares 13 Rebs: Tavares 8 Asts: Campazzo 5 PIR: Tavares 20	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 6,382 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Javier Torres, Vicente Martínez

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
10 December 2023 Boxscore Real Madrid 97–71 Dreamland Gran Canaria WiZink Center, Madrid 28 January 2024 Boxscore Dreamland Gran Canaria 100–77 Real Madrid Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas

This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous five meetings.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 5–0 in all-time playoff series
2000 Real Madrid Teka 3–0 Canarias Telecom 2000 Quarterfinals 2015 Real Madrid 2–0 Herbalife Gran Canaria 2015 Quarterfinals 2018 Real Madrid 3–0 Herbalife Gran Canaria 2018 Semifinals 2021 Real Madrid 2–0 Herbalife Gran Canaria 2021 Quarterfinals 2023 Real Madrid 2–0 Dreamland Gran Canaria 2023 Quarterfinals

Barça v Lenovo Tenerife

Barça v Lenovo Tenerife

19 May 2024	Barça	96–86 (Series: 1–0)	Lenovo Tenerife	Barcelona
12:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 22–30, 22–26, 24–14
	Pts: Parker 23 Rebs: Parra 7 Asts: Rubio 10 PIR: Parker 26	Boxscore	Pts: Guy 34 Rebs: Guerra 9 Asts: Huertas 10 PIR: Guy 29	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 6,033 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Luis Miguel Castillo, Yasmina Alcaraz

Lenovo Tenerife v Barça

23 May 2024	Lenovo Tenerife	92–97 (Series: 0–2)	Barça	San Cristóbal de La Laguna
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 25–22, 25–28, 21–25
	Pts: Fitipaldo 20 Rebs: Abromaitis 10 Asts: Fitipaldo 7 PIR: Fitipaldo 20	Boxscore	Pts: Satoranský 24 Rebs: Veselý 5 Asts: Veselý, Jokubaitis 4 PIR: Satoranský 28	Arena: Santiago Martín Attendance: 5,121 Referees: Antonio Conde, Alfonso Olivares, Cristóbal Sánchez

Regular season series

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
12 November 2023 Boxscore Barça 94–83 Lenovo Tenerife Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona 14 January 2024 Boxscore Lenovo Tenerife 80–83 Barça Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.

Previous playoff series

Barça leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
2021 Barça 2–1 Lenovo Tenerife 2021 Semifinals

Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia

Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia

18 May 2024	Valencia Basket	86–96 (Series: 0–1)	UCAM Murcia	Valencia
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 25–27, 19–17, 29–31
	Pts: Davies 19 Rebs: Davies 10 Asts: Jones 8 PIR: Davies 24	Boxscore	Pts: Radebaugh 24 Rebs: Diagne 11 Asts: Caupain, Sant-Roos 5 PIR: Radebaugh 30	Arena: La Fonteta Attendance: 6,976 Referees: Óscar Perea, Sergio Manuel, Arnau Padrós

UCAM Murcia v Valencia Basket

22 May 2024	UCAM Murcia	72–83 (Series: 1–1)	Valencia Basket	Murcia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 22–20, 22–18, 14–22
	Pts: Sleva 12 Rebs: Sleva 8 Asts: Ennis 4 PIR: Radović, Sleva 12	Boxscore	Pts: Davies 17 Rebs: Claver 6 Asts: Jović 9 PIR: Jović 24	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 7,007 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Jordi Aliaga, Joaquín García

Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia

25 May 2024	Valencia Basket	77–84 (Series: 1–2)	UCAM Murcia	Valencia
20:45	Scoring by quarter: 27–26, 17–17, 19–18, 14–23
	Pts: Davies 23 Rebs: Ojeleye 6 Asts: Jović 5 PIR: Davies 19	Boxscore	Pts: Radebaugh 20 Rebs: Sleva 7 Asts: Sleva 5 PIR: Radebaugh 20	Arena: La Fonteta Attendance: 7,582 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Martín Caballero, Rafael Serrano

Regular season series

Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series
10 December 2023 Boxscore UCAM Murcia 77–85 Valencia Basket Palacio de Deportes, Murcia 24 March 2024 Boxscore Valencia Basket 83–82 UCAM Murcia La Fonteta, Valencia

This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.

Semifinals

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

Unicaja v UCAM Murcia

Unicaja v UCAM Murcia

28 May 2024	Unicaja	79–88 (Series: 0–1)	UCAM Murcia	Málaga
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 15–17, 27–26, 16–21
	Pts: Ejim, Kalinoski 15 Rebs: Osetkowski 7 Asts: Díaz 4 PIR: Ejim 22	Boxscore	Pts: Sleva 23 Rebs: Morin 9 Asts: Håkanson 6 PIR: Ennis, Sleva 22	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,681 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Óscar Perea, Arnau Padrós

Unicaja v UCAM Murcia

30 May 2024	Unicaja	83–101 (Series: 0–2)	UCAM Murcia	Málaga
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 24–19, 16–30, 22–27
	Pts: Díaz 15 Rebs: Sima 5 Asts: Díaz, Perry 4 PIR: Díaz 18	Boxscore	Pts: Kurucs 21 Rebs: Sleva 7 Asts: Håkanson 6 PIR: Kurucs 27	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,681 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Martín Caballero, Francisco Araña

UCAM Murcia v Unicaja

1 June 2024	UCAM Murcia	66–74 (Series: 2–1)	Unicaja	Murcia
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 15–14, 20–26, 22–9
	Pts: Sleva 15 Rebs: Morin 9 Asts: three players 2 PIR: Sleva 16	Boxscore	Pts: Osetkowski 18 Rebs: Sima 12 Asts: Taylor 4 PIR: Sima 21	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Rafael Serrano, Sergio Manuel

UCAM Murcia v Unicaja

3 June 2024	UCAM Murcia	79–88 (Series: 2–2)	Unicaja	Murcia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 25–24, 20–17, 16–16
	Pts: Kurucs 26 Rebs: Kurucs, Morin 7 Asts: Kurucs 4 PIR: Kurucs 32	Boxscore	Pts: Osetkowski 22 Rebs: Osetkowski 5 Asts: Perry 7 PIR: Osetkowski 28	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Martín Caballero, Arnau Padrós

Unicaja v UCAM Murcia

5 June 2024	Unicaja	70–79 (Series: 2–3)	UCAM Murcia	Málaga
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 7–17, 20–24, 18–24
	Pts: Perry 14 Rebs: Kalinoski 9 Asts: Díaz, Perry 4 PIR: Osetkowski 14	Boxscore	Pts: Caupain, Ennis 19 Rebs: Sleva 7 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Ennis 23	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,681 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Óscar Perea, Carlos Cortés

Regular season series

Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series
22 December 2023 Boxscore UCAM Murcia 65–88 Unicaja Palacio de Deportes, Murcia 5 May 2024 Boxscore Unicaja 96–71 UCAM Murcia Martín Carpena, Málaga

This was the first playoff meeting between Unicaja and UCAM Murcia.

Real Madrid v Barça

Real Madrid v Barça

29 May 2024	Real Madrid	97–78 (Series: 1–0)	Barça	Madrid
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 20–22, 28–26, 25–16
	Pts: Campazzo 20 Rebs: Tavares 15 Asts: Campazzo 10 PIR: Tavares 35	Boxscore	Pts: Laprovíttola 13 Rebs: da Silva 7 Asts: Rubio 10 PIR: Rubio 22	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,274 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Jordi Aliaga, Luis Miguel Castillo

Real Madrid v Barça

31 May 2024	Real Madrid	104–98 (Series: 2–0)	Barça	Madrid
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–16, 29–22, 31–36
	Pts: Llull, Musa 18 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Hezonja 6 PIR: Hezonja 23	Boxscore	Pts: Veselý 24 Rebs: Rubio 5 Asts: Satoranský 11 PIR: Satoranský 26	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 12,025 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Fernando Calatrava, Alberto Sánchez Sixto

Barça v Real Madrid

2 June 2024	Barça	92–95 (Series: 0–3)	Real Madrid	Barcelona
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 25–21, 31–23, 16–23
	Pts: Parker 27 Rebs: Hernangómez 8 Asts: Laprovíttola 9 PIR: Parker 26	Boxscore	Pts: Campazzo 21 Rebs: Tavares, Yabusele 5 Asts: Musa 7 PIR: Campazzo 27	Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 7,066 Referees: Antonio Conde, Javier Torres, Alfonso Olivares

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
1 October 2023 Boxscore Real Madrid 86–79 Barça WiZink Center, Madrid 7 April 2024 Boxscore Barça 85–79 Real Madrid Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona

This was the 23rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 11 out of the first 22 meetings.

Previous playoff series

Tied 11–11 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 2022 Barça 1–3 Real Madrid 2022 Finals 2023 Barça 3–0 Real Madrid 2023 Finals

Finals

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

Real Madrid v UCAM Murcia

8 June 2024	Real Madrid	84–76 (Series: 1–0)	UCAM Murcia	Madrid
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–20, 27–15, 20–28
	Pts: Musa 16 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 7 PIR: Musa 20	Boxscore	Pts: Caupain 16 Rebs: Sant-Roos 8 Asts: Sant-Roos 4 PIR: Sant-Roos 22	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,134 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Rafael Serrano, Arnau Padrós

Real Madrid v UCAM Murcia

10 June 2024	Real Madrid	79–63 (Series: 2–0)	UCAM Murcia	Madrid
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–15, 17–22, 22–11
	Pts: Fernández 14 Rebs: Tavares 12 Asts: Campazzo 5 PIR: Fernández 20	Boxscore	Pts: Sleva 13 Rebs: Morin 8 Asts: Caupain 3 PIR: Kurucs 11	Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,377 Referees: Antonio Conde, Fernando Calatrava, Sergio Manuel

UCAM Murcia v Real Madrid

12 June 2024	UCAM Murcia	73–84 (Series: 0–3)	Real Madrid	Murcia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–15, 16–34, 17–18
	Pts: Ennis 18 Rebs: Sant-Roos, Ennis 5 Asts: Sant-Roos, Håkanson 3 PIR: Ennis 17	Boxscore	Pts: Musa 18 Rebs: Campazzo 7 Asts: Campazzo 6 PIR: Campazzo 28	Arena: Palacio de Deportes Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Óscar Perea, Alfonso Olivares

Regular season series

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
15 October 2023 Boxscore Real Madrid 106–92 UCAM Murcia WiZink Center, Madrid 14 January 2024 Boxscore UCAM Murcia 73–61 Real Madrid Palacio de Deportes, Murcia

This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous meeting.

Previous playoff series

Madrid leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series
2016 Real Madrid 2–1 UCAM Murcia 2016 Quarterfinals