2011–12 ACB season explained
The 2011–12 ACB season is the 29th season of the Liga ACB, called also Liga Endesa due to sponsorship reasons.[1]
The regular season started on 8 October 2011 and ended on 6 May 2012. Playoffs started on 17 May 2011 and ended on 16 June.[2] FC Barcelona Regal won their 17th title, the second in a row.
Teams and venues
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | Last season | Head coach | Season |
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| Asefa Estudiantes | Madrid | Palacio de los Deportes | 15,000 | 11th |  Trifón Poch | 1st |
| Assignia Manresa | Manresa | Nou Congost | 5,000 | 15th | Jaume Ponsarnau | 6th |
| Banca Cívica | Sevilla | Palacio San Pablo | 10,200 | 11th | Joan Plaza | 3rd |
| Blancos de Rueda Valladolid | Valladolid | Polideportivo Pisuerga | 6,300 | 9th | Roberto González | 1st |
| Blu:sens Monbús | Santiago de Compostela | Multiusos Fontes do Sar | 6,000 | 2nd (LEB Oro) | Moncho Fernández | 2nd |
| CAI Zaragoza | Zaragoza | Príncipe Felipe Arena | 12,000 | 10th | José Luis Abós | 3rd |
| Caja Laboral | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Fernando Buesa Arena1 | 15,374 | 4th |  Duško Ivanović | 9th (4th) |
| FC Barcelona Regal | Barcelona | Palau Blaugrana | 8,250 | 1st | Xavi Pascual | 5th |
| FIATC Mutua Joventut | Badalona | Palau Municipal d'Esports | 12,500 | 13th | Salva Maldonado | 1st |
| Gescrap Bizkaia | Bilbao | Bilbao Arena | 10,000 | 2nd | Fotis Katsikaris | 3rd |
| Gran Canaria 2014 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Centro Insular de Deportes | 5,000 | 6th | Pedro Martínez | 6th (3rd) |
| Lagun Aro GBC | San Sebastián | San Sebastián Arena | 11,000 | 14th | Sito Alonso | 1st |
| Lucentum Alicante | Alicante | Centro de Tecnificación | 5,425 | 16th | Txus Vidorreta | 2nd |
| Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada | Fuenlabrada | Fernando Martín | 5,000 | 7th | Porfirio Fisac | 1st |
| Real Madrid | Madrid | Palacio de los Deportes | 15,000 | 3rd | Pablo Laso | 1st |
| UCAM Murcia | Murcia | Palacio de Deportes de Murcia | 7,500 | 1st (LEB Oro) | Óscar Quintana | 1st |
| Unicaja | Málaga | Martín Carpena | 10,500 | 8th | Luis Casimiro | 1st |
| Valencia Basket | Valencia | Fuente San Luis | 9,000 | 5th | Velimir Perasović | 1st |
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1Caja Laboral plays at Iradier Arena during Fernando Buesa Arena extension to 15,000 seats.Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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| | End of contract | Paco Olmos | 6 June 2011[3] |
|  Emanuele Molin | End of contract | | 22 June 2011[4] |
| | Sacked | Salva Maldonado | 4 July 2011[5] |
| | | | 19 July 2011[6] |
| | End of contract | | 20 July 2011[7] |
| Salva Maldonado | Mutual consent | | 1 August 2011[8] |
| | Sacked | | 2 August 2011[9] |
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During the season
Regular season
League table
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| Teams | width=20 | P ! | width=20 | W ! | width=20 | L ! | width=35 | PF ! | width=35 | PA ! | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | | 34 | 29 | 5 | 2639 | 2232 | Qualified for the Playoffs |
| 2 | | 34 | 26 | 8 | 2829 | 2513 |
| 3 | | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2545 | 2384 |
| 4 | | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2531 | 2401 |
| 5 | | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2664 | 2578 |
| 6 | | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2642 | 2615 |
| 7 | | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2523 | 2460 |
| 8 | | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2352 | 2439 |
| 9 | | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2509 | 2562 |
| 10 | | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2404 | 2454 |
| 11 | | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2493 | 2562 |
| 12 | | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2497 | 2559 |
| 13 | | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2405 | 2481 |
| 14 | | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2268 | 2395 |
| 15 | | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2439 | 2512 |
| 16 | | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2414 | 2585 |
| 17 | | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2394 | 2573 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
| 18 | | 34 | 9 | 25 | 2349 | 2592 |
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Notes and References
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=77395 Endesa y ACB alcanzan un acuerdo histórico para el baloncesto español
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=77426 La Asamblea General de la ACB aprobó los puntos del orden del día
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=76662 Paco Olmos, new coach of Power Electronics Valencia
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=76951 Pablo Laso, new coach of Real Madrid
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=77158 Salva Maldonado, new coach of Club Joventut Badalona
- https://archive.today/20120731044945/http://www.gipuzkoabasket.com/noticias/comunicado-oficial-sito-alonso-sera-el-nuevo-tecnico-de-lagun-aro-gbc-para-las-dos-proximas-temporadas-N1829.php Sito Alonso will be the new coach of Lagun Aro GBC for the next two season
- http://www.cbvalladolid.es/noticias/4/20072011/Luis-Casimiro-presentado-como-nuevo-entrenador-del-Blancos-Rueda/ Luis Casimiro, presentado como nuevo entrenador del Blancos de Rueda
- http://baloncestofuenlabrada.com/?se=noticia&n=1636 Porfirio Fisac, nuevo entrenador del Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
- http://clubestudiantes.com/frontend/clubestudiantes/noticia.php?id_noticia=6955&id_seccion=6 Pepu Hernández entrenará al Asefa Estudiantes
- http://valenciabasket.com/index.php?id=noticias¬i=1648 Paco Olmos es destituido como entrenador del Valencia Basket
- http://www.valenciabasket.com/index.php?id=noticias¬i=1658&lann=es Velimir Perasovic nuevo entrenador del Valencia Basket
- http://www.ucammurcia.com/noticia/3765 Cese de Luis Guil
- http://ucammurcia.com/noticia/3768 Óscar Quintana nuevo entrenador del UCAM Murcia
- http://www.cbvalladolid.es/noticias/4/30012012/Luis-Casimiro-destituido-como-entrenador-del-Blancos-Rueda/ Luis Casimiro destituido como entrenador del Blancos de Rueda
- http://www.cbvalladolid.es/noticias/4/01022012/Roberto-Gonzalez-sera-presentado-manana-como-entrenador-del-Blancos-Rueda/ Roberto González será presentado mañana como entrenador del Blancos de Rueda
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=83082 Pepu Hernández no continuará al frente de Asefa Estudiantes
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=83101 Trifón Poch entrenará al Asefa Estudiantes hasta el final de la temporada
- http://www.unicajabaloncesto.com/noticia-7575-unicaja-destituye-chus-mateo.html El Unicaja destituye a Chus Mateo
- http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=83407 Luis Casimiro, nuevo entrenador de Unicaja
