ACB Playoffs | |
Year: | 2024 |
Dates: | 15 May–16 June 2024 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Defending Champions: | Barça |
Winners: | Real Madrid 15th ACB title 37th Spanish title |
Second: | UCAM Murcia |
Semifinal1: | Unicaja |
Semifinal2: | Barça |
Matches: | 21 |
Prev Season: | 2023 |
Next Season: | 2025 |
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] 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.
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.
On March 24, 2024, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[4]
Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | ||
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Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed | |||
1 | 28–6 | April 7[5] | April 20 | May 12[6] | |
2 | 28–6 | March 24 | April 14[7] | – | |
3 | 23–11 | April 20[8] | May 5[9] | – | |
4 | 21–13 | May 4[10] | May 12[11] | – | |
5 | 21–13 | May 5[12] | – | – | |
6 | 21–13 | May 5[13] | – | – | |
7 | 20–14 | April 27[14] | – | – | |
8 | 19–15 | May 12[15] | – | – | |
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.
All times are in Central European Summer Time
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two out of the first four meetings.This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous five meetings.This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.All times are in Central European Summer Time
This was the first playoff meeting between Unicaja and UCAM Murcia.This was the 23rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 11 out of the first 22 meetings.All times are in Central European Summer Time
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous meeting.