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This is a list of basketball clubs in Spain. Currently the governing body of basketball in Spain is the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), which is in charge of its national teams and its leagues, with the highest one being Liga ACB. FEB was founded in 1923 and is a member of both FIBA and FIBA Europe.
The Liga ACB, [a] known as Liga Endesa [b] for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system.Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, with the two lowest-placed teams relegated to the Primera FEB and replaced by the top team in that division plus the winner of the promotion playoffs.
Spanish autonomous basketball teams (9 P) Basketball teams in Spain by league (5 C) Defunct basketball teams in Spain (4 C, 37 P) + Women's basketball teams in Spain ...
Basketball is the second most popular sport in Spain, directly behind association football.The top Spanish League, Liga ACB, is a member of ULEB, and the top Spanish League teams can compete in Europe, most notably in the Euroleague and Eurocup, and also under the FIBA Europe umbrella, in the FIBA Europe Cup.
The Spain men's national basketball team (Spanish: Selección Española de Baloncesto) represents Spain in international basketball competitions. They are managed by the Spanish Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Spain. Spain is the current European champion.
The Spanish basketball champions are the winners of the main basketball competition in Spain, which since 1983–84 is the Liga ACB. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. The Liga Nacional, first established in 1957, originally contained six ...
Primera División de Baloncesto; Sport: Basketball: No. of teams: 271 teams in 15 groups: Country: Spain: Continent: Europe: Most recent champion(s) Náutico Sevilla (Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla), Helios (Aragón), Bàsquet Sa Real (Balearic Islands), Tabirako (Basque Country, La Rioja, Navarre), Felipe Antón (Canary Islands), Solares B (Cantabria), Real Valladolid B (Castile and León ...
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto [a] (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the Liga Endesa, the main professional basketball league in Spain. The organisation was founded in 1982. [citation needed]