The 2025 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2025 Liga
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Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, is the postseason tournament of the
ACB's
2024–25 season, which began on 28 September 2024. The playoffs started on June 2 and will end at the latest on June 30.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
is the defending champion.
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 6, 2025,
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.
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.
Source
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Quarterfinals
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Real Madrid
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Baskonia
This was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Real Madrid
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winning nine of the first 12 meetings.
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...
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Dreamland Gran Canaria
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Dreamland Gran Canaria winning the previous meeting.
La Laguna Tenerife v
Joventut Badalona
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This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Joventut Badalona
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two team ...
winning the previous two meetings.
Unicaja
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Barça
This was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Barça winning the previous 10 meetings.
Semifinals
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Real Madrid
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Unicaja
Unicaja is a Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y Antequera'' after the ...
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
winning three of the first four meetings.
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...
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La Laguna Tenerife
This was the first playoff meeting between
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...
and
La Laguna Tenerife.
Finals
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This will be the eighth playoff meeting between these two teams, with
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
winning six of the first seven meetings.
References
External links
Official website
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