Valencia Basket completed the playoff draw, that will start this Saturday with the dispute of the Baskonia-Joventut. The other seven teams had already obtained their ticket to the final phase of the season. Barça knew they were going to finish first and Cazoo Baskonia and Real Madrid were fighting for second and third place. Lenovo Tenerife and Unicaja, who will meet in the quarterfinals, were fighting for fourth place, which finally went to Txus Vidorreta’s men; and the sixth and seventh position was a matter for Gran Canaria and Joventut.
Table, crosses and matches of the Playoff ACB 2023
The quarterfinals will be played to the best of three games (the first to win two first qualifies) and the semifinals and final, to the best of five. The playoff starts this Saturday, May 27 and, at the latest, will end a month later, on June 27. The ACB has communicated the dates and times of the matches of this first qualifying round:
(1st) Barça – Valencia (8th)
- Monday May 29 – 21:00 – Barça-Valencia (Movistar Sports)
- Friday June 2 – 9:00 p.m. – Valencia-Barça (#Vamos)
- Sunday June 4 – 9:00 p.m. – Barça-Valencia* (Movistar Sports)
(2nd) Cazoo Baskonia – Joventut (7th)
- Saturday May 27 – 18:30 – Cazoo Baskonia-Joventut (#Vamos)
- Tuesday May 30 – 21:00 – Joventut-Cazoo Baskonia (Movistar Sports)
- Saturday June 3 – 18:30 – Cazoo Baskonia-Joventut* (Movistar Sports)
(3rd) Real Madrid – Gran Canaria (6th)
- Sunday May 28 – 12:30 – Real Madrid-Gran Canaria (#Vamos)
- Wednesday May 31 – 21:00 – Gran Canaria-Real Madrid (Movistar Sports)
- Saturday June 3 – 9:00 p.m. – Real Madrid-Gran Canaria* (Movistar Sports)
(4th) Lenovo Tenerife – Unicaja (5th)
- Sunday May 28 – 21:00 – Lenovo Tenerife-Unicaja (Movistar Sports)
- Thursday June 1 – 21:00 – Unicaja-Lenovo Tenerife (#Vamos)
- Sunday June 4 – 13:00- Lenovo Tenerife-Unicaja* (Movistar Sports)
*If necessary
Semifinal and final dates of the Playoff 2023
The semifinals will start on June 6 and end on June 15 at the latest. The date of the final may vary depending on how many games the semifinals are resolved. If one or both of them reached the fifth game, it would start on Sunday June 18 and could last until Tuesday June 27. In the event that the semifinals are resolved in four games (at least one of them), the title series will begin on Friday, June 16 and end on the 25th of the same month. If the two semifinals are resolved in three games, the final would go from Wednesday, June 14 to Thursday, June 22.