Real Madrid - Valencia Basket in the League final: starting on Friday at the Movistar Arena
Chus Mateo's team will have home advantage in a best-of-five playoff series.
Real Madrid will face Valencia Basket in the Endesa League final. Our team will have home advantage in a best-of-five series, which will begin with the first two games at the Movistar Arena on Friday 20th (9:15 pm CEST) and Sunday 22nd June (6:30 pm CEST). The third game will be played at the Fuente de San Luis arena on Wednesday 25th (9:15 pm CEST). If there is a fourth game, it will also be played in Valencia on Friday 27th (9:15 pm CEST). If a fifth and decisive game is necessary, it will take place at the Movistar Arena on Monday 30th (9:15 pm CEST).
The two teams have met on eight occasions in the playoffs, with the Madrid side having a 7-1 record in their favour. Our team has won twice in the quarter-finals (1997/98 and 2006/07) and four times in the semi-finals (2014/15, 2015/16, 2018/19 and 2020/21). Valencia Basket, meanwhile, won one final (2016/17). This season, the two sides have met twice in the League, with a win apiece at home: 85-84 for the Taronjas on matchday 12 and 96-89 in Chus Mateo's side's favour on matchday 30.
Fifth consecutive final and 13th in the last 14
Real Madrid is the team that has reached the most league finals, 51, of which 25 have been in the ACB era, and also have the best record in the competition (37 titles). This will be their fifth consecutive appearance in the title playoffs since 2020/21. In addition, it is their 13th final appearance in the last 14, lifting the title in 7 of them.