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Basque basketball derby

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Basque basketball derby
Native nameBasque: Euskal derbia
Spanish: Derbi vasco
SportBasketball
LocationBasque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country
Teams
First meetingBilbao 57–104 Baskonia
2004–05 ACB
(3 October 2004)
Latest meetingBilbao 82–80 Baskonia
2023–24 ACB
(24 March 2024)
StadiumsBuesa Arena (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Bilbao Arena (Bilbao)
Statistics
Meetings total49
Most winsBaskonia (38)
All-time recordBaskonia 38–11 Bilbao
All-time series (Liga ACB only)Baskonia 33–9 Bilbao
Regular season seriesBaskonia 28–9 Bilbao
Largest victoryBilbao 57–104 Baskonia
2004–05 ACB
(3 October 2004)
Smallest victoryBilbao 79–80 Baskonia
2011–12 ACB
(29 December 2011)
Baskonia 81–80 Bilbao
2012–13 ACB
(16 December 2012)
Longest win streakBaskonia (8)
Current win streakBilbao (1)
Location of the two teams' arena

The Basque basketball derby (Basque: Euskal derbia, Spanish: Derbi vasco), is the name given to the basketball matches between Baskonia from Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao Basket from Bilbao, the two main basketball teams in the Basque Country. Both cities are only separated by 66 km.

History

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First games

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Since the dissolution of Cajabilbao in 1994, Baskonia was the only Basque team in the Liga ACB until Bilbao Basket, founded in 2003, achieved promotion to the Spanish top league in 2004.

The first match between both teams was played on 3 October 2004, in the first round of the 2004–05 ACB season, at Pabellón La Casilla. Baskonia won by a huge 57–104, the biggest loss ever received by Bilbao Basket.[1] After a second defeat, Bilbao won its first derby on 22 January 2006, by 92–78.

On 6 January 2007, Bizkaia Arena registered the highest attendance to date for a Liga ACB game with 15,414 people in the 78–92 win by Baskonia.[2]

Rise of the rivalry and cup games

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As Bilbao Basket started to improve its level, the rivalry between both teams increased. On 29 September 2007, Baskonia won the Supercopa by defeating Bilbao at Bizkaia Arena by 73–85. One year later, both teams played the first derby in the 2008 Copa del Rey semifinal and Baskonia won again by a narrow 68–66.

First playoffs

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In the 2009 ACB Playoffs both teams met in the quarterfinals. Baskonia the series by 2–0 and would repeat this result again in the 2012 edition.

Derbies at EuroLeague

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Bilbao Basket qualified for the first time to the EuroLeague on 2011, after finishing as runner-up of the 2010–11 ACB season. As Spain had five teams in the competition, both teams were drawn in the same group. Bilbao Basket won both games and eliminated Baskonia in the game played at Bilbao Arena, where the Men in black won by 77–72.[3] This was the first time Baskonia did not qualify for the Top16 in the modern era of the Euroleague. Bilbao advanced in the competition until the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated by CSKA Moscow.

Brawl at Bilbao Arena and decline of Bilbao Basket

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On March 1, 2015, the derby finished with a brawl where Dejan Todorović of Bilbao and Tornike Shengelia of Baskonia were disqualified and twelve players were ejected due to court invasion during the fight.[4]

With four seconds left and Bilbao winning by a huge margin, despite the referee's call for a travelling, Todorović was going to dunk when he was hit by Shengelia. After this, the Serbian player pushed Shengelia from behind and the Georgian forward reacted with a punch. After this, all the players who were in the bench came into the court and started the brawl. When Shengelia was leaving the court after the disqualifying foul, he apologized to a child who was in the first row of the arena.[5]

The ACB announced this brawl would have severe consequences and sanctions and would talk with the Spanish Basketball Federation for changing the disciplinary regulations.[6] On March 5, the league provisionally suspended Todorović and Shengelia until the final resolution of the case.[7]

Both clubs claimed to have the same sanctions than in 2004, when the brawl Real Madrid and Estudiantes occurred.[8] Finally, on March 11, the Disciplinary Judge accorded to suspend Tornike Shengelia for five games, Dejan Todorović for four and a €3,000 fine to Bilbao Basket player Dairis Bertāns and to Baskonia brothers Mamadou and Ilimane Diop.[9]

On 13 May 2018, Baskonia won a derby at Bilbao Arena by 78–74, thus relegating Bilbao Basket to the LEB Oro after 14 consecutive years in the top league. Bilbao returned to Liga ACB at the first opportunity, earning immediate promotion with a second-place finish in the 2018–19 LEB Oro season.

Head-to-head statistics

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Positions in Liga ACB
Season BKN BLB
2004–05 2 14
2005–06 2 15
2006–07 3 10
2007–08 1 7
2008–09 2 8
2009–10 1 9
2010–11 4 2
2011–12 3 6
2012–13 5 7
2013–14 6 14
2014–15 6 5
2015–16 4 10
2016–17 3 10
2017–18 2 17
2019–20 1 8
2020–21 5 17
2021–22 4 9
2022–23 5 12
Competition GP BKN BLB
Liga ACB 37 28 9
ACB Playoffs 5 5 0
Copa del Rey 3 3 0
Supercopa 2 2 0
EuroLeague 2 0 2
Total in all games 49 38 11

Results

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At ACB Regular season

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# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 2004–05 3 October 2004 1 [1] Bilbao 57 – 104 Baskonia 5,000
2 26 February 2005 22 [2] Baskonia 92 – 90 Bilbao 9,323
3 2005–06 22 January 2006 17 [3] Bilbao 92 – 78 Baskonia 13,000
4 19 April 2006 29 [4] Baskonia 88 – 75 Bilbao 9,200
5 2006–07 6 January 2007 16 [5] Bilbao 76 – 88 Baskonia 15,414
6 12 May 2007 34 [6] Baskonia 95 – 63 Bilbao 8,900
7 2007–08 2 December 2007 10 [7] Baskonia 78 – 80 Bilbao 9,500
8 15 March 2003 29 [8] Bilbao 60 – 78 Baskonia 5,000
9 2008–09 13 December 2008 10 [9] Baskonia 97 – 79 Bilbao 9,700
10 15 March 2009 26 [10] Bilbao 85 – 72 Baskonia 11,500
11 2009–10 15 October 2009 2 [11] Baskonia 85 – 76 Bilbao 9,200
12 24 January 2010 19 [12] Bilbao 71 – 86 Baskonia 11,987
13 2010–11 12 December 2010 11 [13] Bilbao 99 – 95 Baskonia 8,793
14 17 April 2011 30 [14] Baskonia 89 – 75 Bilbao 9,500
15 2011–12 29 December 2011 13 [15] Bilbao 79 – 80 Baskonia 10,014
16 6 May 2012 34 [16] Baskonia 100 – 70 Bilbao 13,826
17 2012–13 16 December 2012 12 [17] Baskonia 81 – 80 Bilbao 14,381
18 1 May 2013 29 [18] Bilbao 75 – 93 Baskonia 10,003
19 2013–14 22 December 2013 11 [19] Bilbao 96 – 92 Baskonia 9,804
20 26 April 2014 29 [20] Baskonia 76 – 70 Bilbao 8,193
21 2014–15 26 October 2014 4 [21] Baskonia 86 – 74 Bilbao 8,629
22 1 March 2015 22 [22] Bilbao 93 – 75 Baskonia 9,993
23 2015–16 13 December 2015 10 [23] Bilbao 89 – 83 Baskonia 9,837
24 6 March 2016 22 [24] Baskonia 108 – 62 Bilbao 12,341
25 2016–17 15 January 2017 17 [25] Baskonia 84 – 63 Bilbao 12,118
26 10 May 2017 33 [26] Bilbao 64 – 75 Baskonia 9,318
27 2017–18 9 December 2017 11 [27] Baskonia 94 – 71 Bilbao 10,215
28 13 May 2018 32 [28] Bilbao 74 – 78 Baskonia 9,842
29 2019–20 13 October 2019 4 [29] Bilbao 79 – 75 Baskonia 9,047
30 2020–21 7 November 2020 10 [30] Baskonia 82 – 68 Bilbao
31 21 March 2021 27 [31] Bilbao 72 – 85 Baskonia
32 2021–22 11 December 2021 13 [32] Baskonia 101 – 86 Bilbao 7,032
33 27 March 2022 26 [33] Bilbao 62 – 90 Baskonia 8,487
34 2022–23 30 October 2022 6 [34] Bilbao 70 – 81 Baskonia 9,127
35 26 March 2023 24 [35] Baskonia 100 – 78 Bilbao 10,305
36 2023–24 30 September 2023 3 [36] Baskonia 92 – 72 Bilbao 15,504
37 24 March 2024 26 [37] Bilbao 82 – 80 Baskonia 9,586

At ACB playoffs

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# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance
1 2009 17 May 2009 QF [38] Baskonia 90 – 86 Bilbao Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 9,500
2 19 May 2009 [39] Bilbao 76 – 97 Baskonia Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo 10,500
3 2012 17 May 2012 QF [40] Baskonia 77 – 73 Bilbao Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 14,162
4 20 May 2012 [41] Bilbao 88 – 90 Baskonia Bilbao Arena, Bilbao 9,430
5 2020 17 June 2020 GS [42] Bilbao 64 – 87 Baskonia La Fonteta, Valencia

At Copa del Rey

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# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance
1 2008 9 February 2008 SF [43] Baskonia 68 – 66 Bilbao Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 9,463
2 2010 19 February 2010 QF [44] Bilbao 62 – 75 Baskonia Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo 14,417
3 2011 11 February 2011 QF [45] Baskonia 76 – 74 Bilbao Palacio de Deportes, Madrid 12,850

At Supercopa

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# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance
1 2007 29 September 2007 F [46] Bilbao 73 – 85 Baskonia Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao 12,200
2 2011 30 September 2011 SF [47] Bilbao 88 – 93 Baskonia Bilbao Arena, Bilbao 8,230

At EuroLeague

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# Season Date Stage R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Arena Attendance
1 2011–12 16 November 2011 RS 5 [48] Baskonia 84 – 89 Bilbao Iradier Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz 8,460
2 22 December 2011 10 [49] Bilbao 77 – 72 Baskonia Bilbao Arena, Bilbao 10,014

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "El Tau humilla al Lagun Aro Bilbao y es el primer líder de la ACB" (in Spanish). Libertad Digital. 3 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Lagun Aro Bilbao - TAU, récord histórico de asistencia: 15.414 espectadores" (in Spanish). ACB.
  3. ^ "Gescrap edge Caja Laboral 77-72, advance to the Top 16". EITB. 23 December 2011.
  4. ^ El acta del partido de la infamia; Marca, 2 March 2015 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Spanish Basketball Brawl Ends With Player Apologizing to Small Child; The Big Lead, 2 March 2015
  6. ^ La ACB pide remodelar el Reglamento Disciplinario tras la tangana en Bilbao Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine; Deia, 2 March 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ El Juez Disciplinario suspende cautelarmente a Dejan Todorovic y Shengelia Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 5 March 2015
  8. ^ Comunicado conjunto de Bilbao Basket y Saski Baskonia Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 5 March 2015(in Spanish)
  9. ^ Resolución del Juez Disciplinario sobre incidentes Bilbao - Laboral Kutxa Archived 2019-06-18 at the Wayback Machine; ACB.com, 11 March 2015
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