Spanish Basketball - ACB League History
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ACB (Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto), is the premier professional basketball league in Spain. It was founded in 1956 with the name of Liga Nacional, changing its name to the current name in 1983.
The ACB league, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 18 teams, including: Real Madrid-Teka, FC Barcelona, Estudiantes, Joventut Badalona, Tau Baskonia, Pamesa Valencia and Unicaja Málaga.
Several famous basketball players who have well-known stints in the league include Juan Antonio Corbalan, Arvydas Sabonis, Pau Gasol, Raúl López, Fernando Martín, Fernando Romay, Andrés Nocioni, Fran Vázquez, Jordi Villacampa, Andre Turner, Dražen Petrović, Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Epi), Alberto Herreros, Roberto Dueñas, Sasha Djordjevic, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Juan Carlos Navarro, Velimir Perasović, Rafa Jofresa, Dejan Bodiroga, Joan Creus and many others.
At the end of season 2006-2007, the Spanish ACB League approved a new roster system. Granting the player's union demand of placing a minimum obligatory number of Spanish players on every squad, teams in return received the freedom to sign players from all over Europe, not distinguishing between European Union natives or from other areas of the Continent.
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