Basque basketball derby

Basque basketball derby
Locale Basque Country (autonomous community) Basque Country
Teams Baskonia
Bilbao Basket
First meeting Bilbao 57–104 Baskonia
2004–05 ACB
(3 October 2004)
Latest meeting Baskonia 108–62 Bilbao
2015–16 ACB
(6 May 2016)
Statistics
Meetings total 34
Most wins Baskonia (26)
Largest victory Bilbao 57–104 Baskonia
2004–05 ACB
(3 October 2004)
Not to be confused with Basque derby.

The Basque basketball derby (Spanish: Derbi vasco, Basque: Euskal derbia), is the name given to the basketball matches between Baskonia from Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao Basket from Bilbao, the two main basketball teams at the Basque Country. Both cities are only separated by 66 km. There is also a third Basque team in the Liga ACB, RETAbet.es GBC.

History

First games

Since the dissolution of Cajabilbao in 1994, Baskonia was the only Basque team in the Liga ACB until Bilbao Basket, founded in 2003, achieved the 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 at the moment for a Liga ACB game with 15,414 people in the 78–92 win by Baskonia.[2]

Rise of the rivalry and cup games

As Bilbao Basket started to improve its level, the rivalry between both teams grew up. 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

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

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

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]

Head-to-head statistics

Competition GP BKN BLB
Liga ACB 24 17 7
ACB Playoffs 4 4 0
Copa del Rey 3 3 0
Supercopa 2 2 0
Euroleague 2 0 2
Total in all games 35 26 9

Results

At ACB Regular season

# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 2004–05 3 October 2004 1 Bilbao 57 – 104 Baskonia 5,000
2 26 February 2005 22 Baskonia 92 – 90 Bilbao 9,323
3 2005–06 22 January 2006 17 Bilbao 92 – 78 Baskonia 13,000
4 19 April 2006 29 Baskonia 88 – 75 Bilbao 9,200
5 2006–07 6 January 2007 16 Bilbao 76 – 88 Baskonia 15,414
6 12 May 2007 34 Baskonia 95 – 63 Bilbao 8,900
7 2007–08 2 December 2007 10 Baskonia 78 – 80 Bilbao 9,500
8 15 March 2003 29 Bilbao 60 – 78 Baskonia 5,000
9 2008–09 13 December 2008 10 Baskonia 97 – 79 Bilbao 9,700
10 15 March 2009 26 Bilbao 85 – 72 Baskonia 11,500
11 2009–10 15 October 2009 2 Baskonia 85 – 76 Bilbao 9,200
12 24 January 2010 19 Bilbao 71 – 86 Baskonia 11,987
13 2010–11 12 December 2010 11 Bilbao 99 – 95 Baskonia 8,793
14 17 April 2011 30 Baskonia 89 – 75 Bilbao 9,500
15 2011–12 29 December 2011 13 Bilbao 79 – 80 Baskonia 10,014
16 6 May 2012 34 Baskonia 100 – 70 Bilbao 13,826
17 2012–13 16 December 2012 12 Baskonia 81 – 80 Bilbao 14,381
18 6 May 2012 34 Bilbao 75 – 93 Baskonia 10,003
19 2013–14 22 December 2013 11 Bilbao 96 – 92 Baskonia 9,804
20 26 April 2014 29 Baskonia 76 – 70 Bilbao 8,193
21 2014–15 26 October 2014 4 Baskonia 86 – 74 Bilbao 8,629
22 1 March 2015 22 Bilbao 93 – 75 Baskonia 9,993
23 2015–16 13 December 2015 10 Bilbao 89 – 83 Baskonia 9,837
24 6 March 2016 22 Baskonia 108 – 62 Bilbao 12,341

At ACB playoffs

# Season Date R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 2009 17 May 2009 QF Baskonia 90 – 86 Bilbao 9,700
2 19 May 2009 Bilbao 76 – 97 Baskonia 10,500
3 2012 17 May 2012 QF Baskonia 77 – 73 Bilbao 14,162
4 20 May 2012 Bilbao 88 – 90 Baskonia 9,430

At Copa del Rey

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

At Supercopa

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

At Euroleague

# Season Date Stage R Boxscore Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 2011–12 16 November 2011 RS 5 Baskonia 84 – 89 Bilbao 8,460
2 22 December 2011 10 Bilbao 77 – 72 Baskonia 10,014

See also

References

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