Basque basketball derby

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

At ACB playoffs

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

At Copa del Rey

#	Season	Date	R	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	2011–12	22 December 2011	RS	10		Bilbao	77 – 72	Baskonia	10,014

References

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

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