The 2008 ACB Playoffs was the final phase of the 2007-2008 ACB season. It started on Thursday, May 15, 2008, and ran until Tuesday, June 3, 2008.

2008 ACB Playoffs
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A change in the schedule was introduced in this season: Quarterfinals and Semifinals series were 3-match rounds instead of the 5-match rounds used in the previous years. This modification had apparently revealed to be quite significant, since the first (Real Madrid) and the second (DKV Joventut) classifieds of the Regular Season were surprisingly out earlier than it was expected.

Final series brought face to face TAU Cerámica and AXA FC Barcelona for the first time in ACB history (although, curiously, there has always been one of these two teams separately in a Final since the 1993–94 season).

TAU Cerámica won the Final series by 3-0 and obtained their second ACB championship.

Quarter Finals SemiFinals Finals
         
1 Real Madrid 0
8 Unicaja Málaga 2
8 Unicaja Málaga 0
4 TAU Cerámica 2
4 TAU Cerámica 2
5 Pamesa Valencia 1
4 TAU Cerámica 3
3 AXA FC Barcelona 0
2 DKV Joventut 2
7 Akasvayu Girona 1
2 DKV Joventut 0
3 AXA FC Barcelona 2
3 AXA FC Barcelona 2
6 Iurbentia Bilbao Basket 0

Playoff seedings, results, and schedules

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Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals were best-of-3 series.

15 May
21:35 CEST
Real Madrid 73–89 Unicaja Málaga
Scoring by quarter: 22-18, 19-22, 11-26, 21-23
Pts: Hervelle 20
Rebs: Hervelle 7
Asts: five players 2
Pts: Cabezas 16
Rebs: Rodríguez 4
Asts: Welsch 7
0-1
Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga, Oscar Perea, Lluis Guirao
17 May
20:00 CEST
Unicaja Málaga 88–86 Real Madrid
Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 16-24, 24-19, 28-31
Pts: Cabezas, Rodríguez 22
Rebs: N'Dong 8
Asts: Rodríguez 4
Pts: Bullock 28
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Reyes, Mumbrú 2
2-0
Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: M.A. Pérez Pérez, Redondo, Antonio Conde

Unicaja Málaga win the series 2-0

16 May
20:30 CEST
DKV Joventut 85–72 Akasvayu Girona
Scoring by quarter: 28-20, 17-18, 29-12, 11-22
Pts: Fernández 22
Rebs: Moïso 8
Asts: Fernández 4
Pts: Gasol 15
Rebs: Daniels, Gasol 8
Asts: Sada 8
1-0
Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona
Attendance: 8,271
Referees: J.A. Martín Bertrán, J.C García González, Carlos Cortés
18 May
12:30 CEST
Akasvayu Girona 91–83 DKV Joventut
Scoring by quarter: 21-17, 19-24, 26-20, 25-22
Pts: Gasol 25
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Gasol 8
Pts: Mallet 22
Rebs: Bartoň 6
Asts: Fernández 4
1-1
Palau Girona-Fontajau, Girona
Referees: Fco. De La Maza, Oscar Perea, Francisco J. Araña
20 May
20:30 CEST
DKV Joventut 86–75 Akasvayu Girona
Scoring by quarter: 25-17, 23-19, 11-23, 27-16
Pts: Fernández 24
Rebs: Moïso 7
Asts: Fernández 6
Pts: Gasol 23
Rebs: Gasol 10
Asts: Sada 4
2-1
Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona
Attendance: 8,490
Referees: Juan Carlos Mitjana, Daniel Hierrezuelo, J.C García González

DKV Joventut win the series 2-1

16 May
20:45 CEST
AXA FC Barcelona 86–75 iurbentia Bilbao
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 19-18, 19-14, 24-17
Pts: Lakovič 20
Rebs: Kasun 8
Asts: Basile, Sánchez 4
Pts: Banić 13
Rebs: Weis 6
Asts: three players 3
1-0
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 4,524
Referees: J.R. García Ortiz, Antonio Conde, C Sánchez Monserrat
18 May
19:15 CEST
iurbentia Bilbao 83–92 AXA FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 16-18, 18-22, 19-23, 30-29
Pts: Recker 18
Rebs: Pašalić 6
Asts: Huertas 9
Pts: Acker 31
Rebs: İlyasova 7
Asts: Sánchez 6
0-2
La Casilla, Bilbao
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Xavier Amorós, E. Pérez Pizarro, Jiménez Trujillo

AXA FC Barcelona win the series 2-0

16 May
20:30 CEST
TAU Cerámica 87–79 Pamesa Valencia
Scoring by quarter: 25-15, 14-22, 20-13, 28-29
Pts: Mickeal 23
Rebs: Mickeal, Singleton 6
Asts: Prigioni, Rakočević 2
Pts: Barać 13
Rebs: Barać 8
Asts: Williams 6
1-0
Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Attendance: 8,600
Referees: Juan Carlos Mitjana, E. Pérez Pizarro, Jiménez Trujillo
18 May
12:30 CEST
Pamesa Valencia 100–95 TAU Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 22-28, 21-23, 32-22, 25-22
Pts: Williams 29
Rebs: Milojević 8
Asts: Williams 9
Pts: Splitter 23
Rebs: Splitter 13
Asts: Prigioni 5
1-1
Pabellon Municipal Fuente San Luis, Valencia
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Vicente Bultó, José Javier Murgui
20 May
20:30 CEST
TAU Cerámica 82–61 Pamesa Valencia
Scoring by quarter: 25-12, 15-13, 16-15, 26-21
Pts: Rakočević 21
Rebs: Teletović 8
Asts: Prigioni, Splitter 5
Pts: Milojević 12
Rebs: Milojević 12
Asts: Williams 5
2-1
Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Attendance: 8,650
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga, M.A. Pérez Pérez, Redondo

TAU Ceramica win the series 2-1

Semifinals

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The semifinals were best-of-3 series.

23 May
20:30 CEST
TAU Cerámica 81–68 Unicaja Málaga
Scoring by quarter: 29-19, 19-13, 8-18, 25-18
Pts: Planinić 15
Rebs: Mickeal 9
Asts: Vidal 3
Pts: N'Dong 19
Rebs: Jiménez 6
Asts: Rodríguez 7
1-0
Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Juan Carlos Mitjana, E. Pérez Pizarro, Oscar Perea
25 May
12:30 CEST
Unicaja Málaga 82–83 TAU Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 22-24, 22-22, 20-14, 18-23
Pts: N'Dong 18
Rebs: Jiménez, N'Dong 7
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Rakočević 21
Rebs: Teletović 6
Asts: Prigioni 3
0-2
Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena, Málaga
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Xavier Amorós, Juan Carlos Arteaga, Redondo

TAU Cerámica win the series 2-0

22 May
21:35 CEST
DKV Joventut 90–93 AXA FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 18-18, 20-27, 28-28
Pts: Fernández 30
Rebs: Bartoň 6
Asts: Rubio 8
Pts: Lakovič 23
Rebs: İlyasova 14
Asts: Lakovič 6
0-1
Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, Badalona
Attendance: 10,305
Referees: J.A. Martín Bertrán, M.A. Pérez Pérez, Antonio Conde
24 May
20:00 CEST
AXA FC Barcelona 85–71 DKV Joventut
Scoring by quarter: 22-6, 23-34, 19-19, 21-12
Pts: Acker 20
Rebs: İlyasova 18
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Hernández-Sonseca 13
Rebs: Moïso 6
Asts: Mallet, Rubio 3
2-0
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 7,594
Referees: Fco. De La Maza, Daniel Hierrezuelo, J.C García González

AXA FC Barcelona win the series 2-0

ACB finals

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The finals were best-of-5 series.

29 May
21:35 CEST
AXA FC Barcelona 64–75 TAU Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 11-24, 19-12, 13-17
Pts: İlyasova 21
Rebs: İlyasova 10
Asts: Basile 6
Pts: Splitter 21
Rebs: Singleton 10
Asts: Splitter 4
0-1
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 7,123
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga, M.A. Pérez Pérez, Redondo
31 May
20:00 CEST
AXA FC Barcelona 74–78 TAU Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 16-20, 22-20, 16-17, 20-21
Pts: İlyasova 15
Rebs: İlyasova 10
Asts: Grimau, Sánchez 4
Pts: Mickeal 20
Rebs: Splitter 9
Asts: Prigioni, Splitter 2
0-2
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Attendance: 7,249
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, J.A. Martín Bertrán, J.C García González
3 June
22:00 CEST
TAU Cerámica 76–61 AXA FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 15-9, 16-17, 27-22, 18-13
Pts: Rakočević 16
Rebs: Mickeal 10
Asts: Prigioni 7
Pts: Vázquez 12
Rebs: Vázquez 6
Asts: Lakovič 4
3-0
Fernando Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Attendance: 9,900
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga, E. Pérez Pizarro, Antonio Conde

TAU Cerámica win the series 3-0

2007-08 ACB League
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