ACB Primera División
Season	1987–88
Number of games	264
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Relegated	None [a]
Finals
Champions	FC Barcelona 2nd ACB title 5th Spanish title
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Semifinalists	CAI Zaragoza RAM Joventut
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 ACB season was the 5th season of the ACB Primera División, the top Spanish professional basketball league. It started on 26 September 1987 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 24 May 1988 with the finals.

FC Barcelona won their second consecutive ACB title, and their fifth Spanish title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 1986–87 season and two promoted from the 1986–87 Primera División B.

Teams promoted from Primera División B

• Caja Ronda
• Bancobao Villalba

Venues and locations

Team	Home city	Arena
Bancobao Villalba	Collado Villalba	Municipal
Cacaolat Granollers	Granollers	Municipal
CAI Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Palacio de Deportes
Caja Ronda	Málaga	Ciudad Jardín
Cajabilbao	Bilbao	La Casilla
Cajacanarias	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Juan Ríos Tejera
Estudiantes Todagrés	Madrid	Palacio de Deportes
FC Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana
Fórum Filatélico Valladolid	Valladolid	Pisuerga
IFA Espanyol	Barcelona	Palau dels Esports
Magia de Huesca	Huesca	Municipal
Oximesa Granada	Albolote	José Antonio Murado
RAM Joventut	Badalona	Club Joventut Badalona
Real Madrid	Madrid	Palacio de Deportes
Taugrés	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Mendizorrotza
TDK Manresa	Manresa	Congost

First phase

Group Odd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fórum Filatélico Valladolid	14	11	3	1160	1091	+69	25	Qualification to Group A1
2	FC Barcelona	14	11	3	1299	1140	+159	25
3	Estudiantes Todagrés	14	9	5	1215	1142	+73	23
4	CAI Zaragoza	14	7	7	1182	1144	+38	21
5	Cacaolat Granollers	14	6	8	1205	1239	−34	20	Qualification to Group A2
6	Cajabilbao	14	6	8	1213	1219	−6	20
7	Oximesa Granada	14	5	9	1180	1238	−58	19
8	Caja Ronda	14	1	13	972	1213	−241	15

Group Even

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	14	14	0	1350	1099	+251	28	Qualification to Group A1
2	RAM Joventut	14	9	5	1328	1221	+107	23
3	Cajacanarias	14	8	6	1287	1286	+1	22
4	Magia de Huesca	14	7	7	1264	1264	0	21
5	Taugrés	14	7	7	1290	1301	−11	21	Qualification to Group A2
6	TDK Manresa	14	7	7	1275	1298	−23	21
7	IFA Espanyol	14	2	12	1185	1333	−148	16
8	Bancobao Villalba	14	2	12	1179	1356	−177	16

Second phase

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Barcelona	14	12	2	1374	1188	+186	26	Qualification to quarterfinals
2	Real Madrid	14	11	3	1347	1174	+173	25
3	CAI Zaragoza	14	9	5	1232	1196	+36	23
4	RAM Joventut	14	8	6	1298	1186	+112	22
5	Estudiantes Todagrés	14	7	7	1160	1218	−58	21	Qualification to first round
6	Cajacanarias	14	5	9	1228	1389	−161	19
7	Fórum Filatélico Valladolid	14	3	11	1064	1226	−162	17
8	Magia de Huesca	14	1	13	1133	1259	−126	15

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cacaolat Granollers	14	11	3	1232	1147	+85	25	Qualification to first round
2	Taugrés	14	9	5	1288	1213	+75	23
3	Oximesa Granada	14	9	5	1249	1168	+81	23
4	Cajabilbao	14	9	5	1213	1180	+33	23
5	TDK Manresa	14	8	6	1169	1152	+17	22	Qualification to relegation playoffs
6	Bancobao Villalba	14	5	9	1225	1284	−59	19
7	IFA Espanyol	14	5	9	1138	1189	−51	19
8	Caja Ronda	14	0	14	1209	1390	−181	14

Playoffs

Championship playoffs

	First round								Quarterfinals								Semifinals								Finals
									A1–1 FC Barcelona				116	77
									A2–1 Cacaolat Granollers				85	75
	A1–8 Magia de Huesca				91	98
	A2–1 Cacaolat Granollers				95	119
																	A1–1 FC Barcelona	97	88	90	80	86
																	A1–4 RAM Joventut	75	90	96	74	67
									A1–4 RAM Joventut				102	78
									A1–5 Estudiantes Todagrés				93	75
	A1–5 Estudiantes Todagrés				93	83
	A2–4 Cajabilbao				87	77
																									A1–1 FC Barcelona	75	87	85	78	93
																									A1–2 Real Madrid	73	77	90	90	79
									A1–2 Real Madrid			81	103	90
									A2–2 Taugrés			89	55	86
	A1–7 Fórum Valladolid				76	77
	A2–2 Taugrés				84	84
																	A1–2 Real Madrid			93	89	93
																	A1–3 CAI Zaragoza			84	88	92
									A1–3 CAI Zaragoza				104	108
									A1–6 Cajacanarias				90	92
	A1–6 Cajacanarias			79	98	88
	A2–3 Oximesa Granada			83	85	86

Source: Linguasport

Relegation playoffs

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
TDK Manresa	2–3	Caja Ronda	107–100	104–81	93–105	88–95	110–112
Bancobao Villalba	3–1	IFA Espanyol	95–85	99–100	105–104	79–78	0

Source: Linguasport

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	FC Barcelona (C)	40	31	9	Qualification to European Champions Cup
2	Real Madrid	39	32	7	Qualification to European Cup Winners' Cup
3	CAI Zaragoza	33	18	15	Qualification to Korać Cup
4	RAM Joventut	35	21	14
5	Estudiantes Todagrés	32	18	14
6	Cajacanarias	33	15	18
7	Cacaolat Granollers	32	19	13
8	Taugrés	33	19	14
9	Fórum Filatélico Valladolid	30	14	16
10	Magia de Huesca	30	8	22
11	Oximesa Granada	31	15	16
12	Cajabilbao	30	15	15
13	Bancobao Villalba	32	10	22
14	Caja Ronda	33	4	29
15	TDK Manresa	33	17	16
16	IFA Espanyol	32	8	24

Notes

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Linguasport (in Spanish)