Basque basketball derby
| Locale |
 Basque Country
|
|---|---|
| Teams |
Baskonia Bilbao Basket |
| First meeting | Bilbao 57–104 Baskonia 2004–05 ACB (3 October 2004) |
| Latest meeting | Bilbao 64–75 Baskonia 2016–17 ACB (10 May 2017) |
| Stadiums |
Bilbao Arena (Bilbao) Fernando Buesa Arena (Vitoria-Gasteiz) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 37 |
| Most wins | Baskonia (28) |
| Largest victory |
Bilbao 57–104 Baskonia 2004–05 ACB (3 October 2004) |
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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