2023 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| City | Badalona |
| Venue(s) | Palau Municipal d'Esports |
| Dates | 16–19 February 2023 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Barça |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Unicaja (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Lenovo Tenerife |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Attendance | 74,665 (10,666 per match) |
| MVP | Tyson Carter (Unicaja) |
| All statistics correct as of 19 February 2023. | |
The 2023 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 87th edition of the Spanish Basketball King's Cup. It was managed by the ACB and was held in Badalona, in the Palau Municipal d'Esports in February 2023.[1]
Barça were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Unicaja in the quarterfinals, who went on to win the cup for their 2nd overall.
All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
Qualified teams[edit]
The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2022–23 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Joventut, host team, finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified entered in the Copa del Rey.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1490 | 1285 | +205 | Qualification as seeded team |
| 2 | Barça | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1429 | 1245 | +184 | |
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1401 | 1228 | +173 | |
| 4 | Cazoo Baskonia | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1540 | 1405 | +135 | |
| 5 | Unicaja | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1475 | 1290 | +185 | Qualification as unseeded team |
| 6 | Gran Canaria | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1424 | 1350 | +74 | |
| 7 | Joventut (H) | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1409 | 1359 | +50 | |
| 8 | Valencia Basket | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1466 | 1434 | +32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Win–loss record; 2) Point difference; 3) Points scored; 4) Sum of quotients of points scored; 5) Previous season standings position.[2]
(H) Hosts
Venue[edit]
On May 16, 2022, ACB selected and announced Badalona to host the Copa del Rey in February 2023.[1] The arena is primarily used for basketball, though it is also an habitual home for music concerts and other municipal events. The arena was built in 1991, it was opened in 1992 with a basketball game between Catalonia and Croatia; where Croatians won by 118-82 led with 30 points of Toni Kukoč and 21 point of Dražen Petrović.[3] The arena hosted the basketball tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Olympic Basketball Tournament. It was designed by the architects Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius, who won the 1992 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture for this building. It is also the home arena of Joventut, one of the most important professional basketball squads in Spain. Before the Pavelló Olímpic was built, the now 3,300 capacity Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona hosted the city basketball games and most of the other indoor sports.
| Badalona | 2023 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spain) |
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| Palau Municipal d'Esports | |
| Capacity: 12,760 | |
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Draw[edit]
The draw was held on 23 January 2023 in Badalona, Spain.[4] The top four ranking teams act as seeded teams in the draw of the quarterfinals. For its part, the top ranked team played its quarterfinal match on Thursday.
Bracket[edit]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Joventut | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Cazoo Baskonia | 81 | |||||||||||||
| Joventut | 72 | |||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Gran Canaria | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 86 | |||||||||||||
| Valencia Basket | 85 | |||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 82 | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 93 | |||||||||||||
| Barça | 87 | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 89 | |||||||||||||
Quarterfinals[edit]
Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket[edit]
| 16 February 2023 | Real Madrid | 86–85 | Valencia Basket | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–21, 22–24, 23–27 | |||
| Pts: Deck 19 Rebs: Deck 9 Asts: Hanga 4 PIR: Deck 26 | Boxscore | Pts: Jones 20 Rebs: Claver, Dubljević 5 Asts: Jones 5 PIR: Jones 17 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 9,218 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Óscar Perea, Joaquín García | |
Barça vs. Unicaja[edit]
| 16 February 2023 | Barça | 87–89(OT) | Unicaja | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30 | Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–14, 14–16, 21–26, Overtime: 11–13 | |||
| Pts: Mirotić 15 Rebs: Mirotić 9 Asts: Veselý 5 PIR: Satoranský, Mirotić 14 | Boxscore | Pts: Brizuela 27 Rebs: Perry 6 Asts: Thomas 6 PIR: Perry 27 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 10,147 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava, Jorge Martínez | |
Lenovo Tenerife vs. Gran Canaria[edit]
| 17 February 2023 | Lenovo Tenerife | 89–73 | Gran Canaria | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 30–25, 25–13, 17–20, 17–15 | |||
| Pts: Fernández 26 Rebs: Guerra 5 Asts: Huertas 6 PIR: Fernández 24 | Boxscore | Pts: Shurna 18 Rebs: Diop 7 Asts: Brussino 7 PIR: Shurna 19 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 9,386 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Benjamín Jiménez, Alfonso Olivares | |
Joventut vs. Cazoo Baskonia[edit]
| 17 February 2023 | Joventut | 94–81 | Cazoo Baskonia | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30 | Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 21–23, 33–15, 26–24 | |||
| Pts: Tomić 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Guy 6 PIR: Tomić 21 | Boxscore | Pts: Giedraitis 13 Rebs: Costello 6 Asts: Thompson 8 PIR: Costello, Sedekerskis 16 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 11,075 Referees: Antonio Conde, Martín Caballero, Rafael Serrano | |
Semifinals[edit]
Real Madrid vs. Unicaja[edit]
| 18 February 2023 | Real Madrid | 82–93 | Unicaja | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 20–22, 20–27, 23–27 | |||
| Pts: Tavares 19 Rebs: Deck 6 Asts: Rodríguez 3 PIR: Tavares 26 | Boxscore | Pts: Kravish 20 Rebs: Kravish, Kalinoski 6 Asts: Carter 5 PIR: Kravish 24 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 11,547 Referees: Antonio Conde, Óscar Perea, Rafael Serrano | |
Joventut vs. Lenovo Tenerife[edit]
| 18 February 2023 | Joventut | 72–73 | Lenovo Tenerife | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:30 | Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 17–17, 15–17, 13–16 | |||
| Pts: Parra 26 Rebs: Ellenson 8 Asts: Guy, Ribas 2 PIR: Parra 26 | Boxscore | Pts: Huertas 15 Rebs: Doornekamp 10 Asts: Huertas, Fernández 4 PIR: Shermadini 19 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 11,834 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Benjamín Jiménez | |
Final[edit]
| 19 February 2023 | Lenovo Tenerife | 80–83 | Unicaja | Badalona |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 23–20, 21–23, 20–23 | |||
| Pts: Huertas 21 Rebs: Shermadini 9 Asts: Huertas 10 PIR: Shermadini 31 | Boxscore | Pts: Carter 17 Rebs: Kalinoski 9 Asts: Díaz 9 PIR: Carter 17 | Arena: Palau Municipal d'Esports Attendance: 11,458 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Benjamín Jiménez, Fernando Calatrava | |
| 2023 Copa del Rey champions |
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| Unicaja 2nd title |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "La Copa del Rey 2023, en Badalona | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "¡Así queda la lucha por la Copa! | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ Crošarka Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Prije 20 godina: Sve utakmice Hrvatske do Olimpijskih igara u Barceloni, Autor: Sanjin Vučković/ Foto: Olimpijci.hr , Aug 08, 2012 (in Croatian)
- ^ "El sorteo de la Copa, en directo | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Spanish)