2023 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

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2023 Copa del Rey
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Tournament details
Country Spain
City Badalona
Venue(s) Palau Municipal d'Esports
Dates16–19 February 2023
Teams8
Defending champions Barça
Final positions
Champions Unicaja (2nd title)
Runner-up Lenovo Tenerife
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Attendance74,665 (10,666 per match)
MVP Tyson Carter (Unicaja)
All statistics correct as of 19 February 2023.
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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]

Contents

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

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.

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDQualification
1 Real Madrid 1714314901285+205Qualification as seeded team
2 Barça 1714314291245+184
3 Lenovo Tenerife 1713414011228+173
4 Cazoo Baskonia 1713415401405+135
5 Unicaja 1712514751290+185Qualification as unseeded team
6 Gran Canaria 1710714241350+74
7 Joventut (H)1710714091359+50
8 Valencia Basket 179814661434+32
Source: ACB
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

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)
Palau Municipal d'Esports
Capacity: 12,760
Olimpico de Badalona marzo 2022.jpg

Draw

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

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

Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket

16 February 2023 Real Madrid 86–85 Valencia Basket Badalona
18:30Scoring 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

16 February 2023 Barça 87–890(OT) Unicaja Badalona
21:30Scoring by quarter:21–20, 20–14, 14–16, 21–26, Overtime: 11–13
Pts: Mirotić 15
Rebs: Mirotić 9
Asts: Veselý 5
PIR: Mirotić, Satoranský 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

17 February 2023 Lenovo Tenerife 89–73 Gran Canaria Badalona
18:30Scoring 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

17 February 2023 Joventut 94–81 Cazoo Baskonia Badalona
21:30Scoring 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

Real Madrid vs. Unicaja

18 February 2023 Real Madrid 82–93 Unicaja Badalona
18:30Scoring 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

18 February 2023 Joventut 72–73 Lenovo Tenerife Badalona
21:30Scoring 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

19 February 2023 Lenovo Tenerife 80–83 Unicaja Badalona
19:00Scoring 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
Unicaja
2nd title

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