2023 Polish Basketball Cup

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Polish Basketball Cup
Hala sportowo widowiskowa globus, lublin.jpg
The Globus, venue for the tournament
Season 2022–23
Duration16–19 February
Number of games7
Number of teams8
Regular season
Season MVP Flag of the United States.svg Garrett Nevels
Finals
Champions Trefl Sopot (3rd title)
  Runners-up Polski Cukier Start Lublin
Semifinalists Anwil Włocławek, Spójnia Stargard
2022
2024

The 2023 Suzuki Polish Basketball Cup (Polish : Puchar Polski 2023) was the 59th edition of Poland's national cup competition for men basketball teams. It is managed by the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and was held in Lublin, in the Globus. [1]

Contents

Qualified teams

The eight participants qualified for the tournament after the first half of the 2022–23 PLK season. The highest-placed three teams joined Start Lublin and would play against the four low-seeded teams in the quarter-finals. [2] As host of the tournament, Start Lublin gained automatic qualification.

Hosts
Polski Cukier Start Lublin Seeded
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsSeeding
1 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 1514113331171+16229Seeded
2 BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 1511413021174+12826
3 King Szczecin 1510512921233+5925
4 Trefl Sopot 1510512511211+4025Unseeded
5 Legia Warszawa 159611711141+3024
6 Anwil Włocławek 158712111161+5023
7 Spójnia Stargard 158712291208+2123
Source: PLK

Draw

The draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Lublin at Lublin Conference Center. [3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
16–17 February
Semifinals
18 February
Final
19 February
         
King Szczecin 87
Spójnia Stargard 92
Spójnia Stargard 86
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 109
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 87
Legia Warszawa 86
Polski Cukier Start Lublin 80
Trefl Sopot 91
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 80
Anwil Włocławek 89
Anwil Włocławek 91
Trefl Sopot 93
WKS Śląsk Wrocław 70
Trefl Sopot 79

Quarterfinals

16 February 2023 King Szczecin 8792 Spójnia Stargard Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–31, 21–13, 32–28
Polsat Sport Pts: Cuthbertson 18
Rebs: Cuthbertson 8
Asts: Mazurczak 9
PIR: Cuthbertson 27
Boxscore Pts: Penava 20
Rebs: Benson 10
Asts: Fortson 9
PIR: Penava 26
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 800
Referees: Marek Maliszewski, Dariusz Zapolski, Maciej Krupiński
16 February 2023 Polski Cukier Start Lublin 8786 Legia Warszawa Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter:17–15, 25–20, 24–19, 21–32
Polsat Sport Pts: Melvin 18
Rebs: Čavars 11
Asts: Smith 10
PIR: Čavars, Smith 23
Boxscore Pts: Vinales 33
Rebs: Leslie 11
Asts: Vinales 6
PIR: Vinales 29
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 1,215
Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Bartłomiej Kucharski
17 February 2023 BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski 8089 Anwil Włocławek Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter:25–22, 22–16, 12–23, 21–28
Polsat Sport Pts: Đurišić 18
Rebs: Đurišić 8
Asts: Perkins 8
PIR: Đurišić 23
Boxscore Pts: Williams 17
Rebs: Williams 11
Asts: Łączyński 7
PIR: Williams 28
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 400
Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Tomasz Trawicki, Mariusz Nawrocki
17 February 2023 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 7079 Trefl Sopot Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 23–15, 19–24, 13–16
Polsat Sport Pts: Martin 13
Rebs: Parakhouski, Ramljak 5
Asts: Martin 4
PIR: Martin 15
Boxscore Pts: Nevels 30
Rebs: Gordon 11
Asts: Wells 4
PIR: Nevels 33
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 700
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Michał Kuzia

Semifinals

18 February 2023 Spójnia Stargard 86109 Polski Cukier Start Lublin Lublin
15:00 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 25–26, 16–26, 26–30
Polsat Sport Pts: Mathews 19
Rebs: Clarke 15
Asts: Fortson 5
PIR: Gruszecki 16
Boxscore Pts: Melvin 24
Rebs: Čavars 7
Asts: Smith 15
PIR: Čavars, Melvin
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Bartłomiej Kucharski
18 February 2023 Anwil Włocławek 91930(OT) Trefl Sopot Lublin
19:00 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter:19–15, 15–17, 16–20, 16–14, Overtime: 25–27
Polsat Sport Pts: Moore 15
Rebs: Sanders, Williams 7
Asts: Sanders 6
PIR: Sanders 21
Boxscore Pts: Nevels 30
Rebs: Nevels 13
Asts: Pluta 6
PIR: Nevels 37
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 700
Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Karol Nowak

Finals

19 February 2023 Polski Cukier Start Lublin 8091 Trefl Sopot Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)Scoring by quarter:23–18, 22–29, 20–23, 15–21
Polsat Sport Pts: DeVoe, Smith 15
Rebs: Krasuski, Smith 6
Asts: Smith 7
PIR: Melvin 20
Boxscore Pts: Nevels 27
Rebs: Radić 9
Asts: Wells 9
PIR: Nevels 34
Arena: Globus
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Dariusz Zapolski, Bartłomiej Kucharski


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 11 Flag of the United States.svg Scoochie Smith 1567
SG 10 Flag of the United States.svg Gabe DeVoe 1524
SF 3 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Dziemba 851
PF 2 Flag of the United States.svg Cleveland Melvin 1435
C 15 Flag of Latvia.svg Klāvs Čavars 1250
Reserves:
PG 0 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Świtacz DNP
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Troy Barnies 1130
G 7 Flag of Poland.svg Bartłomiej Pelczar 000
SG 9 Flag of Poland.svg Norbert Ziółko DNP
SF 12 Flag of Poland.svg Sebastian Walda DNP
G 17 Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Kępka DNP
SF 21 Flag of Poland.svg Michał Krasuski 522
Head coach:
Flag of Poland.svg Artur Gronek
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Kit body basketball.svg
Kit shorts.png
Kit shorts.svg
Start Lublin
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Kit body basketball.svg
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Kit shorts.svg
Trefl Sopot


Start LublinStatisticsTrefl Sopot
22/33 (66.7%)2 point field goals 26/42 (61.9%)
9/27 (33.3%)3 point field goals 10/30 (33.3%)
9/15 (60%) Free throws 9/11 (81.8%)
6Offensive rebounds11
26Defensive rebounds26
32Total rebounds37
19Assists24
5Steals9
14Turnovers7
4Blocks3
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 22 Flag of the United States.svg Cameron Wells 1139
SG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Garrett Nevels 2776
SF 23 Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kolenda 431
PF 15 Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Zyskowski 2643
C 41 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivica Radić 490
Reserves:
SG 0 Flag of Poland.svg Jan Malesa DNP
G 3 Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Pluta Jr. 023
F/C 6 Flag of Latvia.svg Rolands Freimanis 550
PF 7 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Urbaniak DNP
G/F 11 Flag of Poland.svg Błażej Kulikowski 000
G 13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean Salumu 821
C 25 Flag of the United States.svg Wesley Gordon 621
Head coach:
Flag of Croatia.svg Žan Tabak
2023 Polish Basketball Cup Winners
Trefl Sopot
(3rd title)

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