2024 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

2024 Copa del Rey
Tournament details
CountrySpain
CityMálaga
Venue(s)Martín Carpena
Dates15–18 February 2024
Teams8
Defending championsUnicaja
Final positions
ChampionsReal Madrid (29th title)
Runner-upBarça
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Attendance73,004 (10,429 per match)
MVPFacundo Campazzo (Real Madrid)
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The 2024 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 88th edition of the Spanish Basketball King's Cup. It was managed by the ACB and was held in Málaga, in the Martín Carpena sports palace in February 2024.[1]

Unicaja were the defending champions, but were eliminated in quarterfinals by Lenovo Tenerife in the repeat of the 2023 final.

Real Madrid won the final and conquered their 29th cup, their first since 2020 in the same arena that last time.[2]

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualified teams

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The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2023–24 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Unicaja, 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 16 1 1557 1317 +240 Qualification as seeded team
2 Unicaja (H) 17 14 3 1498 1302 +196
3 Barça 17 11 6 1458 1363 +95
4 Dreamland Gran Canaria 17 11 6 1425 1396 +29
5 UCAM Murcia 17 10 7 1414 1371 +43 Qualification as unseeded team
6 Valencia Basket 17 10 7 1367 1339 +28
7 Lenovo Tenerife 17 9 8 1403 1371 +32
8 Baxi Manresa 17 9 8 1427 1432 −5
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.[3]
(H) Hosts

Venue

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On February 20, 2023, ACB selected and announced Málaga to host the Copa del Rey in February 2024.[1] The arena was opened in 1999. It has been the long–time home arena to one of Spain's top ACB teams, Unicaja. The arena originally had a seating capacity of 9,743 spectators, and an area of around 22,000 square meters. In 2007, a project was proposed to expand the capacity of the venue to 17,000 spectators, due to the high demand for seats and tickets by fans of Unicaja. Ultimately, the expansion project was approved, but to a new capacity of 13,000 spectators, rather than the originally planned 17,000. The expansion project was then scheduled to be completed in separate phases. The first expansion phase, which was completed in 2010, increased the seating capacity from 9,743 to 11,000.

Málaga
2024 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spain)
Martín Carpena
Capacity: 10,602

Draw

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The draw was held on 15 January 2024 in Málaga, 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.[5]

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
15–16 February
Semifinals
17 February
Final
18 February
         
Real Madrid 84
UCAM Murcia 79
Real Madrid 95
Valencia Basket 76
Dreamland Gran Canaria 81
Valencia Basket 89
Real Madrid 96
Barça 85
Barça 102
Baxi Manresa 91
Barça 108
Lenovo Tenerife 76
Unicaja 83
Lenovo Tenerife 91

Quarterfinals

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Real Madrid reached its 11th consecutive semifinal after beating UCAM Murcia that fought until the end in a close match. A complete performance of Facundo Campazzo (16 points and 4 assists) and the contributions of Gabriel Deck (15 points), Mario Hezonja (14 points) and Sergio Llull (13 points) prevented further damage and allowed Real Madrid to comply with the script and clinch, with more suffering than expected, their ticket to the semifinals against UCAM Murcia that gave everything and had options until the end, but were hampered by their poor 3-point percentage in a match where they were behind on the scoreboard from start to finish. In this match, Sergio Llull became the player with more 3-pointers made in the history of the final stage of the Copa del Rey.[6]

15 February 2024 Real Madrid 84–79 UCAM Murcia Málaga
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 19–17, 19–22, 21–23
Pts: Campazzo 16
Rebs: Hezonja 7
Asts: Campazzo 4
PIR: Campazzo 25
Boxscore Pts: Ennis 17
Rebs: Sant-Roos, Todorović 5
Asts: Caupain 4
PIR: Caupain, Ennis 12
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 9,736
Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Benjamín Jiménez, Alfonso Olivares

Valencia Basket reached the semifinals after beating Dreamland Gran Canaria in extra time. The Valencian defense and Brandon Davies's energy (17 points and 7 rebounds) were decisive. A 10–0 streak near of the end of the fourth quarter and their greatest skill in extra time helped Valencia Basket from being eliminated from the Copa del Rey at the hands of a brave Dreamland Gran Canaria which, after dominating for much of the match and forcing extra time at the buzzer, ended up giving in to the faith of its rival, which knew how to overcome the scoring exhibition of Sylven Landesberg with 25 points.

15 February 2024 Dreamland Gran Canaria 81–890(OT) Valencia Basket Málaga
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 17–15, 19–16, 23–29Overtime: 4–12
Pts: Landesberg 25
Rebs: Lammers 8
Asts: Brussino 5
PIR: Landesberg 24
Boxscore Pts: Davies 17
Rebs: Inglis 12
Asts: Inglis 7
PIR: Inglis 22
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 9,598
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Luis Miguel Castillo, Sergio Manuel

Barça had to work hard to overcome a great Baxi Manresa. The exhibition in the hoops of Willy Hernangómez (16 points and 10 rebounds) in his return to the Copa del Rey eight years later and the skills and intelligence of Jabari Parker (19 points) and Nicolás Laprovíttola (18 points) broke the resistance of a choral Baxi Manresa which kept in the match for 38 minutes with Barça that, after its early elimination in 2023, returned to the semifinals two years later.

16 February 2024 Barça 102–91 Baxi Manresa Málaga
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 28–20, 24–28, 28–20
Pts: Parker 19
Rebs: Hernangómez 10
Asts: Laprovíttola 8
PIR: Laprovíttola 25
Boxscore Pts: Taylor 17
Rebs: Vaulet 9
Asts: Taylor 6
PIR: Geben 16
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,423
Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Fernando Calatrava, Carlos Cortés

Lenovo Tenerife achieved, one year later, the revenge of 2023 final against Unicaja that, on this occasion, was defeated, after a vibrant quarterfinal match that anyone could have won, but where the scoring skill shown by Aaron Doornekamp (25 points with 6/6 in three-pointers),[7] Kyle Guy (23 points) and Giorgi Shermadini (17 points) were the keys in the Canarian team's pass to the semifinals, where Barça was already waiting for them.

16 February 2024 Unicaja 83–91 Lenovo Tenerife Málaga
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 23–19, 16–21, 18–25
Pts: Osetkowski 16
Rebs: Kravish 8
Asts: Díaz, Taylor 4
PIR: Osetkowski 20
Boxscore Pts: Doornekamp 25
Rebs: Cook 9
Asts: Guy 7
PIR: Guy 30
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,900
Referees: Antonio Conde, Rafael Serrano, Arnau Padrós

Semifinals

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Real Madrid advanced to the Copa del Rey final by downing Valencia Basket in the first semifinal. Džanan Musa led the winners with 18 points. Guerschon Yabusele added 14, Sergio Llull had 11 while Facundo Campazzo and Vincent Poirier each got 10 for Real Madrid. Brandon Davies led Valencia with 18 points. Justin Anderson and Xabier López-Arostegui had 12 apiece. Davies and Chris Jones each struck from downtown to give Valencia Basket an early 3–6 lead. Real Madrid found a go–to guy in Musa, who had 7 points in a 16–0 run that Yabusele capped with a basket that boosted Real Madrid' lead to 19–6. Jones and Semi Ojeleye brought Valencia Basket closer, 23–17, after 10 minutes. López-Arostegui got Valencia Basket within 42–39 near halftime, then Musa and Mario Hezonja boosted Real Madrid's lead to 48–39 at halftime. Musa and Yabusele got help from Campazzo to break the game open, 65–44, soon after the break, and Real Madrid never looked back.

17 February 2024 Real Madrid 95–76 Valencia Basket Málaga
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 25–22, 32–16, 15–21
Pts: Musa 18
Rebs: Poirier, Tavares 8
Asts: Campazzo 9
PIR: Poirier, Campazzo 22
Boxscore Pts: Davies 18
Rebs: Inglis 9
Asts: Jones 4
PIR: Davies, López-Arostegui 13
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,900
Referees: Carlos Peruga, Carlos Cortés, Luis Miguel Castillo

Barça reached the Copa del Rey final for the 39th time by thrashing Lenovo Tenerife in Málaga. Willy Hernangómez led Barça with 15 points. Darío Brizuela added 13 while Álex Abrines, Joel Parra and Rokas Jokubaitis had for 10 for Barça, who trailed 14–16 after 10 minutes. Brizuela, Tomáš Satoranský and Abrines each struck from downtown in a 27–4 run that broke the game open, 41–20. Barça soon boosted its margin to 54–24 at the break. That 30-point lead at halftime is one of the three records Barça beat in this game, along with most points in a quarter (40) and biggest difference in a quarter (40–8, +32).[8] Barça went on to keep a really safe lead until the final buzzer ahead of its next game against Real Madrid in a new edition of El Clásico at the Copa del Rey final.

17 February 2024 Barça 108–76 Lenovo Tenerife Málaga
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 40–8, 24–24, 30–28
Pts: Hernangómez 15
Rebs: Hernangómez 7
Asts: Satoranský 7
PIR: Hernangómez 22
Boxscore Pts: Abromaitis 16
Rebs: Diop, Shermadini 4
Asts: Huertas 4
PIR: Abromaitis 17
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,547
Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Alfonso Olivares

Final

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Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey for a record 29th time after holding off archrival Barça in the final. Facundo Campazzo starred with 18 points and 6 assists and Vincent Poirier posted 17 points and 8 rebounds to lead the winners in a perfect final for the French center.[9] Džanan Musa and Guerschon Yabusele added 15 points apiece, Gabriel Deck scored 13 and Mario Hezonja 12. Jabari Parker paced Barça with 19 points, Tomáš Satoranský contributed 15 and Jan Veselý 14. Real Madrid jumped out to a 9–2 start and Barça came back to tie the final in 19–19 at the end of the first quarter. It was 43–45 at halftime and Veselý put Barça up by 4 early in the third quarter. Real Madrid turned the tables to take a 66–63 lead into the fourth quarter. Three–pointers made by Yabusele and Deck saw Madrid pad their lead, but Barça kept it close, 81–77, after a Satoranský basket with less than 4 minutes to play. A 12–2 run then put the game on ice and started the celebrations.

18 February 2024 Real Madrid 96–85 Barça Málaga
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–26, 23–18, 30–22
Pts: Campazzo 18
Rebs: Yabusele 9
Asts: Campazzo 6
PIR: Poirier 32
Boxscore Pts: Parker 19
Rebs: Hernangómez 8
Asts: Laprovíttola 4
PIR: Parker 17
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,900
Referees: Antonio Conde, Rafael Serrano, Arnau Padrós


2024 Copa del Rey champions
Real Madrid
29th title

Statistical leaders

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Pos Player Club PIR
1 Austria Sylven Landesberg Dreamland Gran Canaria 24.0
2 France Vincent Poirier Real Madrid 22.3
3 Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini Lenovo Tenerife 21.0
4 Argentina Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid 20.3
5 United States Dylan Osetkowski Unicaja 20.0

Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1 Austria Sylven Landesberg Dreamland Gran Canaria 25.0
2 United States Kyle Guy Lenovo Tenerife 17.5
3 Uganda Brandon Davies Valencia Basket 17.5
4 Jamaica Dylan Ennis UCAM Murcia 17.0
5 United States Brandon Taylor Baxi Manresa 17.0

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1 France Damien Inglis Valencia Basket 10.5
2 Argentina Juan Pablo Vaulet Baxi Manresa 9.0
3 Spain Willy Hernangómez Barça 8.3
4 Bulgaria David Kravish Unicaja 8.0
5 United States Ben Lammers Dreamland Gran Canaria 8.0

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1 Argentina Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid 6.3
2 United States Brandon Taylor Baxi Manresa 6.0
3 Argentina Nicolás Brussino Dreamland Gran Canaria 5.0
4 Argentina Nicolás Laprovíttola Barça 5.0
5 France Damien Inglis Valencia Basket 5.0

Source: ACB

Awards

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Pos. Player Team
PG Argentina Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid

Source: [10]

References

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  2. ^ "Los detalles del campeón R.Madrid | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Así están las cuentas para la Copa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 30 December 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ^ "El sorteo de la Copa, el lunes 15 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Los 8 clasificados de la Copa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 7 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Llull, líder triplista de la Copa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Doornekamp: el partido más perfecto | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Barça y el mejor cuarto de la Copa | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 17 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Poirier, 10/10 en tiros en la final | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Campazzo, MVP Movistar Copa 2024 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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