The 2019 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 83rd edition of the

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. It was managed by the ACB and was held in

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, in the WiZink Center in February 2019. Barça Lassa defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive cup, 25th overall. All times were in

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( UTC+01:00)''.

Qualified teams

The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2018–19 ACB regular season and one team from the

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qualified for the tournament. As one team from the Community of Madrid,

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, was among the seven highest ranking teams, the second highest ranking team from the Community of Madrid, Movistar Estudiantes, entered the Copa del Rey.

Draw

The 2019 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was drawn on 21 January 2019 at approximately 12:00 and was broadcast live on

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and on TV in many countries. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals. As in recent seasons, the first qualified team plays its quarterfinal game on Thursday.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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vs. Unicaja

Barça Lassa vs.
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Kirolbet Baskonia vs. Divina Seguros Joventut

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vs. Movistar Estudiantes

Semifinals

Barça Lassa vs.
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vs. Divina Seguros Joventut

Final

After wasting a 15-point difference in the last quarter, Real Madrid's

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took the game to the overtime with a two-pointer with only three seconds left. In the extra time and with ten seconds left, a hard contact of Anthony Randolph to Chris Singleton was not sanctioned with a foul and in the next play,

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scored a 2+1 for allowing Real to take the lead. In the last play, Randolph blocked the shot of Ante Tomić but the referees sanctioned a goaltending despite watching it in the

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. After the match, Real Madrid threatened to leave the ACB.

References

External links

Copa del Rey official websiteCopa del Rey news
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