The 2019 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, also known as Supercopa

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for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th edition of the

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, an annual

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competition for clubs in the

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that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.

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defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive Supercup, 6th overall. The final between Real Madrid and Barça beat the record attendance for a supercup match with 12,348 spectators. Also, the tournament beat the accumulated attendance record for a supercup edition with 35,219 accumulated spectators after three games (11,740 spectators per game). All times were in

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( UTC+02:00).

Qualification

The tournament featured the host team, the winners from the two major competitions ( 2018–19 Liga Endesa and 2019 Copa del Rey) and the winner from the 2018–19 EuroCup.

Qualified teams

The following four teams qualified for the tournament.

Venue

On July 24, 2018, ACB selected and announced

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to host the supercup in September 2019. The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001. Architects Enrique Hermoso and Paloma Huidobro projected a ''

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'' style new arena that was built at the same location between 2002 and 2005. The arena hosted two major international

events in the first decade of the 21st century - the knockout stage of

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and the 2008 Euroleague Final Four. It also hosted the final stage of the

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of basketball in

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and

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. The arena was the finals venue for the

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and the

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Draw

The draw was held on 2 September 2020 in

, Spain.

as the league champion and Barça as cup champion were the seeded teams.

Bracket

Semifinals

Barça vs.
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vs. Montakit Fuenlabrada

Final

References

External links

Official website
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