The 2022 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 86th edition of the
Spanish Basketball King's Cup
The Copa del Rey de Baloncesto ( English: ''Basketball King's Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's top professional league, the Liga ACB.
History
Originally known as the ''Copa de España de Balo ...
. It was managed by the
ACB and was held in
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
, in the
Palacio de Deportes in February 2022.
Barça defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive cup, 27th overall.
''All times were in
Central European Time
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The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.
It is used in most parts of Eur ...
(
UTC+01:00)''.
Qualified teams
The top eight ranking teams after the first half of the
2021–22 ACB regular season participated in the cup.
On December 27, 2021, the
ACB clubs agreed unanimously to extend the scheduled date for the end of the first half of the regular season and qualification for the Copa del Rey no later than January 30, thus facilitating the recovery of postponed matches and competitive equality between all clubs. Since all the scheduled matches have not been played as of January 30, the win percentage as of January 30 was taken as the main criterion for qualifying for the Copa del Rey, counting only the matches corresponding to the first half of the regular season.
Venue
On November 11, 2021,
ACB selected and announced
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
to host the Copa del Rey in February 2022.
The arena, which was opened in 1991, is primarily used for
basketball
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and is the home arena of
Fundación CB Granada, since 2015. The arena hosted the
1999 UEFA Futsal Championship and the matches of the
Group A
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in
EuroBasket 2007
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. In 2014, the arena also hosted the matches of the group of
Spanish national team in the
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from 30 August to 14 September 2014. Hosted by Spain, it was the la ...
.
Draw
The draw was held on 31 January 2021 in
Granada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
, Spain.
The top four ranking teams act as seeded teams in the draw of the quarterfinals. For its part, the top ranking team played its quarterfinal match on Thursday.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Joventut vs. Lenovo Tenerife
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
vs.
Río Breogán
Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket Club Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup, and his Valencia Basket ...
vs.
UCAM Murcia
Barça vs. Baxi Manresa
Semifinals
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...
vs.
Lenovo Tenerife
Barça vs. UCAM Murcia
Final
References
External links
Official website
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