2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
Tournament details
Arena	Gran Canaria Arena ; Las Palmas
Dates	15–18 February 2018
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona Lassa
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Awards and statistics
MVP	Thomas Heurtel
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 82nd edition of the Spanish King's Basketball Cup, won by FC Barcelona Lassa against former 4-time reigning champions Real Madrid. The competition is managed by the ACB and was held in Las Palmas, in the Gran Canaria Arena in February 2018.^[1]^[2]

All times are in Western European Time (UTC±00:00).

Qualified teams

The seven first qualified after the first half of the 2017–18 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Herbalife Gran Canaria, host team, not finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified did not enter in the Copa del Rey.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Seeding
1	Real Madrid	17	16	1	1565	1346	+219	Qualified as seeded teams
2	Valencia Basket	17	12	5	1426	1295	+131
3	FC Barcelona Lassa	17	11	6	1528	1385	+143
4	Montakit Fuenlabrada	17	11	6	1311	1358	−47
5	Unicaja	17	10	7	1376	1258	+118
6	Baskonia	17	10	7	1412	1364	+48
7	Iberostar Tenerife	17	10	7	1308	1271	+37
9	Herbalife Gran Canaria (H)	17	9	8	1443	1426	+17

Source: ACB
(H) Hosts

Draw

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was drawn on 23 January 2018 at approximately 11:30 and was broadcast live on YouTube and on TV in many countries.^[3] 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.

Threat of strike

In the previous week of the Cup, the Basketball Players Association (ABP) called for a strike on 14 February, thus trying to stop the Cup if the ACB do not accept their requirements, in the negotiation of the new collective agreement, including the subsidy of €315,000 from the league to the players' trade union.^[4]^[5]

After the trade union's proposal, several clubs refused to follow the strike. However, many players are supporting the Players' Association by social networks. Finally, on 13 February, ACB and ABP agreed terms and the Cup would be played normally.^[6]

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

15 February

Valencia Basket	72
		17 February
Iberostar Tenerife	79
		Iberostar Tenerife	59
15 February
		Real Madrid	77
Real Madrid	89
				18 February
Unicaja	84
				Real Madrid	90
16 February
				FC Barcelona Lassa	92
Herbalife Gran Canaria	107
		17 February
Montakit Fuenlabrada	92
		Herbalife Gran Canaria	74
16 February
		FC Barcelona Lassa	87
FC Barcelona Lassa	94

Baskonia	90

Quarterfinals

Valencia Basket vs. Iberostar Tenerife

15 February 2018	Valencia Basket	72–79	Iberostar Tenerife	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–16, 19–23, 17–20
	Pts: Green 14 Rebs: Pleiß 8 Asts: Doornekamp, Pleiß 3 PIR: Pleiß 24	Boxscore	Pts: Abromaitis 15 Rebs: Tobey, Vázquez 6 Asts: San Miguel 8 PIR: Vázquez 13	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 8,324 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Carlos Cortés

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

F	00	Will Thomas	11	2	1
F	6	Alberto Abalde	9	3	2
G	17	Rafa Martínez	3	0	0
C	21	Tibor Pleiß	13	8	3
F	42	Aaron Doornekamp	5	7	3
Reserves:
G	3	Josep Puerto	DNP
G	5	Sergi García	0	0	1
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	6	5	1
F	19	Fernando San Emeterio	7	4	0
F	30	Joan Sastre	4	2	1
G	32	Erick Green	14	1	0
C	51	Tryggvi Hlinason	DNP
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta

Valencia Basket

Iberostar Tenerife

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	00	Rodrigo San Miguel	6	1	8
C	13	Mike Tobey	11	6	0
G	20	Mateusz Ponitka	14	4	1
F	21	Tim Abromaitis	15	4	0
F	77	Kostas Vasileiadis	9	2	2
Reserves:
G	6	Tobias Borg	DNP
C	7	Mamadou Niang	0	0	0
G	10	Ferrán Bassas	0	3	2
C	17	Fran Vázquez	12	6	0
F	25	Rosco Allen	0	2	0
F	33	Javier Beirán	4	2	5
G	34	Davin White	8	0	0
Head coach:
Fotios Katsikaris

Real Madrid vs. Unicaja

15 February 2018	Real Madrid	89–84	Unicaja	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 20–22, 18–21, 25–18
	Pts: Campazzo 18 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 7 PIR: Campazzo 33	Boxscore	Pts: Suárez 17 Rebs: Shermadini 7 Asts: Nedović, Suárez 3 PIR: Suárez 23	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,327 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Carlos Peruga, Luis Miguel Castillo

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	1	Fabien Causeur	12	0	1
G	7	Luka Dončić	11	5	5
G	11	Facundo Campazzo	18	3	7
F	33	Trey Thompkins	14	4	0
F	44	Jeffery Taylor	3	1	0
Reserves:
G	2	Chasson Randle	DNP
F	3	Anthony Randolph	7	3	0
F	5	Rudy Fernández	11	3	1
F	8	Jonas Mačiulis	DNP
F	9	Felipe Reyes	2	0	0
G	20	Jaycee Carroll	3	1	1
C	22	Edy Tavares	8	9	1
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Real Madrid

Unicaja

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	3	Ray McCallum	10	2	2
F	11	Dani Díez	4	2	0
G	16	Nemanja Nedović	11	2	3
F	23	Jeff Brooks	8	3	0
C	40	James Augustine	2	1	1
Reserves:
C	2	Viny Okouo	DNP
G	9	Alberto Díaz	3	2	2
G	10	Sasu Salin	9	0	1
G	12	Dragan Milosavljević	DNP
C	17	Giorgi Shermadini	5	7	2
F	21	Adam Waczyński	15	4	1
F	43	Carlos Suárez	17	5	3
Head coach:
Joan Plaza

Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. Montakit Fuenlabrada

16 February 2018	Herbalife Gran Canaria	107–92	Montakit Fuenlabrada	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 33–25, 21–15, 28–25
	Pts: Balvín, Oliver 18 Rebs: Pasečņiks 9 Asts: Mekel, Seeley 4 PIR: Balvín 25	Boxscore	Pts: Cruz 20 Rebs: O'Leary 5 Asts: Cruz 8 PIR: Cruz 22	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,172 Referees: García González, Pérez Pizarro, Aliaga

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	9	Gal Mekel	9	3	4
F	10	Nicolás Brussino	4	1	1
C	12	Ondřej Balvín	18	5	0
C	14	Anžejs Pasečņiks	9	9	0
F	22	Xavi Rabaseda	2	3	1
Reserves:
G	4	Albert Oliver	12	0	3
F	8	Marcus Eriksson	6	0	0
G	11	D. J. Seeley	8	1	4
F	13	Eulis Báez	6	3	2
G	31	Nikola Radičević	15	1	3
F	34	Pablo Aguilar	18	2	0
C	40	Luke Fischer	0	0	0
Head coach:
Luis Casimiro

Herbalife Gran Canaria

Montakit Fuenlabrada

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

C	0	Gabriel Olaseni	11	3	0
G	11	Francisco Cruz	20	4	8
F	13	Rolands Šmits	8	4	0
G	16	Gregory Vargas	10	2	6
F	31	Christian Eyenga	16	3	0
Reserves:
G	2	Marko Popović	DNP
F	4	Ian O'Leary	11	5	0
G	5	Luka Rupnik	14	0	2
G	8	Álex Llorca	2	1	1
C	12	Osas Ehigiator	DNP
C	15	Chema González	0	2	0
G	19	Sergio Llorente	0	0	0
Head coach:
Néstor García

FC Barcelona Lassa vs. Baskonia

16 February 2018	FC Barcelona Lassa	94–90	Baskonia	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 24–25, 22–20, 20–23
	Pts: Heurtel 20 Rebs: Tomić 9 Asts: Heurtel 9 PIR: Heurtel 27	Boxscore	Pts: Shengelia 30 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Voigtmann 5 PIR: Shengelia 40	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,695 Referees: Antonio Conde, Benjamín Jiménez Trujillo, Calatrava

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

F	9	Ádám Hanga	5	6	1
G	13	Thomas Heurtel	20	3	9
F	21	Rakim Sanders	8	1	1
C	44	Ante Tomić	18	9	0
F	45	Adrien Moerman	5	1	0
Reserves:
G	5	Pau Ribas	9	4	8
G	8	Phil Pressey	DNP
G	11	Juan Carlos Navarro	9	2	0
F	14	Sasha Vezenkov	DNP
F	18	Pierre Oriola	14	7	0
G	25	Petteri Koponen	DNP
F	30	Víctor Claver	6	7	1
Head coach:
Svetislav Pešić

FC Barcelona Lassa

Baskonia
0

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

F	6	Jānis Timma	17	5	1
F	8	Rinalds Mālmanis	0	0	0
F	10	Rodrigue Beaubois	22	1	3
G	15	Jayson Granger	4	3	3
C	17	Vincent Poirier	6	5	0
Reserves:
G	3	Luca Vildoza	0	2	3
C	7	Johannes Voigtmann	4	3	5
G	9	Marcelinho Huertas	0	1	1
G	11	Matt Janning	7	1	0
C	12	Ilimane Diop	DNP
PF	23	Tornike Shengelia	30	5	1
F	29	Patricio Garino	0	0	0
Head coach:
Pedro Martínez

Semifinals

Iberostar Tenerife vs. Real Madrid

17 February 2018	Iberostar Tenerife	59–77	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 19–26, 11–19, 10–21
	Pts: Vázquez 16 Rebs: Abromaitis 8 Asts: Bassas, San Miguel 4 PIR: Vázquez 15	Boxscore	Pts: Dončić 17 Rebs: Dončić, Tavares 7 Asts: Dončić 5 PIR: Dončić 28	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,346 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Benjamín Jiménez Trujillo, Carlos Cortés

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

C	13	Mike Tobey	14	7	1
G	20	Mateusz Ponitka	8	3	2
F	21	Tim Abromaitis	4	8	2
F	77	Kostas Vasileiadis	0	3	3
G	00	Rodrigo San Miguel	5	4	4
Reserves:
G	6	Tobias Borg	0	0	0
C	7	Mamadou Niang	DNP
G	10	Ferran Bassas	0	1	4
C	17	Fran Vázquez	16	3	0
F	25	Rosco Allen	0	0	0
F	33	Javier Beirán	4	5	1
G	34	Devin White	8	1	1
Head coach:
Fotios Katsikaris

Iberostar Tenerife

Real Madrid

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	1	Fabien Causeur	7	3	0
G	11	Facundo Campazzo	6	3	0
C	22	Edy Tavares	4	7	0
F	33	Trey Thompkins	13	3	0
F	44	Jeffery Taylor	1	1	0
Reserves:
F	3	Anthony Randolph	2	4	0
F	5	Rudy Fernández	13	2	0
G	7	Luka Dončić	17	7	5
F	8	Jonas Mačiulis	0	1	0
F	9	Felipe Reyes	0	4	0
C	14	Gustavo Ayón	DNP
G	20	Jaycee Carroll	14	2	0
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. FC Barcelona Lassa

17 February 2018	Herbalife Gran Canaria	74–87	FC Barcelona	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 28–20, 13–27, 18–19
	Pts: Eriksson 25 Rebs: Aguilar 7 Asts: Oliver 4 PIR: Eriksson 28	Boxscore	Pts: Oriola 14 Rebs: Claver 8 Asts: Heurtel 14 PIR: Heurtel 24	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,844 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Antonio Conde, Calatrava

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	9	Gal Mekel	2	0	2
F	10	Nicolás Brussino	8	2	1
C	12	Ondřej Balvín	3	4	0
F	22	Xavi Rabaseda	2	2	3
F	34	Pablo Aguilar	11	7	1
Reserves:
G	4	Albert Oliver	5	2	4
F	8	Marcus Eriksson	25	6	0
G	11	D. J. Seeley	2	2	1
F	13	Eulis Báez	3	2	2
C	14	Anžejs Pasečņiks	10	1	1
G	31	Nikola Radičević	3	2	2
C	40	Luke Fischer	DNP
Head coach:
Luis Casimiro

Herbalife Gran Canaria

FC Barcelona Lassa

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	13	Thomas Heurtel	13	4	14
F	21	Rakim Sanders	8	0	1
G	25	Petteri Koponen	4	1	1
C	44	Ante Tomić	6	5	0
F	45	Adrien Moerman	7	6	0
Reserves:
G	5	Pau Ribas	12	2	2
G	8	Phil Pressey	DNP
F	9	Ádám Hanga	12	6	1
G	11	Juan Carlos Navarro	3	1	3
F	14	Sasha Vezenkov	DNP
F	18	Pierre Oriola	14	1	0
F	30	Víctor Claver	8	8	1
Head coach:
Svetislav Pešić

Final

18 February 2018	Real Madrid	90–92	FC Barcelona Lassa	Las Palmas
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 13–25, 18–27, 38–25
	Pts: Carroll 18 Rebs: Dončić 5 Asts: Campazzo, Dončić 3 PIR: Thompkins 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ribas 21 Rebs: Moerman 7 Asts: Heurtel 7 PIR: Ribas 24	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,912 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Carlos Peruga

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	11	Facundo Campazzo	14	2	3
G	7	Luka Dončić	14	5	3
G	1	Fabien Causeur	2	2	0
F	33	Trey Thompkins	17	3	0
C	22	Edy Tavares	2	4	0
Reserves:
F	3	Anthony Randolph	2	0	0
F	5	Rudy Fernández	14	4	1
F	8	Jonas Mačiulis	DNP
F	9	Felipe Reyes	2	1	0
C	14	Gustavo Ayón	3	1	0
G	20	Jaycee Carroll	18	0	1
F	44	Jeffery Taylor	2	1	2
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Real Madrid
0

FC Barcelona Lassa

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

G	13	Thomas Heurtel	8	4	7
F	9	Adam Hanga	12	3	0
F	21	Rakim Sanders	12	4	0
F	45	Adrien Moerman	4	7	0
C	44	Ante Tomić	17	5	0
Reserves:
G	5	Pau Ribas	21	4	2
G	8	Phil Pressey	DNP
G	11	Juan Carlos Navarro	0	1	0
F	14	Sasha Vezenkov	DNP
F	18	Pierre Oriola	9	1	1
G	25	Petteri Koponen	2	1	0
F	30	Víctor Claver	7	5	0
Head coach:
Svetislav Pešić

References

^ "Acuerdo ACB-Cabildo de Gran Canaria para llevar Copa y Supercopa a la isla" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "Presentación del acuerdo histórico entre la ACB y Cabildo de Gran Canaria" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^ "Este martes, sorteo de emparejamientos de la Copa del Rey 2018" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "Los jugadores deciden ir a la huelga y peligra la Copa del Rey de baloncesto" (in Spanish). Marca. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "La ACB da su versión sobre las causas de una huelga que tiene en vilo la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "La ABP desconvoca la huelga y la Copa se disputará con total normalidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

External links

Copa del Rey official website
Copa del Rey news Archived 2018-01-24 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Acuerdo ACB-Cabildo de Gran Canaria para llevar Copa y Supercopa a la isla" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[2] "Presentación del acuerdo histórico entre la ACB y Cabildo de Gran Canaria" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

[3] "Este martes, sorteo de emparejamientos de la Copa del Rey 2018" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[4] "Los jugadores deciden ir a la huelga y peligra la Copa del Rey de baloncesto" (in Spanish). Marca. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[5] "La ACB da su versión sobre las causas de una huelga que tiene en vilo la Copa del Rey" (in Spanish). Marca. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[6] "La ABP desconvoca la huelga y la Copa se disputará con total normalidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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Tournament details

Arena	Gran Canaria Arena Las Palmas
Dates	15–18 February 2018
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona Lassa
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Awards and statistics
MVP	Thomas Heurtel
← 2017 2019 →