2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
Tournament details
ArenaGran Canaria Arena
Las Palmas
Dates15–18 February 2018
Final positions
ChampionsFC Barcelona Lassa
Runners-upReal Madrid
Awards and statistics
MVPFrance Thomas Heurtel
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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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
15 February
 
 
Valencia Basket72
 
17 February
 
Iberostar Tenerife79
 
Iberostar Tenerife59
 
15 February
 
Real Madrid77
 
Real Madrid89
 
18 February
 
Unicaja84
 
Real Madrid90
 
16 February
 
FC Barcelona Lassa92
 
Herbalife Gran Canaria107
 
17 February
 
Montakit Fuenlabrada92
 
Herbalife Gran Canaria74
 
16 February
 
FC Barcelona Lassa87
 
FC Barcelona Lassa94
 
 
Baskonia90
 

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 United States Will Thomas 11 2 1
F 6 Spain Alberto Abalde 9 3 2
G 17 Spain Rafa Martínez 3 0 0
C 21 Germany Tibor Pleiß 13 8 3
F 42 Canada Aaron Doornekamp 5 7 3
Reserves:
G 3 Spain Josep Puerto DNP
G 5 Spain Sergi García 0 0 1
C 14 Montenegro Bojan Dubljević 6 5 1
F 19 Spain Fernando San Emeterio 7 4 0
F 30 Spain Joan Sastre 4 2 1
G 32 United States Erick Green 14 1 0
C 51 Iceland Tryggvi Hlinason DNP
Head coach:
Spain Txus Vidorreta
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 00 Spain Rodrigo San Miguel 6 1 8
C 13 United States Mike Tobey 11 6 0
G 20 Poland Mateusz Ponitka 14 4 1
F 21 United States Tim Abromaitis 15 4 0
F 77 Greece Kostas Vasileiadis 9 2 2
Reserves:
G 6 Sweden Tobias Borg DNP
C 7 Senegal Mamadou Niang 0 0 0
G 10 Spain Ferrán Bassas 0 3 2
C 17 Spain Fran Vázquez 12 6 0
F 25 Hungary Rosco Allen 0 2 0
F 33 Spain Javier Beirán 4 2 5
G 34 United States Davin White 8 0 0
Head coach:
Greece 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 France Fabien Causeur 12 0 1
G 7 Slovenia Luka Dončić 11 5 5
G 11 Argentina Facundo Campazzo 18 3 7
F 33 United States Trey Thompkins 14 4 0
F 44 Sweden Jeffery Taylor 3 1 0
Reserves:
G 2 United States Chasson Randle DNP
F 3 Slovenia Anthony Randolph 7 3 0
F 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 11 3 1
F 8 Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis DNP
F 9 Spain Felipe Reyes 2 0 0
G 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 3 1 1
C 22 Cape Verde Edy Tavares 8 9 1
Head coach:
Spain Pablo Laso
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 3 United States Ray McCallum 10 2 2
F 11 Spain Dani Díez 4 2 0
G 16 Serbia Nemanja Nedović 11 2 3
F 23 United States Jeff Brooks 8 3 0
C 40 United States James Augustine 2 1 1
Reserves:
C 2 Republic of the Congo Viny Okouo DNP
G 9 Spain Alberto Díaz 3 2 2
G 10 Finland Sasu Salin 9 0 1
G 12 Serbia Dragan Milosavljević DNP
C 17 Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini 5 7 2
F 21 Poland Adam Waczyński 15 4 1
F 43 Spain Carlos Suárez 17 5 3
Head coach:
Spain 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 Israel Gal Mekel 9 3 4
F 10 Argentina Nicolás Brussino 4 1 1
C 12 Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín 18 5 0
C 14 Latvia Anžejs Pasečņiks 9 9 0
F 22 Spain Xavi Rabaseda 2 3 1
Reserves:
G 4 Spain Albert Oliver 12 0 3
F 8 Sweden Marcus Eriksson 6 0 0
G 11 United States D. J. Seeley 8 1 4
F 13 Dominican Republic Eulis Báez 6 3 2
G 31 Serbia Nikola Radičević 15 1 3
F 34 Spain Pablo Aguilar 18 2 0
C 40 Armenia Luke Fischer 0 0 0
Head coach:
Spain Luis Casimiro
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
C 0 United Kingdom Gabriel Olaseni 11 3 0
G 11 Mexico Francisco Cruz 20 4 8
F 13 Latvia Rolands Šmits 8 4 0
G 16 Venezuela Gregory Vargas 10 2 6
F 31 Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian Eyenga 16 3 0
Reserves:
G 2 Croatia Marko Popović DNP
F 4 United States Ian O'Leary 11 5 0
G 5 Slovenia Luka Rupnik 14 0 2
G 8 Spain Álex Llorca 2 1 1
C 12 Spain Osas Ehigiator DNP
C 15 Spain Chema González 0 2 0
G 19 Spain Sergio Llorente 0 0 0
Head coach:
Argentina 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 Hungary Ádám Hanga 5 6 1
G 13 France Thomas Heurtel 20 3 9
F 21 United States Rakim Sanders 8 1 1
C 44 Croatia Ante Tomić 18 9 0
F 45 France Adrien Moerman 5 1 0
Reserves:
G 5 Spain Pau Ribas 9 4 8
G 8 United States Phil Pressey DNP
G 11 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 9 2 0
F 14 Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov DNP
F 18 Spain Pierre Oriola 14 7 0
G 25 Finland Petteri Koponen DNP
F 30 Spain Víctor Claver 6 7 1
Head coach:
Serbia Svetislav Pešić
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
F 6 Latvia Jānis Timma 17 5 1
F 8 Latvia Rinalds Mālmanis 0 0 0
F 10 France Rodrigue Beaubois 22 1 3
G 15 Uruguay Jayson Granger 4 3 3
C 17 France Vincent Poirier 6 5 0
Reserves:
G 3 Argentina Luca Vildoza 0 2 3
C 7 Germany Johannes Voigtmann 4 3 5
G 9 Brazil Marcelinho Huertas 0 1 1
G 11 United States Matt Janning 7 1 0
C 12 Spain Ilimane Diop DNP
PF 23 Georgia (country) Tornike Shengelia 30 5 1
F 29 Argentina Patricio Garino 0 0 0
Head coach:
Spain 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 United States Mike Tobey 14 7 1
G 20 Poland Mateusz Ponitka 8 3 2
F 21 United States Tim Abromaitis 4 8 2
F 77 Greece Kostas Vasileiadis 0 3 3
G 00 Spain Rodrigo San Miguel 5 4 4
Reserves:
G 6 Sweden Tobias Borg 0 0 0
C 7 Senegal Mamadou Niang DNP
G 10 Spain Ferran Bassas 0 1 4
C 17 Spain Fran Vázquez 16 3 0
F 25 Hungary Rosco Allen 0 0 0
F 33 Spain Javier Beirán 4 5 1
G 34 United States Devin White 8 1 1
Head coach:
Greece Fotios Katsikaris
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 1 France Fabien Causeur 7 3 0
G 11 Argentina Facundo Campazzo 6 3 0
C 22 Cape Verde Edy Tavares 4 7 0
F 33 United States Trey Thompkins 13 3 0
F 44 Sweden Jeffery Taylor 1 1 0
Reserves:
F 3 Slovenia Anthony Randolph 2 4 0
F 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 13 2 0
G 7 Slovenia Luka Dončić 17 7 5
F 8 Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis 0 1 0
F 9 Spain Felipe Reyes 0 4 0
C 14 Mexico Gustavo Ayón DNP
G 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 14 2 0
Head coach:
Spain 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 Israel Gal Mekel 2 0 2
F 10 Argentina Nicolás Brussino 8 2 1
C 12 Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín 3 4 0
F 22 Spain Xavi Rabaseda 2 2 3
F 34 Spain Pablo Aguilar 11 7 1
Reserves:
G 4 Spain Albert Oliver 5 2 4
F 8 Sweden Marcus Eriksson 25 6 0
G 11 United States D. J. Seeley 2 2 1
F 13 Dominican Republic Eulis Báez 3 2 2
C 14 Latvia Anžejs Pasečņiks 10 1 1
G 31 Serbia Nikola Radičević 3 2 2
C 40 Armenia Luke Fischer DNP
Head coach:
Spain Luis Casimiro
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 13 France Thomas Heurtel 13 4 14
F 21 United States Rakim Sanders 8 0 1
G 25 Finland Petteri Koponen 4 1 1
C 44 Croatia Ante Tomić 6 5 0
F 45 France Adrien Moerman 7 6 0
Reserves:
G 5 Spain Pau Ribas 12 2 2
G 8 United States Phil Pressey DNP
F 9 Hungary Ádám Hanga 12 6 1
G 11 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 3 1 3
F 14 Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov DNP
F 18 Spain Pierre Oriola 14 1 0
F 30 Spain Víctor Claver 8 8 1
Head coach:
Serbia 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 Argentina Facundo Campazzo 14 2 3
G 7 Slovenia Luka Dončić 14 5 3
G 1 France Fabien Causeur 2 2 0
F 33 United States Trey Thompkins 17 3 0
C 22 Cape Verde Edy Tavares 2 4 0
Reserves:
F 3 Slovenia Anthony Randolph 2 0 0
F 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 14 4 1
F 8 Lithuania Jonas Mačiulis DNP
F 9 Spain Felipe Reyes 2 1 0
C 14 Mexico Gustavo Ayón 3 1 0
G 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 18 0 1
F 44 Sweden Jeffery Taylor 2 1 2
Head coach:
Spain Pablo Laso
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 13 France Thomas Heurtel 8 4 7
F 9 Hungary Adam Hanga 12 3 0
F 21 United States Rakim Sanders 12 4 0
F 45 France Adrien Moerman 4 7 0
C 44 Croatia Ante Tomić 17 5 0
Reserves:
G 5 Spain Pau Ribas 21 4 2
G 8 United States Phil Pressey DNP
G 11 Spain Juan Carlos Navarro 0 1 0
F 14 Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov DNP
F 18 Spain Pierre Oriola 9 1 1
G 25 Finland Petteri Koponen 2 1 0
F 30 Spain Víctor Claver 7 5 0
Head coach:
Serbia Svetislav Pešić

References

  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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