The 2022 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 86th edition of the

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. It was managed by the ACB and was held in

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, in the Palacio de Deportes in February 2022.

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defended successfully the title and conquered its second consecutive cup, 27th overall. ''All times were in

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( 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

to host the Copa del Rey in February 2022. The arena, which was opened in 1991, is primarily used for

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and is the home arena of

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, since 2015. The arena hosted the

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and the matches of the

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. In 2014, the arena also hosted the matches of the group of Spanish national team in the

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Draw

The draw was held on 31 January 2021 in

, 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

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vs. Río Breogán

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vs.
UCAM Murcia UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional basketball team based in Murcia, Spain. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes. History Founded in 1985 u ...

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vs. Baxi Manresa

Semifinals

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vs. Lenovo Tenerife

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vs.
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Final

References

External links

Official website
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