The 2023 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 87th edition of the

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. It was managed by the ACB and was held in

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, in the Palau Municipal d'Esports in February 2023.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by

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in the quarterfinals, who went on to win the cup for their 2nd overall. ''All times are in

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( UTC+01:00)''.

Qualified teams

The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2022–23 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Joventut, host team, finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified entered in the Copa del Rey.

Venue

On May 16, 2022, ACB selected and announced

to host the Copa del Rey in February 2023. The arena is primarily used for

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, though it is also an habitual home for

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concerts and other municipal events. The arena was built in 1991, it was opened in 1992 with a basketball game between

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and

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; where Croatians won by 118-82 led with 30 points of

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and 21 point of

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. The arena hosted the

tournament of the

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, the 1992 Olympic Basketball Tournament. It was designed by the architects Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius, who won the 1992

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for this building. It is also the home arena of Joventut, one of the most important professional

squads in

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. Before the Pavelló Olímpic was built, the now 3,300 capacity

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hosted the city basketball games and most of the other indoor sports.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 January 2023 in

, Spain. The top four ranking teams act as seeded teams in the draw of the quarterfinals. For its part, the top ranked team played its quarterfinal match on Thursday.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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vs.
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Lenovo Tenerife vs.
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Joventut vs. Cazoo Baskonia

Semifinals

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Joventut vs. Lenovo Tenerife

Final

References

External links

Official website
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