Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

The Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (English: King's Cup of Basketball) is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's top professional league, Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto. It was originally known as the Copa de España de Baloncesto and was first played in 1933. It was the first nationwide basketball competition played in Spain. During the Franco years it was referred to as the Copa del Generalísimo, before becoming the Copa del Rey in 1977.

Since 1987 the Final Eight format has been used. At the end of half season, the top eight teams from the Spanish League qualify. The eight teams play-off at one venue over four days, eventually producing a winner. The Final Eight is one of the highlights of the Spanish sporting calendar. The next additions will be held at the Palacio de Deportes (Madrid), the 2009-10 event at a venue in Bilbao and again at Madrid for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 additions.^[1]

Last editions

• 2008/09
• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06
• 2004/05

Winners

• 22 : Real Madrid
  • 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993
• 20: FC Barcelona
  • 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007
• 8: Club Joventut de Badalona
  • 1948, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1976, 1997, 2008
• 6: Tau Vitoria
  • 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
• 3: CB Estudiantes
  • 1963, 1992, 2000
• 2: Rayo Club Madrid
  • 1933, 1936
• 2: Laietà BC de Barcelona
  • 1942, 1944
• 2: Picadero Jockey Club de Barcelona
  • 1964, 1968
• 2: CAI Zaragoza
  • 1984, 1990
• 1: Societé Patrie Maunier Barcelona
  • 1935
• 1: CB L'Hospitalet
  • 1940
• 1: RCD Espanyol
  • 1941
• 1: TDK Manresa
  • 1996
• 1: Pamesa Valencia
  • 1998
• 1: Unicaja de Málaga
  • 2005

History

Copa de España

Copa del Rey

Copa del Rey Final Four

Final eight

Year	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	MVP
1987	FC Barcelona	110–102	Ram Joventut	Pabellón Santiago Martín	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1988	FC Barcelona	84–83	Real Madrid	Pabellón Pisuerga	Valladolid
1989	Real Madrid	85–81	FC Barcelona	Instituto Municipal Coruña	A Coruña
1990	Estudiantes Caja Postal	76–69	Montigalà Joventut	Centro Insular	Las Palmas	Mark Davis
1991	FC Barcelona	67–65	Estudiantes Caja Postal	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe	Zaragoza	Juan Antonio Orenga
1992	Estudiantes Caja Postal	61–56	CAI Zaragoza	Palacio de Deportes	Granada	John Pinone
1993	Real Madrid	74–71	7Up Joventut	Instituto Municipal Coruña (2)	A Coruña (2)	Joe Arlauckas
1994	FC Barcelona	86–75	Taugrés	Palacio San Pablo	Sevilla	Velimir Perasović
1995	Taugrés	88–80	Amway Zaragoza	Palacio de Deportes (2)	Granada (2)	Pablo Laso
1996	TDK Manresa	94–92	FC Barcelona	Palacio de Deportes	Murcia	Joan Creus
1997	Festina Joventut	79–71	Cáceres CB	Palacio de los Deportes	León	Andre Turner
1998	Pamesa Valencia	89–75	Pinturas Bruguer Badalona	Pabellón Pisuerga (2)	Valladolid (2)	Nacho Rodilla
1999	TAU Cerámica	70–61	Caja San Fernando	Pabellón Fuente de San Luis	Valencia	Elmer Bennett
2000	Adecco Estudiantes	73–63	Pamesa Valencia	Fernando Buesa Arena	Vitoria	Alfonso Reyes
2001	FC Barcelona	80–77	Real Madrid	Palacio Martín Carpena	Málaga	Pau Gasol
2002	TAU Cerámica	85–83	FC Barcelona	Fernando Buesa Arena (2)	Vitoria (2)	Dejan Tomašević
2003	FC Barcelona	84–78	TAU Cerámica	Pabellón Fuente de San Luis (2)	Valencia (2)	Dejan Bodiroga
2004	TAU Cerámica	81–77	DKV Joventut	Palacio San Pablo (2)	Sevilla (2)	Rudy Fernández
2005	Unicaja Málaga	80–76	Real Madrid	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe (2)	Zaragoza (2)	Jorge Garbajosa
2006	TAU Cerámica	85–80	Pamesa Valencia	Palacio de los Deportes	Madrid	Pablo Prigioni
2007	Winterthur FC Barcelona	69–53	Real Madrid	Palacio Martín Carpena (2)	Málaga (2)	Jordi Trias
2008	DKV Joventut	82–80	TAU Cerámica	Fernando Buesa Arena (3)	Vitoria (3)	Rudy Fernández (2)
2009	TAU Cerámica	100–98	Unicaja Málaga	Palacio de los Deportes (2)	Madrid (2)	Mirza Teletović

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