2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

The 2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto will be the 85th edition of the Spanish Basketball King's Cup. It will be managed by the ACB and will be held in Madrid, in the WiZink Center in February 2021.[1] All matches will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2021 Copa del Rey
CountrySpain
Dates11–14 February 2021
Championship venueWiZink Center
Madrid
Teams8
Defending championsReal Madrid
← 2020 2022 →

Real Madrid will be the defending champion.

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Qualified teams

The top eight ranking teams will participate after the first half of the 2020–21 ACB regular season once Real Madrid has already mathematically guaranteed its host team status and its presence in the top eight.[3]

Given the uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACB agreed that to use the win percentage over the total number of games played by each team as the first criterion to decide the qualification for the Copa del Rey, thus avoiding harming any club if it cannot play all their matches before the January 10 deadline.[3]

The tiebreaker criteria in the qualification for the Copa del Rey is the following:[3]

  1. Best win percentage over the total number of games played by each team.
  2. If the tie is not resolved, the greater total difference between points for and against taking into account all the games played in the regular season.
  3. If the tie is not resolved, the sum of the quotients of points in favor and against in each of the disputed matches will be applied to the teams that remain tied, with the highest having it being the qualified team.
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 Real Madrid (H) 17 16 1 1482 1276 +206 .941 Qualification as seeded team
2 Barça 18 15 3 1531 1337 +194 .833
3 Lenovo Tenerife 18 14 4 1570 1435 +135 .778
4 TD Systems Baskonia 18 14 4 1492 1382 +110 .778
5 Hereda San Pablo Burgos 18 13 5 1577 1447 +130 .722 Qualification as unseeded team
6 Valencia Basket 18 12 6 1558 1456 +102 .667
7 Joventut 18 10 8 1521 1496 +25 .556
8 Unicaja 18 9 9 1548 1495 +53 .500
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: ACB
Rules for classification: 1) Win percentage; 2) Point difference; 3) Sum of quotients of points scored
(H) Host.

Venue

On December 15, 2020, ACB selected and announced Madrid to host the Copa del Rey on February 2021.[1] The former building, which was built in 1960, was destroyed by a fire in 2001. Architects Enrique Hermoso and Paloma Huidobro projected a High-Tech style new arena that was built at the same location between 2002 and 2005. The arena hosted two major international basketball events in the first decade of the 21st century - the knockout stage of EuroBasket 2007 and the 2008 Euroleague Final Four. It also hosted the Copa del Rey in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2019. The arena was the finals venue for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2015 Euroleague Final Four.

Madrid
2021 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spain)
WiZink Center

Draw

The draw was held on 18 January 2021 in Madrid, Spain.[4] The top four ranking teams act as seeded teams in the draw of the quarterfinals. For its part, the top ranking team will play its quarterfinal match on Thursday.

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
11 February 2021
 
 
Real Madrid0
 
13 February 2021
 
Valencia Basket0
 
 0
 
11 February 2021
 
 0
 
Lenovo Tenerife0
 
14 February 2021
 
Hereda San Pablo Burgos0
 
 0
 
12 February 2021
 
 0
 
Barça0
 
13 February 2021
 
Unicaja0
 
 0
 
12 February 2021
 
 0
 
TD Systems Baskonia0
 
 
Joventut0
 

Quarterfinals

Lenovo Tenerife vs. Hereda San Pablo Burgos
11 February 2021 Lenovo Tenerife vs. Hereda San Pablo Burgos Madrid
18:30
Boxscore Arena: WiZink Center

Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket
11 February 2021 Real Madrid vs. Valencia Basket Madrid
21:30
Boxscore Arena: WiZink Center

TD Systems Baskonia vs. Joventut
12 February 2021 TD Systems Baskonia vs. Joventut Madrid
18:30
Boxscore Arena: WiZink Center

Barça vs. Unicaja
12 February 2021 Barça vs. Unicaja Madrid
21:30
Boxscore Arena: WiZink Center

Semifinals
13 February 2021 vs. Madrid
16:00
Arena: WiZink Center
13 February 2021 vs. Madrid
19:00
Arena: WiZink Center

Final
14 February 2021 vs. Madrid
18:30
Arena: WiZink Center

References
  1. "La Copa del Rey 2021 en Madrid | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. "La Copa ACB no tendrá público". abc (in Spanish). 30 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. "Así se decidirá la clasificación | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Este lunes, sorteo de Copa del Rey | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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