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| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Spain |
| City | Valencia |
| Venue | Roig Arena |
| Dates | 19–22 February 2026 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Unicaja |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 2 |
| Attendance | 27,438 (13,719 per match) |
The 2026 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto is the 90th edition of the Spanish Basketball King's Cup. It is managed by the ACB and is held in Valencia, in the Roig Arena in February 2026. [1]
Unicaja are the defending champions.
All times are in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).
On 11 March 2025, ACB selected and announced Valencia to host the Copa del Rey in February 2026. [1] The plot is located between the streets Ángel Villena, Bomber Ramón Duart and Antonio Ferrandis, next to La Fonteta; [2] it was used as a parking lot for the attendants to the former venue and L'Alqueria. [3] The arena is being funded by Juan Roig, who created the company Licampa 1617 S.L. to carry out the project. [4] After a fifty-year concession, the facilities will revert to the municipality. [2] It will host matches for the 2028 European Men's Handball Championship. The venue has a capacity of 15,600 for basketball fixtures, of 18,600 for 180° concerts and of 20,000 for 360° shows. [5] It also features around 1,300 parking spaces. [2] Building works started on 29 June 2020 and ended on 5 September 2025. [6] In 2020 the arena was expected to open in 2023, [2] but was later delayed to 2025, and it was finally opened on 6 September 2025. It is expected to replace La Fonteta as the main venue of Valencia Basket. [7]
| Valencia | 2026 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spain) |
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| Roig Arena | |
| Capacity: 15,600 | |
The top seven ranking teams after the first half of the 2025–26 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Valencia Basket, host team, finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified entered in the Copa del Rey.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Real Madrid | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1566 | 1402 | +164 | Qualification to the tournament |
| 2 | Valencia Basket (H) | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1608 | 1388 | +220 | |
| 3 | Barça | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1496 | 1365 | +131 | |
| 4 | Kosner Baskonia | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1605 | 1495 | +110 | |
| 5 | UCAM Murcia | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1492 | 1389 | +103 | |
| 6 | Unicaja | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1486 | 1429 | +57 | |
| 7 | La Laguna Tenerife | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1479 | 1425 | +54 | |
| 8 | Asisa Joventut | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1429 | 1386 | +43 |
The draw was held on 26 January 2026 in Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain. [9] The top four ranking teams act as seeded teams in the draw of the quarterfinals. For its part, Real Madrid as the top ranked team played its quarterfinal match on Thursday. Two Valencian sports stars act as innocent hands: the former Liga ACB player Víctor Claver and the former professional tennis player David Ferrer who was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013 and won 27 ATP Tour singles titles. [10] [11]
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| Quarterfinals 19–20 February | Semifinals 21 February | Final 22 February | ||||||||||||
| Valencia Basket | 95 | |||||||||||||
| Asisa Joventut | 84 | |||||||||||||
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| Real Madrid | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Unicaja | 70 | |||||||||||||
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| La Laguna Tenerife | ||||||||||||||
| Barça | ||||||||||||||
| UCAM Murcia | ||||||||||||||
Host team Valencia Basket kicked off their Copa del Rey campaign in style, with a 95–84 win over Asisa Joventut, which never gave up. Talented as ever, but with the added benefit of maturity, hard work, and consistency this season, the Dominican player Jean Montero shook off Valencia Basket's nerves on Thursday in their Copa del Rey opener, guiding them to the semifinals and blocking Asisa Joventut's path. Joventut fought hard, making the victory difficult until the final quarter. The Dominican guard, who finished with 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists as the home team's top performer, carried his team on his back during moments of doubt for Valencia and, along with a sharp–shooting Brancou Badio, neutralized Joventut's last-ditch effort to force a close finish
In his return to the Copa del Rey after a 15–year absence, Ricky Rubio was the driving force behind Joventut, very well supported by Cameron Hunt. The Spanish point guard distributed the ball, rebounded and scored, but he did so mainly from the free throw line and his 2/12 field goal percentage weighed heavily.
| 19 February 2025 | Valencia Basket | 95–84 | Asisa Joventut | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 24–11, 21–26, 28–24 | |||
| Pts: Badio 21 Rebs: Key, Reuvers 7 Asts: Montero, Thompson 3 PIR: Montero 23 | Boxscore | Pts: Hunt 26 Rebs: Birgander 9 Asts: Rubio 8 PIR: Hunt 25 | Arena: Roig Arena Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Martín Caballero, Alfonso Olivares | |
This was the third cup meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one out of the first two meetings.
| Tied 1–1 in all-time cup series |
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Real Madrid dominated from start to finish against Unicaja (100–70), extending their winning streak to 13 consecutive quarterfinal series. Lyles (16 points, 23 PIR) and Maledon (13 points, 21 PIR) avenged Los Blancos defeat in the previous final. With an imposing start and overwhelming control in the paint, Real Madrid intimidated Unicaja from beginning to end of the match. Unicaja never found an answer and was ultimately overwhelmed by Sergio Scariolo's team, which exacted revenge for the 2025 final and will face Valencia Basket in the semifinals on Saturday. First Edy Tavares and then Usman Garuba intimidated the Andalusian team's big men, the former with his size and the latter with his intensity. Unicaja lost all confidence, failed to tighten up their defense, and allowed the Madrid team to shoot with dazzling percentages until they finished the match before halftime.
| 19 February 2025 | Real Madrid | 100–70 | Unicaja | Valencia |
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| 21:00 | Scoring by quarter:28–12, 22–16, 23–16, 27–26 | |||
| Pts: Lyles 16 Rebs: Lyles 6 Asts: Feliz, Maledon 4 PIR: Lyles 23 | Boxscore | Pts: Webb 18 Rebs: Webb 7 Asts: Balcerowski 4 PIR: Webb 17 | Arena: Roig Arena Attendance: 14,062 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Arnau Padrós, Jorge Martínez | |
This was the seventh cup meeting between these two teams, with each team winning three out of the first six meetings.
| Tied 3–3 in all-time cup series |
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| 20 February 2025 | Kosner Baskonia | vs. | La Laguna Tenerife | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Roig Arena | |||
This will be the second cup meeting between these two teams, with Kosner Baskonia winning the previous meeting.
| Baskonia leads 1–0 in all-time cup series |
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| 20 February 2025 | Barça | vs. | UCAM Murcia | Valencia |
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| 21:00 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Roig Arena | |||
This will be the second cup meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.
| Barça leads 1–0 in all-time cup series |
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| 21 February 2025 | Valencia Basket | vs. | Real Madrid | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | ||||
| Boxscore | Arena: Roig Arena | |||
This will be the seventh cup meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous six meetings.
| Real Madrid leads 6–0 in all-time cup series |
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