1995 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

The 1995 Copa del Rey was the 59th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was played in Granada in the Palacio de Deportes between March 3 and 5, 1995. Taugrés Baskonia won its first title after defeating Amway Zaragoza in the final game.

Competition format

The top four teams in the 1993–94 ACB season (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Joventut Badalona and Estudiantes) joined directly the Final Eight stage, which would be played during the 1994–95 ACB season.

The other four places would be decided in a tournament called League of the Cup that was played in April and May 1994, with the eliminated teams in the play-offs of the 1993–94 season. Eliminated teams in the round of 16 would be divided into two groups of four teams. The two first qualified teams would play a playoff qualifier with each one of the four quarterfinalists to get a spot in the Final Eight.

As OAR Ferrol was dissolved before the 1994–95 season, its spot would be decided in a best-of-three playoff between Cáceres and Amway Zaragoza.

League of the Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		LEO	AND	BRE	PAM
1	Elmar León	6	5	1	551	523	+28			81–78	85–88	123–118
2	Festina Andorra	6	3	3	508	492	+16		86–88		94–79	83–80
3	Dyc Breogán	6	3	3	517	527	−10		80–86	77–76		89–100
4	Pamesa Valencia	6	1	5	544	578	−34		73–88	87–91	86–104

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD		TAU	OAR	ZAR	UNI
1	Taugrés Baskonia	6	4	2	501	452	+49			76–78	85–63	81–70
2	OAR Ferrol	6	3	3	450	425	+25		67–75		68–83	65–68
3	Natwest Zaragoza	6	3	3	451	505	−54		75–93	49–86		85–83
4	Unicaja Polti	6	2	4	484	504	−20		99–91	74–86	90–96

Source:

Playoffs

The two first qualified teams of each group would play a last qualifying playoff against the four quarterfinalists of the 1993–94 season.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Caja San Fernando	0–2	Festina Andorra	96–99	85–101
TDK Manresa	1–2	Taugrés Baskonia	94–83	77–80	78–82
Coren Ourense	0–2	Elmar León	74–82	81–84
Cáceres CB	1–2	OAR Ferrol	73–69	63–65	80–83

Repechage playoff

As OAR Ferrol resigned to its berth in Liga ACB, a repechage playoff was played in December 1994 and January 1995. The winner of this best-of-three series would take the vacant spot at the Final Eight of the competition.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cáceres CB	1–2	Amway Zaragoza	85–89	97–90	91–98

Final Eight Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 2, 3					Semifinals March 4					Final March 5
	Real Madrid		88
	Baloncesto León		74
						Real Madrid		79
						Taugrés Baskonia		86
	7Up Joventut		89
	Taugrés Baskonia		96
											Taugrés Baskonia		88
											Amway Zaragoza		80
	FC Barcelona		61
	Amway Zaragoza		66
						Amway Zaragoza		84			Third place
						Estudiantes		75
	Estudiantes		87								Real Madrid		66
	Festina Andorra		86								Estudiantes		76

Final

5 March 1995 20:00 GTM+1

Boxscore

Taugrés Baskonia	88–80	Amway Zaragoza
Scoring by half: 40–39, 48–41
Pts: Green 20 Rebs: Green 20 Asts: Laso 7 PIR: Green 32		Pts: Bannister 20 Rebs: Bannister, Murcia 5 Asts: Turner 5 PIR: three players 15

Palacio de Deportes, Granada Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Francisco Javier Fajardo, Manuel Guillén

1995 Copa del Rey champions
Taugrés Baskonia First title

• MVP of the Tournament: Pablo Laso

External links

• Boxscores at ACB.com
• Linguasport