2023 Polish Basketball Cup

Polish Basketball Cup
Polish Basketball Cup
	The Globus, venue for the tournament
Season	2022–23
Duration	16–19 February
Games played	7
Teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Garrett Nevels
Finals
Champions	Trefl Sopot (3rd title)
Runners-up	Polski Cukier Start Lublin
Semifinalists	Anwil Włocławek, Spójnia Stargard
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Suzuki Polish Basketball Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski 2023) was the 59th edition of Poland's national cup competition for men basketball teams. It is managed by the Polish Basketball League (PLK) and was held in Lublin, in the Globus.^[1]

Qualified teams

The eight participants qualified for the tournament after the first half of the 2022–23 PLK season. The highest-placed three teams joined Start Lublin and would play against the four low-seeded teams in the quarter-finals.^[2] As host of the tournament, Start Lublin gained automatic qualification.

Hosts
Polski Cukier Start Lublin	Seeded

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Seeding
1	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	15	14	1	1333	1171	+162	29	Seeded
2	BM Slam Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	15	11	4	1302	1174	+128	26
3	King Szczecin	15	10	5	1292	1233	+59	25
4	Trefl Sopot	15	10	5	1251	1211	+40	25	Unseeded
5	Legia Warszawa	15	9	6	1171	1141	+30	24
6	Anwil Włocławek	15	8	7	1211	1161	+50	23
7	Spójnia Stargard	15	8	7	1229	1208	+21	23

Source: PLK

Draw

The draw was held on 8 July 2022 in Lublin at Lublin Conference Center.^[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals 16–17 February		Semifinals 18 February		Final 19 February

King Szczecin	87

Spójnia Stargard	92
		Spójnia Stargard	86

		Polski Cukier Start Lublin	109
Polski Cukier Start Lublin	87

Legia Warszawa	86
				Polski Cukier Start Lublin	80

				Trefl Sopot	91
BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	80

Anwil Włocławek	89
		Anwil Włocławek	91

		Trefl Sopot	93
WKS Śląsk Wrocław	70

Trefl Sopot	79

Quarterfinals

16 February 2023	King Szczecin	87–92	Spójnia Stargard	Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 16–31, 21–13, 32–28
Polsat Sport	Pts: Cuthbertson 18 Rebs: Cuthbertson 8 Asts: Mazurczak 9 PIR: Cuthbertson 27	Boxscore	Pts: Penava 20 Rebs: Benson 10 Asts: Fortson 9 PIR: Penava 26	Arena: Globus Attendance: 800 Referees: Marek Maliszewski, Dariusz Zapolski, Maciej Krupiński

16 February 2023	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	87–86	Legia Warszawa	Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 25–20, 24–19, 21–32
Polsat Sport	Pts: Melvin 18 Rebs: Čavars 11 Asts: Smith 10 PIR: Čavars, Smith 23	Boxscore	Pts: Vinales 33 Rebs: Leslie 11 Asts: Vinales 6 PIR: Vinales 29	Arena: Globus Attendance: 1,215 Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Bartłomiej Kucharski

17 February 2023	BM Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski	80–89	Anwil Włocławek	Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–16, 12–23, 21–28
Polsat Sport	Pts: Đurišić 18 Rebs: Đurišić 8 Asts: Perkins 8 PIR: Đurišić 23	Boxscore	Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Williams 11 Asts: Łączyński 7 PIR: Williams 28	Arena: Globus Attendance: 400 Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Tomasz Trawicki, Mariusz Nawrocki

17 February 2023	WKS Śląsk Wrocław	70–79	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
20:30 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 23–15, 19–24, 13–16
Polsat Sport	Pts: Martin 13 Rebs: Parakhouski, Ramljak 5 Asts: Martin 4 PIR: Martin 15	Boxscore	Pts: Nevels 30 Rebs: Gordon 11 Asts: Wells 4 PIR: Nevels 33	Arena: Globus Attendance: 700 Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Michał Kuzia

Semifinals

18 February 2023	Spójnia Stargard	86–109	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	Lublin
15:00 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 25–26, 16–26, 26–30
Polsat Sport	Pts: Mathews 19 Rebs: Clarke 15 Asts: Fortson 5 PIR: Gruszecki 16	Boxscore	Pts: Melvin 24 Rebs: Čavars 7 Asts: Smith 15 PIR: Čavars, Melvin	Arena: Globus Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Dariusz Zapolski, Michał Chrakowiecki, Bartłomiej Kucharski

18 February 2023	Anwil Włocławek	91–930(OT)	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
19:00 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–17, 16–20, 16–14, Overtime: 25–27
Polsat Sport	Pts: Moore 15 Rebs: Sanders, Williams 7 Asts: Sanders 6 PIR: Sanders 21	Boxscore	Pts: Nevels 30 Rebs: Nevels 13 Asts: Pluta 6 PIR: Nevels 37	Arena: Globus Attendance: 700 Referees: Tomasz Trawicki, Łukasz Jankowski, Karol Nowak

Finals

19 February 2023	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	80–91	Trefl Sopot	Lublin
18:00 TRT (UTC +1)	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–29, 20–23, 15–21
Polsat Sport	Pts: DeVoe, Smith 15 Rebs: Krasuski, Smith 6 Asts: Smith 7 PIR: Melvin 20	Boxscore	Pts: Nevels 27 Rebs: Radić 9 Asts: Wells 9 PIR: Nevels 34	Arena: Globus Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Marcin Kowalski, Dariusz Zapolski, Bartłomiej Kucharski

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	11	Scoochie Smith	15	6	7
SG	10	Gabe DeVoe	15	2	4
SF	3	Mateusz Dziemba	8	5	1
PF	2	Cleveland Melvin	14	3	5
C	15	Klāvs Čavars	12	5	0
Reserves:
PG	0	Kacper Świtacz	DNP
F	1	Troy Barnies	11	3	0
G	7	Bartłomiej Pelczar	0	0	0
SG	9	Norbert Ziółko	DNP
SF	12	Sebastian Walda	DNP
G	17	Wiktor Kępka	DNP
SF	21	Michał Krasuski	5	2	2
Head coach:
Artur Gronek

Start Lublin

Trefl Sopot

Start Lublin	Statistics	Trefl Sopot
	Statistics
22/33 (66.7%)	2 point field goals	26/42 (61.9%)
9/27 (33.3%)	3 point field goals	10/30 (33.3%)
9/15 (60%)	Free throws	9/11 (81.8%)
6	Offensive rebounds	11
26	Defensive rebounds	26
32	Total rebounds	37
19	Assists	24
5	Steals	9
14	Turnovers	7
4	Blocks	3

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	22	Cameron Wells	11	3	9
SG	1	Garrett Nevels	27	7	6
SF	23	Michał Kolenda	4	3	1
PF	15	Jarosław Zyskowski	26	4	3
C	41	Ivica Radić	4	9	0
Reserves:
SG	0	Jan Malesa	DNP
G	3	Andrzej Pluta Jr.	0	2	3
F/C	6	Rolands Freimanis	5	5	0
PF	7	Jakub Urbaniak	DNP
G/F	11	Błażej Kulikowski	0	0	0
G	13	Jean Salumu	8	2	1
C	25	Wesley Gordon	6	2	1
Head coach:
Žan Tabak

2023 Polish Basketball Cup Winners
Trefl Sopot (3rd title)

References

^ "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Znamy pary Suzuki Pucharu Polski". plk.pl (in Polish). January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

External links

[1] "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[2] "Znamy uczestników Suzuki Pucharu Polski" (in Polish). plk.pl. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[3] "Znamy pary Suzuki Pucharu Polski". plk.pl (in Polish). January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

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