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.^[1] 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

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

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.	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 on 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.	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

References

1. Los desheredados, a escena; Mundo Deportivo, 16 April 1994 (Spanish)

External links

• Boxscores at ACB.com
• Linguasport