The 2024–25 Spain Cup was the inaugural edition of the Spain Cup, a men's basketball competition created with the aim to replace the Copa Princesa de Asturias and the Copa LEB Plata. It was played by teams competing in the 2024–25 season of the Primera FEB and the Segunda FEB.
Silbö San Pablo Burgos achieved the first title of the history of the competition in front of its supporters devoted to their team.
Across mainland Spain, match times up to 26 October 2024 are CEST (UTC+2) and from 27 October 2024 are CET (UTC+1); matches played in the Canary Islands up to 26 October 2024 use the WEST (UTC+1) and from 27 October 2024 are WET (UTC+0).
Schedule and format In the summer of 2024, the Spanish Basketball Federation released the calendar of the new competition.
+ Schedule for 2024–25 Spain Cup Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Group stage Matchday 1 19 July 2024 6–8 September 2024 Matchday 2 12–18 September 2024 Matchday 3 11, 20–22 September 2024 Matchday 4 22 October 2024 Matchday 5 12 November 2024 Quarter-finals 20 November 2024 23 December 2024 7 January 2025 Final Four Semi-finals 24 January 2025 Final 25 January 2025
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the competition. In case of vacant places, they were placed in order of their final position in the last LEB Plata and Liga EBA seasons. Liga ACBThe two relegated teams to Primera FEB from the 2023–24 season LEB OroAll 16 non-promoted teams that played the 2023–24 season LEB PlataThe 20 best qualified teams after the 2023–24 season Liga EBAThe two winners of the promotion stages of the 2023–24 season Monbus Obradoiro Súper Agropal Palencia Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto Amics Castelló Flexicar Fuenlabrada Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad Club Ourense Baloncesto Gipuzkoa Basket Grupo Alega Cantabria Grupo Ureta Tizona Burgos Hestia Menorca HLA Alicante Melilla Ciudad del Deporte Movistar Estudiantes Real Betis Baloncesto Rioverde Clavijo Silbö San Pablo Burgos UEMC Real Valladolid Baloncesto Biele ISB Bueno Arenas Albacete Basket Caja Rural CB Zamora CB L'Horta Godella CB Naturavia Morón CB Prat CB Santfeliuenc Ciudad de Huelva Class Bàsquet Sant Antoni Clínica Ponferrada SDP Damex UDEA Algeciras Fibwi Palma Gran Canaria B Homs UE Mataró Lobe Huesca La Magia Maderas Sorlí Benicarló Melilla Ciudad del Deporte Enrique Soler OCA Global CB Salou ODILO FC Cartagena CB Palmer Basket Mallorca Palma Teknei Bizkaia Zornotza Nadunet Refitel Bàsquet Llíria La Salud Archena Notes
Group stage The group stage, which had a total of 40 teams from the Primera FEB and the Segunda FEB, consisted of eight groups of five teams in each group that had been configured according to criteria of geographical and sporting distribution and compensation between divisions. In each group, each team played four matches over five matchdays of competition. The first three matchdays were played throughout the first three weeks of September prior to the start of the leagues and the last two matchdays were played on October 22 and November 12. At the end of the group stage, the eight top teams from each group advanced for the quarter-finals.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were played in two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis that were determined by luck of the draw. The first legs were played on December 23, 2024, and the second legs were played on January 7, 2025. The teams from the lower divisions played the second leg at home, while in the case of same division, the luck of the draw determined the order of the matches.
Source: FEB
First leg
Second leg
Final Four The Final Four was a single-elimination tournament consisting of two rounds contested by the four series winners of the quarter-finals. It was played on January 24–25, 2025 at the Coliseum Burgos in the city of Burgos.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
2024–25 Spain Cup champion Silbö San Pablo Burgos1st title
References
External links Official website